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All For One or One For All?
My fellow Country Club neighbors, our community is the victim of a hijacking.
We are all passengers on a plane that has been diverted by hostile forces. We have no choice but to hope for a peaceful and safe result. The hijackers have shown no concern for our safety, they are only interested in reaping an enormous ransom.
When we purchased our tickets we were promised by Escondido Airlines that the flight would be secure, that the trip would be safe, that the cost of our ticket provided for proper safety precautions, for reliable scheduling, travel insurance and a pleasant trip.
After we were 10 hours into a 12 hour flight, we were advised that the airline was sold to someone with no experience in the industry, who was unconcerned about normal airline precautions and the safety and comfort of it's passengers. To an entity that has no history of conforming with standard rules and regulations of the airline industry. To an operator who has ignored normal security protocols. We have been advised that the insurance we thought was included in the cost of our tickets is no longer applicable.
Normally it would be possible to mount an insurgence to recapture control of the plane, but since a judge banned personal weapons onboard, we are helpless. We have no weapons, no cell phones, no communications, no support from the authorities, and no idea where we are going….
Escondido Airways has an aircraft full of passengers lost in flight over the Pacific Ocean, and no one is paying attention.
Apparently, we are entirely on our own. The question we need to answer is, just how important is it for us to reassert control of this plane? Are we willing to go down to deny the hijackers their treasure? Or should we close our eyes, offer a prayer, and hope for the best?
Can the attendants help us? Do they want to? Are they victims or co conspirators?
I do not have the answers. But I know one thing, the attendants may be our only hope. Our efforts must start with finding out if we can expect any help from them, to convince them that their future is tied to ours, and we cannot expect a rescue mission.
So let's call all of them to the podium, and demand they declare whose side they are on. Olga, John, Mike, Ed and Sam: Once and for all, it is time to be accountable. No obfuscation, no political group-speak. We have reached critical mass.
For the record, are you all for one or one for all?
Shirlene Swadley
2/22/2017 12:36:19 pm
The article in the TA February 23, very well said.
2/22/2017 03:16:41 pm
The country club community is a mess. Something needs to be done quit.
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Humanitarian response is getting a major urban overhaul
How does humanitarian action in urban areas ensure quality and accountability? A key part of the answer lies in what's known as the Sphere Project and its handbook — tools that are little known outside of humanitarian circles but which guide post-disaster and crisis response by governments, NGOs, the military, the United Nations and more.
Now, the Sphere Handbook is getting a first-ever urban overhaul. First produced in 1997, the handbook is undergoing a revision process to give guidance on the core actions humanitarian actors need to take when responding to crises in towns and cities. Significantly, these changes will recognize the reality that an increasing part of humanitarian response is happening in urban areas.
The revision is prompted by the increasingly urban nature of crises around the world. But it also reflects important technical advances and learning made in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Since the handbook's last revision, in 2010, several trends have emerged, different ways of thinking about towns and cities have received growing attention, and new frameworks have taken the place of previous ones.
[See: U. N. increasingly looking to its urban agency on crisis response]
Perhaps one of the most important examples of these new lines of thinking is the increasing use of cash-based assistance in urban settings where, for instance, markets are functioning and accessible. This has meant a major shift away from providing relief items, such as food and shelter, to giving cash to people to decide on their own priorities — rather than having aid agencies decide for them.
Resilience as preparedness
A discussion around global standards in humanitarian response is timely, having last week wrapped up a global summit on disaster risk reduction in Cancún, Mexico. There, pathways to safer, more resilient cities and countries were a hot topic.
"The Sphere revision is prompted by the increasingly urban nature of crises around the world. But it also reflects important technical advances and learning made in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti."
Indeed, all of this coincides with a significant strengthening of the humanitarian sector's emphasis on resilience and its application to the built environment. That includes around preparedness, adaptation and recovery activities, and the ways in which resilience can link development and humanitarian programming.
[See: Summit aims to 'substantially increase' local strategies on disaster risk]
Broadly, this is an attempt to move away from one-off humanitarian interventions and toward reducing aid dependency in situations of recurring disasters, such as floods. Under this approach, a resilient city is one that uses humanitarian aid as investment in future preparedness by developing municipal plans to manage large influxes of people, preparing for the impact of climate change and reducing disaster risks — for example, by creating evacuation plans or enforcing building codes in case of earthquakes.
Thinking about cities also has been impacted by global agreements struck over the past two years, which are likely to have a major impact on how humanitarian organizations go about their work. These include the New Urban Agenda, adopted last year; the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction that was the focus of last week's Cancún meeting; as well as the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, which has as one of its aims Goal 11, seeking to "Make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". Many are now hoping that these global accords will help improve the level of crisis preparedness and capacity for response in urban areas.
Another key evolution in the humanitarian community is a movement toward "systems thinking". This means means moving away from sector-focused programming to a more integrated approach to humanitarian response. Systems thinking also has increased the humanitarian community's capacity for understanding urban complexity and the links between basic services such as water, sanitation, electricity, health care and education at the local, municipal and national levels.
[See: More than half the world's refugees live in urban areas. Here's what that means for cities.]
In a disaster setting, for example, systems thinking would help with shelter needs by making agencies and others think more broadly about related issues — land ownership, rental markets, involving landlords and materials supply chains. This approach would also prompts these groups to think about taking opportunities to catalyze the local labour market, for instance in training skilled masons, carpenters and plumbers.
Protracted crises and urban displacement also are changing the humanitarian landscape by seeing cities accommodate large influxes of people. This has required increasing investment to ensure access to basic services including housing stock, health care, education, water and sanitation, electricity and more.
Urban standards
Certainly such strategies and evolving thinking have direct implications for the Sphere Handbook, which is consulted by any and all groups responding to crises created by natural hazards and conflict — humanitarian NGOs, the United Nations, military, government authorities, businesses and volunteers, among others.
"A resilient city is one that uses humanitarian aid as investment in future preparedness by developing municipal plans to manage large influxes of people."
Humanitarian groups use the Sphere Handbook as a means of identifying a set of minimum standards that guide humanitarian action, including by outlining the rights and obligations at play in humanitarian response. These minimum standards are designed to ensure certain conditions are achieved in order for crisis-affected populations to recover with dignity.
[See: Providing shelter in urban Iraq: Where the displaced meet the poor]
Examples of where the Sphere standards have been applied are wide-ranging and global. They include recent crises that have made international headlines such as the 2015 Nepal earthquakes and the Syrian refugee responses in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and elsewhere.
For example, when cities in Syria were bombed, major water lines were damaged. As a result, water no longer arrived at homes — or if it did, it was contaminated with bacteria. Sphere standards were used by agencies to implement programmes including water distribution and chlorination to ensure that the quantity and quality of water that was acceptable for the population living in these urban settings.
The complexity of responding to these urban crises is what is driving much of the thinking around the current handbook revision. Cities host over half of the world's population, generate 80 percent of global gross domestic product and are responsible for 70 percent of global energy consumption. They are diverse, dense and complex; they run on cash and commerce; and they are host to innovation and specialized skill sets, to markets and technology.
When a disaster strikes a city, all of these factors can be an opportunity for humanitarian aid as much as a challenge. The Sphere Handbook revision will now apprise users of both.
[See: Sustaining peace in an urban world]
Let's look at some of the main urban issues and precepts that future users can expect to see as the Sphere Handbook urbanizes. Practitioners are target audiences of the handbook, so organizers work to ensure that all guidance is tangible rather than conceptual. Here are some of the broad ways in which the handbook will be urbanized:
- Urbanizing the handbook means embracing the city and its opportunities by buying things locally, engaging with markets, employing local traders.
- The urban context will be reflected through activities that consider working with high-rise buildings, density, markets and shops, cash, commerce, traders, roads, public space and more.
- Cash-based programming, as described above, will be featured as a core modality for urban and other contexts in which markets are operational during a crisis. The current advice from a panel on this issue recommends that agencies justify why they are not using cash in situations where markets work. Cash is used increasingly for rental support and to facilitate self-built reconstruction, especially in urban areas.
- Sphere standards are universal and need to be contextualized. Sometimes this means the key actions and indicators may need to adjust the amounts or quantities to address need. This is especially true for actions and indicators around services and utilities.
[See: Could special economic zones be a win-win for refugees and host countries alike?]
And here are a few precepts that the handbook will offer for work in urban areas:
"Another significant change is the need to work through municipalities. That evolution is taking place as agencies shift to a role of facilitators who work to ensure local systems are rebuilt and strengthened, instead of acting as service providers."
- Engage with existing basic services by working with what exists. For instance, facilitate the improvement of health services, provision of water and sanitation, and removal of waste. Humanitarian agencies should not set up parallel systems when government or private systems already exist.
- Always work with local actors, including local governments, local businesses and traders, urban planners, designers and other built-environment professionals.
- Be aware of land tenure and how it impacts sector and project activities.
- Think about using area-based (or settlement- or neighbourhood-based) approaches in order to promote multi-sectoral responses in geographical areas instead of "siloed" interventions. At their core, area-based approaches are about collaborating around a common purpose, not just coordinating activities.
- Design humanitarian programmes that reflect urban plans and policies. Where these do not exist, influence new city plans and policies to be inclusive, sustainable and focused on disaster resilience.
[See: The U. N.'s urban agency is seeing record demand — even as its funding plummets]
- Think about the types of social and economic activities taking place on roads and public spaces, and how certain actions can better enable those activities.
- Remember that "community" is not homogenous and that chronic poverty adds to the complexity of addressing urban needs.
Prioritizing local systems
Together, these points constitute a major new direction in which humanitarian action is evolving. Perhaps the most significant change to urban humanitarian action is the drive to use cash as a first response (where markets work), in order allow recipients to make choices based on their own priorities and needs.
Another significant change is the need to work through municipalities. That evolution is taking place as agencies shift to a role of facilitators who work to ensure local systems are rebuilt and strengthened, instead of acting as service providers — as they often do in rural areas where basic services do not exist.
The final Sphere Handbook will be ready for launch next year. Institutions, networks or communities of practice interested in holding a consultation are welcome to do so by liaising with Pamela Sitko at email@example.com.

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Kitchens often have extreme temperatures, sharp objects, and slippery surfaces, which could make them a dangerous place for seniors. However, you can take certain measures to make the kitchen senior-proof. To make sure your loved one is safe in the kitchen, follow these steps.
1. Be Mindful While Cooking
If you're cooking, try to be cautious about where you place things. Turn pot handles inward so your loved one will not accidentally brush against them and knock hot food onto him or herself. Place knives far back on the counter to prevent them from falling on your loved one's feet.
Making the home a safe place for a senior loved one you're caring for can be difficult, especially when these tasks are managed alone. Families who need additional assistance caring for an elderly loved one should consider hiring a professional caregiver. Palm Beach, FL, seniors and their families trust in Home Care Assistance to provide high-quality in-home care on an as-needed basis. Our caregivers take pride in helping seniors remain healthy while promoting their quality of life.
2. Put Timers on the Stove
Forgetful seniors may cause fire risks by leaving the stove or oven on. You can install a timer that shuts an appliance off if it has not been used for a set time. In some cases, it might be helpful to set timers that prevent the stove or oven from being used at all during certain hours.
3. Label and Store Cleaners Carefully
If your loved one has dementia or another memory-related condition, he or she may wander into the kitchen for a snack and accidentally eat something indigestible. Put large labels on soaps, cleaners, and detergent packets so your loved one can see they are not food.
4. Reduce Water Temperature
Sink faucets are typically set to have a high maximum heat level, but your loved one could accidentally scald him or herself. You can lower the maximum heat level at the hot water tank. It may also be helpful to install a lever handle for the sink, since these types of handles are easy for seniors to control.
5. Make Storage More Convenient
You can reduce your loved one's likelihood of breaking stacks of heavy dishes or pulling a muscle by storing things at a height between waist and shoulder level. If you do not have enough storage space at these heights, consider installing drawers that pull out and down.
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7. Remove Tripping Hazards
Slipping and falling near hot food or knives can be dangerous. If the kitchen has any rugs, remove them or attach anti-slip stickers to the backs of the rugs. Try to tuck up long tablecloths that hang down to the ground, and place step stools away from walking paths.
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Make sure you choose a beading needle that's appropriate for your project. Choose from sharp, regular, extra long, BIG EYE and flexible twisted steel beading needles. See sidebar for needle sizing information.
John James Beading Needle Sizing
The general rule for needle size is the bigger the number, the finer the needle.
John James size 15 beading needles are the thinnest and can be used with smaller seed beads or beads with small holes. The John James size 10 beading needles are the thickest and can be used with larger beads or beads with large holes.
Flexible Steel Beading Needle Sizing
Size 6 = Extra Fine
Size 8 = Fine
Size 10 = Medium
Size 12 = Medium/Heavy
As you can see, the flexible twisted steel beading needle sizing is the opposite of the John James beading needle sizing.
See our sizing chart to help you choose the right needle size for your thread size and seed beads.


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Imagine stepping in and walking closer and closer to the inner sanctum of an authentic temple, it gives a very peaceful, energising and pious feel, doesn't it?
Imagine 108 such temples (Divya Desams, Centres of Inspiration), each one depicting rich history, vibrant form, and great qualities of the Lord sung by devotees – all at one place!
Here are some fascinating updates on the inner sanctum of the temples!
108 Shrines will have the look of golden texture and the Sanctum will be based on stone work.
70 of them have stone carving work in progress and 41 of them have progressed with inner sanctum work as well.
5 Divya Desams have roof stone work of the inner sanctums in progress!
The roof stone work of an inner sanctum comprises of three sections:
- Stones are cut and shaped in triangles.
- The four corners are fixed with these triangular stones in the first round, it's called 'kona vattamu'.
- Second round of setting these stones is called 'chadura vattamu', and fills the area between the corners.
- Third round of setting these stones closes the top of the shrine, these stones are called 'bramha silalu'.
Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji witnessed the laying the 'bramha silalu'(third set of stones) for Thirukkovalur temple. HH offered His blessings for the place such that it serves the purpose of inspiring and educating people with the right path to live and liberate themselves from hardships. HH also respectfully greeted and honoured the architects and all the team involved in this exquisite, intricate and divine effort!
How fortunate are we to welcome 108 Centres of Inspiration in Bhagyanagaram (Hyderabad), Bharath (India)!
Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji never ever compromises on the right way to execute a task. HH always works towards preserving the authenticity of any structure that reflects history, including the temple of Tirumala! Under the able guidance of such great acharya, we will soon witness these 108 Divya Desams commemorating millennium birth year of Ramanujacharya!


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Egg Donation- Pre-treatment requirements
Tests for woman
- Blood group and Rh factor
Can be done at the clinic anytime, compulsory
- Phospholipids
Can be done at the clinic anytime, recommended
- Mammography for woman over 40 years old
Can be done in Prague anytime, recommended
- Cervical cultures (smear tests of ureaplasma, mycoplasma and chlamydia)
Can be done at the clinic when not having period, recommended
Tests for man
- spermiogram and STD diseases (Hepatitis B and C, HIV and Syphilis)
can be done at the clinic anytime, compulsory
Dr. Milan Mrázek, PhD., MBA
Head physicianGYNEM
We advise for you to undergo all of these recommended tests in your home country. We can provide all of the testing for you here in the Czech Republic and they take a few days to complete.
In accordance with Czech law, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment cannot be administered to women above 49 years of age, nor one without a verified male partner.


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Get Tips to Lose Weight Healthily without Sweating
To get your body in shape without exercise, healthy and balanced diet, you should have to sufficean hour and do fast walking every day.If these habits are adopted throughout the whole life, you will never need to sweat in the gym for losing weight.These are the following tips those will help you regarding this.
- Learn to Breathe
The experts ensures that breathing and meditation are the 2 best methods that helpsto shake off the weight from your body. You actually get rid of stress through simple breathing techniques. During the day, you have to take two or three three-minute breaks to breathe deeply and calmly to the rhythm of six breaths per minute. These breaths are associated with negative emotions and gradually channel stress and overcome evil thoughts, stop compulsive eating behavior ultimately leading to slimming.
- Sleep for Eight Hours
Sleep for above or below seven or eight hours could lead to weight gain, and even obesity.There has to be enough and precise time to sleep and no more or less.Dinner is very important when it comes to sleep.Care must be taken to consume foods containing tryptophan, for example, bananas, since it is a good precursor of sleep, and, of course, do not eat too much because it will hinder in digestion process.
- Undergo Mesotherapy
Mesotherapy can help weight loss, and particularly for the removal of body fat, it is also combined with healthy habits. With mesotherapy, it is possible to improve the appearance of orange peel, the volume is decreased, and an almost complete disappearance of the feeling of swelling of the legs is experience. For this Micro injection used in the dermis just under the skin with droplets of medication, usually homeopathic, to activate the circulation and alter the permeability of the cell walls of adipocytes and facilitate the release of fat content which improves tissue oxygenation and produces a local fat combustion, leading to help you lose weight.
- Healthy Grocery Sopping
Scientists at Yale University have developed a method to rate the food, depending on the nutrients they provide, and also in terms of their sugars and saturated fats. Every Food receives a score from 1 to 100 with 100 being the score given to the healthiest foods.It is known as Nuval system and should go over the top to be included in the purchase.
- Eat Less
Reducing caloric intake is no longer a requirement for those who want to get a slim body, but also those who want to live healthy.Eat less not only helps you get thin, but it also protects you against cancer and prolong life.
- Start with a Good Breakfast
A full and balanced breakfast is able to give you sufficient energy to meet the daily activities. Just ten minutes are enough to prepare breakfast with bread, milk, cereals, fruit and virgin olive oil, so spend this time to avoid strenuous exercise at the gym.
- Drink Plenty of Water
Drink at least 2 liters every day, especially before meals as it helps to feel satiated. It also improves functions of organism as it provides nutrients such as sodium or potassium which regulate physiological processes, magnesium helps fight stress and calcium and fluoride provide beneficial qualities to bones and teeth. Water also helps to eliminate toxins.


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This past week I have seen practical change management open and fail right in front of me.
Where I live over the last few weeks, we have been subjected to many, many changes to the flow of traffic and accessibility of certain roads and accesses. This is due to significant utilities works in the area.
None of us really like changes to our local roads, but one set of circumstances caused me to reflect on this and look at how we manage change in our organizations. Now this is nothing new, but it may put a different perspective on what we do and how we do it.
What happened?
To help you understand let me explain the previous conditions. "business as usual" if you like.
The road on which I live is encircled by major links between local towns and major arteries. The local roads jet very busy at particular times, especially at rush hour and when major events are taking place at Twickenham Rugby Ground. Most of the traffic using one road are almost exclusively local residents for access.
Due to major sewage works locally, one road was changed to temporary traffic lights for access, and another running parallel to this ( a more significant road) had reduced width.
Next this reduced width was changed to no-entry, causing the second smaller road to have to take the traffic overflow.
This went on for a few weeks, before last week they closed the major road in both directions. Then 48 hours later, they made the parallel road one way.
Summary of the change
In the period of one week roads that were 2 way, become congested, then one way (with poor signage).
The net effect or change
Local drivers used to their route, basically continued to drive the wrong way down a one way road, they ignored no left/ right turn signs, drove past no-entry signs. To many this was not just ignoring the signs, but because they lived locally, honestly did not think the signs were meant for them. Others just did not see the signs.
From a change perspective this is interesting. People "saw" the communication at one level, but at another did not think it applied to them. Now if we as human beings can do this driving one tonne killing machines, its no wonder why people ignore policy and procedure changes in business.
Habits of change
Change is not WHAT about the what needs to be done differently – but the missing link is the WHY. To us humans, the development of habits are to some extent life saving, they are survival level skills. For us to change takes massing decision making power. Its not just as easy as wanting to change. We (our brain) or unconsciousness, needs a really good reason to change. Telling us once often is just not enough.
Research by Associate Professor Sam Charlton of the University of Waikato (NZ) found that
drivers in a sign awareness test only noticed an average of 15.3% of the speed signs on the roadside. And these were adequately maintained signs, not the overgrown or vandalised ones.
and that
instead of relying on signs, most drivers unconsciously adjust their speed based on perceptual cues
In the article they conclude that
The best way to change behaviour is to change environments
And this is just as true for change in business as it is to the highway environment.
Learning change techniques from roadworks. Change is often intangible. how can we manage or influence it? using a physical world example we explore its impact


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KuopioRock: Amorphis
My last post of shots will be of Amorphis. We skipped the end of Tarot's show so that we could get Anna a place fairly close to the stage. Hmpf. Almost an hour before Amorphis was slated to start (and several hours before the closing act of Sonata) a bunch of Sonata fans had camped in the front rows. But Anna still got a good spot and I made my way into the pit.
No one told any of the photographers around me of a limit on how many songs we could shoot, but I did notice the pit clearing out at the beginning of the first song but didn't pay much attention to the fact… After the first song I was asked to leave the pit (as I was already leaving it ;).
As always seems to be the case with Amorphis, Tomi's expressions and flying hair were a good target for shooting. Of course, as a guitarist I also concentrated quite a bit on Esa and Tomi K. Neither guitarist is very flamboyant in their playing, but the ESP Eclipse's give nice shots of guitarists playing and enjoying their music.
As was the case with Tarot's gig, the light was fairly bright daylight diffused through some cloud cover. After I'd moved to shoot from the audience it rained a bit, giving some added spice to a few shots. I never managed to get through the crowd to where Anna was standing.
I also managed to get one of my favorite shots ever of Tomi from the audience. Again, the angle let me avoid nasal cavities completely.
As always, more pictures in our gallery. I had a really hard time selecting the shots to post here, Amorphis is quite a photogenic band.


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Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH; Miranda Pappas, MA; Bernadette Zakher, MBBS; Jennifer Priest Mitchell, BA; Leila Okinaka-Hu, MD; Rongwei Fu, PhD
Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this review are those of the authors, who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the views of the AHRQ. No statement in this review should be construed as an official position of the AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Acknowledgment: The authors thank Andrew Hamilton, MLS, MS, who conducted literature searches, and Amanda Brunton, BS, who provided assistance; both are affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University.
Financial Support: By the AHRQ under contract HHSA-290-2007-10057-1-EPC3.
Potential Conflicts of Interest: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M13-1684.
Requests for Single Reprints: Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH, Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Mailcode BICC, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098; e-mail, email@example.com.
Current Author Addresses: Drs. Nelson, Zakher, Okinaka-Hu, and Fu and Ms. Pappas and Ms. Mitchell: Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Mailcode BICC, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098.
Author Contributions: Conception and design: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher, J.P. Mitchell, L. Okinaka-Hu, R. Fu.
Drafting of the article: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher, J.P. Mitchell, L. Okinaka-Hu, R. Fu.
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher, L. Okinaka-Hu, R. Fu.
Final approval of the article: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher, R. Fu.
Provision of study materials or patients: H.D. Nelson.
Statistical expertise: H.D. Nelson, R. Fu.
Obtaining of funding: H.D. Nelson.
Administrative, technical, or logistic support: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, J.P. Mitchell.
Collection and assembly of data: H.D. Nelson, M. Pappas, B. Zakher, J.P. Mitchell.
Mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other types of cancer.
To review new evidence on the benefits and harms of risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women.
MEDLINE and PsycINFO between 2004 and 30 July 2013, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 2004 through the second quarter of 2013, Health Technology Assessment during the fourth quarter of 2012, Scopus, and reference lists.
English-language studies about accuracy of risk assessment and benefits and harms of genetic counseling, genetic testing, and interventions to reduce cancer incidence and mortality.
Individual investigators extracted data on participants, study design, analysis, follow-up, and results, and a second investigator confirmed key data. Investigators independently dual-rated study quality and applicability by using established criteria.
Five referral models accurately estimated individual risk for BRCA mutations. Genetic counseling increased the accuracy of risk perception and decreases the intention for genetic testing among unlikely carriers and cancer-related worry, anxiety, and depression. No trials evaluated the effectiveness of intensive screening or risk-reducing medications in mutation carriers, although false-positive rates, unneeded imaging, and unneeded surgeries were higher with screening. Among high-risk women and mutation carriers, risk-reducing mastectomy decreased breast cancer by 85% to 100% and breast cancer mortality by 81% to 100% compared with women without surgery; risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy decreased breast cancer incidence by 37% to 100%, ovarian cancer by 69% to 100%, and all-cause mortality by 55% to 100%.
The analysis included only English-language articles; efficacy trials in mutation carriers were lacking.
Studies of risk assessment, genetic counseling, genetic testing, and interventions to reduce cancer and mortality indicate potential benefits and harms that vary according to risk.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Analytic framework and key questions.
KQ = key question; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.
* Clinically significant mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene or related syndromes.
† Testing may be done on the unaffected woman, the relative with cancer, or the relative with the highest risk, as appropriate.
‡ No known mutation in relatives and none detected in the patient.
§ Known mutation in relatives but none detected in the patient.
|| Interventions include increased early detection through intensive screening (e.g., earlier and more frequent mammography and breast MRI), risk-reducing medications (tamoxifen and raloxifene), and risk-reducing surgery (mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy).
Summary of evidence search and selection.
* Identified from reference lists, hand-searching, suggestions from experts, and other methods.
† Results are provided in an additional publication (26).
‡ Studies that provided data and contributed to the body of evidence were considered to be "included." Studies may contribute data to >1 key question. This number includes studies from the prior review as well as studies published since 2004.
Appendix Table 1. Models Estimating Individual Risk for BRCA Mutations to Guide Referrals
Appendix Table 2. Models Used as Reference Standards to Estimate Individual Risks for BRCA Mutations
Appendix Table 3. Studies of Genetic Counseling
Appendix Table 4. Studies of Distress After Genetic Testing
Table. Summary of Evidence
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It may look like a simple step. Simply open a new document and start typing, right? But it's rare for this to work for me. I love to get a strong working title and an outline before I write too much. John's written about this before, after he found he could accelerate his composing process ~600 percent by producing an outline .
As I wrote an outline for a post this week I realised I had been repeating the same process for every new article I work . Like any good programmer, I realized repeating the same work over and above means that is probably a good opportunity for automation.
So I decided to make some templates for myself.
I began by developing a template for my common Ghost blog article arrangement. Since that structure's particular to mepersonally, I also created a template based on how John structures his articles, and another based on a writer whose work I admire.
For every template I've created a gist to show you exactly what they look like. They are only Markdown documents, so go right ahead and save them, rename them if you like, and copy-and-paste the contents into a new file whenever you are ready to write. Click the"view raw" link to the bottom of every list to observe the plain text version, which you can copy into a new file on your favorite writing app.
With this template, I can start with answering each dot point using a couple of notes about what I need to write in that segment. By the time I am done, I'll have a rough sketch of what the final piece will look like. This should make it easier to expand my notes to fully-formed paragraphs and make them flow into each other well, since I understand the structure of the entire piece in advance.
Using the template, I discovered that my outlining process became much more involved. I'd really planned to perform a complete rough draft of the post in the early hours, but it took me a couple of hours simply to have the outline done, so that I set the draft off for another day.
On the flip side, I had over 1600 words composed in my outline, along with a good idea about what each segment would comprise and how they would work together to create a sense of flow from the post. Even though outlining took longer than usual, drafting took less time because I'd put myself up for victory. Composing the draft was only a matter of taking each chunk of notes from the outline and filling out it into a readable paragraph or two.
It was quite a different procedure to how I normally work, and that I was tempted a few times to avoid the additional research or thinking required to complete the outline correctly. I often put these things off until I am drafting, and that's when I should be focused on writing rather. I adhered to it, though, and by the time I got around to writing the draft I was glad I'd had.
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VoIP stands for Voice over IP and voice transmission is via internet protocol. During a telephone conversation, the language is part of the Internet instead of wires, which are the old telephone line.
What are the advantages VoIP?
The main advantage of VoIP is the price of the phone call. The voice communication is done digitally via computer-based systems, the Internet transmits the voice data. Phone lines, as in the old phone system, are the providers of not rented on a large scale for a high price.
Worldwide reached at a phone number
Berlin, New York, Madrid - The Internet is spreading around the world. Whether in a hotel, office, internet cafe or at home - almost everywhere access to the World Wide Web (www) is present. The VoIP users need only connect its VoIP phone to the Internet or launch the VoIP software on a computer. This can then be a single VoIP phone number to call someone or receive calls - no matter where it is currently located in the world. All calls are forwarded based on the IP protocol, the unique identifier of the user VoIP phone.
What do I need for VoIP?
1st Broadband Internet: For a good voice, a fast Internet connection required. This can be a DSL connection, a TV cable Internet, satellite Internet, Wi-Fi or a leased line. A normal analogue modem or ISDN connection with a maximum transmission speed of 128 kbit / s is sufficient in itself is normally not.
Second VoIP providers: To party on their VoIP phone, or even on a normal fixed line or mobile network to call or even a call, the user needs a VoIP provider. third VoIP device: In order to use VoIP even be a computer with a corresponding is computer programs , an IP phone sets or adapters needed to the traditional analogue or ISDN telephones can be connected.


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Meet Reactec at the Work place Health & Safety show in Melbourne from the 23rd-24th May
Reactec, the award-winning UK-based market leader in monitoring and management platforms for exposure to Hand Arm Vibration (HAV) from power tool use, will be exhibiting with JEA Tech at the Work place Health & Safety show in Melbourne from the 23rd-24th May. Reactec has teamed up with JEA Tech to distribute HAVwear* in Australia for the first time.
Safework Australia data shows that c.5260 workers' compensation claims for injuries or illness attributed to exposure to vibration. Reactec's attendance at the show will give visitors a chance to demonstrate the HAVwear wrist worn device that monitors personal exposure to vibration and to ask any questions about how to reduce their HAV risk more easily and effectively. Also how by reviewing the HAVwear exposure data, employers can more easily identify and reduce their exposure risk.
Register for the show at - https://www.whsshow.com.au/
About Reactec
- Reactec is the award-winning UK market leader in the provision of monitoring devices and a management information reporting platform of Hand Arm Vibration (HAV) risk - the cause of one of the most common industrial diseases in the UK, Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) – also known as Vibration White Finger.
- Reactec's Analytics Platform which includes the HAVwear is an automated solution for employers to monitor and manage vibration exposure risks. The HAVwear is worn by the tool user and exposure and tool data is transmitted online to provide companies with digital reports of their workforce exposure to potentially harmful levels of vibration. This product has c.50% market share of HAV monitoring devices sold in the UK. www.reactec.com @reactec
- Reactec has recently released a whitepaper documenting the results of their performance tests of HAVwear – https://www.reactec.com/article/download_new_reactec_white_paper
What is HAV / HAVS?
- There is no cure for HAVS, there is only prevention (source: HSE).
- There is inadequate research on what "safe" levels of exposure to vibration are (source: HSE Laboratories).
- 2 million* people in the UK are at risk of HAVs. But currently there is under 100,000** take up of monitoring systems, around 5% (source: *HSE **Reactec).
- 139% surge in disease related employee personal liability claims (2011 – 2014, Weightmans)
- 42% rise in the number of 'Hand Arm Vibration' non-compliances recorded through 20,000 site inspections in 2016 (source: BSG).
- There are 300,000 people suffering from HAVS in the UK (source: HSE).
- Successful HAVS related industrial disability claims have increased by 69% in last eight years (Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit).
Institute of Occupational Medicine study
- The IOM firstly reviewed data collated by Reactec from 23 tool onsite scenarios with up to three simultaneous test methodologies – HAVwear and two ISO5349 compliant instruments. Each tool was tested up to 30 times. The IOM statistically analysed the data for consistency and correlation.
- From phase one the IOM determined a range of tools to evaluate autonomously which would yield a broad spectrum of tool behaviour. The IOM undertook 477 independent tests of 40 tools covering 16 tool types. The work was carried out in real tool use environments including road maintenance, forestry & grounds maintenance, workshop, and garage repair shops. The aim of this phase was to consider the HAVwear as a risk assessment and or a risk management tool.
- To read and download the full report please go to: www.reactec.com/iom_report


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From some people's perspectives the past few winters here in Finland have been pretty poor: mild, little snow and very overcast most of the winter. I didn't think they were too bad, colder than we were used to in Scotland, but survivable. I am not a fan of winter.
This winter started off quite mild, but 2016 is now making up for it. It's not been as bad as our first winter in 2010-11 with a meter snowfall starting in late October/ early November and it kept coming until the end of March, but it's back to what winters are usually like here. The last week of the Christmas holiday we got a bit of snow and then were hit with a sudden drop of temperatures. From around -5C to -24C almost overnight. While I had the kids sorted for their regular winter gear that has gotten us by the last couple of years, I had to make a mad dash to find all of the heavy-duty woolen thermals.
We tend to stay in when it gets that cold, but as it was heading downwards we did try and get out and enjoy a proper Finnish winter.
I have to admit I'm a bit scared to skate after my last attempt 20+ years ago dislocated my knee quite badly, so use the youngest as an excuse. I also was watching another friend's toddler. Pudding was not impressed, so we put the little shoe covers on and let her go out with the Chief.
The older kids are all pretty confident on their feet, though Bump likes to mess around with the Chief and the luistelukelkka - the support sledges.
We went to the Jääpuisto, the Ice Park at the Rautatientori train station in the centre of town. We usually just go to Mouse's school which is free, but they don't have the kelkka or a cafe and we wanted to meet up with friends. I liked the Ice Park, but I'm sure the prices are prohibitive for big families like us to go too often.
We also went out sledging on our local hill. The big kids can now pull their own sledges back up, so I either entertain Pudd or just help them adjust position. Though that's much colder for me than having to pull them back up the hill every time.
Foo mostly just throws himself down, over and over.
Just as school was starting back a blizzard hit the country.
Almost nothing stops here when we get a lot of snow, though they did cancel a few buses. I was out at 7am clearing the drive so I could get the kids to school. At 7.30 the snowplough was down our street. A well-oiled machine, Finland in snow. I'm a bit obsessed with keeping it and the paths clear. I love my push shovel. Perfect for the light fluffy snow we get here.
Now the temps are bouncing up and down between -10 and -20C, but the sun is out more often than not. I bought the boys skis last year over Christmas so they could learn, but we never got any decent snow after that for them to even try them out. I have inherited a pair from a friend, that's my next goal for us to learn how to cross-country ski.
So we're doing our best to enjoy the Finnish winter, though Bump has already said she's tired of it and wants spring. Her and me both, but we still have a long wait.
Hope you're enjoying winter where you are.


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Goodbye, Ello.
The only way to fight the venture capital model is not to support the product in the first place. Venture capital is private subsidy that keeps the startup alive long enough until enough people have joined their platform. At this point, it's too late. By being part of the platform we have created its value. This is the value that is sold in an exit. The only way to resist this system is to not build that value in the first place. Once a network has grown to the sort of size Facebook or Twitter has, there is very little anyone can do. But we have an opportunity to make sure that new networks that are funded by venture capital do not reach that point.
I'm sorry, Paul, but by taking venture capital you have made a crucial mistake that is incompatible with the goals you set out in your manifesto and I will not support yet another venture-capital funded network only to be disappointed at the time of the inevitable exit.
So here's what I'm doing: I'm leaving Ello. Before it can grow. Before it can exit. And I suggest that you do the same.
Or, even better, do not join it in the first place.
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Mr. Claude Lafleur joins Nutri Group's Board of Directors
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, November 8, 2018 - Mr. Serge Lefebvre, President of Nutri Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Claude Lafleur, Agr. MBA, to Nutri Group's Board of Directors. Mr. Lafleur has served as a member of Nutri Group's Audit Committee since January 2017.
Having trained as an agro-economist at Université Laval and Michigan State University, Mr. Lafleur is a well-known figure in Québec's agricultural industry and agri-food sector. He has served as Managing Director of the Union des producteurs agricoles and then as Chief Executive Officer of the Coop fédérée from 2005 to 2014.
In 2014, Mr. Lafleur received the Cérès Honoris Causa for his exceptional contribution to agriculture and agri-food.
He is currently director at many company boards and is an active investor in Anges Québec.
This new appointment is part of good governance and is intended to complement the expertise of the Board of Directors, otherwise composed of the following producers and shareholders:
- Mr. Serge Lefebvre, Agr., President
- Ms. Claudia Désilets, BBA, MBA, Vice-President
- Mr. Michel Gauvin
- Mr. Jean-François Allie, BBA
- Mr. Mathieu Poirier
- Ms. Julie Lavallée-Morin, BBA, M. Sc.
About Nutri Group
Founded in 2005, Nutri Group was born out of the initiative of a small group of egg producers who joined forces in 1987 to market their products and those of other producers. Today, this "farmer owned" model is applied coast-to-coast, employing modern and efficient plants to grade and process eggs and enable the Group to market more than 2.5 billion regular and specialty eggs (Omega, free run, organic, etc.) each year.
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Music is a universal language. Because Malden Public Schools' student population is made up of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, the music program in the school system provides an opportunity for students to be brought together with a common language.The music department includes general music, instrumental music, and choral arts. All music teachers use a standards-based music curriculum aligned with the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework.
Our students are taught music appreciation, music history, and theory. They have the opportunity to play a wide variety of pitched and unpitched instruments such as keyboard, guitar, recorders, xylophones and various percussion instruments. Music is related to just about every other subject, so the general music teachers often teach units in correlation with other subject teachers and integrate music with school theme projects.
Band instrument instruction is available starting in fourth grade and continues through the twelfth grade. Performance experience at different levels include parades and concerts. Middle school and high school students will soon have the opportunity to participate in jazz band and or percussion ensemble, both of which are currently being put together in anticipation of the next school year.
Vocal music experiences begin in kindergarten and continues to be available at the high school level through the MHS Choral Arts program.
Performance is an important part of the music experience. Students at all grade levels have the opportunity to perform in musical programs in front of an audience. The benefits of this type of experience include development of self-confidence, positive self esteem, and a love and appreciation of music that will continue to grow as the students mature into adults.
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Beebe – Elisabeth Hoffman- K-4
Ferryway – Jaclyn O'Connor, K-8
Forestdale – Kimberly Barber, K-8
Linden – Rachel Candee – K-8
Salemwood – Brian Sheehan- 5-8, Justine Pasquale- K-4
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Welcome to Pearly Dentistry
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Joseph Agassi
Joseph Agassi (/ˈæɡəsi/; Hebrew: יוסף אגסי; born in Jerusalem on May 7, 1927) is an Israeli academic with contributions in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied under Karl Popper and taught at the London School of Economics. He later taught at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Illinois, Boston University, and York University in Canada. He had dual appointments in the last positions with Tel Aviv University.
He has been married to Judith Buber Agassi – Martin Buber's granddaughter – since 1949. Together they had two children, Aaron, and Tirzah, who died of cancer in March 2008. They currently live in Herzliya, Israel. Tirzah´s name, when she was a child, was often used by Popper in his dictum "Write it for Tirzah!" to explain his view that everyone has the duty to write in a clearly and easily understandable language.
Agassi's prime interest is in science, metaphysics, and politics. He takes it that philosophy is nothing if not rationalist. For over fifty years he studied the rationality of science, metaphysics, and democratic politics.
An advocate of Popper's philosophy with variations, Agassi ignores many of the problems that concern some philosophers of science, chiefly that of theory choice. The problems of the philosophy of technology engage him, including the problem of choosing scientific theories and ideas worthy of application and implementation.
Political philosophy[edit]
Agassi suggests, in line with Popper's political philosophy, that all schools of thought have thus far neglected the one major practical problem of ethics, namely moral brakes: when should one apply them? We know this much: the more decent people are, the sooner they are ready to put their brakes on. For example, Agassi observes that the German nation lost its moral brakes as soon as its Nazi rulers showed their hand.[citation needed]
According to Agassi, democracy is so outstanding that, no matter what the agenda is, it is still best.[citation needed] He developed further the methodology of critical rationalism which he adopted from Popper. According to him, critical rationalism gives the possibility to rationalists to account for checks and balances and democracy within their rationalism.[citation needed] Bootstrapping is the expression he coined for the approach to problems with the methodology of critical rationalism: Solutions are offered and then improved upon according to the results obtained as a never ending process.[citation needed] He acknowledges that even democracy is not immune to errors, and that it may even lead to its own destruction as it happened in 1933 in Germany. Nevertheless, says Agassi, democracy has a fair chance for success; in particular, in global politics due to its quick recovery procedure for confronting mistakes that find their way into the agenda of democratic institutions.[citation needed]
Israeli politics[edit]
Agassi has expressed criticism against the settler movement and has advocated for Israel to "separate" from the world-wide Jewish community:
- "The flimsy excuse – the notion that Israel belongs to the Jewish people and not to the Israeli nation – is the very threat to its independence. It is therefore imperative that Israel should recognize its nation as separate and different from the Jewish people." [1]
Global politics[edit]
Agassi has written widely on global politics and on the methodology to implement global politics. His methodology is consistently procedural, without having requests for systematic procedures. His demands from those that design global politics are minimalist: small methodological changes may lead to large scale achievements. Agassi also proposes to bring global problems to public agendas for discussions in different forums, in particular in workshops where discussions are held with an agreed upon agenda: the agenda, says Agassi should be discussed and set by the participants prior to the discussion.
Books in English[edit]
- Towards an Historiography of Science, History and Theory, Beiheft 2, 1963; facsimile reprint, Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1967.
- The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics From The Greeks to Einstein, New York: McGraw Hill, 1968.
- Faraday as a Natural Philosopher, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 1971.
- Science in Flux, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Dordrecht, Reidel, 28, 1975.
- (with Yehuda Fried) Paranoia: A Study in Diagnosis, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 50, 1976.
- Towards a Rational Philosophical Anthropology, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977.
- Science and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science, Boston Studies, 65, 1981.
- (with Yehuda Fried) Psychiatry as Medicine, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1983.
- Technology: Philosophical and Social Aspects, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1985.
- The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics: Selected Reviews and Comments, LaSalle IL: Open Court, 1988.
- (with Nathaniel Laor) Diagnosis: Philosophical and Medical Perspectives, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990.
- The Siblinghood of Humanity: Introduction to Philosophy, Delmar NY: Caravan Press, 1990, 1991.
- Radiation Theory and the Quantum Revolution, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1993.
- A Philosopher's Apprentice: In Karl Popper's Workshop, Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism, Amsterdam and Atlanta GA: Editions Rodopi, 1993. Second edition, 2008. Contents
- Liberal Nationalism for Israel: Towards an Israeli National Identity, Jerusalem and New York: Gefen. Translation from the Hebrew book of 1984.
- Science and Culture, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 231, 2003.
- (with I. C. Jarvie) A Critical Rationalist Aesthetics, Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2008.
- (with Abraham Meidan) Philosophy from a Skeptical Perspective, NY and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Science and Its History: A Reassessment of the Historiography of Science, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 253, 2008. (This includes a corrected reprint of Towards an Historiography of Science, History and Theory)
Books in Hebrew[edit]
1. Letters to My Sister Concerning Contemporary Philosophy, Omer: Sarah Batz, 1976 1977. New enlarged edition, Tel-Aviv, Yedioth Aharonoth Books and Chemed Books, 2000.
2. (with Dov Rappel) Philosophy of Education: A Philosophical Dialogue, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1979.
3. Between Faith and Nationality: Towards an Israeli National Identity, Tel-Aviv: Papirus, Tel-Aviv University, 1984. Second Edition, Revised and enlarged, 1993. English translation, 1999.
4. (with Moshe Berent, and Judith Buber Agassi), Israeli National Awareness, Discussion Paper No. 11–88, 1988. Sapir Center for Development, Tel-Aviv University.
5. Albert Einstein: Unity and Diversity, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1989, 1994, and 2000.
6. The Philosophy of Technology, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1990.
7. J. A., Judith Buber Agassi and Moshe Berent, Who is an Israeli? Rehovot: Kivunim, 1991. A variant of the Discussion Paper.
8. The History of Modern Philosophy from Bacon to Kant (1600–1800): An Introduction. Tel-Aviv: Ramot, Tel-Aviv University, 1993 and reprints.
9. An Introduction to Modern Philosophy, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1996.
10. (With Yeshayahu Leibowitz) Chemi Ben-Noon, editor, Conversations Concerning the hilosophy of Science, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1996.
11. (With Yeshayahu Leibowitz) Chemi Ben-Noon, editor, The Limits of Reason: Thought, Science and Religion; Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Joseph Agassi in Conversation, Jerusalem: Keter, 1997.
Books in Italian[edit]
1. Scienza, metodolgia e societá, edited by Michael Segre, Roma: Luiss Edizioni, 2000. 186 pp.
2. Michael Segre, Accademia e società, Conversazioni con Joseph Agassi, Rubbatino Editore, 2004, 129 pages.
3. Joseph Agassi, La filosofia e l'individuo – Come un filosofo della scienza vede la vita, Di Renzo Editore, Roma, 2005
Books edited[edit]
1. Psychiatric Diagnosis: Proceedings of an International Interdisciplinary Interschool Symposium, Bielefeld Universität, 1978, Philadelphia: Balaban Intl. Science Service, 1981. 184 pp.
2. (With Robert S. Cohen), Scientific Philosophy Today: Essays in Honor of Mario Bunge, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 67, 1982. 503 pp.
3. (With I. C. Jarvie), Rationality: The Critical View, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1987. xi+462 pp.
4. Hebrew Translation of Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies, Jerusalem, Shalem Publications, forthcoming, 2005.
Online papers[edit]
- A Note on Smith's Term "Naturalism" [1]
- Anthropomorphism in Science [2]
- Brainwashing [3]
- Bye Bye Weber [4]
- Can Adults Become Genuinely Bilingual? [5]
- Causality and Medicine [6]
- Deception: A View from the Rationalist Perspective [7]
- Deconstructing Post-Modernism: Gellner and Crocodile Dundee [8]
- Dissertation without tears [9]
- Halakha and Agada [10]
- Israeli Judaism [11]
- Jacob Katz on Jewish Social History [12]
- Karl Popper [13]
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This one is pretty simple, but I haven't noticed many people using the very capable modern email client included with recent versions of Windows. The email client included with Windows 10 gets better still. It offers collapsible conversation view with email preview panel, and integrates buttons for the modern calendar and contact apps. You can easily add multiple mail accounts from any provider.
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Once again, this is more just something to notice than anything you have to specifically set up. The new File Explorer in Windows 10 now shows you recently used folders at the top, which I've found really helpful—even for preparing images for this article.
7. Use New Keyboard Shortcuts
Most of these involve the Windows key. New window-snapping options let you not only snap to fill half of the screen on a side, but also a screen quadrant. Of course, you can tap the Windows Key by itself to bring up the Start menu. If you hold the Windows Key down and then hit Right Arrow and then Up Arrow, your program window will move to the top-right quadrant of the screen.Windows Key-Tab now opens (and leaves open) a new task view showing all of your running programs and virtual desktops. To create a new virtual desktop, there's Windows Key-Ctrl-D. Windows Key-C gets Cortana listening for your voice input, and Windows Key-S opens her Daily Glance showing your weather, sports, and news. Command line users get a bunch of new selection shortcuts using Shift with the arrow keys.
8. Hook Into OneDrive for Cloud Syncing
What's not to like about a free cloud storage service that keeps all your devices in sync? One of the things I love about Windows 8.1 is that, no matter what new PC or tablet I install it on, I'll see the same lock screen image (courtesy of the Facebook app, in my case) and desktop wallpaper. This is just as much a benefit in Windows 10. I'll also have access to the same email accounts—without the need to authenticate. You can enable this at Windows setup, or later through the Settings > Accounts page.
Other benefits of OneDrive are that you can access files stored there from mobile apps for all major platforms, and set up your PC for file fetching, which lets you get at any file on the PC, even if you haven't specifically saved it to OneDrive. You do this by right-clicking on the cloud icon in the taskbar notification area and choosing, "Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC."
9. Add Your Xbox Account
Of course, not everyone is lucky enough to own an Xbox, but for those who do, the new Xbox modern app on Windows 10 adds a portal to gaming activities and connections. You'll also be able to stream and play games from your Xbox One to your desktop or laptop PC running Windows 10 over Wi-Fi. How cool is that? For more, check out Windows 10 Xbox App: 6 Things to Try.
10. Try the New Edge Browser
Many users were tired of Internet Explorer's lack of compatibility with some newer sites, and with the slow performance of earlier versions. While newer versions of IE have made significant gains in all these areas, Windows 10's new Edge browser makes a clean break, and offers speed and modern compatibility that's likely to surprise you. It also offers tools not found in IE, including site annotation, reading view, and (later) extensions.


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Pierogis filled with purple potatoes and chives? F'ing yum.
There is always a first time for everything, and that is very true in cooking. I decided to make my first foray into homemade pierogis. After some research on Pinterest I found an interesting recipe from Live. Learn. Love. Eat. I did like the recipe, though we undertook a few adaptations/additions:
- Instead of regular white potatoes we used purple ones because, well, they are freaking awesome. I mean, they are purple!
- We fried the pierogis after boiling them. This was a last minute addition, but I feel like it was a nice touch.
- Toppings included apple sauce and our famous tahini "dippers". Both of these added some wonderful taste profiles.
- We used whole wheat white flour and regular olive oil.
This was a neat recipe because it called for soft tofu as a base for the dough. With that I gave it a try…and it turned out ok. Just not as expected. Some of the issues were:
- They turned out more like mini-calzones than pierogis. The dough was way too thick rather than thin and wan-ton like.
- The recipe calls for 300g of tofu. Most boxes of tofu come in 397g amounts, so I had to estimate how much to eliminate. I felt that this really called into question how the dough would turn out, which is why…
- The dough was very tacky and hard to manipulate. Too much liquid? Too little flour? Regardless, this meant that I couldn't roll out the dough as thin as I wanted. Nuts.
- The potato filling lacked salt. Totally my fault. I actually made a lot of filling, so with the leftovers I added more salt and it totally leveled the flavor out.
Well, that's it. Like I said, I really did like this recipe it just didn't turn out as expected—I will definitely try this again to get the ratios correct. Maybe I can see if there are smaller packages of tofu to eliminate the guess work, and we will def try and use plain white flour next time.
Anyone else made homemade pierogis? Any tips?


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To increase storage capacity and I/O bandwidth, modern solid-state drives embed multiple NAND packages that consist of one or multiple dies in a parallel architecture. Each die can process NAND read/write/erase operations independently. A dynamic die binding method for write requests that is intended to exploit this parallel processing capability is proposed. This scheme stripes data to idle dies first, and unlike existing dynamic binding schemes, when idle dies are lacking it selects dies with the lowest accumulated write loads, thereby achieving wear levelling by ensuring long-term write load balancing. Thus, it can prevent situations in which some dies are worn out more quickly than others. A performance evaluation demonstrates that our approach offers slightly better performance compared with an existing dynamic binding scheme and completely resolves the problem of imbalanced write loads.
A gain cell embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) with a noble charge injection technique is presented. The gain memory cell is composed of dual-threshold two logic N-type MOSs implemented in a generic triple-well CMOS process. A negative-voltage toggle on the parasitic junction diode formed between the pocket p-well and the cell data node couples up the cell storage voltages. It results in a much enhanced retention time in a compact bit area. Moreover, the technique exhibits much strong immunity from the write disturbance. Measured results at 85°C from a 110 nm 64 kbit prototype eDRAM incorporating the proposed technique demonstrate 69% enhanced retention time and 86% smaller write disturbance loss compared with the conventional one.
With the advent of multiple cores on a single chip, it is common for the systems to have multi-level caches. Multiple levels of cache reduce the pressure on the memory bandwidth by allowing applications to store their frequently accessed data in them. The levels of cache nearer to the core filter the locality in the application access, which can result in high miss rates at farther levels. This piece of study revolves around one question: are all levels of cache needed by all applications during all phases of their execution? The study observes the effect of 2-level and 3-level cache hierarchies on the performance of different applications. On the basis of this study, this study proposes an application aware cache management policy called 'SkipCache', which allows an application to choose a 2-level or 3-level cache hierarchy during run-time. SkipCache dynamically tracks the applications at shared last-level cache (LLC) to identify the applications that do not obtain advantage by using the LLC. Such applications can completely skip the LLC so that other co-scheduled cache friendly applications can efficiently use it. Evaluation of SkipCache in a 4-core chip multi-processor with multi-programmed workloads shows significant performance improvement. SkipCache is orthogonal to other cache management techniques and can be used along with other optimisation techniques to improve the system performance.
Currently flash memory is widely used for data storage of mobile communication and automobile electronics. In this study the control program of multiple-execution has been designed to suppress the components and level of electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise generated during the data writing/reading of flash memory. The method designed by us can reduce the EMI noise levels of writing and reading operations by 4.39 dB and 2.91 dB respectively, while reducing the EMI noise components by 58.3% and 54.5% respectively, such that the noise interference by flash memory can be effectively reduced when it is used for various electronic devices. Especially for the automobile electronic systems, where the reduction of EMI noise interference can assure driving safety, and the reception sensitivity can be enhanced by suppressing the interference of RF module resulted from platform noise.
Quantum dot gate field-effect transistor (QDGFET) generates three states in their transfer characteristics. A successful model can explain the generation of third state in the transfer characteristics of the QDGFET. The innovative circuit design using QDGFET can be used to design different ternary logic. This Letter discusses the design of ternary logic static random access memory using QDGFET.
The presence of voltage controlled negative differential resistance was observed in conduction characteristics recorded at room temperature for 300 nm thick spin-coated films of graphene oxide (GO) sandwiched between indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates and top electrodes of sputtered gold (Au) film. The GO crystallites were found from the X-ray diffraction studies to have an average size in the order of 7.24 nm and to be preferentially oriented along (001) plane. Raman spectroscopy suggested that the material consisted of multilayer stacks with the defects being located at the edges with an average distance of 1.04 nm apart. UV visible spectroscopy studies suggested that the band gap of the material was 4.3 eV, corresponding to direct transitions. The two-terminal ITO/GO/Au devices exhibited memristor characteristics with scan-rate dependent hysteresis, threshold voltage and On/Off ratios. A value of >104 was obtained for On/Off ratio at a scan rate of 400 mVs−1 and 4.2 V.
In this paper, a new voltage mirror circuit by using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) technology is presented. This circuit is specifically proposed for the application of duplicating multiple-valued and fuzzy dynamic random access memories. The given structure prevents any voltage drop for the capacitor inside the memory cell. As a result, any fanout circuit can be driven. The new structure can be utilised for different multiple-valued logic systems without a change. The unique characteristics of carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET) technology are exploited in this paper to meet the desired design goals. It demonstrates the potentials of CNFET technology in a realistic very large-scale integration application. The proposed design is highly tolerant to D CNT variation and it is also immune to misaligned CNTs. Simulation results demonstrate that it provides sufficient driving capability with reasonable accuracy.
Programmable logic devices permit a new way to practice yield improvement: redundancy at configuration time. By doing so, the authors avoid the overheads of traditional redundancy: explicit spares, replacement logic and on-chip non-volatile memory. This presentation describes a method for avoiding defects that also does not require a unique place-and-route for each fielded chip. Formal analysis and experimental results show the feasibility of the method for standard, unmodified field-programmable gate arrays.
An efficient replica bitline (RBL) technique for reducing the variation of sense amplifier enable (SAE) timing is proposed. Both RBLs and four-fold replica cells compared with the conventional RBL technique are utilised to favour the desired operations. Simulation results show that the standard deviation of SAE can be suppressed by 44.25% and the cycle time is also reduced by ∼30% at a 0.8 V supply voltage in TSMC 65 nm technology. Additionally, the area of the proposed scheme is nearly the same as that of the conventional RBL scheme.
The probabilistic switching of resistive random access memory (RRAM) can be utilised to implement physical unclonable functions (PUFs). By setting the operation condition at a switching probability of 50%, devices in a RRAM array are randomly settled into state '0' or '1' after programming. The RRAM switching probability provides a natural source of randomness that could be exploited in the PUF to generate security primitives. The feasibility and characteristics of the proposed PUF are analysed by simulation based on measured RRAM switching probability. With good scalability and stochastic mechanisms, RRAM may prove to be a promising candidate for security applications.
A low-cost memory data scheduling method based on two N/2-depth single-port memories is proposed for reconfigurable fast Fourier transform (FFT) bit-reversed data reordering tasks. To make single-port memories have the equivalent ability to read and write data simultaneously, two types of read and write address generation methods are proposed. Based on the proposed data scheduling method, the bit-reversal circuits are designed for continuous data reordering tasks. The proposed bit-reversal design is implemented for a maximum 8 k flexible length FFT processor. Compared with the other two conventional methods, the proposed bit-reversal method can reduce memory area cost by 53.8 and 46.1%, respectively.
Multiple way tables in which items can be placed on several buckets are used in many computing applications. Some examples are cache memories and multiple hash tables structures. In most cases, the items are stored in electronic memories that are prone to soft errors that can corrupt the stored items. To avoid data corruption, memories can be protected with a parity bit or with an error correction code. It is shown that most single bit errors can be detected in multiple way tables without adding a parity bit. This can be done by placing the items in a predetermined order in the multiple ways of the table.
Cache has been introduced into many Graphics processing units (GPUs) to decrease the frequency of data transfer between high-performance computing units and low-speed long-latency external memory. The traditional index mapping scheme designed originally for CPU cache exploits only the spatial locality in address space. The access to graphics data always has region locality on the frame buffer: there are high spatial localities in both X and Y directions. It may generate more conflict misses on some limited cache lines, which eventually results in high cache miss ratio and a performance drop. Traditional CPU cache cannot be used directly in GPU. We propose a new conflict-avoiding GPU cache called XY - type cache with a new index mapping scheme, whose cache line indices are computed from both X and Y coordinates of pixels and the cache index distribution is consistent with the region locality on the frame buffer. Our evaluation results show that the proposed XY -type GPU cache can reduce cache miss ratio by 88% at most via scattering the cache accesses to all lines evenly, and can completely avoid the bad effect caused by frame resolution. Since the cache miss ratio in direct-mapped or 2-way set-associative structure is approximate to or even lower than that in fully-associative structure which is the best case in terms of lowering cache line conflicts, XY -type GPU cache can be designed with lower complexity and lower consumption power.


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A federal judge in New York ruled today that while the Trump administration has the right to rescind DACA, it has not provided sufficient legal reasons to do so and thus the program must remain in place while a legal battle plays out. A judge in California made a similar ruling last month.
Why it matters: The rulings have bought Congress some time past the March 5th deadline established by President Trump, but make it "much likelier that the Supreme Court will take up the California case," Leon Fresco, immigration attorney and former Deputy Assistant A.G. at DOJ's Office of Immigration Litigation, tells Axios.


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