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Information for Academic Champions
You will have an induction session to introduce you to the role and to meet the senior members of the College.
Online support
As part of your honorary title with the College you will receive a University IT account. This will enable you to register with Yammer and gain access to the College's private online Academic Champion forum.
An annual dinner honouring Academic Champions will be organised. You will automatically be invited to this event.
The first annual dinner was on Monday 18th October 2016 at College Court. This was an induction dinner for the Academic Champions.
For more information on College Events please contact our College Events Co-ordinator, Dr Danni Benyon-Payne (email@example.com).
Business Cards
We are offering all Academic Champions the opportunity to have Business Cards made for them. You can enter whatever details you choose (E.g. letters after your name, your Honorary Title) provided you include your Academic Champion title! (If you are unsure of this, please see the previous page, 'List of Academic Champions').
Please fill in your details on the attached and forward them to Dr Danni Benyon-Payne - firstname.lastname@example.com
As you will be aware, FY1 doctors are required to attend a Corporate Junior Doctor Induction when they commence their position at the University Hospitals of Leicester. The University will in future have a presence at that induction to ensure the academic profile is appropriately represented to all new staff.
I know that in addition to the corporate induction, each speciality also offers its own specialty induction. I would encourage you to consider discussing with your speciality whether you could attend this in your capacity as Academic Champion (if you don't already). This would allow you to make contact with your new junior doctors and explain more about the Academic opportunities within your speciality.
Further information
For further support, advice and information please contact Professor Kevin Harris (email@example.com).


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1049 Edgegrove Avenue, Staten Island NY 10309 RealEstateSINY.com
1049 Edgegrove Avenue is a two-family home in the neighborhood of Woodrow, Staten Island, 10309. It was built in 1986 with a living space of 5150 square feet on 10000 square feet of land. It is located on block 6918, lot 89. On 12/30/2005 it was publicly recorded as sold for $tra,nsferred without consideration for money.
Source: New York City Department of Finance home sale data. Property tax assessments in New York City are determined by estimated home values based on reported comparable area home and real estate sales.
If you have questions regarding this house or property, or you need to get a current home value market analysis, you can contact our Staten Island industry leading Realtors at (718) 966-9669.
Neighboring houses and brief specs on Edgegrove Avenue:
1034 Edgegrove Avenue
•Year Built: 1975
•Approximately 2,496 Sq Ft
•Lot size: 11,300 Sq Ft
1039 Edgegrove Avenue
There was a publicly recorded home sale of 1039 Edgegrove Avenue for $380,000 on 8/1/1994.
•Year Built: 1985
•Approximately 3,408 Sq Ft
•Lot size: 10,000 Sq Ft
1044 Edgegrove Avenue
There was a publicly recorded home sale of 1044 Edgegrove Avenue for $400,000 on 7/3/2003.
•Year Built: 2004
•Lot size: 10,000 Sq Ft
1056 Edgegrove Avenue
•Year Built: 1982
•Approximately 3,688 Sq Ft
•Lot size: 10,000 Sq Ft
1059 Edgegrove Avenue
•Year Built: 1980
•Approximately 3,024 Sq Ft
•Lot size: 10,000 Sq Ft
1065 Edgegrove Avenue
•Year Built: 2006
•Lot size: 5,184 Sq Ft
The homes and associated property listed on Edgegrove Avenue, Staten Island are reported as public information by the City of New York's Department of Finance. The homes in this summary may or may not be those listed, marketed and sold by licensed real estate brokers, real estate agents or their associates.

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Continuing my series of strategy posts about Brave New World's modified civilizations, I'm going to take a look at strategies for George Washington's America. Since Brave New World's Fall patch (2013) America's ability was buffed and its unique unit now allows it to generate more late-game golden ages.
The lands of North America have been occupied by various native tribes for thousands of years, but these tribes lived in relative isolation from the rest of the world, except (possibly) for a brief period of interaction with the Danish Vikings. After Christopher Columbus landed in Haiti in the late 15th century, a flurry of explorers and colonists primarily from Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands began arriving in North America, rapidly exploring and settling the continent. These colonists gradually displaced the native inhabitants, including the Iroquois and the Shoshone. But conflict between the colonies and their European masters (primarily Britain) eventually culminated in a revolutionary war in which the colonists retreated to the countryside, and used guerrilla tactics to defeat the British and establish the United States of America.
Despite being founded on the principles of "equality" and "inalienable rights", the early history of the United States is dominated by tension between its slave-holding and free populations. These tensions eventually culminated in the outbreak of the American Civil War, which resulted in more American casualties than the Revolutionary War, both World Wars, and the Vietnam War. Combined. Union victory established America as a modern industrial nation with a singular identity, and Americans stopped referring to the country as "These United States", and began calling it "The United States". This war is also significant in world history because it is the first major war in which industrial technologies such as the machine gun, telegraph, railroad, steam-powered ironclad ships, and (probably most significantly) photography were used to large effect, which changed the way that future wars would be fought and the way that they would be perceived by the public. And it was one of the first major wars to employ new urban fighting tactics that would become the basis of combat for the wars of the 20th century. America would play a pivotal role in those 20th century wars as well, and would emerge from them as a dominant global super power.
George Washington was a colonial general who lead the British colonies in America in wars against the French and various Native American tribes. When the colonies declared independence, Washington became one of the premiere generals for the new colonial militia. Knowing that they could not defeat the British in conflict in the cities or open field, Washington and the other colonial leaders gave the cities to the British and retreated to the hills and forests of the countryside. Here, they successfully employed large-scale guerrilla tactics that weakened the British supply lines and culminated in American victory. Washington would then become the country's first President and set several precedents, such as the idea that the President would be a civilian position (as he refused to wear his military uniform while in office), and that the President should step down after two terms.
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization V: Brave New World, Civilization V, America, George Washington, Washington, B-17, flying fortress, Manifest Destiny, line of sight, exploration, reconnaissance, ancient ruins, golden age, Golden Age from Victories, tile acquisition, musketman, bomber, Civ V Fall Patch, Minuteman, Civ-V, slavery, Atlantic slave trade
Only a few more civs to go in my series of strategy posts about Brave New World's new civilizations. Next up is the land-snatching Shoshone lead by Chief Pocatello.
The Shoshone are a group of native Americans that originated in the rocky regions of western North America (now Nevada and Utah). Around the same time as European colonists began settling on the east coast, the Shoshone began expanding eastward, which brought them into conflict with other plains indians such as the Blackfoot, Crow, Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. Some Shoshone who migrated into Texas and Oklahoma would break off into their own tribe: Comanche, who would become expert horsemen. The Shoshone began to come into conflict with the United States in the late nineteenth century due to the U.S.'s westward expansion, leading to a massacre of as many as 500 Shoshone at a winter encampment at Bear River in 1863. Shoshone culture has survived on reservations to this day, and in 2008, began working with Utah and Idaho state leaders to create a memorial to the Bear River Massacre. At its height, the Shoshone nation was composed of many tribes that occupied vast territory, extending from modern-day Montana all the way through Nevada; and their offshoot tribe, the Comanche, exhibited strong control of Texas and Oklahoma.
As westward immigration lead to conflict between the Shoshone and United States, Chief Pocatello (or, Tondzaosha) lead his tribe in raids and attacks against settlers in Idaho along the Oregon trail. He was feared and respected by his enemies, and Brigham Young (leader of the Mormons) attempted to offer terms of appeasement to the Shoshone in order to stop the attacks. Instead, the United States army arrived and destroyed any chances of a peaceful solution. Despite the overwhelming might of the U.S. army, Pocatello avoided the total massacre of his people and eventually negotiated the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868, which granted the Shoshone a permanent reservation at Fort Hall near the Snake River in exchange for annual compensation from the United States (which the United States rarely honored in full). Due to this agreement, the Shoshone cultural identity survives to this day, and the city of Pocatello in Idaho is named in his honor.
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization V: Brave New World, Civilization V, Shoshone, Pocatello, Pathfinder, Comanche, Comanche Rider, Great Expanse, horses, exploration, scout, ancient ruins, native tongue, cavalry, Pride of the Ancestors, goody huts, tile acquisition, Civ-V, unique recon unit, unique mounted unit, unique unit
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You Asked About: When Your Spouse Has An Affair
Maria asks…
Why blame the other party when your spouse has an affair?
I see it all the time.
"My husband has had an affair and the woman is a s!ut etc" or
"My wife is screwing an a$$hole bloke"
Why do people think the other person is responsible for their spouse choosing to shag them?
It doesn't matter if they know the person is married, has kids or whatever.
The spouse is the guilty one – right?
I think it's a denial thing.
How could your lovely loving hub/wife ever do that to you?
It has to have been that they were coerced by this other person.
Thats not the case though…we are all responsible for our own actions.
Chas answers:
I agree with you 100%. I've always been puzzled by the same thing. The married person who cheated is the responsible party. It seems like women especially like to go after the mistress instead of getting rid of the cheating husband. I think you're right. They don't want to admit that it was the husbands idea….it had to be the slut. I guess it makes them feel somewhat better but it's only denial. Each person makes a decision to go through with it. Even if someone was an incredible flirt we all have free will & should be able to control ourselves in these situations. I mean come on, we're not animals. Excuses, excuses. The easy way out.
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v4.4.0 is now available!
NOTE: Due to the amount of major changes, the Linux and macOS builds have unfortunately been delayed. I will release them when those versions have been updated to support the new features. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Highlights for this massive update:
* Refreshed user interface
* Viewport rulers
* Rewritten map file format
* Pencil terrain tiles (Pro/Steam)
* Group tags for Game Link browser
Download: http://gridcartographer.com/download/
Buy on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/684690
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gridcarto
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gridcarto
Discord: https://discord.gg/ncaMEM3
Complete Change Log:
* NOTE: Map files created by this version will not open in previous versions of the software.
* NOTE: Due to technical issues, I've shut down the update notification system for the Gamer and Pro editions. In future, please check the website / Twitter / forums / Discord for update announcements. Apologies for the inconvenience.
All Editions
* ADDED: Game Link profile for "Swords and Serpents" (NES) thanks to Discord user snozzedandlost !!
* ADDED: Game Link profile for "Shining in the Darkness" (Mega Drive/Genesis) thanks to Grauken !!
* ADDED: Game Link profile for "The Shadows of Sergoth" (Amstrad CPC 6128) thanks to Grauken !!
* CHANGED: Major overhaul of internal map file format. Performance, size and future expansion improvements.
* ADDED: Warning message that maps from before v4 are deprecated and should be resaved with the latest version.
* CHANGED: Combined the nav toolbar and ribbon bar into a new toolbar running vertically along the left of the interface.
* ADDED: New floor navigator, positioned centrally on the toolbar.
* ADDED: A thin button along the top of the side panel to hide it.
* ADDED: A small toolbar on the right hand side to re-open the side panel.
* ADDED: Trying to resize the side panel to be very narrow will automatically crush it off the screen.
* CHANGED: Major overhaul of the side panel. It now dynamically adapts to the active viewport and editing tool and presents only relevant options. NOTE: Some tools have no options and the panel will be empty.
* ADDED: Viewport rulers. Toggle with Show > Rulers from the map editor menu bar.
* ADDED: List view mode for side panel brush palette. Use the icons in the bottom-left of the interface.
* CHANGED: New maps will start with 'axis values' disabled. Enable from Setup tab > Grid menu.
* ADDED: Brush preview for marker and terrain.
* CHANGED: Separated terrain shape and style - can now directly draw textured terrain with a half-block shape.
* CHANGED: Grid Draw sub-modes assigned to keys 1, 2 and 3. Press 'B' for last grid draw tool, and again to cycle thorugh each sub-mode.
* FIXED: Allow Edit > Clear to delete in-block edges / corners when the marker layer is hidden.
* CHANGED: Raised the minimum window height to 600px
* CHANGED: Reduced the height of the colour palette panel.
* CHANGED: Reduced the height of the custom tiles toolbar.
* ADDED: Zoom control for the brush palette. Click the looking-glass button, found in the bottom-right of the UI.
* ADDED: No gaps mode for brush palette icons. Available from the zoom control menu.
* CHANGED: Selecting an edge style with a keyboard shortcut also switches to the EDGE tab in the side panel.
* CHANGED: Removed the custom tile layer overlay option (little M / T icons).
* ADDED: File > Import > Custom Tile(s) menu option on map editor menu bar.
* ADDED: Display the pixel size of a custom tile in the extended tool-tip info.
* CHANGED: Minor speed optimisation when adding new floors or rearranging the ordering.
* FIXED: Text objects in duplicated regions are no longer visually twinned (requiring file reload to fix).
* CHANGED: Renamed classic terrain group "Grid Cartographer"
* ADDED: New terrain group for pen/pencil effect brushes.
* CHANGED: Tweaked the appearance of the basic block in most themes.
* ADDED: 150% zoom level to keyboard shortcut steps.
* ADDED: Tool-tips for the save / undo / redo buttons on the top-left of the UI.
* CHANGED: Removed the 'Save' page from the System ('G') menu, use the File menu in the editor viewports.
* CHANGED: Removed the Eraser tool from the brush overlay.
* ADDED: Error message if attempting to use Cut or Copy on an empty area.
* CHANGED: Tweaked the appearance of the 'G' button in the top-left.
* CHANGED: Moved paste/move tool options into the Tool Opts. panel, to match other tools.
* CHANGED: Moved interface toggles to the bottom-left of the interface. Right-click the toolbar menu to open the menu.
* CHANGED: Cleaned up the Select menu. Removed options now available from the toolbar instead.
* CHANGED: The paint selection tool has been merged with the Mark tool. Press the mark tool shortcut (M) to cycle between them.
* ADDED: System Log viewport type. Read only display of the log file, helpful for debugging Game Link profiles, etc.
* CHANGED: Moved the fullscreen button to the top-right of the interface (Windows).
* CHANGED: Disabled Edit > Fill if terrain or marker grid drawing tool is not selected.
* CHANGED: Selecting a terrain/custom tile in corridor mode, switch to last used brush shape.
* CHANGED: Drawing a block terrain shape over an in-block edge will erase it if it's just a wall, but preserve doors and other styles.
* CHANGED: Removed keyboard shortcuts for terrain shapes and styles.
* CHANGED: Merged 'auto ceiling' drawing option to apply to all built-in terrain.
* CHANGED: Default for new maps is to have the grid lines drawn below the terrain. Change with Setup > Grid > 'Draw Grid Above Terrain'.
* CHANGED: Grouped tile effects options in the Show menu under a sub-menu.
* CHANGED: Moved 'tile effects' brush group to the Terrain draw mode, since they represent fixed environmental states, not objects.
* FIXED: Sanitise filenames to avoid problems such as publishing a region with a ':' in the name.
* ADDED: Floor > Navigate Above/Below menu options.
* ADDED: Tag default theme in the add new region dialog.
* CHANGED: Fullscreen icon changes appearance when in fullscreen mode (Windows only)
* ADDED: Show keyboard shortcuts for icons along the top of the UI (save, undo, redo, etc.)
* ADDED: Pause icon to the Game Link menu bar.
* CHANGED: Tweaked the label placement style of dialog boxes.
* CHANGED: Moved keyboard accessible mode to the Edit menu.
* ADDED: Remove individual recent file list entries from the File menu. Just click the 'X'.
Pro/Steam Edition
* CHANGED: Removed Setup > Floors.
* CHANGED: Viewport menu option for 3D has been renamed.
* CHANGED: SDK: Removed the 'layer' field from GCTileSet.Create
* CHANGED: Command processor: Don't list 'ECHO.' in help list.
* FIXED: Marker position rendering bug on Hex 'H' maps (not present on exports, just viewport render)
* FIXED: Render bugs for some terrain tiles on Hex 'H' maps.
* FIXED: Rendering 'marching ants' selection outline in Hex 'H' maps using top-left origins were slightly misaligned.
* FIXED: Marker scaling bug in 70px image export.
* CHANGED: Removed elevation from brush overlay.
* CHANGED: Hex rendering performance improvements.
* FIXED: Ceiling marker position bug in Hex 'H' regions.
* FIXED: Don't show system font styles when a built-in style exists.
* CHANGED: Modified the "CGA" theme in 3D viewports.
* ADDED: Floor > Clean > Elevation; remove all elevation from the current floor.
* ADDED: Configurable default theme for tile-maps.
* FIXED: Editing palette index 0 ignores alpha value in dialog box.
* FIXED: If marker or edge layer is hidden, switch tool will not toggle anything on this layer.
Gamer Edition
* FIXED: Possible crash when starting the text tool.
Game Link / LibRetro (Windows)
* ADDED: Support for Amiga (coming soon) and Atari ST emulation.
* ADDED: Tags for Game Link titles to group them into categories.
* CHANGED: Game Link browser visual refresh.
* ADDED: LibRetro Log viewport type, to dump messages generated by the emulator (typically only needed for debugging).
* CHANGED: Game Link emulator options menu entry is disabled if there are none.
* CHANGED: Game Link browser - merge play/resume/add button.
* CHANGED: LibRetro - improved double click emulation (e.g. GEM on Atari ST)
* ADDED: Mono audio down-mix option for LibRetro emulators (not DOSBox Gridc)
* ADDED: New 'Drive' menu to replace drive control sub-menu. Add new disk images to running emulation, export playlists.
* CHANGED: Look inside M3U files when computing a hash. Use the first referenced disk image.
* ADDED: If an emulator doesn't support M3U playlist files, then report this error and suggest loading separately.
* CHANGED: Only auto-hide the mouse pointer if inside the Game Link viewport.
* FIXED: Don't show externally/manually deleted auto-tracking profiles in radio dialog.
* CHANGED: In the Game Link browser, use the X button in the context menu to remove box-art from a game.
* CHANGED: Alphabetical sorting mode in game link browser now uses multiple columns.
* CHANGED: Moved game list sort mode to new category selector box and streamlined the toolbar.
* ADDED: Support for Wizardry I-II-III on SFC with the 'quickness bug fix patch' applied (from https://w.atwiki.jp/guemmai/pages/13.html)
* FIXED: Game Link reset keyboard shortcut now only working when a game/system is running.
Announcements of New Releases
5 posts
- Site Admin
- Post Nov 26, 2019 16:15
- Site Admin
- Post Nov 27, 2019 17:54
Update v126.96.36.199 released. A small update with a few fixes
Pro/Steam Edition
* ADDED: API for GCConsole, added AutoYield function to manually control synchronisation in application-type scripts.
* FIXED: Brush palette tile size menu not working.
* FIXED: Terrain drawing behaviour issue when using half-block terrain shapes.
Game Link / LibRetro (Windows)
* CHANGED: Remember last selected category and attempt to restore on startup.
- Site Admin
- Post Nov 29, 2019 19:03
Bug fix release v22.214.171.124 is now available.
All Editions
* FIXED: Picker tool not picking colours from the basic block terrain.
* FIXED: Incorrect 'restore from fullscreen' icon displayed on the menu bar in Game Link and Console viewports.
Pro/Steam Edition
* FIXED: Command processor not launching a script that shares a name with a built-in command, even if named specifically.
* FIXED: Command processor, typing '/' on its own would crash the script.
Game Link / LibRetro (Windows)
* FIXED: Quick Load adds games to the 'uncategorized' group.
* FIXED: Tidied up some minor info issues in some game link profiles, no gameplay ramifications.
* ADDED: Fullscreen toggle button on the Game Link Browser.
* FIXED: Fullscreen toggle keyboard shortcut not working on Game Link Browser.
- Site Admin
- Post Dec 06, 2019 22:54
Small patch release v184.108.40.206
* ADDED: Support for tape counter display.
* CHANGED: Removed 'active area' LibRetro extension; revert to showing whole image including borders.
* FIXED: Some PC keys not available for use by keyboard based systems.
* FIXED: Crash when loading a game from the right-click menu in game browser.
* FIXED: Correct "PUAE A500" media type (floppy disk).
- Site Admin
- Post Jan 10, 2020 17:39
Happy New Year - patch release 7:
* ADDED: Disk drive LED activity light, compatible with VIC-20 and more cores coming soon.
* FIXED: Some more PC keys not available for use by keyboard based systems.
* FIXED: A-Z jump list is now case insensitive. Fixes duplicate letter entries.
* FIXED: Minor graphical glitch when tool options panel is collapsed.
* FIXED: When on the viewport layout dialog, opening the viewport type selection popup menu then dragging the dialog now auto-closes the popup.
* ADDED: Display 'fix' version number suffix (in this case, '_f7') if we're a patch release.
* FIXED: Crash bug when starting "Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures"(DOS) via Game Link. Thanks hercxena!
* FIXED: Use the default map theme for new maps and regions that are automatically created during Game Link.
* FIXED: Basic 'block' terrain style not visible on the brush overlay next to the other standard styles.
* FIXED: Corrected a minor error in the Game Link profile for "Metroid 2", thanks to Grauken for this!!
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The earnings focus lately has been on the Retail sector and this week's reporting docket keeps the spotlight firmly on the space. Wal-Mart's strong earnings reports reconfirms that consumers are in good shape, but you wouldn't reach that conclusion if you just looked at the stock market performance of the major department stores.
The department store stocks enjoyed plenty of sunshine in 2018, but the mood shifted in a major way in November. While the rest of the market, including several other Retail sector industries, rebounded strongly after Christmas, the department store stocks never got a break.
The chart below shows the one-year stock market performance of the Zacks Department Store industry relative to the S&P 500 index.
The group's earlier momentum in 2018 wasn't a reflection on improving underlying fundamentals, but rather a combination of over-sold conditions and easier comparisons. The fundamental back drop for the group - characterized by imbalance between falling foot traffic, excess capacity and secular shift towards digital sales - still remains challenging.
Earnings estimates for department store operators have been steadily down, as you can see in the chart below (green line represents forward 12-month EPS estimate for the group).
Given the group's recent stock market performance, coupled with the steadily lowered earnings estimates, it will likely not take much for Macy's (M - Free Report) , Nordstrom (JWN - Free Report) and others to regain some affection from the market.
Key Earnings Reports This Week
We have more than 650 companies coming out with quarterly reports this week, including 39 S&P 500 members. The Retail and Utilities sectors are the only ones that have a sizable number of reports still to come and this week brings in plenty of reports from these sectors.
We have a number of restaurant operators reporting results this week, including Shake Shack (SHAK - Free Report) , Potbelly (PBPB - Free Report) , Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB - Free Report) , Cracker Barrel CBRL and others. Importantly, the traditional department stores and home improvement operators are reporting results this week.
Monday, February 25th: Potbelly and Shake Shack are reporting after the market's close on Monday. The government shutdown likely had a material impact on both of these operators as they have material DC footprint. In addition to the shutdown effect, trends in labor inflation, unit growth and outlook for the current period will be the key issues for both of these operators.
Tuesday, February 26th: Macy's and Home Depot HD are notable earnings releases in the morning session, while Planet Fitness (PLNT - Free Report) and Weight Watchers WTW will be the interesting plays after the market's close.
Macy's and the broader department store space has been struggling lately all over again, with the stock totally sitting out the post-Christmas market rally. Macy's shares are down -18.8% this year, lagging the Zacks Department Store industry's -7.3% decline and +10.6% gain for the S&P 500 index since the start of the year. Given the steady negative revisions to estimates, it wouldn't take much for the company come out with a positive surprise. The stock has been down big after each of the last two quarterly releases.
Weight Watchers shares have been struggling lately, with the stock down -22% this year and almost -60% in the past year. But with analysts still cutting their estimates, the worst may not be over for the company.
Wednesday, February 27th: We have Best Buy BBY, TJX Cos. (TJX - Free Report) and Lowe's (LOW - Free Report) reporting before the market's open while Bookings Holdings BKNG and Square (SQ - Free Report) are the notable reports after the market's close on Wednesday.
Best Buy shares have done better than the market this year, with the stock up +14.2% this year, but it has lagged the market over the past year. Estimates have been stable ahead of this release, with the electronics retailer expected to earn $2.57 per share on $14.7 billion in revenues, representing year-over-year change of +6.2% and -4.2%, respectively.
Lowe's shares have done better than rival Home Depot this year as well as the past year, with the stock up +14.9% this year vs. +11.9% for Home Depot. Few surprises are expected from Lowe's in this release as management had provided full-year outlook at the time of the analyst meeting back in December. But overall sentiment on Lowe's as well as Home Depot appears have improved lately, following a very difficult second half of 2018 when macro worries about housing, mortgage rates and the economy weighed on the group.
Square shares still remain below the September 2018 high, but they have made impressive gains lately, up +35.1% this year and +69% over the past year. The company has been very successful in providing ancillary services to its customers, with continued growth in transaction-based revenues key to how the market receives this earnings release, more than actual revenue and EPS numbers. Modestly weaker growth on this count was the major reason for the market's relative disappointment with the last quarterly release. But with the stock this up, it will be hard to satisfy expectations.
Thursday, February 28th: Gap GPS and Nordstrom will be the notable reports coming out after the market's close on Thursday. As has been the case with Macy's, Nordstrom and Gap shares have been under pressure as well, though both of these retailers have done better than Macy's this year.
VMWare (VMW - Free Report) , Work day (WDAY - Free Report) , and 3D Systems DDD are some of the other notable reports coming out after the close on Thursday.
Q4 Earnings Season Scorecard (as of Feb 22nd, 2019)
We now have Q4 results from 445 S&P 500 members or 89% of the index's total membership. With another 39 index members on the docket to report results this week, we will have seen Q4 results from almost 97% of all companies.
Total earnings for these index members that have reported already are up +12.7% from the same period last year on +7.2% higher revenues, with 67.4% beating EPS estimates and 61.8% beating revenue estimates.
The table below shows the current scorecard.
As we have been pointing since the start of this earnings season, the picture that emerged from the Q4 earnings season is not great, but it is not as bad either.
Here are the key trends that we have seen this earnings season
First, growth is decelerating. This isn't a surprise, as we knew already that Q4 growth would be materially below the pace set in the first three quarters of the year.
The comparison chart below puts this Q4 growth deceleration in a historical context for these index members.
The growth pace is on track to decelerate even further in the current and coming quarters, as we will show a little later.
Second, companies appear to be struggling to beat consensus EPS estimates.
The revenue beats percentage is on the weak side relative to historical periods as well, but the lag on the EPS beats percentage side is particularly noteworthy. The fact is that the Q4 EPS beats percentage is the lowest in more than 5 years.
The comparison chart below puts the Q4 blended beats percentage in a historical context.
With Q4 positive surprises this hard to come by, one would reasonably assume that perhaps estimates had been too high. We know that wasn't the case as estimates for the quarter had fallen the most of any other recent periods.
Third, estimates for 2019 Q1 and full-year 2019 are coming down in a major way, with the Q1 growth rate now in negative territory and Q2 barely positive.
The chart below shows how estimates for 2019 Q1 have evolved since late-November 2018.
Negative revisions to 2019 Q1 estimates are along the same lines that we saw ahead of the start of the Q4 earnings season as well. Estimates for full-year 2019 have been coming down as well, as the chart below shows.
This chart is tracking consensus earnings growth expectations since the second half of 2018 got underway. As you can see, estimates were effectively unchanged during the September quarter, but they have been on a consistent downtrend since early October. Many in the market suspect that estimates have further to drop before stabilizing.
Looking Beyond Q4
For Q4 as a whole, combining the actual results from the 445 index members that have reported with estimates for the still-to-come companies, total earnings for the S&P 500 index are expected to be up +13.5% from the same period last year on +6.8% higher revenues, which would follow the +25.7% earnings growth on +8.4% higher revenues in 2018 Q3.
The table below shows the summary picture for Q4, contrasted with what was achieved in the preceding earnings season.
The chart below shows Q4 earnings and revenue growth expectations contrasted with what is expected in the following three quarters and actual results in the preceding 4 quarters.
As you can see in the chart below, the growth pace is expected to decelerate materially from what we saw in the first three quarters of the year.
The chart below shows the same data on a rolling 4-quarter basis.
Whether we look at the growth picture on a quarterly basis or on a rolling quarter basis, there is no doubt that growth peak is now behind us. The question now is how much estimates for the coming quarters have still to come down. And the answer to that question will depend on the evolving economic backdrop that we discussed at the start.
For more details about the overall earnings picture, the Q4 earnings season and expectations for the coming periods, please check our weekly Earnings Trends report.
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Brand and brand design always go collectively. Giving a very new look or altering the corporate emblem of your group can be a horrifying process to undertake. There is a reason why such iconic logos akin to Nike's swoosh and McDonald's arches have survived decades and that may be a degree of simplicity the power to use the logos easily in nearly any medium.
Lastly, clip artwork seems to be like clip art; what you are promoting brand will look extremely unprofessional and amateurish. It is a representation that gives the buyer a right away recognition of the company model, companies, and merchandise of your organization. Most photos or visions are an epiphany of different trademarked logos that a conscious mind would preserve in his or her unconscious.
You can also flip your on-line graphic design web page into a genuine online enterprise and create a brand picture you can also use on enterprise cards, letterheads or t-shirts. Because of the merger, the initials of both businesses were merged into one to serve as the corporate logo.
Exact, clear and expressive, the Emblem of a company says quite a bit about it at one go. No one can ignore a catchy brand design. 2. HELPS IN BUSINESS: Logo helps in creating enterprise for the organization, because it supplies an emblem of recognition for the corporate.
Your brand is what brings it all together, creating a signature mark not just for what you are promoting, but your total philosophy. The face or the stamp by which the market would keep in mind your corporation is your business design. Logos performed in software program like Adobe Photoshop would unfastened quality and stretched as soon as the image is enlarged.


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Robert Miller: Tracking the 'cool car in space'
On Feb. 6, Bob Lambert watched the Space X Falcon Heavy hammer its way into space. He saw its two side booster rockets return in perfect synchrony a few minutes later.
And then, to add the maraschino to this celestial sundae, he and his astronomy cohorts at the Charles McCarthy Observatory in New Milford saw the rocket's payload — a 2008 Midnight Cherry Red Tesla roadster, complete with a mannequin Starman at the wheel and David Bowie's "Space Oddity'' floating from the car stereo into the firmament — as it sped from earth to orbit the sun.
"We expected to see it," Lambert said of last week's predawn sighting of billionaire Elon Musk's cool car in space. "It's a feather in our cap that we can do this."
The launch may have been the most public display of the sea change happening in the U.S. space program. Instead of NASA controlling every aspect of space exploration, private companies like Musk's Space X are now building the rockets and delivery capsules to ride on top of them. NASA will do the science. They'll provide the hardware.
"We are moving in a transition from the Space Shuttle Era," said Roger Launius, who served as NASA's chief historian before starting his own company, Launius Historical Services. "It's the future, there will be commercial projects."
Launius said it's not only Musk who is driving this change. Orbital ATK is another private company working in space exploration. So is Blue Origin, owned by the Musk's fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos. Older aerospace companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are building rockets as well.
And for many, it's a welcome change.
"I think it's good that space travel is becoming a commodity," said John Logsdon, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University. "You don't need a government expert to land a space rocket."
Lambert got to see the Space X launch through serendipity. While vacationing in Florida, he learned it might actually happen. He drove to Port Canaveral and found a restaurant with a good view of Cape Canaveral's launch pads.
"It was just full of Space X people," he said. "They were extremely excited. Everyone recognized it was a unique moment."
After a four-hour wait, the Falcon Heavy took off with a roar and a huge sonic boom, moving at more than 3,000 miles an hour.
"There was also this crackling, which nobody could explain," Lambert said.
Two minutes later, the Falcon Heavy's two side boosters descended to earth, firing their rockets to land safely within a second of each other.
"It was like watching synchronized swimming," Lambert said. "Nobody could believe it. The place went beyond crazy."
Back in New Milford, the amateur astronomers at the McCarthy Observatory realized they had a chance to glimpse and photograph the Falcon Heavy's payload — the Tesla roadster — attached to the rocket's second stage.
The car, Starman and Bowie are heading into their own 18.8-month orbit around the sun. Unless some space rock knocks them off course, they'll be out there for many millennia hence.
On a crystal-clear night on Feb. 13, the observatory's director, Monty Robson arrived around midnight while three others — Lambert, Bill Cloutier and Mark Polansky — filtered in through the wee small hours of the morning.
They got the Tesla's coordinates in space from the Minor Planets Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Harvard University. The center keeps track of what it calls Distant Artificial Satellites.
"They used to call it space junk," Robson said.
The four quickly located the Tesla — a tiny speck in the night sky, even through the observatory's telescope. With a series of long-exposure photographs, they were able to get a picture of it.
"It's the same way we nurse out asteroids," Robson said.
The observatory was lucky the weather cooperated. Another day or two and the Tesla would have sped beyond the observatory's powers to see it.
"It was getting pretty close to the edge of our visibility," Cloutier said.
The Falcon Heavy launch won't change space exploration into a gold rush, space historian Launius said. There are still many government controls in play.
"It's still going to be enormously regulated," Launius said. "I can't stress that enough."
But Launius acknowledged that Musk — while prone to overpromising — has persevered.
"Eventually, he's successful," he said.
"They take risks," Cloutier said. "Risks are what we need."
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Griffith's favourite orange-clad festival is back for another year and this time the festival is bigger than ever!
With just over two weeks until the festival kicks off on Banna Avenue, a handful of new sculpture submissions has brought the tally to a whopping 70 sculptures for 2019!
New submissions to this year's impressive line-up include Altina's life-sized Giraffe, Foodwork's cash register, Telstra's old style phone booth and Murrumbidgee Irrigation's photo booth.
Chairperson of the Spring Fest Working Group, Councillor Rina Mercuri says it's amazing to see how far the festival has come since its debut in 1995.
"It's incredible to think that it all started with just a handful of sculptures back in 1995. We couldn't be happier to have new entrants still coming on board to promote their businesses and help us grow our display."
- Rina Mercuri
Manna Avenue will be transformed into a sea of citrus on Sunday, October 13th with over 700 volunteers helping to erect the sculptures.
Some favourites from previous years are sure to make an appearance with the NSW Rural Fire Brigade Fire Truck, Baiada's reclining chook, The Bertoldo's horse and carriage and the Collier and Miller castle returning to WOW spectators.
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One common job interview question is, "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" The question is asked because the employer is trying to determine if you can paint yourself into the fabric of the company for the long haul. Will you make a committment to be trained for a job, then stick around awhile? Or, are you only wanting to make some quick money before hopping to the next company?
Lisa Seasholtz from wetfeet.com has some common answers to the question and gives the rationale on why you should give your answer very careful thought. Here are some answers from the list:
- "In your job"
- "At this company"
- "Married, living in Connecticut, with one child"
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Just five years ago, streaming video seemed better suited for the college dorm than the corporate boardroom. But as the technology has rapidly matured, its applications have evolved to a highly professional level. Now streaming video is widely adopted by thousands of global businesses, every branch of the U.S. military and nearly every government agency. Today, it's on the verge of becoming a ubiquitous tool in familiar unified communications platforms.
Streaming video's transformation began as more and more businesses adopted networks able to support voice and video. At the same time, video compression approaches evolved that made better use of network bandwidth — a trend still in evidence today with the widening adoption of enterprise-friendly streaming technologies, such as the H.264 codec. Business applications for streaming video gained even greater momentum as declining costs for digital storage made on-demand video more economical.
But, perhaps the most important driver of all is that streaming video has finally been seamlessly integrated with widely-used office communication tools, such as Microsoft's popular Office Communicator platform (now called "Lync").
This last development spells two significant changes for enterprise video. The first is that corporate leaders can now use it to immediately reach every desktop in the enterprise. The second is that individual users can now share, discuss, and act upon video via real-time communication tools like chat, voice-over-IP and Live Meeting. In short, streaming video has transformed from a conference room-only event into a real-time desktop collaboration tool.
Despite its increasing ubiquity in enterprise communications, some still question streaming video's practical impact. In answer, here are three ways that streaming video can transform your business:
- Keep employees around the world on the same page. With more businesses competing on a global stage, it's becoming more challenging than ever to share a corporate vision that's both unified and agile. Memos and emails poorly communicate new strategic goals, best practices or even the latest update on new products. Streaming video, in contrast, provides your corporate leadership a personal, authentic and immediate presence on every desktop across the enterprise. Including rich media presentations, graphics and animations only adds to streaming video's intuitively visual impact, and lets business leaders communicate complex ideas in minutes.
- Preserve the best of your organization's institutional knowledge. Your best employees have a habit of moving onward and upward, bringing with them their extensive knowledge. Video provides a supremely accessible, cost-effective, and searchable medium for storing institutional information and employee expertise. With the click of a mouse, it allows your staff to capture, archive, and replay video conferences, training sessions, product presentations, and employee-generated content without ever leaving their desk.
- Connect employees to each other and the world in real-time. In business, information is knowledge and knowledge is power. Streaming video can deliver live news feeds to every desktop, to digital signage screens and even to mobile handsets. The IP video underlying streaming technology provides the most cost-effective means to distribute live business television and cable news over existing corporate networks. No other medium keeps your workforce better informed, more up to date or better equipped to compete in a fast-moving market.
The truth is that businesses have confronted change and undergone transformations well before streaming video appeared. The difference today is that the pace of change has accelerated, along with the tempo at which consumer attitudes change, competitive challenges emerge and industry consolidation, acquisitions and mergers unfold.
Against this backdrop, streaming video isn't a transformative technology so much as the hallmark of a modern business. It enables global companies to respond more quickly and uniformly to market demands. It speeds the assimilation of new corporate cultures and IT infrastructures. And it enhances the value of existing unified communications tools by extending the reach of corporate broadcasts, webinars, and training to every desktop across the enterprise.
Erik Hertz is video services director at VBrick, which offers a range of streaming video products for enterprises, governments, and educational organizations.


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Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture works to enhance our community's health by connecting people to agriculture and the land through hands-on learning opportunities from seed to plate. Their 1.3-acre Urban Farm grows thousands of pounds of fresh food for local food pantries and educates thousands of children and adults every year. Founded in 2009, CCUA believes cooking and gardening skills have been slowly lost over the last couple of generations, and they want to ensure individuals still have the opportunity to learn them and use it to feed their families. CCUA helps people grow and cook food at their homes, at local schools, and other community sites. Billy Polansky serves as Executive Director of CCUA, leading the day-to-day operations.
At Igniting Business, we have had the pleasure to serve CCUA in their IT needs. According to Billy, "We tried having our own IT staff and it was difficult. It is a completely different skillset and I could not provide those staff with the support they needed to be successful. Outsourcing our IT needs to Igniting Business was a good move for a small organization like ours."
CCUA has recently launched a fundraising campaign, Build This Town, with the mission "to build a beloved Agriculture Park, creating a healthier, more vibrant community." The Build This Town project is a public-private partnership between Columbia Parks & Recreation, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, Columbia Farmers Market, and Sustainable Farms & Communities whereby funds will be used to build an Agriculture Park in central Columbia.
CCUA will manage a 3-acre farm and orchard on the site which will grow food for local food pantries. An outdoor classroom will also be built to be used as a part of CCUA's teaching curriculum. There will be a large open-air pavilion that will be used by the Columbia Farmers Market, allowing the market to be on site year-round regardless of the weather. Additionally, there will be a recreation trail and various community spaces where neighbors can come to walk their dog or have picnic.
Businesses can make a pledge of financial support to the campaign. Many businesses are stretching their pledges out over multiple years, which helps make a bigger fundraising splash without negatively impacting cash flow. While the campaign has had some large, generous gifts, they truly appreciate any contribution possible. CCUA has had some businesses sign up for a monthly $20 contribution, which is over $1,000 in a 4-year period. A number of naming opportunities are also available that will recognize donors once the park is built. Many of the business donors have allocated funds from their marketing budget to support the project. Everyone has a different ability to give, yet each gift is meaningful.
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Dean Francis Alfar's short story "L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars)" is an amazing tale of unrequited, one-way love. (SPOILER ALERT: Read the full story first if you don't want to read the spoilers below. Because I've quoted in italics all my favorite passages from the story.)
The story is about Maria Isabella du'l Cielo falling for a stargazing young man. When told that he only has eyes for stars, she thought of a plan for him to notice her. She approached master builder Melchor Antevadez with a strange request.
"What I need," she began, "is a kite large enough to strap me onto. Then I must fly high enough to be among the stars themselves, so that anyone looking at the stars will see me among them, and I must be able to wave at least one hand to that person."
"What you need," Melchor Antevadez replied with a smile, "is a balloon. Or someone else to love."
She ignored him like most love-struck fools do, and insisted on a kite. Finally the master builder gave her a list of materials he needed; to complete the list would take sixty years. She accepted the task without hesitation.
Melchor Antevadez squinted at her. "Is any love worth all this effort? Looking for the impossible?"
Maria Isabella gave the tiniest of smiles. "What makes you think I'm in love?"
Melchor Antevadez raised an eyebrow at her denial.
What makes this story extra melancholic is that Maria Isabella hired a 14-yr. old butcher boy to accompany her in her task. After sixty years they came back with all the materials; the great grandson of the master builder had taken over from his late great grandfather's shop. When Maria Isabelle was being strapped onto the kite, she tells the butcher boy (who had grown into an old man already), "This is certainly no time for tears," Maria Isabella reprimanded him gently, as she gestured for him to release the kite.
And she never realized that the butcher boy had loved her all this time.
As she rose, he sighed and reflected on the absurdity of life, the heaviness of loss, the cruelty of hope, the truth about quests, and the relentless nature of a love that knew only one direction.
I wish I had read Dean Francis Alfar's "L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars)" when I was younger; it would have saved me a few years lost in stupidity.


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"Apple allows its AI researchers to publish findings and engage with acdemic activities"
Apple is reported to have made some changes on its extreme secrecy attitude toward research and development. Its artificial intelligence researchers are said to be able to publish their machine-learning findings and attend academic activities. The news was announced by Russ Salakhutd, the company's director of AI research, at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference.
Comparing with other tech giants like Google, Microsoft, or Facebook, which are positive to show off their latest findings, Apple maintained a low profile in the AI field and typically kept all its research works in-house, mostly for the sake of protecting the company's intellectual property. It is the first time that Apple allows its team to publish scientific papers and engage with academia, so that they can share their achievements and be publicly recognized. This move is hoped to attract AI talents to Apple and to accelerate the iPhone maker's advance in deep learning.
Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Russ Salakhutd was hired in October by Apple as its first directory of AI research to bolster its machine learning capabilities. As the announcement came out, some of his peers expressed their concerns whether Apple would be more open and collaborative about its research results. Many AI academics believed that Apple's secrecy stance have hindered the recruit of top minds in Artificial Intelligence, as less researchers are willing to work in an closed environment where everything is secret. Also, the company's user privacy policy hampers AI employees from acquiring data that machine learning requires.
Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM launched the project "Partnership on AI" in September to push forward the development of this area. These companies have been pouring resources in the AI research for years and continue bringing in top minds in this field. To catch up its rivals and move forward its research and development, Apple has acquired three machine learning companies in recent months.
No more details are revealed now, and Apple does not further elaborate its plans.
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In a Round Rock ISD student survey, 68 percent of high school students indicate a skilled profession as a fulfilling career option. Students interested in skilled professional HVAC and plumbing careers are encouraged to register to earn their certification. After four months of hands-on instruction, students may be certified as an HVAC technician or Level 1 plumber.
Get started! Classes start next week and are held at Round Rock High School, Bldg. 500, 201 Deep Wood Dr. Round Rock. Workforce Solutions may fund 100 percent of the tuition for qualifying students. For more information or to sign up contact Dianne Kallus at 512-244-2207 ext. 1031.
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HVAC technician and plumbing certification March class dates will be announced in January. To be added to the interest list contact Dianne Kallus at 512-244-2207 ext. 1031.
The program is a result of a partnership between Round Rock ISD, Austin Community College (ACC) and the Round Rock Chamber and was developed to give participants the opportunity to become certified and to increase the number of skilled professionals in Central Texas.
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The end of my time at university is dawning and it's both sad and terrifying! My plan for next year is to continue living in Leicester, as Leicester has really become my home over the past few years. Many of my friends are returning from their years abroad and many of those I have met this year will still be students in years to come. It's also not too far from Birmingham where I am from, where all my mates from home are. There are still so many things I want to do in Leicester! I'm not ready to leave yet! Without further ado:
1. Visit the cemetery on university road – Every day I see this and every day I wonder what its like to walk there! Will need to bring a friend though!
2. Become a regular volunteer with The Real Junk Food Project Leicester – having volunteered in December it was an amazing experience and I really want to go back and do more! The project does great environmental and social justice work – and I will do a blog post about this soon.
3. Discover each and every shop in Leicester city center – The Lanes is particularly extraordinary and I always feel like I don't have enough time to go and nose around each one. Also my friend has recently helped to open up a new Chocolate shop which I am really excited to see – called Cocoa Amore
4. Meet more people – I have really enjoyed how many people I have met whilst socialising at Leicester, and now I am eager to meet more people of different ages from different backgrounds and walks of life.
5. Try another new hobby – Leicester has really encouraged me to try things that are completely new and challenging. Whether as an alumni student at the University or through public classes, I'm not sure what but I want to try something completely new – maybe try my hand at extreme sports 😛
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Nursing homes have been around for centuries helping families with convenient services for the care of elderly relatives. However, they are getting more and more notorious for scandals involving various forms of abuse. In fact, the trend is so shockingly prevalent with about 10% of the elderly in the United States reporting that they suffered some form of nursing home abuse or neglect in 2017. And this is just the victims that came forward
One solution to reduce the occurrence of abuse and neglect is for employers and nursing home owners to run thorough background checks before hiring healthcare staff. Here is a little more on the whys and whats of these checks.
Before we get too far, it is very important to first understand exactly what is considered nursing home neglect. This can be divided into five categories of atrocities as follows.
- Physical abuse: This is where the elderly resident is subjected to bodily harm of any kind. It rarely comes to kicks and blows so do not expect any major injuries in most cases. More often than not the assault includes things like pushing and rough handling during things like changing clothes, giving baths, and so on. What makes this form of abuse so bad is the fact that the elderly are rarely able to defend themselves. They also happen to be more fragile therefore more prone to injury.
- Emotional abuse: This form leaves no visible scars but has a huge effect on the health and life quality of a geriatric person. It could be anything from making statements about their impending death to complaining that they are a burden. It is important to understand that the loss of youth does not mean the loss of feelings. So they will get hurt by these snide comments made by insensitive staff.
- Financial abuse: This can happen either at the root level with direct caregivers or at management level. It is very easy to take advantage of an old person financially as they usually do not know a lot about things like current price averages and so on. It is therefore not uncommon to find private nurses overcharging their clients for simple services. Some even go to the extent of actually stealing money and other valuables from them especially in the case that the client has some form of memory loss issue.
- Sexual abuse: This is without a doubt the most heinous form of elderly abuse. Again the fragility and inability to defend themselves make the elderly an easy target. Fortunately, these incidents are few and far between. However, it is still important to do all it takes to prevent the incidences from occurring.
- Neglect: In order to understand the magnitude of this disappointing trend, soak up this shocking statistic. It is estimated that 1 in every 10 nursing home residents has a pressure ulcer due to neglect. These wounds are very difficult to treat and what makes it worse is the fact that they are very easy to avoid. Other common complications from neglect in these homes include infections from poor sanitation, skin irritation, venous clots and so much more.
Reasons Why Employers Should Run Background Checks
So far, it is evident that a lot can go wrong if the elderly are left in the care of the wrong people. Running a pre-employment background check on potential nursing home staff is truly one of the best ways to ensure that these incidences do not occur at all. Here are the 2 main benefits of making this investment.
- To protect your clients: If you run a nursing home your number one priority should always be offering the best possible services to your clients. Running these checks is in their best interests as it ensures that they are cared for by people who know and love what they are doing.
- To protect your business: It is also very important to protect your own interests in addition to ensuring that your client is safe and comfortable. The last thing you want is your otherwise decent business sinking under the weight of one employee who has no business dealing with elderly clients. To conduct the necessary investigations to ensure that every new member you take onto your care team shares your vision and passion for quality geriatric services.
A thorough background check should examine the following:
Criminal history: A criminal background check is very important as it is often an indicator of a potential misdemeanor in the future. You want to avoid people with a history of sexual abuse of geriatrics, financial crimes, and aggravated assault.
Psychiatric healthy and history: Whoever is taking care of the clients should be of sound mind. They should also be emotionally stable. All this is easy to figure out with a simple background check.
Training history: Not just any old Joe from the street can take care of an elderly person. Training is important and this can be confirmed by investigating their educational background. To be safe, it is always best to work with registered and licensed professional caregivers.
Experience with geriatric patients: It is not enough to just be trained; experience also goes a long way. Someone who has never handled a geriatric client is more prone to mistakes like neglect especially if they trained with younger clients.
What If It's Too Late?
Sometimes horrible caregivers slip through the cracks. If this happens after you run a thorough background screening, the next step is to report the matter to the relevant authorities. Unfortunately, not many people do this. In fact, only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse are reported to authorities in the United States.
When reporting nursing home neglect, it is critical to collect as much evidence as possible. This includes everything from photographs to witness statements and the patient's claims. With the help of an attorney, photographs and witness statements make it a lot easier to build a solid case against the perpetrator of the abuse or neglect.
It goes without saying that background checks, pre-employment screening, and active supervision are must-does for nursing home management. The last thing anyone wants is a criminal or ill-intentioned person taking care of the generation responsible for some of today's most incredible developments. Whether you get a free background check on the internet or you go all out on a professional private investigator, you will lose absolutely nothing by taking these cautious steps. So do it; for the sake of your clients and your business.
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The Lumba Research Group is interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying dormancy and germination in parasitic plants like Striga. In Africa, S. hermonthica is the most destructive Striga species by parasitizing major food crops such as sorghum, rice and millet and causing yield losses in the range of 30 to 100%. Striga infestations adversely affect the lives of over 100 million people in 25 countries. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie dormancy and germination in the Striga seed is essential to developing strategies to combat Striga. These molecular mechanisms, however, are poorly understood. We apply systems biology approaches to integrate genomic, transcriptome and protein-protein interaction data to generate signalling networks underlying germination in a parasitic model, Striga and a non-parasitic model, Arabidopsis. To generate protein interaction datasets for Striga and Arabidopsis, we have developed a "tabletop interactome" method consisting of high-throughput, binary yeast two-hybrid studies. Our particular focus is on signalling networks of plant hormones such as SL (strigolactone), GA (gibberrellic acid) and ABA (abscisic acid), which are known to play critical roles in the decision to germinate. By generating signalling networks at the protein level, we are closer to a cellular understanding of germination processes in plants. Further comparisons of signalling networks between Striga and Arabidopsis will also reveal clues to the evolution of a parasitic lifecycle. Our goal is to take advantage of these differences to develop strategies that prevent Striga from germinating and infecting its host.
Chemical Genetics and Strigolactone Perception. Lumba, S., Bunsick M., and McCourt, P., 2017. F1000 Research 2017 June 6:975, 10.12688/f1000research.11379.1
The Perception of Strigolactones in Vascular plants. Lumba, Shelley, Duncan Holbrook-Smith, and Peter McCourt. 2017. Nature chemical biology, no. 6 ( 17) . doi:10.1038/nchembio.2340. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28514432.
Found in Translation: Applying Lessons from Model Systems to Strigolactone Signaling in Parasitic Plants.Lumba, Shelley, Asrinus Subha, and Peter McCourt. 2017. Trends in biochemical sciences (May 9). doi:S0968-0004(17)30086-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28495334.
Transcription Factor Promotes Internode Elongation by Activating Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Signaling. Zhou, Xin, Zhong-Lin Zhang, Jeongmoo Park, Ludmila Tyler, Jikumaru Yusuke, Kai Qiu, Edward A Nam, et al. 2016. The ERF11 Plant physiology, no. 4 (June 2). doi:10.1104/pp.16.00154. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27255484.
Structure-Function Analysis Identifies Highly Sensitive Strigolactone Receptors in Striga. Toh, Shigeo, Duncan Holbrook-Smith, Peter J Stogios, Olena Onopriyenko, Shelley Lumba, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Alexei Savchenko, and Peter McCourt. 2015. Science (New York, N.Y.), no. 6257 ( 9). doi:10.1126/science.aac9476. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26450211.
A Mesoscale Abscisic Acid Hormone Interactome Reveals a Dynamic Signaling Landscape in Arabidopsis. Lumba, Shelley, Shigeo Toh, Louis-François Handfield, Michael Swan, Raymond Liu, Ji-Young Youn, Sean R Cutler, et al. 2014. Developmental cell, no. 3 ( 12).
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The Embryonic Leaf Identity Gene FUSCA3 Regulates Vegetative Phase Transitions by Negatively Modulating Ethylene-Regulated Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. Lumba, Shelley, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Frederic Delmas, Jodi Hezky, Nicholas J Provart, Qing Shi Lu, Peter McCourt, and Sonia Gazzarrini. 2012. BMC biology (February 20). doi:10.1186/1741-7007-10-8.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22348746.
The FRIABLE1 Gene Product Affects Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis. Neumetzler, Lutz, Tania Humphrey, Shelley Lumba, Stephen Snyder, Trevor H Yeats, Björn Usadel, Aleksandar Vasilevski, et al. 2012. PloS one, no. 8 (August 14). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042914. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916179.
Plant Nuclear Hormone Receptors: a Role for Small Molecules in Protein-Protein Interactions. Lumba, Shelley, Sean Cutler, and Peter McCourt. 2010. Annual review of cell and developmental biology. doi:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100109-103956. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20590451.
Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2C Protein Phosphatases Via the PYR/PYL Family of START Proteins. Park, Sang-Youl, Pauline Fung, Noriyuki Nishimura, Davin R Jensen, Hiroaki Fujii, Yang Zhao, Shelley Lumba, et al. 2009. Science (New York, N.Y.), no. 5930 (April 30). doi:10.1126/science.1173041. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19407142.
Preventing Leaf Identity Theft with Hormones. Lumba, Shelley, and Peter McCourt. 2005. Current opinion in plant biology, no. 5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16054431.
The Transcription Factor FUSCA3 Controls Developmental Timing in Arabidopsis Through the Hormones Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid. Gazzarrini, Sonia, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Shelley Lumba, Masanori Okamoto, and Peter McCourt. 2004. Developmental cell, no. 3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15363412.


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