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A medical alert system can provide many elderly and disabled individuals with the ability to live on their own, and exercise a high degree of independence. Here's what you need to know before signing up with a medical alert system provider.
Technically, an alert system is normally comprised of a wrist band transmitter " resembling a wrist watch " or a necklace-type transmitter that is worn at all times. If the individual should have a medical problem or accident, they can simply press a button on the worn transmitter to communicate with the medical alert monitoring center.
This helps the monitoring center specialist to better advise you in case of a medical emergency, and they may also send emergency medical help if required. Optionally, the monitoring center can be instructed to also contact one or more of your relatives whenever the help button is pressed.The price of a medical alert system can vary according to the level of service you require, but in general they are a very reasonably-priced alternative to assisted living centers.
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These types of emergency systems have many benefits associated with them. One of the main benefits is that they provide help to individuals when they cannot get to a telephone to call emergency medical services. Since the medical alert devices are worn on their wrists or around their necks, all they have to do is to reach up and hit the designated button and they will be contacted with the medical alert company right away. This convenience is one benefit of the medical system.
Another benefit to the medical system is that it provides independence to individuals who may not have been able to live alone without such a device. By having this type of system in place, if the individual is a senior citizen they will feel confident in living alone as will their family members who know that a medical alert system is right by their side.
Medical alert devices are also quite reasonable in cost. Depending on the type of system one orders, they may have to pay for the devices in addition to a monthly monitoring fee. The prices will vary from company to company in Guam but overall the price is reasonable and is usually around $30 per month. When viewing everything that one gets for this price it can easily be justified and seen as a great deal.
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A medical alarm can produce a huge difference in the lives of elderly people and people with special needs. Also known as a medical alert or Personal Emergency Response System (PERS), it was created to signal the presence of a hazard needing instant awareness and summon emergency medical workers. Seniors or disabled people residing by themselves are the primary users of this kind of device.
Household accidents are common, but there are instances where they can be fatal. These are mostly cases where victims may have made it if help had showed up sooner. Seniors or individuals with disabilities have a higher risk for these things, and may be unable to cope with them without having assistance. This is when a medical alarm could be invaluable.
The standard of help that wearers of medical alert system have entitlement to is another major selling point. People who answer calls at the monitoring center are trained to handle medical emergencies and will provide instant assistance. Users' private information is usually kept on file to ensure that good care and precautions are taken when responding to medical problems or emergencies.
Among the reasons why elderly people move to assisted living facilities and leave their homes is the fear that there won't be any one to help in an emergency or accident while living alone. However, there are many who feel that they may lose their sense of independence inside a an elderly care facility or retirement home. Using a medical alarm can successfully eliminate the primary reason for going into an assisted living situation and allows seniors to have their dignity and freedom intact.
Just like all consumer products, medical alert systems vary in terms of price and features such as range, hours of standby power, repair and replacement options, payment options, and setup time. There are numerous providers and vendors for this service, so it is important to do some research and product comparison before buying. This way, users can be assured of a product that fits their needs and lifestyle.
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As the population ages, the range of services for seniors increases. The medical alarm is one of those pieces of technology that has grown in popularity. Where there were once only a few businesses offering medical alert systems, there are now dozens. So, how does one choose the best medical alarm out of the many options available?
One of the most important features of a medical alarm is the monitoring service. If an individual has made the decision that they need an alert system, then they have made the decision that they may need outside help in case of an emergency. If the monitoring system fails or is unsatisfactory, then the alert system is inadequate. A monitoring system should be a monitoring centre, not be a direct call to 911. Many people who utilize medical alert systems simply require outside support such as a friend or family member, not emergency services. A monitoring service can provide this support. Secondly, the provider of the medical alarm should own the monitoring service. This way, the professionals who answer the alarm are qualified by the standards of the medical alarm company.
Medical alert systems should be easy to install. Most should take a matter of minutes to set up. If a system's set-up seems too onerous or complicated, then the company has not fully considered the needs of their clientele. The installation should be easy or provided free-of-charge. They should also provide long-term, 24/7 technical support.
Another element to consider is the company's history and reputation. There are companies who have been in the business of medical alert systems for decades. These companies know their business and are more likely to have proven equipment. The company that only started offering medical alarms in the past couple of years is less likely to thoroughly understand the needs of their clients. The new company is also less likely to have amassed positive testimonials – do a simple Google search to find out what others say about the company and the services offered.
How a Medical Alert System helps you?
Medical alert systems have become synonymous with the elderly, and for good reason. These wise individuals fully understand the repercussions of falling and injuring themselves. They know that installing a medical alert system will only aid them if they become injured.
But medical alert system could be used for many different age groups to address differing physical and emotional needs.
The medical alert system has not always been designated just for elderly use. In fact, the system was not originally established to aid older generations. A doctor whose daughter was suffering from a reaction to a tetanus vaccination realized something needed to be done to aid those debilitated by illness but who desired to remain independent.
Today, medical alert systems continue to have the same purpose: They provide clients with the independence they desire while also giving family members peace of mind.
Medical alert systems are also useful devices for the handicapped. Perhaps you have a child who has Down syndrome. You know that he is capable of taking care of himself. But what if he injures himself or is in need of help? The alert system is a good solution to squelching these concerns. He can wear the medical alert device – which is 100 percent wireless and is easy to track – either as a wristband or as a pendant attached to a necklace. If he is in dire need, he can press the safety button to notify the monitoring system. That way, you will not have to feel as if you need to be near him at all times for his protection.
The same can be said for the disabled. For example, if you have a spouse who is paralyzed, you might be worried something terrible could happen when you're away. With a medical alert system, if your loved one is in a situation where they are injured but can't respond verbally, they can press a button on the alert device and a dispatcher will immediately call the authorities.


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Lewiston, Maine – Sophomore Lauren Quisenberry (Corpus Christi, Texas) turned in a strong performance at the ITA New England Regional Women's Tennis Championships this weekend. She advanced to the quarterfinal round before getting bumped from the bracket in a three-set match. Quisenberry was one of five players representing MIT at the prestigious tournament.
Quisenberry started the tournament off with a pair of straight sets victories to move to the quarterfinal round. She opened against Tess Perese of Colby and took a 6-2, 6-2 win. In the second round her opponent was Allyson Bernstein of Brandeis and the result was the same, a 6-2, 6-2 victory. On Saturday in her semifinal match with Tori Aiello from Middlebury, Quisenberry took a close 7-5 first set before seeing her opponent come back to win the match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3..
Two other Engineers picked up first-round wins for MIT before bowing out in the second-round. Freshmen Michelle Dutt (Gurnee, Ill.) and Vynnie Kong (Cupertino, Calif.) took home the victories, with Dutt taking a 6-1, 6-1 win over Maria Pia Sifuentes of Connecticut College and Kong winning 6-0, 6-1 over Nahrhee Han from Mount Holyoke. Sophomore Julia Hsu (Knoxville, Tenn.) also played in the singles bracket for MIT, but fell in her first-round match.
MIT also had a doubles team in action at the tournament. The tandem of Quisenberry and Hsu took an 8-4 decision over Freeman/Whittaker from Babson to move into the quarterfinal round. There the Engineers faced the team of Worley/Shoemaker from Williams, with the Williams squad coming away with an 8-3 win.
MIT will move back to NEWMAC conference play next week when it hosts Wellesley College in a showdown for first-place in the conference standings. The match will take place on Tuesday, October 4 at 4:00 p.m.

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* Tunisia stages biggest funeral since Bourguiba's death
* Crowds chant anti-Islamist slogans, clash with police
* General strike prompts Tunis Air to suspend flights
* Prime minister's plan for caretaker government fails
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TUNIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Tunisians turned out on Friday to mourn secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose assassination has deepened a political crisis and led to violent protests against the Islamist-led government.
Teargas and smoke from burning cars at times wafted over the Tunis cemetery where Belaid was buried in the country's biggest funeral since independence leader Habib Bourguiba died in 2000.
Braving chilly rain, at least 50,000 people gathered to honour Belaid in his home district of Jebel al-Jaloud in the capital, chanting anti-Islamist and anti-government slogans.
Belaid's assassination has shocked a country which had hitherto experienced a relatively peaceful political transition since an uprising that inspired others around the Arab world.
It has heightened tensions between dominant Islamists and their secular opponents against a backdrop of frustration at the lack of social and economic progress since President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the country in January 2011.
"The people want a new revolution," shouted mourners in Tunis, who also sang the national anthem.
Violence erupted near the cemetery as police fired teargas at demonstrators who threw stones and set cars ablaze. Police also used teargas against protesters near the Interior Ministry, a frequent flashpoint for clashes in the Tunisian capital.
Police arrested 150 people during the disturbances in Tunis, Interior Ministry spokesman Lotfi Hidouri said.
Crowds surged around an open army truck carrying Belaid's coffin, draped in a red and white Tunisian flag, from a cultural centre in Jebel al-Jaloud towards the leafy Jallaz cemetery, as a security forces helicopter flew overhead.
"Belaid, rest in peace, we will continue the struggle," crowds chanted, holding portraits of the politician killed near his home on Wednesday by a gunman who fled on a motorcycle.
Some demonstrators denounced Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. "Ghannouchi, assassin, criminal," they chanted. "Tunisia is free, terrorism out."
Police fired teargas to disperse anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs in the southern mining town of Gafsa, a stronghold of support for Belaid, witnesses said.
Crowds there had chanted "The people want the fall of the regime", a slogan first used against Ben Ali.
In Sidi Bouzid, the southern town where the revolt against the ousted strongman began, about 10,000 marched to mourn Belaid and shout slogans against Ennahda and the government.
Banks, factories and some shops were closed in Tunis and other cities in response to a strike called by unions in protest at Belaid's killing, but buses were running normally.
Tunis Air cancelled all its flights because of the strike, a spokesman for the national airline said, adding that normal service would resume on Saturday.
After Belaid's assassination, Prime Minister Hamdi Jebali, an Islamist, said he would dissolve the government and form a cabinet of technocrats to rule until elections could be held.
But his own Ennahda party and its secular coalition partners complained they had not been consulted, casting doubt over the status of the government and compounding political uncertainty.
On Friday Jebali reiterated his plan for a cabinet of technocrats, saying this would not need the approval of the National Constituent Assembly because he was not dissolving his government, but would replace all of its members.
"This government is ready," he told reporters, without disclosing the names of his new ministers.
No one has claimed responsibility for the killing of Belaid, a lawyer and secular opposition figure.
His family have blamed Ennahda but the party has denied any hand in the shooting. Crowds have attacked several Ennahda party offices in Tunis and other cities in the past two days.
"Hope still exists in Tunisia," Fatma Saidan, a noted Tunisian actor, told Reuters at Belaid's funeral. "We will continue to struggle against extremism and political violence."
She called for national unity, saying: "We are ready to accept Islamists, but they don't accept us."
While Belaid had only a modest political following, his criticism of Ennahda policies spoke for many Tunisians who fear religious radicals are bent on snuffing out freedoms won in the first of the revolts that rippled through the Arab world.
Secular groups have accused the Islamist-led government of a lax response to attacks by ultra-orthodox Salafi Islamists on cinemas, theatres and bars in recent months.
The economic effect of political uncertainty and street unrest could be serious in a country which has yet to draft a new constitution and which relies heavily on the tourist trade.
Mohamed Ali Toumi, president of the Tunisian Federation of Travel Agencies, described the week's events as a catastrophe that would have a negative impact on tourism, but he told the national news agency TAP no cancellations had been reported yet.
France, which had already announced the closure of its schools in Tunis on Friday and Saturday, urged its nationals to stay clear of potential flashpoints in the capital.
The cost of insuring Tunisian government bonds against default rose to its highest level in more than four years this week and ratings agency Fitch said it could further downgrade Tunisia if political instability continues or worsens. (Additional reporting by Alexander Dziadosz in Cairo and Brian Love in Paris; Editing by Angus MacSwan)


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The day of the Solaceon Contest has finally arrived, and Dawn, Kenny, and Jessie are all determined to win. As the contest gets underway, all of them pull off dazzling appeals. When the final eight are selected, Dawn is not included. Dawn congratulates Kenny and Jessie. The final match comes down to Kenny and Jessie, and in a startling upset, Jessie defeats Kenny and wins her first ribbon. Kenny leaves town for the next destination that evening, while Dawn begins to sulk, trying to figure out why she keeps losing. The next day Zoey shows up and is ready to get Dawn back to winning form.


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(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) -- Police in Springfield, Mo., said Saturday night they have found a 13-month-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert after she was abducted from a grocery store parking lot earlier in the day.
Harmony Blue and her 4-year-old brother were left inside a 2002 gray Nissan Maxima while their father ran into the grocery store, Springfield police said in a news release.
A white woman with blonde hair was then seen taking off in the vehicle with the children. The suspect is not believed to have any relation to the family, authorities said.
The 4-year-old boy was dropped off later in the afternoon and was reunited with his father.
Several hours later police announced they had also found Harmony Blue, but aside from saying that she was safe and back with her family, they gave no other details.
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"Carthage must be destroyed!" These famous words from the Roman statesman Cato the Elder ring with irony in modern day Tunisia. Former President Ben Ali delisted the UNESCO heritage site so that his relatives could build plush properties on the site of the Roman ruins. Tunisia's new government has promised action to preserve them, but reconciling developers and archeologists is proving difficult.


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Are there any realistic, flexible, and genre-agnostic RPG systems that use actual skill use1 to level up the particular skills of a character instead of the D&D inspired XP based system?
1I call this "Activity Progression." Activity based progression is when your PC doesn't level up on because she reached a particular amount of XP. Instead, each skill has a unique number attached to it which indicates the proficiency level in that skill. To increase the number, you have to practice that particular skill more and more. As an example, if you generally cut through orcs using a long sword, you will become more skilled (or level up) with your sword while your archery skills won't be effected. To increase your spell points, you have to use magic to become fluent in it.


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I'm excited about this topic. It's not so much because I have great ideas to share with you, as because I'm excited about food. Nursing a newborn will do that to you. 🙂
In an astounding coincidence, most of the foods on my list below also happen to be our own favorite winter treats. I'll tell you about a few food gifts we have done in the past, then I want to sit back and read your great ideas!
Candy: here are two of our favorites, both very fast and easy and entirely too delicious. Don't give these to dieters. That's just unkind.
Poor Man's Toffee – Addictive and impressive. Break or cut into pieces and arrange on a plate or platter. Add some fudge for variety.
Cheater's Fudge – My favorite recipe is very easy, but there are endless variations to dress it up. You have to be a sick person to dislike fudge.
Drinks: put these in pretty jars with pretty lids. If you're feeling generous, give a set of all 3 in a pretty basket with some mugs.
Russian Tea mix – I'm not a tea drinker, but this is really delicious on a cold morning.
Chai Tea mix – Even better than the Russian tea. Be sure to use real cardamom if you can find it. I get mine in bulk from the local health food store.
Homemade Cocoa mix – Rich, creamy, and not as sweet as the storebought mixes.
Baked goods: this list should definitely include your favorite cinnamon roll recipe. Here are two other favorites.
Braided Challah Bread – We make this for Communion every week, but it's so delicious that we still never take it for granted and neither will your loved ones. It's easy and beautiful, and makes a lovely gift. Wrap it in clear or tinted plastic wrap so they can see how pretty it is.
Cream Cheese Filled Pumpkin Roll – A lot of work, but not so bad if you do a dozen at a time and just mess up the kitchen once. Wrap in white freezer paper and tie the ends with red ribbon. Cut in half before wrapping for single people and couples. A bigger family deserves the whole roll! Store in the freezer. These also sell nicely, if you're up for the job.
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Reports have Waze, a mobile navigation app, walking away from a ~ $500 million offer from Apple, which already uses the startup's data in its controversial new mapping service.
Earlier this week, TechCrunch reporter Mike Butcher wrote that Apple was in talks to acquire the startup. Venture capitalist MG Siegler, a TechCrunch contributor, debunked that report the next day, saying the deal "hit a roadblock: reality" while acknowledging it was likely that the companies had low-level talks.
Today, The Next Web's Matt Brian says there's truth to both reports. No, the acquisition isn't happening, but yes, Apple made Waze a sizeable offer.
According to Brian's sources, Waze walked away from the deal because it wasn't pleased with the price. A Newsgeek report pegged Apple's offer at $500 million—the same price The Next Web's sources suggested Apple had offered and TechCrunch initially reported. They told Brian that Waze, most recently valued by investors at $200 million, wanted at least $750 million, and investors were pushing for an even higher $1 billion deal.
Brian says Waze has had other acquisition offers within the last year and turned them down, too, in hopes of building a really big business. Waze has between 20 and 30 million users who use it to scout out nearby traffic in real time, but it generated less than $1 million last year. Its data helps fill out geographic maps with real-world driving conditions. Waze is headquartered in Israel and has raised $67 million to date.
Apple was interested in acquiring the company to improve its Apple Maps experience. It's also reportedly been talking to Foursquare, a service that Apple executive Eddy Cue, who recently took charge of Apple Maps after a botched launch, is actively using.
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The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's (RVIA) nominating committee is seeking candidates from the general membership to run in this year's board of directors election.
There are seven seats up for election this year, including four manufacturer, one supplier and two at- large seats.
The RVIA board has the highest level of authority in the association's organizational structure. It is responsible for association affairs on a broad policy basis.
"RVIA depends on the board of directors to guide the association's work and chart a course for the future of the industry," said John Regan, chairman of Fabric Services and chairman of RVIA's nominating committee.
The board meets three times each year: in March, during Committee Week in mid-June, and in mid-September.
"All RVIA members who are interested in the many policy issues that affect the RV industry as a whole should consider running for election to the board," Regan continued. "Board membership is a terrific way to help shape the climate for the industry for years to come."
Each RVIA manufacturer and supplier member is afforded a single vote. Newly elected board members will begin serving their terms on Oct. 1, 2009. The deadline for nominations this year is June 15.
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(Portland, Ore.) January 10, 2012 — Recession or not, Jewish philanthropy is alive and well. However, is it immune from the economic downturn? Will it look different upon an economic recovery?
Sanford (Sandy) R. Cardin, president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, will hit on these questions and more about the world of Jewish philanthropy when he comes to Portland State University as the 2012 Gus & Libby Solomon Memorial lecture guest.
The lecture, "The Jewish Community of the Future," is free and open to the public. It will start at 7 p.m., on Thurs., Feb. 23, 2012, and be held in PSU's Lincoln Hall.
Cardin is a frequent presenter and panelist in global forums on topics related to catalytic grantmaking, innovative program-building, Jewish identity, young adult engagement, Israel and more. His published works include a chapter in "What We Now Know About Jewish Education" (2008) and a reflective essay on trends in contemporary American Judaism in "Synagogues in a Time of Change" (2009).
Cardin currently serves as a director of several organizations, including Hillel Russia, and has served in the past on the boards of such groups as the Council on Foundations and the Jewish Funders Network. A native of Baltimore, Cardin is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Maryland School of Law.
The Gus & Libby Solomon Memorial Lecture is dedicated to the American Jewish experience and the values of social justice exemplified by the late-Judge Gus J. Solomon and his wife, Libby – a force for social justice in her own right – in their lifetimes.
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By Laurie Young, KF 16, Indonesia
According to the World Bank of Indonesia, more than 50% of Indonesians live on less than $2 US per day/per person and more than 80% live on less than $4 US per day/per person. In addition to this, they estimate that greater than one-third of households don't have access to any formal financial services and microinsurance in the market is negligible. To put this in perspective, the population of Indonesia is estimated at around 245 million and, "in Indonesia today, about one third of the population, or about 77 million people have no financial protection or savings cushion."
Typical VisionFund Indonesia (VFI) borrowers on their first few loan cycles earn less than $2.50 US per day based on Social Performance Indicators tracked by VFI. So what type of access do VFI Kiva borrowers have to microinsurance in Indonesia? Additionally, what is being done to improve the marketplace as a whole in order to increase access to insurance for the poor? I will try to answer these two questions in this two-part blog. Below, I will focus on the present products being offered by VFI. Next week, after having attended the First Microinsurance Marketplace in Indonesia, I hope to provide further insight into the current challenges facing providers as well as innovations and developments that are evolving in the microinsurance marketplace to help improve the supply of financial services products in Indonesia.
Payung Keluarga (Mandatory Life Insurance)
A VisionFund Indonesia borrower is required to obtain a basic life insurance policy, also known in the market as a 'Credit Life' policy. VFI has partnered with Allianz Indonesia to provide this service for the cost to clients of .1% of the loan amount per month. The coverage includes 1) twice the loan disbursement value will be paid to the families of the deceased borrower and 2) the amount of the outstanding balance will be paid to VisionFund Indonesia to cover the remaining debt in the event of death. To put it in monetary terms, if a borrower takes a 6 month loan of 1,000,000Rp (equivalent of around $115 USD) they receive this life insurance policy for the 6 months at a total premium of 6,000Rp, or the equivalent of about 70 cents. If, for example, halfway through the loan repayments the borrower tragically pass away; then their family would receive 2,000,000Rp and VFI would receive 500,000Rp, which is the remaining unpaid principal balance of the loan. The premium is the same regardless of age for anyone between 17 and 60.
One of Allianz's three goals for their microinsurance activities is to combine corporate social responsibility with a business opportunity. Allianz partners with over 50 MFIs in Indonesia to offer this product, or variations of it. They began offering microinsurance to low-income households in 2006 after a study they completed in cooperation with GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and UNDP (United Nations Development Program) revealed that there was a huge market of Indonesians without both life insurance and access to obtaining life insurance. At that time, the results of their study estimated that only about 25 million of 238 million Indonesians had life insurance coverage. By partnering with MFIs like VisionFund Indonesia, Allianz can keep their administrative costs very low since the Loan Officers already meet with borrowers for loan paperwork and, at VFI, this insurance coverage has been incorporated into the normal routine.
Tamadera (Optional Insurance)
The second microinsurance/savings hybrid option, "Tamadera", has been offered to VFI clients since November of 2010. Allianz is currently piloting this product with both VisionFund Indonesia and m-STARS. m-STARS is a unique organization because it originally became "the first company to offer high security compliant mobile banking in Indonesia" in 1999. They are now working with Allianz "to jointly develop micro-insurance products that answer Indonesian rural community needs for micro finance access to increase their living standard and create an economic independent rural community" by allowing the clients to use their mobile phone technology to facilitate more convenient insurance premium payments. More to come on this technology in my next blog. VisionFund Indonesia uses the already-scheduled loan repayment collections as a means to facilitate easy premium payments for their borrowers who have joined the Tamadera program. Rather than making clients pay premiums weekly, they can make payments at times when the loan officer is already visiting them for reasons related to their loan (as long as this schedule wouldn't make their Tamadera payments more than two weeks delinquent because they could then lose their coverage).
The way Tamadera works is that the client should make weekly premium payments of 10,000Rp (about $1.17) for 50 weeks of the year for five consecutive years. If at any point after they've begun Tamadera, they die or suffer from one of the following five critical illnesses, they receive a payment of 2,500,000Rp (around $290 USD).
1. Cancer
2. Stroke
3. Heart attack
4. Kidney failure
5. Major burns
If at the end of the five year insurance term, they have not died or incurred one of the illnesses noted above, clients receive all 2,500,000Rp that they have paid in. This tool is also useful to help educate the importance of savings to borrowers. Any VFI client ages 17-50 can join and there are no administrative fees or medical checkups needed. So, if you are doing the math in your head, you realize that there is no apparent income generated by Allianz to cover the costs from this because every rupiah paid in gets paid back to the client at the end of the five years. Because there is no interest paid to the clients on the 'savings', Allianz is able to use this cash to generate some income. You could look at it from the perspective that the clients are foregoing interest in return for insurance coverage. Still, at such a small scale currently, this is not enough to cover Allianz's costs and payments in case of payouts for illness or death. Currently the Ford Foundation is supporting the Tamadera program with a development grant. The International Labour Organization also just signed on to also provide support by awarding the program a Microinsurance Innovation Grant.
In case you may be wondering why a client would either find this product beneficial or why they would choose not to join, the biggest issue that VFI has seen and heard from borrowers about Tamadera relates to the five-year term. Five years is often too long for borrowers to be able to commit to. Note that clients with Tamadera policies are not committed to maintaining loans for the next five years with VFI in order to stay with the program. They can continue coverage regardless of if they continue to borrow. If the client wants to withdraw their money early and terminate their contract, it is subject to a 15% penalty. However, despite this drawback, some clients like having the option of the insurance/savings because it provides supplementary coverage for diseases in addition to death. Additionally, Indonesian banks with which they may have accounts often charge a minimum 7,500Rp administration fee per month.
Until last week, none of the Kiva clients had opted in for the Tamadera program. However, during a loan disbursement I attended along with Yoga Prasetyo, Head of Emerging Consumer Business at Allianz, members of two groups have begun the process by filling out the paperwork. If they choose to continue by making their first weekly payments, they could become the first Kiva borrowers with Tamadera. When I spoke with them, some were hesitant because of the five-year commitment while others appreciated having a way to be protected from illness and have an option for savings that was free of fees. Only time will tell how effective this program will be, but years of research and work have already been invested in this product; hopefully it can be successful and help borrowers with tragic life events such as in the next story.
How Tamadera and Payung Kaluarga have already made a difference:
Microinsurance products can help decrease the risk that a death or illness in the family will perpetuate their poverty. In February of 2011, one of VFI's clients tragically passed away from a heart attack. Sumaiti was a mother of five. She originally had taken a loan for her business selling Bakmi (Indonesian soup with noodles and meatballs). She was one of the first VFI clients who had chosen to join the Tamadera program. Her family received the payment from Allianz for both the Tamedara and Payung Kaluarga. Because of this money, her children had funds to pay school fees and could continue with their education for the time being. It's programs like these and the work of Allianz and VisionFund that the life of this family was made a little bit easier in the wake of such a tragedy.
Laurie Young is a Kiva Fellow (KF16) working with VisionFund Indonesia in Jakarta. If you would like to learn more about VisionFund Indonesia, please visit their partner page. You can also support them by joining the lending team for VisionFund Indonesia. Former posts written by Laurie about her experiences in Jakarta and VisionFund Indonesia can be found at:
New City, New Field Partner: Settling into the "Big Durian" (Part 1 of 2)
New City, New Field Partner: Getting to know VisionFund Indonesia (Part 2 of 2)
Meeting Karsinah: Maximizing my Social Return on Investment
Remembering Rizky: VisionFund Indonesia Loses One of Their Own


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RKWard on Mac
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Unfortunately, access to a Mac is limited for the main contributors, so we are still figuring out a complete step-by-step guide and do need your help. If you would like to give this a try, please do! You are likely to run into a problem, here or there, but we are very much willing to talk you through those, and we are confident that RKWard on Mac is just a few steps away.
Please take the outline below as a rough guide of the required steps. If one of the steps is unclear, or simply does not work, let us know, and we will find a solution.
Installing using the precompiled binary bundle (experimental!)
We've used the MacPort of RKWard to precompile a .dmg archive which includes KDE, R and RKWard , currently only for Mac OS X Lion. This is primarily for testing purposes, and it's still rather huge, but it has been reported to run on various machines. Most important here is that you must follow the steps outlined in the README file after the installation to get DBus up an running, otherwise RKWard will only welcome you with a crashing notice.
If you test this bundle package, please send us feedback, be it a short success notice or a bug report. We rely on this simple feedback for the further development of this port!
Installing using MacPorts
The MacPorts project seems to offer the more up-to-date KDE packages for MacOS, so at the moment it is considered the preferred method over fink. However, it will install an Aqua based version of KDE, and as of now, RKWard will not be able to capture the graphic devices. That is, most of RKWard's advanced graphics features are missing here, as they still lack support for Aqua. The rest of the application should be operational, though.
- Install the MacPorts software. As the instrunctions tell, you need XCode installed as well. When you do or try to upgrade, make sure no previous installation of XCode is lying around, because it can mess up the build with confusion about the gcc compilers available. A symptom for this might be failing builds of certain ports later on. Look for old "/Developer-X.Y" entries and check if you need to remove them, e.g.:
sudo /Developer-3.2/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all # be aware that this will *uninstall* XCode 3.2 completely!
- As of now, the rkward portfile is under development and not yet available as an official part of MacPorts (meaning: this is the bleeding edge approach!). Therefore, you need to tell MacPorts to use it nonetheless manually. Open a terminal and follow these steps:
- Create a new directory for the portfile, e.g.
mkdir -p /Users/<your_username>/software/ports/
- Get the recent portfile and create the neccessary portfile index:
cd /Users/<your_username>/software/ports/ svn co http://rkward.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rkward/trunk/rkward/macports/ . portindex
- Add this portfile location to the MacPorts configuration. This example uses the nano editor, but of course any other text editor will do, too:
sudo nano /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.confFind the line containing "rsync://rsync.macports.org/... [default]", and add this line directly above that:
- And finally, update your port database:
sudo port selfupdate
All further needed software packages (KDE and R) will be installed with the RKWard port automatically, so you should need no additional preparations.
Building RKWard
This step should take only one command in a terminal, but a lot of time to finish (depending on your CPU, it could even take days!):
sudo port -v install rkward-devel
Running RKWard
If the compilation and installation finished successfully, you should now find RKWard in your Applications menu, filed under MacPorts.
Note: Before you can start any KDE software, you first need to run the following commands once:
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
Installing using fink
- You need an existing installation of R (2.9.0 or higher). http://www.r-project.org/ has binaries for MacOS, and you will likely use the latest available binary installer.
- For KDE4, follow this procedure (taken from http://mac.kde.org):
- Install Fink: http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php
- Open a Terminal
- Enable the "unstable" distribution:
fink configure
- Update Fink:
fink selfupdate # This will take a while to complete
- Finally, install kdelibs and some needed packages. Currently it is important to use the X11 versions, RKWard will not work with the native versions, yet:
fink install kdebase4-x11 # This will take a *long* time to complete fink install svn # if you do not have svn, already
- Fink also provides an R package, but this seems to be very old, thus it is recommended to install the official binary from http://www.r-project.org, as detailed above. After installation, you should have a console version of R at /usr/bin/R .
Building RKWard
Next fetch the latest SVN sources:
svn co http://rkward.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rkward/trunk rkward_trunk
The remainder of the process should work as detailed at Building RKWard From Source. These commands will hopefully do the trick:
cd rkward_trunk/rkward; # the directory with the svn checkout mkdir build; cd build . /sw/sbin/kde4-buildenv.sh # this sets some environment variables needed for building; we assume your fink base is "/sw". cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` make sudo make install
This should be all!
Running RKWard
For some reason fink places the KDE binaries in a rather hidden place, which is not in the path by default. If you have done everything as described above, rkward will be at
Again: Some detail or other of the above instructions is probably just wrong. If / when you get an error, please don't give up. Send us a mail, and we will talk you through. BTW: If you figured out the remaining details all by yourself: Great! But please drop us a note as well, so we can provide more accurate instructions in the future.
RKWard crashes on start
Possible solution: Your KDE setup is probably not ready, most likely dbus is not running. Before you can start any KDE software, you first need to run the following commands once:
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
Language is always english
Possible solution: If the LANG variable is not set in the environment RKWard is started, you will always get the english interface. To change that, e.g. into german, you can also use launchctl, before you start RKWard:
launchctl setenv LANG de_DE.UTF-8
This setting takes effect immediately, but won't survive a reboot. A more permanent solution is to set this environment variable for your user account by creating or adding to the file ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>LANG</key> <string>de_DE.UTF-8</string> </dict> </plist>


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With first pitches, fathers show pride for sons
CLEVELAND -- The moment had arrived. Nick Swisher was set to make his Major League debut for the Oakland Athletics, and his parents had traveled to Toronto from their home in Parkersburg, W.V., to see their son don a Major League uniform for the first time.
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CLEVELAND -- The moment had arrived. Nick Swisher was set to make his Major League debut for the Oakland Athletics, and his parents had traveled to Toronto from their home in Parkersburg, W.V., to see their son don a Major League uniform for the first time.
They reached the ballpark, eager to see their son realize his dream and follow in his father's footsteps. Nick's father, Steve, played catcher in the big leagues for nine years and earned an All-Star Game nod in 1976.View Full Game Coverage
Of course, there was one small caveat: Nick forgot to leave tickets at the gate for his parents.
Eventually, the Swishers found their way inside and watched their son tally his first Major League hit -- a double -- and draw a pair of walks in a 7-4 A's win.
"To see him that first day in a big league uniform on a big league field, I was very emotional," Steve Swisher said.
On Monday, the father and son were together on a big league field. The Swishers -- along with Terry and Tito Francona, Michael and Mickey Brantley, Sandy Alomar Jr. and Sr. and Zach and Steve McAllister -- participated in a family-oriented set of ceremonial first pitches at Progressive Field, with each father tossing a baseball to his son.
"It's like playing catch in the backyard again," Nick Swisher said. "This is something my father and I have shared my whole life. … I just told him, 'Don't bounce it. Get it there in the air.'"
All five fathers spent time in the Majors, in one manner or another.
Mickey Brantley played parts of four seasons with the Mariners in the late 1980s and has coached in the Giants, Mets and Blue Jays organizations.
"This is probably one of the best memories I've ever had on the baseball field," Michael Brantley said.
Sandy Alomar Sr. spent 15 years in the big leagues as a speedy infielder. He now does some work for the Blue Jays, counseling young players and running clinics. He flew in from his native Puerto Rico to toss a first pitch to his son, a longtime catcher.
"It's something unusual," said Sandy Sr. "It's something that hasn't been done before. It's something special for all of the fathers here."
Unlike his son, Steve McAllister never reached the big leagues as a player. He climbed as high as Double-A in the Pirates organization in 1985 and '86 but has since served as a Major League scout.
"I knew that a lot of the guys who were going to throw out the pitch were big leaguers," Steve McAllister said, "so I said yes before they could tell me no."
Tito Francona made the one-hour, 20-minute trek from his home in New Brighton, Pa., on Monday morning. He had less trouble along his travels than Terry had on his. The Indians skipper, who lives two blocks from Progressive Field, said he got lost three times on his walk to the ballpark.
The elder Francona, who will turn 80 in November, played 15 seasons in the big leagues, including six with Cleveland. He wasn't fully prepared for his first pitch.
"I was going to practice, but then I went out and hit golf balls instead," Tito Francona said.
Prior to Ubaldo Jimenez firing the first real pitch of the afternoon, Nick Swisher presented a check for $75,000 from his foundation, Swish's Wishes, to the Providence House, a local crisis nursery that protects children from abuse and neglect.
Following the national anthem, the fathers, clad in their sons' uniforms, all tossed a baseball to their sons. At Tito Francona's behest, the recipients of the throws waved their fathers closer to ease the burden on their aged arms.
"We got lucky," Mickey Brantley said. "[Tito] is throwing, so we don't have to go as far, so I can just toss it and be all right."
Steve Swisher's heave reached his son's glove without issue.
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When Nick Swisher originally called his father to extend the invitation, Steve first thought his son, ever the lively prankster, was joking.
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Steve Swisher had no trouble gaining access to the ballpark this time. Now closer to home, Nick Swisher had plenty of family and friends in attendance. When asked how many tickets he had to secure for Monday's opener, his son supplied a simple answer.
"Enough," Nick said, laughing.
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Call me old-fashioned, Toby, but I reckon an English teacher should stick to standard English when talking to students.
They'll pick up enough slang from their peers.
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Hey, all!
I was recently home and, you know, conversing in English when I realized something: I use 'gotta' as a modal verb.
My family, I can assure you, wasn't ready to discuss my discovery: a modal verb that I'd never taught my students. The rest of the time home, I tried to be alert for more slang that worked like a modal verb, but, well. . . I can't find any. I wondered if anybody here has some ideas? It could be a cool way to wind up a lesson on a slow day, ending with "Well, I guess we gotta go. . ."
Alright. Thanks for your time,
Call me old-fashioned, Toby, but I reckon an English teacher should stick to standard English when talking to students.
They'll pick up enough slang from their peers.
For lower level students, I agree. But the students I had in mind speak really good standard English (they're all engineers) and they want to be more confident in conversation. I figure I have to expose them to stuff like these before they hit on it, feel stupid, and blame me for not doing my job.
I think that 'gotta' could almost be considered 'standard slang' (like other words I teach: doohickey, thingamajig, jerk, 'my in-laws,' and 'wheels' or 'ride' for car) and students should be at least exposed to it, given my interpretation of what it means and what I think about the speaker when I hear it (as well as warned that this is just my 'language feeling') and allowed to decide if it's the kind of thing they want in their active vocabulary or not.
Many people say 'we gotta go', but does that make it a modal? I'd start worrying if you find yourself saying 'we gottan't to go'.
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You know, I already teach 'gonna' as a reduction (is that the right word?) of the so-called 'going to future.' Because I don't really use 'should of,' 'would of' and 'could of,' I also don't teach the gonna, woulda, coulda. But I think I'll include them in my non-standard modals discussion.
Do we use any others? I mean, non-standard modals?
Is "woulda" a contracted form of "would of"? I though it was a contracted form of "would have"... What does "would of" mean? I have never heard it.
It means the same thing. So does 'I should of gone to the doctor.' I don't like it, because I associate it with less intelligent Americans. (And I like to think I'm one of the more intelligent ones.) So, I don't normally teach it, but I think maybe my students should hear it at least once.
"Gotta" is a reduction of "have got to," which is not a true modal, but rather a modal-like expression. (The only difference is that you conjugate it; I have got to, but he has got to--though when we reduce it to "gotta," I guess we "don't gotta" change it anymore!)
"Should of" is incorrect; it's a mishearing of "should have." The contracted form is "should've," which is audibly indistinguishable from the words "should of." Hence the confusion, even among native speakers.
I'm all in favor of teaching reductions and contractions to students. They're not at all the same as "slang;" they're important features of native speaker pronunciation.
(Same for 'wanna' and 'gonna' and 'oughta', which are spelled 'want to', 'going to' and 'ought to' respectively.)
Do British English teachers teach Scottish variations like 'canna', and do they cover all regional accents with special phonetic spellings?


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HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today revealed the all-new Mazda6 and confirmed that sales will start in late summer 2008.
Specifically developed for North America, the all-new Mazda6 inherits and evolves the sporty styling and superb driving performance of the first generation Mazda6. The North American model features a larger body and greater engine displacement to meet the particular demands of the North American market. Handling and comfort were also optimized for North American road conditions.
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"The all-new Mazda6 offers plenty of Mazda's characteristic Zoom-Zoom vitality and we believe it will succeed in the challenging North American market. We will continue to deliver products that reflect our customers' needs and build Mazda's brand image in order to achieve the goals set out in our mid-term Mazda Advancement Plan."
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Marshfield Police Chief Phil Tavares said 2 pounds of marijuana and $5,000 in cash was left after the robbery and equipment was seized.
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One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated during her pregnancy has admitted she "should have tried harder" to stop the call going to air.
Mel Greig revealed that she and her family had received death threats after the hoax was linked to the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, and said she felt she had been living a "stranger's life" since the controversy.
Speaking to the Sunday Night programme on Australia's Channel 7 network, she said: "When this first happened, I absolutely blamed myself, 100 per cent.
"I felt like I'd failed as a human being, to make someone feel that way, enough to take their own life. I'm slowly learning that's it not all my fault but it's going to take me time to get to that point.
"I should have tried harder not to let that prank call air."
Ms Greig and 2Day FM co-host Michael Christian made a prank call to London's King Edward VII Hospital in December 2012 where Kate was being treated for severe morning sickness.
The presenters - pretending to be the Queen and the Prince of Wales - were put through to her ward by Bristol mother-of-two Ms Saldanha, who was found hanged three days after the hoax was widely publicised in the media.
One of several notes the nurse left at the scene is reported to have blamed the radio presenters directly.
Ms Greig insisted she expressed concern that the hospital had not granted permission for the prank call to be aired.
She told the programme: "I absolutely expressed concern. As an announcer I'm trained that we always need to get permission if we're going to broadcast something, and it just didn't seem right that we would broadcast that without permission and without doing what we would normally do as announcers, so I was absolutely concerned."
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An inquest into the death of Ms Saldanha was postponed last September.
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This is pretty amazing to watch.
When the metronomes cannot connect to each other, they get out of synch. As soon as they can connect, or 'hear' each other they get in synch pretty much immediately. It's like a lesson in microcosm showing how musicians will always play together if they listen to each other, but can't if they're in their own world. I've noticed this phenomena sometimes when working with classical musicians. They'll be great players and can read anything, but when playing a piece together they sometimes just read their own part and don't try to hear where they are in relation to the ground pulse and in relation to where everybody else is. As a result they get out of sync pretty easily. Not all the time of course, but it's a phenomenon I've noticed before - reading the part in isolation and not relating it to everyone else's part. In symphony orchestras of course this is endemic - but that's a whole other story!
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