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Dentist Stephen W. Durham of Durham Dental in Beaufort SC provides general and cosmetic dentistry services.
Business Hours:
Mon - Thu - 8 am - 5 pm
Fri, Sat & Sun - Closed
Address :
2015 Boundary St, Beaufort, SC 29902
Maria Eberhardt
There aren't any words to express how wonderful this practice is. Fear, shame and a few bad experiences kept me from seeking dental treatment for several years. When I reached out to Durham Dental my entire outlook on dentist changed. From the very first email and through treatment/current treatment the entire office has been exceptional. They gave me my smile back and I am forever grateful! More...
Cayce Lynn
I cant say enough great things about them. The staff are amazing and always willing to help you out. I go for botox injections for my teeth grinding and it has done wonders for me. I highly recommend this place for anyone. More...
Josh Ward
I have been going to Durham Dental since I was in high school. They have great pricing and service! The staff is also one of the best I have worked with. Their memory is spot on for what you talked about the previous visit and treat you like a valued client every time you come in. I wouldn't think of going anywhere else! More...
Brandon Lem Sampson
Karen was very friendly and helpful.
Nykole Jackson
Thank you so much for making me feel comfortable on my first visit to your office. Dr. Durham and his staff are great!!! ! Ready to start my dental care with your office. More...
Karla Murphy Renfroe
This is a great office. Wonderful staff and doctor!
Barbara Rakow Thornell
Efficient, friendly and professional. One of the best dental offices I have ever experienced.
Shauna Warnaby
Dr Durham and his staff are amazing! My treatment was pain free and stress free and I've never been treated so well at a dental office. Looking forward to my next visit!
Linda Rivera
Dr.Durham is very gentle and I didn't feel a thing very sweet and so are the Girls they make you feel like Home you just want to stay and have a conversation with them and the sweets that's great . Great care there
Joni Dewey
I have to thank my God... while I was at my lowest... He brought me where I needed to be....He brought me to His very best.
Colleen Ann
Beautiful and clean facility. Not to mention the staff is wonderful
Richard Withrow
My husband and I both are patients at Durham Dental. Dr. Durham is so caring. It's a pleasure to come to his office and the staff is just outstanding.
They will even call me the next day just to see that all is ok.
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Grace Munford
Awesome awesome compared to my old doc. Im only 18 and haven't had too much experience but I'd say these gals and guy are phenomenal. Great treatment of their patient and awesome dental care. Luv it More...
Tammy Avery
.... The girls are amazing. So personable and genuine! The Man is the Man ! Never felt a needle, a poke, a jab or a stab..... Gentle as a giant
Leslie Cole Ellis
Heard about their care all the way down in Bama! Concerned and helpful staff, and great follow through!
Pat Smith
I am not using my real name because I do not want the entire universe to know what a wimp I am about dental work. The girls in the office know who I am but have sworn to keep my secret. I went for years without dental work because of my fear and my teeth were a mess. I have had twelve crowns with Dr. Durham and was asleep during the entire process. When Dr. Durham told me that I would sleep through the drilling, I laughed in his face. I did not believe a word, but he was right. If you are also a world class dental wimp, Dr. Durham is your man. More...
Kristan Button
I had an exemplary experience at Durham Dental. Everyone was professional, kind and understanding. My experience was an all day affair and I couldn't have asked for a better group to treat me.
Thank you again!
If you are looking for a dentist make Durham your first choice, they are well worth it!! More...
David Miles
Over the past couple of years, Durham Dental has effortlessly proven to me that they still remain the only qualified establishment in the Beaufort area specializing in next-generation dental care that you want and deserve. By seamlessly providing the most up-to-date dental services, their warm and welcoming staff treats everyone with genuine respect and benevolence that mirrors the quality of the services they offer. Expect the best, and achieve the results you've always wanted. More...
Suzi Hughey Burnett
Dr. Durham is first and foremost determined to keep his patients teeth and gums healthy. His hope for his patients is for them to keep their teeth. If he does cosmetic work, his talent for aesthetics makes his patients happy. As far as his staff goes, I can't say enough about how personable and qualified. Very fun atmosphere with emphasis on professional service. More...
Bob Clancy
"Upon first visiting Dr. Durham's office, I knew that I needed some pretty extensive work, requiring multiple visits, to achieve a new beautiful smile.
Dr. Durham and his team came up with an excellent assessment of my conditions and several treatment options. They made me feel very comfortable and confident right from the start.
On each visit, they patiently work with you, carefully listening to your concerns, to make sure everything is just right, before you leave the office on that day. Adding or rescheduling a few additional appointments was never a problem and they were always happy to oblige.
I never minded going to an appointment, as I knew that each time I would leave looking and feeling better!
Dr.Durham and his whole staff are friendly, caring and compassionate! I would highly recommend Durham Dental to any of my family or friends!"
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Lena Calhoun Ball
Today was my first visit to Dr. Durham's office and I must say that I have not experienced such wonderful customer service as I received this morning.
From the moment you walk in the door until you leave you are greeted with smiles, coffee, a warm cookie & even hugs!!
Karen was amazing explaining all my option with me, going into detail of what I needed to do health wise before even going into the cosmetics of things.
She sat with me for over an hour and answered ALL of my questions with out hesitation. She has put my fears to rest about having dental work done and has actually made me look forward to getting started, seeing my end results!!!
I look forward to meeting Dr. Durham on my next visit
I am sure he will be just as friendly & welcoming as his wonderful staff
So I now can say I am ready to rock a beautiful smile with the help of the Durham Dental Team!!!!
Thanks y'all
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Natalie Hibbard
Durham Dental is a well oiled machine with knowledge, skill and personality. Destroying the myth "if it's to good to be true, it's not" the truth is that all involved in the care of patients value all aspects of ones care.
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Jill Medeiros Hicks
Love the his entire staff, but I must say that Dr. Durham is the BEST and most knowledgeable dentist in Beaufort. I would never go to another dentist ever. Had a tooth removed today with no pain and went straight to work afterwards, the best hands down More...
Kate Gottschalk
Love love love!!! If my kiddos love you and are happy so is this mama bear. I have a 2 year old and a 14 year old. My daughter loves the ladies here as does my son, he thinks they are all so pretty lol.
They spoil her too. The only dentist who believes in cookies but u have to brush!! I wanted somewhere that I could take the toddler that we all could go to to get her use to it. Even if it wasn't for them to check her out but to watch and learn that dentists are nice. My old dentist wasn't having a toddler In his office. So I moved to Durham dental. Glad I did. Thy made it so comfortable for all of us. My son went first so she could see that it was ok. We had a few unexpected issues (which dr showed me- last dentist would have thought it was a bother. I want to see what is wrong not hear about it) in his mouth and a few suggestions of seals and what nots that they did right away , my last dentist didn't do anything extra. No suggestions and definitely no answers to questions. They did talk about braces (like everyone has for him) and how they could do them but unlike most, these guys didn't push for their product but actually suggested to shop around. That's cool most would have shoved their product down your throat. Then it was the toddler and my turn. She went with brother and I went my way. They were awesome. We both did great. They kept her entertained and happy while I had my appt Thank goodness. I felt bad bc she was giving them a run for their money but they said they had fun which I believe lol. She will not stop talking about the dentist still and that was three weeks ago.
Today we did the last two of the four fillings for my son. The first time he was anxious and they stopped for his comfort which I truly appreciate. They recognized his fear and made another appt. while fixing a deal that had popped off for no extra out of my pocket. I think he used it as an excuse to come back and see the pretty girls tho lol. Teenage hormaones!! Today he got them all finished and did awesome. They made him more comfortable with a little gas which is always fun lol. While the toddler played with the office staff Being the Diva that she is. Over all the best office ever they really care and are truly sincere. They don't uncle and dime u to death and make sure you know u have other options. They make u feel comfortable and like family rather then a cash machine and a bother. Definitely keeping them if they want to keep us. Glad they have made the dental experience a good thing for both my kiddos. More...
Susie Grant
Dr Durham and staff take the fear of dentist away. Thanks. Where were y'all when I was 6?
Alicia Sheppard Witmer
I love Dr Durham and his staff! So friendly and so professional.
Hanna Hauser
Kind, compassionate and knowledgeable staff. I feel cared for and well taken care of.
Rachael Gray Hull
Love this place! I would definitely recommend this office to anyone!!
Lauren Renfroe Kerr
Amazing dr, and amazing staff! very very personable staff!
Craig Helart
Incredibly professional and friendly staff. I received top shelf care!!
DeeandRex Bryant
Dr. Durham and team were wonderful yesterday. Calming my anxiety and making me comfortable. I appreciate their sincere concern in caring for my dental needs.
Derrick Washington
Coming for years best visit ever ! Highly recommend this office.
John Perry
They took me with bad teeth and scared of Dentist. To a GREAT smile and stopping in there to say Hi! They are the # 1 Dental Office in the Low country!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hazel Dezelle
My main concern was a fear of dentist but this dentist calmed all my fears also staff the staff is awesome and my teeth are looking great!
Carolyn Wright
Durham dental made a difference in my life. I got my SMILE back. The ladies at Durham Dental are awesome, friendly and helpful. Most of all, Dr. Stephen brought back my smile with no pain. Thanks so much and I enjoy the cookies. More...
Kelly Newnham
Great visit with Amanda today. No cavities!
Linda Rodriguez Graner
Durham dental is the best! The girls are great and my new teeth are perfect!
Kim Thornley Durham
The hygienist Amanda was great with our five-year-old's first visit!!! She loved the lion bib
Eve Allison Miller
The Durham Dental staff is phenomenal! They are so friendly and helpful. And Dr. Durham is the most knowledgable dentist I have I ever been to.
Stephon Sherrod
I'm beyond happy with Durham Dental. They made the procedure process so smooth and relaxing as possible. I'd recommend This place to anyone!
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I just wanna say, even though we do disagree on a lot of things, I'm glad that we can all love svencoop and it's amazing ability for customization, thanks /b/rother's
I just wanna say, even though we do disagree on a lot of things, I'm glad that we can all love svencoop and it's amazing ability for customization, thanks /b/rother's
The thing is you all sound like we're not letting you use LD content. We've not put a stop to any form of customization. You're all still free to use any content you like, and have way more customization than ever before. It's puzzling to find any reason why one could justifiably whine about us not making the game look worse.
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First: A good art style with bad graphics can still look better than good graphics with bad art direction. A game like Windwaker looks good even today thanks to the art style. It's simple and pleasant to look at. That doesn't mean that the graphics are great. And there are games that are more recent and with better graphics but look visually unappealing tanks to the art direction.
Now I'm not saying the old LD models are timeless. Quite the opposite but they fit much better with the visual direction of the game. All the new HD models do is clash with the old and new visual themes of the game.
It's really jarring to see muddy textures on the walls and ground and furniture but then you look at your weapon and it's trying to be all HD with sharp textures but fails midway and just looks weird and out of place.
Second: Models that aim for higher quality and realism age faster and end up looking really bad. Just think of old games back when their graphics were considered good and people said they look "visually" great. Now they look crappy. A more stylized game doesn't rely on good graphics to look good. Windwaker still looks cool even though the graphics are not so hot.
And last: When talking about "better looking" in terms of visuals then all of it is completely subjective. So this reply was kind of shmoppy. Anyways I can see why you added the hd models. You yourself like them if you didn't they wouldn't be in the game. That doesn't make them "better" looking for everyone though.
In the end all I'm saying is that just because your models have more polygons and sharper textures doesn't mean they are "better". There is no real need to change them as you must have already spend a large amount of time making them, plus if the community really wants different looking weapons I'm sure they will make them themselves. So yes I prefer visually appealing or fitting with the style models than complex looking models for the sake of looking complex.
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I figured the point of this discussion was to make the devs aware that a lot of players prefer the old models (to an extent that they'll stop playing because of how the new stuff feels). If you want these players to like the game, then it makes sense to reach a compromise. I don't think newer players will go searching for an LD pack they don't know exists.
This was my point to, most players will not take the extra step to add back the old models unless it is easy/obvious.
If you even put a link on the main page when you release 5.0 to the LD models that would be really really nice
However I get the feeling that most of you developers have put your foot down and really don't want to give players that option easily unfortunately.
Am I missing something, don't you just overwrite the existing HD models with the Low Def ones ?
Please understand, there are various reasons that we don't want to do this. e.g. It will increase the "size of the installation package", we will have to maintain and fix "broken models", there are "several versions" of LD model packs available, potential copywrite issues, etc and we want to progress the MOD forward not backwards.
The personal preferences of people are always different, we understand that and argue ourselves internally about what looks best, causes performance hits etc. but at the end of the day we need "one set" of models to test, develop and showcase to new players. The powers that be have decided on a model set but have in no way taken away the ability to change to "Other/LD" model packs. (You have the choice.)
If it is such a important issue, write a tutorial on how to install the various "alternative model packs", post links to them etc. and we can add "various unofficial models and model packs are available to download from forums" to the manual.
[Link] spy-warriors site has a list to get you started: [Link]
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Congratulations! I still remember the good old days back in early 2000, playing this and doing level design for it as well. Heres to another 15 years!
Oh noes!1!!
This is bad art direction.
< 'Yo, I've been playing SC for a week and thought I'd raise a few criticisms. Feels like the enemy AI behavior is imbalanced because... and the removal of the MP5 w/ GL removes an aspect of the fast paced gameplay I liked in HL because... and I feel the art style is incongruent in the included content because... and some of the standard maps have bad gameplay because...'
> 'absolute nonsense, our vision is fine; after all we've played this amongst the same dev team for a decade. we would know what works better than some strangers whining on the forum about our free game'
> 'we don't get paid a penny for this lol, we're doing this in our free time lol, we can't do any of the stuff you ask because then we'd never release lol, feel free to join the team and help us lol'
> 'why not do it yourself lol, make your own maps and models, or use le angelscript to fix gameplay yourself lol'
Here's a newsflash - nobody gives a shit. If you make bad game development decisions, your game will be bad. Except, maybe, to the small circle of people people who have treated it as their eternal, personal pet project for longer than what, a decade? People will just leave, stop playing the game, and cease to make any custom content for it - no matter how much of your precious, free, unpaid time you've spent on developing it. Nobody else is going to fix your game for you, regardless of how customisable you've made it. You have to do that yourself.
The old models are far better for Sven Co-op, this includes the sounds (that are to loud in my opinion)
I say this as an expert, so please listen to me, I understand everyone's feelings, it's difficult to make the right decision, that's why we need everyone's opinion, to be sure that its the best solution for everyone.
Here is my suggestion: What about adding the new models as a external dl? Keeping the old ones with the installer?
Or, instead of moving backwards, we can just keep doing what we always do and let someone else make an LD pack?
This is going to end up like this: 'Sven has only bad reviews? Oh well, we gave out everything what we could to the community, but they just didn't bother to help us and fix the problems we've created. It's all their fault. Such ungrateful people.'
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Personally, I also want to see more drastic change, like what Aurora is pushing for. LD models really are just baby steps towards tackling bigger problems.
The weapon view models may be out of place, I can definitely see that, but I think that the main concern here is to make sure the game and its features are finished and as bug-free as possible. I think any sort of official LD model pack or other non-stock content would just unnecessarily delay that. Once it has been released onto Steam though it should be much easier to replace weapon view models or any other content, whether it's through the Workshop, or even through patches if the devs would decide to spend resources on that
So instead of using LD models, the next logic step could be the textures. We already have high-quality ones with the nightwatch pack.
Do it with passion, or not at all.
Do not say everything you know. Know everything you say.
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If you get a petition with a significant amount of signatures, it's something we can certainly consider. But if we only have five or six people on a message board telling us that 'everyone' would rather it be a certain way, there's not much credibility to anyone's argument.
Exactly this. The project needs to have a vision from leadership.The camel is a horse designed by a committee.
Adam "Adambean" Reece
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NWO offered SSH researchers the possibility to propose topics for the parallel sessions. We were fortunate enough to have our proposal selected and to be given the opportunity to organise two debate sessions in the afternoon on the question of whether robots (which we use as shorthand for artificially intelligent entities) should be given legal personhood.
We had chosen this topic because it illustrates the rapidly evolving perceptions and ideas in a world that is becoming increasingly digitalised and where science seems to be catching up with what was until recently considered pure science fiction. If anybody suggested granting robots legal personhood a few decades ago, people would have thought that (s)he was joking and if not, that it was time to consider treatment in a mental health institution. Nowadays, the idea of granting robots legal personhood is considered as a serious political option: Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the robot Sophia, certain national legislators are drafting legislation on legal personhood for robots and the European Parliament requested that the Commission develop a legal status for electronic persons.
Legal personhood for robots of course raises all kinds of legal, philosophical, psychological and sociological questions, and it seemed interesting to discuss these with academics from other SSH disciplines. To get our public in the mood, we showed them a short video giving a quick overview of the history of robotics and touching on issues such as: robots being a tool, robots becoming increasingly autonomous, and the lines between robot and human being seemingly blurring.
Unsurprisingly, many of the attending non-lawyers immediately related the idea of legal personhood to being assimilated with a physical person, a human being, which of course raised concern. Once we explained that the concept of legal personhood has a different meaning, namely the ability to hold rights and obligations that can be conferred by the legislator on anybody or anything, and that is widely accepted for companies, some attendees became more open to the idea of legal personhood for robots. One question that remained was which problems it would solve.
In the end, opinions among participants were and remained divided: some thought it would be a good idea to give legal personhood to robots as a way to enable regulating them and giving them obligations and to prevent misuse. Others thought this did not make sense and that creators, owners or companies should be held liable. In this context, there was concern that granting robots legal personhood would mean losing sight of human responsibility: it was said that only human beings can have intentions and as such, it does not make sense to hold robots morally responsible.
Of course, legal liability and moral responsibility are not the same. Nonetheless, it is important in our view for scholars thinking about the question and legislators seeking to regulate robots to be aware of public opinion and instinctive reactions that the notion of legal personhood for robots provokes. Only with sufficient knowledge can scholars and legal decision-makers take a nuanced approach that takes into account (to some extent) how the general public will react to robots with legal personhood.
Our debate did not result in qualitative data that could be used to such ends, nor was it meant to – but it did let us touch on a number of issues related to the question of whether robots should be given legal personhood and it sparked conversation and (some) controversy. As one attendee remarked: we need the debate to make and keep us aware.


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I was chatting with a colleague last week about raising a boy with attention deficit disorder, and all the challenges that come in that package, and how it looks when the boy becomes an adult man and starts making his own decisions about important things in his life. Or at least how it looks in … Continue reading Parenting Story: Difficult Children, Interesting People
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Winter was kind enough last week to gift us its annual January thaw, which means the schmutz on the ground—an unpleasant casserole of crusty, gritty snow with a menacing bottom layer of ice—retreated obediently into atmosphere and earth. We have frost heaves already, a phenomenon more typical in early spring. Extreme cold temperatures arrived in … Continue reading Stretching Dollars, Counting Blessings
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Straight from a dog-eared paperback perched on the corner of my coffee table for years came this kernel of wisdom—sometimes you just have to pick at it—one of many from the mouths of babes, a single one on every page. Clear-headed advice from a child seems appropriate just now, as there are a few grown-up … Continue reading Sometimes You Just Have to Pick at It
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Annie Lennox urged me to pick up my feet and pick up the pace through sweaty ear buds, her lyrics suffused with emotions: love, loss, loneliness, joy, she knows each of them intimately, she sings. A perfect Vermont Saturday morning was the only other motivation I needed to run: success is measured in hot cheeks, … Continue reading Making Sense out of the Senseless: Love is the Answer


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Instrument number CASA 30/07
I, William Bruce Byron, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 209 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).
[Signed Bruce Byron]
Bruce Byron Director of Aviation Safety and Chief Executive Officer
15 February 2007
Direction — use of night vision devices prohibited in private operations
1 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
2 Application
This instrument applies to each operator and each pilot in command of a private operation other than an operator and a pilot in a private operation that is directly related to an operation for which approval was given to use a night vision device.
Note The instrument does not apply to private operations in the form of certain in-house night vision device training and checking under a CASA approval, for example, that issued for subsection 3D of Civil Aviation Order 82.0 (as inserted by Civil Aviation Order 82.0 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007).
3 Direction
(1) In this section:
night vision device, or NVD, means night vision enhancement equipment, fitted to, or mounted in or on, an aircraft, or worn by a person in the aircraft, and that can:
(a) detect and amplify light in both the visual and near infra-red bands of the electromagnetic spectrum; or
(b) provide an artificial image representing topographical displays.
(2) It is a condition of each private operation under CAR 1988 that NVD must not be used in the operation as the primary means of terrain avoidance for safe air navigation by means of visual surface reference external to an aircraft.
Note CASA is conducting a controlled and monitored 12 month trial of the use of NVD in certain approved helicopter aerial work operations. Depending on the outcome of the trial, at the end of it, CASA will reconsider the prohibition on the use of NVD in private operations.


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During illumination, the light-sensitive plasma membrane (rhabdomere) of Drosophila photoreceptors undergoes turnover with consequent changes in size and composition. However, the mechanism by which illumination is coupled to rhabdomere turnover remains unclear. We find that photoreceptors contain a light-dependent phospholipase D (PLD) activity. During illumination, loss of PLD resulted in an enhanced reduction in rhabdomere size, accumulation of Rab7 positive, rhodopsin1-containing vesicles (RLVs) in the cell body and reduced rhodopsin protein. These phenotypes were associated with reduced levels of phosphatidic acid, the product of PLD activity and were rescued by reconstitution with catalytically active PLD. In wild-type photoreceptors, during illumination, enhanced PLD activity was sufficient to clear RLVs from the cell body by a process dependent on Arf1-GTP levels and retromer complex function. Thus, during illumination, PLD activity couples endocytosis of RLVs with their recycling to the plasma membrane thus maintaining plasma membrane size and composition.%B Elife %V 5 %8 2016 Nov 16 %G eng %R 10.7554/eLife.18515


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This is probably the umpteenth time I am writing this, but again we need to clarify once more on how Service Providers that do not store, process or transmit credit cards come in scope for PCI-DSS. I just finished a … Continue reading
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Having a comprehensive and effective content marketing strategy is critical to the growth of any business in the new digital age. Providing the right content to the right people, and positioning it properly, can be the difference between a growing and declining business. By considering the needs and wants of prospective customers, and catering to these values when creating content, businesses can have more success in striking a chord with their online outreach and brand awareness building.
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- When coming up with creative content marketing concepts, avoid reining in your imagination, as it's better to think bold and let the idea grow before quashing it.
- You'll want a great reader hook, such as a celebrity, or sporting event, or a holiday, or the release of a new movie or bestseller.
- You will need to answer the question, from,the point of view of the audience, why do I care about this?
"Work in whichever way delivers the best ideas for you as an individual or as a team and ensure you're armed with at least half a dozen, ideally 10 or so, near-finished ideas before trying to refine that into one great concept for your next content campaign."
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Tiny Tots knows that the safety and security of your children is your top concern. At our facility the front gate and door remain locked. Only our staff and parents have the code needed for access to our center. Security cameras surround our facility to provide extra security. All of our facility conforms to state licensing requirements for the safety of the children. We believe our children's environment is as equally important, we consciously use space, color, natural light, displays of children's work and masterpieces, along with nature to provide a learning environment the children will thrive in. Classrooms are set up to promote curiosity and exploration. Our children enjoy the outdoors in a spacious play area with age appropriate, clean, and safe equipment.
Rest time is provided to give the children a mid-day chance to physically rest and emotionally unwind. This helps the children to stay healthy and alert in the afternoon. Children may nap, read, or play quietly.
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Written by Toni Peters, Pediatric Oncologist, Gundersen Health Systems
How do I interact with my health care provider?
As a physician, the best piece of advice I ever received on how to make a patient and their family feel comfortable during their appointment was to perceive the exam room as the patient's space. It's the patient's appointment and they are the ones who need to accomplish something during that visit, not me. That is how you should approach your appointment time. It is your time and the exam room is your space. Your provider may seem to be in a hurry and it may seem like he or she has many things they want to accomplish at the visit, but the visit should not be over until all your questions are answered and your concerns are addressed.
When you or your child has been diagnosed with cancer, the world seems to stop. A great deal of new information and medical terminology is given to you in the first day or week after the diagnosis. Write things down, or have someone you trust write things down for you. After the visit write down questions that occur to you so you remember to ask the doctor later. You will have a million things on your mind and you will forget what you want to ask by the next time you see the doctor. If you have forgotten something the doctor or another health care provider told you, don't be afraid to ask again. It is expected that patients with a new diagnosis of cancer will only remember a small percentage of what they are told in the first few days after their diagnosis. Reviewing information multiple times is a very good idea.
Don't be afraid to ask for a second opinion if it would make you more comfortable. As physicians we are asked about second opinions all the time and only physicians who are not confident in their skills are easily offended by the request. However, if you are comfortable with your physician and the hospital or clinic you are at, second opinions are rarely necessary. For most newly diagnosed cancers the treatments are fairly standardized and the recommendations for treatment are going to be the same or similar no matter where you are treated.
There is nothing more precious than your health or the health of your child. Don't be afraid to fight for it.
As the parent of a young adult with cancer should I interact with his/her provider?
If your child with cancer is over the age of 18 it presents a whole new set of challenges. Legally your child must make all medical decisions and must sign a release of information form for us to provide you with any medical information. However, in reality young adults just over the age of 18 and in their early 20's have rarely reached a level of independence where they are capable of dealing with a diagnosis of cancer on their own. Of course the truth is no one is capable of dealing with a diagnosis of cancer on their own, regardless of age.
For most young adults with cancer, the diagnosis comes at a time when they are trying to establish a sense of independence. The diagnosis may require them to live with their parents again shortly after moving out. It may mean financial dependence on their parents again at a time when they had just begun supporting themselves. They see their friends moving on while they are stuck in place. This often places strain on their relationship with their parents at a time when parents want to be extremely supportive. The parental involvement can feel overwhelming and intrusive.
As a physician, I know that all patients in my clinic need to have support. For young adults the best source of support, whether they want to admit it or not, is usually their parents. For interacting with health care providers my best advice to parents would be to not dominate the visits. Allow your adult child to lead the conversation. Only when they have all their questions and concerns addressed should you bring up your concerns. Mention your concerns to your child before the visit so they know you will be bringing it up or they can talk about it themselves.
Ask your child before each visit if they are okay you with being in the room for appropriate parts of the exam and the follow-up discussion or if there are times they wish you to leave the room. If the health care provider asks you to leave the room at times, do not be offended. Our training has taught us that people are more likely to be honest about certain issues if their parents are not in the room. Plus, we are trying to respect your child's privacy.
If you respect your child's independence as an adult, your relationship will be much stronger for it.


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5 Steps to the Ultimate Display Advertising Campaign
Display advertising is a form of paid advertising which is designed to capture the attention of potential customers and increase the visibility of your brand. Your display ads don't show up in the search results like other forms of digital advertising – instead, they pop up on the various websites that your target audience are visiting.To make sure your display ads stand out from the crowd, today we're looking at the steps you need to take to create compelling display ads.
1. Think about your objective
The first thing you need to nail down is the objective of your display ads. Do you want to offer specials and incentives to get people to your eCommerce store? Do you want to focus on retargeting ads for users who have visited your website recently? Do you just want to focus on increasing the visibility of your brand? Of course, you don't need to choose just one option – you can go for a range of display ads which serve different purposes for optimal results.
2. Consider your targeting
Ok, so you know what you want your ads to achieve – now think about who you'd like to see them. Targeting everyone might sound like a good idea but it's far more cost effective to focus on the demographic who are most likely to be interested in your product or service. You can target based on location to focus on your local area (a great option for small, local businesses), demographics such as age and gender to target specific groups who would be interested in your business, and retargeting for people who have visited your website in the past.
3. Create compelling ads
Now it's time to get creative and get your display ads out there. Design ads which will appeal to your target audience and use images, videos, colours and graphics so you stand out. Use content wisely – display ads should have minimal copy and use emotive, strong language in the headline for maximum impact. Don't forget to have a call to action in each ad and experiment with which variation works best.
4. Get your landing pages in order
For your display ads to result in conversions, you also need to make sure that the landing pages that people click onto are in order otherwise they'll bounce right off again. Check that your ads are linked to the correct landing pages and that your content is concise, well written and compelling to encourage users to hang around as long as possible. Remember, the ads themselves are only half the work when it comes to conversions!
5. Keep on testing
For a truly effective display advertising campaign, you need continually test how effective your ads are and make adjustments as necessary. Keep an eye on your metrics and do regular A/B split testing so you're always working to improve your strategy. Testing will reveal which websites provide the best results for your ads, which targeting options work best and the style of ads that get the most attention.
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by Francis Weiser
Feast of the Nativity
Origins • In the Roman Empire it was a general custom to celebrate the birthdays of rulers (see Matthew 14, 6) and of other outstanding persons. Such birthdays often were publicly honored even after the death of the individual. The day of the celebration did not always coincide with the actual date of birth. The birthday of Plato, for instance, used to be celebrated on a feast of the god Apollo.1
The early Christians, who attributed to Christ not only the title (Kyrios) but also many other honors that the pagans paid to their "divine" emperors, naturally felt inclined to honor the birth of the Saviour. In most places the commemoration of Christ's birth was included in the Feast of the Epiphany (Manifestations) on January 6, one of the oldest annual feasts.
Soon after the end of the last great persecution, about the year 330, the Church in Rome definitely assigned December 25 for the celebration of the birth of Christ. For a while, many Eastern Churches continued to keep other dates, but toward the end of the fourth century the Roman custom became universal.2 No official reason has been handed down in ecclesiastical documents for the choice of this date. Consequently, various explanations have been given to justify the celebration of the Lord's nativity on this particular day. Some early Fathers and writers claimed that December 25 was the actual date of Christ's birth, and that the authorities in Rome established this fact from the official records of the Roman census that- had been taken at the time of the Saviour's birth. Saint John Chrysostom held this opinion and used it to argue for the introduction of the Roman date in the Eastern Church.3 He was mistaken, however, for nobody in Rome ever claimed that the records of the census of Cyrinus were extant there in the fourth century, and much less that Christ's birthday was registered in the lists.4 In fact, it was expressly stated in Rome that the actual date of the Saviour's birth was unknown and that different traditions prevailed in different parts of the world.5
A second explanation was of theological-symbolic character. Since the Bible calls the Messiah the "Sun of Justice" (Malachi 4, 2), it was argued that His birth had to coincide with the beginning of a new solar cycle, that is, He had to be born at the time of the winter solstice. A Confirmation of this opinion was sought in the Bible, by way of reckoning six months from the annunciation of John the Baptist (which was assumed to have happened on September 24) and thus arriving at March 25 as the day of the Incarnation. Nine months later, on December 25, would then be the birthday of the Lord. This explanation, though attractive in itself, depends on too many assumptions that cannot be proved and lacks any basis of historical certitude.6
There remains then this explanation, which is the most probable one, and held by most scholars in our time: the choice of December 25 was influenced by the fact that the Romans, from the time of Emperor Aurelian (275), had celebrated the feast of the sun god (Sol Inoictus: the Unconquered Sun) on that day.T December 25 was called the "Birthday of the Sun," and great pagan religious celebrations of the Mithras cult were held all through the empire.8
What was more natural than that the Christians celebrate the birth of Him Who was the "Light of the World" and the true "Sun of Justice" on this very day? The popes seem to have chosen December 25 precisely for the purpose of inspiring the people to turn from the worship of a material sun to the adoration of Christ the Lord. This thought b indicated in various writings of contemporary authors.9
It has sometimes been said that the Nativity is only a "Christianized pagan festival." However, the Christians of those early centuries were keenly aware of the difference between the two festivals—one pagan and one Christian—on the same day. The coincidence in the date, even if intended, does not make the two celebrations identical. Some newly converted Christians who thoughtlessly retained external symbols of the sun worship on Christmas Day were immediately and sternly reproved by their religious superiors, and those abuses were suppressed.10 Proof of this are the many examples of warnings in the writings of Tertullian (third century) and the Christian authors of the fourth and fifth centuries, especially the sermons of Saint Augustine (430) and Pope Leo I (461).1
The error of confusing Yule (solstice) and Christmas (the "Mass of Christ"), as if both celebrations had a common origin, occurs even in our time. Expressions like "Christmas originated four thousand years ago," "the pagan origins of Christmas," and similar misleading phrases have only added to the confusion. While it is certainly true that some popular features and symbols of our Christmas celebration in the home had their origin in pre-Christian Yuletide customs, Christmas itself—the feast, its meaning and message—is in no way connected with any pagan mythology or Yule rite.
Christmas soon became a feast of such great importance that from the fifth century on it marked the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. After the tenth century, however, the season of Advent came to form an integral part of the Christmas cycle; thus the beginning of the ecclesiastical year was advanced to the first Sunday of Advent.12
Emperor Theodosius, in 425, forbade the cruel circus games on Christmas Day, and Emperor Justinian, in 529, prohibited work and public business by declaring Christmas a civic holiday. The Council of Agde (506) urged all Christians to receive Holy Communion on the feast.13 The Council of Tours (567) proclaimed the twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany as a sacred and festive season, and established the duty of Advent fasting in preparation for the feast.14 The Council of Braga (563) forbade fasting on Christmas Day.15 Thus the groundwork was laid for a joyful celebration of the Lord's nativity, not only in the house of God but also in the hearts and homes of the people.
Middle Ages •
The great religious pioneers and missionaries who brought Christianity to the pagan tribes of Europe also introduced the celebration of Christmas. It came to Ireland through
Saint Patrick (461), to England through Saint Augustine of Canterbury (604), to Germany through Saint Boniface (754). The Irish monks Saint Columban (615) and Saint Gall (646) introduced it into Switzerland and western Austria; the Scandinavians received it through Saint Ansgar (865). To the Slavic tribes it was brought by their apostles, the brothers Saint Cyril (869) and Saint Methodius (885); to Hungary by Saint Adalbert (997).
Most of these saints were the first bishops of the countries they converted and as such they established and regulated the celebration of the Nativity. In England, Saint Augustine observed it with great solemnity. On Christmas Day in 598, he baptized more than ten thousand Britons.18 In Germany, the observance of Christmas festivities was officially regulated by a synod in Mainz in 813.1T
By about the year 1100, all the nations of Europe had accepted Christianity, and Christmas was celebrated everywhere with great devotion and joy. The period from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries was the peak of a general Christian celebration of the Nativity, not only in churches and monasteries, but in homes as well. It was a time of inspiring and colorful religious services. Carols and Christmas plays were written. It was at this period, too, that most of the delightful Christmas customs of each country were introduced. Some have since died out; others have changed slightly through the ages; many have survived to our day. A few practices had to be suppressed as being improper and scandalous, such as the customs of dancing and mumming in church, the "Boy Bishop's Feast," the "Feast of the Ass," New Year's fires, superstitious (pagan) meals, impersonations of the Devil, and irreverent carols.18
Decline •
With the Reformation in the sixteenth century there naturally came a sharp change in the Christmas celebration for many countries in Europe. The Sacrifice of the Mass—the very soul of the feast—was suppressed. The Holy Eucharist, the liturgy of the Divine Office, the sacramentals and ceremonies all disappeared. So did the colorful and inspiring processions, the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. In many countries all that remained of the once rich and glorious religious festival was a sermon and a prayer service on Christmas Day.19 Although the people kept many of their customs alive, the deep religious inspiration was missing, and consequently the "new" Christmas turned more and more into a feast of good-natured reveling.
On the other hand, some groups, including the German Lutherans, preserved a tender devotion to the Christ Child and celebrated Christinas in a deeply spiritual way within their churches, hearts, and homes.20
In England the Puritans condemned even the reduced religious celebration that was held in the Anglican Church after the separation from Rome. They were determined to abolish Christmas altogether, both as a religious and as a popular feast. It was their contention that no feast of human institution should ever outrank the Sabbath (Sunday); and as Christmas was the most important of the non-Sunday festivals, they directed against it all their attacks of fierce indignation. Pamphlets were published denouncing Christmas as pagan, and its observance was declared to be sinful. In this anti-Christmas campaign these English sects were much encouraged by the example of similar groups in Scotland, where the celebration of the feast was forbidden as early as 1583, and punishment inflicted on all persons observing it.21
When the Puritans finally came to political power in England, they immediately proceeded to outlaw Christmas. The year 1642 saw the first ordinances issued forbidding church services and civic festivities on Christmas Day. In 1644, the monthly day of fast and penance was appointed for December 25.22 The people, however, paid scant attention to these orders, and continued' their celebrations. There was thus inaugurated a great campaign of two years' duration (1645-1647). Speeches, pamphlets and other publications, sermons and discussions were directed against the celebration of Christmas, calling it "antichrist-Mass, idolatry, abomination," and similar names. Following this barrage of propaganda, Parliament on June 3,1647, ordained that the Feast of Christmas (and other holidays) should no longer be observed under pain of punishment. On December 24, 1652, an act of Parliament again reminded the public that "no observance shall - be had on the five-and-twentieth of December, commonly called Christmas day; nor any solemnity used or exercised in churches in respect thereof." 23
Each year, by order of Parliament, town criers went through the streets a few days before Christmas, reminding their fellow citizens that "Christmas day and all other superstitious festivals" should not be observed, that market should be kept and stores remain open on December 25.
During the year 1647 popular riots broke out in various places against the law suppressing Christmas, especially in London, Oxford, Ipswich, Canterbury, and the whole county of Kent. In Oxford there was a "world of skull-breaking"; in Ipswich the festival was celebrated "with some loss of life"; in Canterbury "the mob mauled the mayor, broke all his windows as well as his bones, and put fire to his doorsteps."25 An ominous note was sounded against the republican Commonwealth at a meeting of ten thousand men from Kent and Canterbury who passed a solemn resolution saying that • "if they could not have their Christmas day, they would have the King back on his throne again."26
The government, however, stood firm and proceeded to break up Christmas celebrations by force of arms. People were arrested in many instances but were not punished beyond a few hours in jail.27 Anglican ministers who decorated their churches and held service on Christmas Day were removed from their posts and replaced by men of softer fiber.28 Slowly and relentlessly, the external observance of Christmas was extinguished. December 25 became a common workday, and business went on as usual. But in spite of these repressive measures many people still celebrated the day with festive meals and merriment in the privacy of their homes.
Revival in England •
When the old Christmas eventually returned with the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, it was actually a "new" Christmas. The spiritual aspect of the feast was now left mostly to the care of the ministers in the church service on Christmas Day. What was observed in. the home consisted of a more shallow celebration in the form of various nonreligious amusements and of general reveling.29 Instead of the old carols in praise of the Child of Bethlehem, the English people observed Christmas with rollicking songs in praise of "plum pudding, goose, capon, minced pie and roast beef."30 However, a spirit of good will to all and of generosity to the poor ennobled these more worldly celebrations of the great rehgious feast Two famous descriptions of this kind of popular celebration are found in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and in Washington Irving's Sketch Book.
The singing of hymns and carols, which had been suppressed by the Puritans, found only a slow and restricted revival in England. Even as late as 1823, an English collector of Christmas lore, William Hone (1842), wrote in his Ancient Mysteries that carols were considered as "something past" and had no place in the nineteenth century.31 Meanwhile, a few rehgious carols had been written and soon became favorites among the English-speaking people. The most famous of these are "While shepherds watched their flocks by night" (Nahum Tate, 1715) and "Hark the herald angels sing" (Charles Wesley, 1788).
Christmas in America •
To the North American continent the Christmas celebration was brought by the missionaries and settlers from the various European nations. The Spaniards established it in their possessions in the sixteenth century, the French in Canada in the seventeenth century. The feast was celebrated with all the splendor of liturgical solemnity and with the traditional customs of the respective nationalities in Florida, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, in Canada, and in the territory of the present State of Michigan.
In the colonies of New England, however, the unfortunate and misdirected zeal of the Puritans against Christmas persisted far into the nineteenth century. Christmas remained outlawed until the second half of the last century.32
The Pilgrim fathers worked as usual on their first Christmas Day in America (1620), although they observed the most rigid Sabbath rest on the preceding day, which was Sunday.33 December 25 until 1856 was a common workday in Boston, and those who refused to go to work on Christmas Day were often dismissed. In New England, factory owners would change the starting hours on Christmas Day to five o'clock in order that workers who wanted to attend a church service would have to forego it or else be dismissed for being late for work. As late as 1870, classes were held in the public schools of Boston on Christ-mas Day, and any pupil who stayed at home to observe the feast was gravely punished, even shamed by public dismissal.34
It was not until immigrants from Ireland and from continental Europe arrived in large numbers toward the middle of the last century that Christmas in America began to flourish. The Germans brought the Christmas tree. They were soon joined by the Irish, who contributed the ancient Gaelic custom of putting lights in the windows. All Catholic immigrants, of course, brought the crib, their native carols and hymns, the three Masses on Christmas Day, and the religious obligation of attending Mass and abstaining from work on the Feast of the Nativity.35
Very soon their neighbors, charmed by these unusual but attractive innovations, followed their example and made many of these customs their own. For some years, however, many clergymen continued to warn their congregations against celebrating Christmas with these "new" customs. But eventually a powerful surge of enthusiasm from people of all faiths swept resistance away. New Englanders especially were so won over by this friendly, charming way of celebrating Christmas that a revival of deeper and richer observance followed in many of their churches. One by one, the best of the old traditions were lovingly studied, revived, and became again common practice. Catholics and Protestants co-operated, uniting in a sincere effort to restore the beauties of a truly Christian celebration of the Nativity.
To be continued
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Nicole Poon: Aspiring Student Artist on the Rise
February 21, 2018
Art rooms offer a place for escape, and upon entrance it feels like an entirely new world. Art rooms are no ordinary classrooms, but instead a space where individuals explore the depths of their own creativity. Sketchbooks replace textbooks and drawings replace worksheets. For senior Nicole Poon, the art room is more than a classroom; for her it feels like home. It is here she discovered her true passion of expressing her thoughts on the world through art.
"I am inspired by social issues that affect me," Poon said. "I try to portray this in my art in a non-exploitive way.
Due to Poon's Chinese heritage, she tries to create art pieces that reflect diversity and immigration.
"I have a large canvas where it is called 'World of Immigrants'," Poon said. "It is my grandmother when she was younger. I also have a women piece that has six women of color."
Poon's art reflect social justice issues that surround her, and tries to send a message with every piece she creates.
"In this political climate we have, there are people saying a lot of bigotry and racism," Poon said. "It is small minority, but they are being super loud. I want to be louder than them and I want to portray 'We are Here' and this is 'Who We Are."
Women of color is a prominent theme that Poon incorporates in her artwork.
"It is really refreshing to see women of color," senior Mellica Aksari said. "In classic and modern art you only see conventionally beautiful women."
Poon also seeks to find ways to involve her friends and family in her art.
"For me the person is the subject in my photography or art," Poon said. "So the people I photograph or paint are people that I love and care about. I feel like it is so impersonal when you take pictures of people you do not know."
Poon balances representing diversity in her artwork, along with breaking traditional beauty standards to fit different body types.
"Growing up I would always think why is my hair like this; why is it so curly," Aksari said. "For her to be able to portray a wide variety of women is empowering."
For Poon, her goal is to show women as who they truly are, rather than conforming them to a specific role or restrict their freedom of expression.
"All of her art shows the female forms and her focus are muses are women of color and them being able to express their sexuality or unique their traits," senior Satya Chintapalli said. "She shows girls being able to be themselves without being objectified. Her art shows women as powerful and not sexual objects."
Along with women of color being a subject in her artwork, Poon likes to embrace her Chinese ethnicity and show her audience more of her culture beyond the stereotype.
"This is one of my favorite photos of her," Aksari said. "She is dressed in traditional Chinese clothing and it just so beautiful. I never thought that Chinese clothing could be that intricate. It is such a wonderful photo. She shows things that people do not normally see with her own creative twist."
The use of social media is how Poon reaches a broad audience to view her art. She has a Instagram page that is dedicated to her artwork.
"I know I am not super popular and I am not going to put it out there that I am this amazing artist," Poon said. "I just wanted to dedicate one Instagram for my art. The posts on my Instagram are a lot of photography. I try to post any kind of my artwork right now. It is matter of experimenting with different mediums and trying to show as much as I can.
Poon's use of social media eventually evolved into an online business.
"The business that Nicole has I think started with these t-shirts," Aksari said. "I remember she posted these selfies on Twitter of this really cute outfit. It was the bright orange neon t-shirt and said this word in French. Everyone was like where did you get that shirt and she said that she made it. Someone asked her to make a specific shirt, and so she started making t-shirt designs.
From t-shirts, Poon has evolved her art business to include different products made by her. Now, customers can talk to her through her social media and purchase her work.
"From the t-shirts, she probably manifested the confidence to sell her original work instead of printed designs," Aksari said. "Now she started making fruit and vegetable themed t-shirts."
Last year, Poon was involved in Girls' Generation that was held in Deep Ellum. This is an art show where young female artists can display and sell their work.
"Girls' Generation was really cool," Aksari said. "They rented out a room and decorated it and had tables for each artist. In front of them and behind them they would have art to show and they would sell some things. I think I spent like hundred dollars that day. I love supporting small artists."
Along with sending a different message than most artists, Poon expresses her art in quirky, bold ways.
"The prints I have are six portraits of girls and they are really colorful," Chintapalli said. "The way she draws the facial features are not hyper-realistic, but they all have the facial expressions that show powerful people."
Poon's art emphasizes social justice awareness, but it also reflect her own creativity and originality.
"In her photography, she did this makeup and it was not just daily makeup. It was like blue eyeliner coming all the way up to your temples," Chintapalli said. "She was coming up with all of it on the spot and I was really impressed to watch her work. I do not think a lot of people are creative and have the ability to come up with ideas on the fly."
Art is not only a passion that Poon enjoys, but is a career path she is wanting to go into.
"I was initially was going to apply to six colleges, but I ended up only applying to three," Poon said. "I only applied to three because the school of Visual Arts in Manhattan had already accepted me and given me 80K in scholarship. I was so excited when I got accepted."
While art has played a role in Poon's entire life, her decision of art being her future began only last year.
"I have done art my entire life, but I got really into it only last year and started thinking of it as a career option," Poon said. "I started doing art experiments and creating work and last year I said this is what I want to do my whole life."
Taking the art program in this school pushed Poon to realize that art was something she wanted to do in her future.
"The art program here is completely amazing and underrated," Poon said. "Taking art in Plano West pushed me in the direction of considering art as a career. Art at West has definitely boosted my creativity and the teachers really push you to your limit."
However, the decision to pursue art was not an easy one for Poon. At times, she felt skepticism for pursuing visual art.
"It was kind of hard art to break out of my thinking of prejudice toward art only because the people around me were like do practical things," Poon said. "It was very difficult for me to decide to pursue this and even now I am scared."
In moments of uncertainty, Poon remembers the love she feels for art and sticks to her life motto.
"My ideas is that I want to go and pursue what I love," Poon said. "Whatever happens, happens. It is important to live in the moment and not worry about the future because right now is the most important."
Malvika Mahendhra is currently a senior, and is excited to be Editor-in-Chief for the BluePrints. She plans to major in English in college and hopes to...


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Morningstar OBSR has placed the Invesco Perpetual funds run by Neil Woodford under review. They have also placed the Edinburgh Investment Trust also run by Woodford under review. The procedure is common practice during fund management changes.
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Invesco Perpetual
Following the announcement that Neil Woodford will leave Invesco Perpetual in April 2014, Morningstar OBSR has placed the Morningstar OBSR Analyst Ratings of the following funds Under Review:
Invesco Perpetual Income
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Invesco Perpetual Distribution
All four funds previously held a Morningstar OBSR Analyst Rating™ of Gold.
Mark Barnett, who currently manages the Invesco Perpetual Strategic Income fund, is set to take over the Invesco Perpetual Income and High Income funds in April 2014. Ciaran Mallon, who currently manages the Invesco Perpetual Income and Growth fund, is set to take over Neil Woodford's portion of the Invesco Perpetual Monthly Income Plus and Invesco Perpetual Distribution funds with immediate effect. Mr Barnett and Mr Mallon are both established members of Invesco Perpetual's UK Equity team.
Morningstar OBSR analysts plan to meet with the fund managers shortly to assess their future plans for the funds.
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Following the announcement that Neil Woodford will leave Invesco Perpetual in April 2014, Morningstar has placed the Morningstar Analyst Rating of the Edinburgh Investment Trust Under Review. The trust previously held a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Gold. The board has yet to confirm who they will appoint as the new manager in April 2014, and given this uncertainty, Morningstar has placed the rating Under Review. When the board announces the appointment of a new investment manager, Morningstar's closed-end fund analysts will meet with them to discuss their plans for the trust.


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It's not something I am completely up to speed on, but I have spoken to a number of teachers, parents and people who work with schools recently, and it does seem to me that there are a significant number of schools who rather than tackling social networking are hiding behind their firewall and just hoping the problem goes away.
It's not just a question of telling kids under the age of 13 that they probably shouldn't be on facebook or that they can't access the site from school. (Some) Schools appear to be following a policy of fear, uncertainty and doubt when it comes to social media, in an effort to make children believe they are better off running away from it all.
That tactic is fine if all you are aiming to do is not make this your problem now, sooner or later these children are going to encounter social media, and are either going to want to use it, or increasingly be expected to do business by it. If all schools (and parents) have done to prepare them is tell them to hide in the corner, there's going to be many more problems then the one they are trying to solve.
Instead of scaring children we should be equipping them with the skills they need to survive in a connected world, because it's not going away. Already businesses are turning to social tools to run businesses and in ten years it's certainly going to be a vital skill in the workplace.
More importantly than the world of work however is the simple fact that social networks do attract the more undesirable elements of our society, after all they attract all elements of society. If we don't give children the skills to cope with this they will be in danger, but that skill can't just be ignorance, because that's unrealistic.
Still thinking about this, not least how teachers also run from the site, how can they hope to give anyone else the skills to cope with them.


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text: GERONTOLOGY CourseCode: 2067Degree: Bachelor's in Occupational TherapyFaculty of MedicineYear: Year 2 of Bachelor's in Occupational TherapySemester: SpringType: RequiredLanguage: SpanishECTS credits: 4.5Lecture: 3Laboratory: 1.5Hours: 112.5Directed: 45Shared: 25.5Autonomous: 42Subject matter: Medical, Surgical and Psychiatric DisordersModule: Medical, Surgical and Psychiatric DisordersDepartment: Health PsychologyArea: EDUCATIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGYCourse instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.DescriptionTheories on aging, demographic, sociological, and psychological aspects of aging. General aspects of healthy and ill elderly.FacultyNameCoordinatorLectureLaboratorySITGES MACIA, ESTHER■■RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, LUIS■■OLTRA CUCARELLA, JAVIER■Professional interestThis course attempts to answer the new needs of occupational training of therapists who want to work with older people, whether in Community or in institutions. Through this training, students will acquire a broad and rigorous about the aging process, to work with this population, cognitive and emotional level.Competencies and learning outcomesGeneral competenciesUnderstand the structure and function of the human body at different stages of development.Recognize the differences between normal human body function and its alterations, and determine the impact from population, demographic, environmental, social, and cultural health determinants, and their effects.Hypothesize, assess information, and promote viable solutions to cases and professional situations.Ability to analyze, evaluate, and assess individual and group situations, identify problems, interpret data, and formulate solutions to individual and/or group problems.Assess information critically and apply the scientific method to improve the profession.Ability to update, consolidate, and integrate new knowledge to improve the profession using continuous self-learning techniques and critical analysis.Specific competenciesAcquire and utilize epidemiological data and assess trends and risks to base decision making about health.Determine dysfunctions and occupational needs, define planning and establish occupational therapy intervention using the therapeutic potential of meaningful occupations through use of the activity, with the consent and participation of individuals and populations.Know, select, and apply the appropriate theories, theoretical reference frameworks, and occupational therapy practice models and methods in order to choose or reestablish meaningful occupations according to the health needs of individuals and populations.Understand the basics of action, indications, and effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions based on the scientific evidence available.Professional competenciesKnow and understand the pathophysiological process in every moment of the life cycle, from infancy to old age, identifying preventive and clinical problems and aspects of the person, both in health and disease.Know and understand knowledge about pedagogy, psychology, and psychopathology applicable to humans at all stages of the life cycle that enables them to evaluate, synthesize, and apply occupational therapy treatments.Know and understand medical, surgical, and psychiatric knowledge relevant to humans at all stages of the life cycle, from infancy to old age, which enables them to evaluate, synthesize, and apply occupational therapy treatments.Know and understand the pathophysiological process in every moment of the life cycle, identifying problems and preventive and clinical aspects of the person, in both health and disease.Understand, evaluate, analyze, develop, and participate in health education and promotion within the scope of occupational therapy to prevent occupational dysfunction in general and subsequent to medical, surgical, and psychiatric disorders and social maladjustment.Synthesize and apply relevant knowledge about biological, medical, human, educational, psychological, social, technological, and occupational sciences, along with the theories of occupation and participation.ContentsLecture topicsTeaching unitsTHEORETICAL STUDY OF AGINGCOGNITIVE PSYCHOSTIMULATION PROGRAMSTHE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN AGINGHEALTH INTERVENTION PROGRAMINTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR CAREGIVERS, FAMILY AND PALLIATIVE CARECourse contentsBasic bibliographyFernández-Ballesteros, Rocío dir. "Gerontología social". Madrid Pirámide D.l. 2000. Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío. "Qué es la psicología de la vejez". Madrid Biblioteca Nueva 1999.Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío. "Vivir con vitalidad Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros (dir.)". Madrid Pirámide [2002]. Pinazo Hernandis, Sacramento dir / Sánchez Martínez, Mariano dir. "Gerontología actualización, innovación y propuestas". Madrid Pearson 2005. Fernández-Ballesteros, Rocío. "Envejecimiento activo contribuciones de la psicología". Madrid Pirámide D.L. 2009. Bermejo García, Lourdes. Bermejo García, Lourdes dir. "Envejecimiento activo y actividades socioeducativas con personas mayores guía de buenas prácticas". Buenos Aires [etc.] Editorial Médica Panamericana 2010. Complementary bibliographyPinazo Hernandis, Sacramento coord. / López Alfonso, Francisco J. coord. "Lo que cuentan nuestros mayores memoria y ficción". [Valencia] Escuela Valenciana de Estudios de la Salud D.L. 2007. Bayés, Ramón 1930-. "Vivir guía para una jubilación activa". Barcelona [etc.] Paidós Ibérica 2009. Cicerón, Marco Tulio, 106-43 a.C. Ribera Casado, José Manuel. / Minois, Georges, 1946-. "De senectute Acerca de la vejez /". Madrid Triacastela 2006. Puig, Anna Puig Alemán. "Ejercicios para mejorar la memoria ". Madrid CCS 2007. Puig, Anna Puig Alemán. "Ejercicios para mejorar la memoria, 2". Madrid CCS [2007]. Rodríguez Marín, Jesús. Neipp López, M. del Carmen. "Manual de psicología social de la salud". Madrid Síntesis D.L. 2008. Linkshttp://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/SoftwareMethodology and gradingGradingA continuous assessment that encourages students to continue the learning process will be used. The weight of the continuous assessment that activities in the theoretical and practical will be valued classes shall not exceed 30% of the final grade. A final exam will be held, with objective questions that will weigh on the rating of 50% -70%. The remainder will be to monitor the tutoring of students, attendance and work-related seminars. THEORETICAL PART: assessment of an objective test mediente multiple choice with 3 response alternatives, with about 30 questions (correction formula = {[a-(e / 2)] / N} * 10. PRACTICAL PART: assessment by an exam with short-answer questions about the contents worked on practice sessions (one question per practice session). (30% of the grade of the course). Conducting volunteer work (10%)Assessment test characteristicsTHEORY: will be evaluated by an objective test type test with 3 alternative answers, with approximately 30 questions (correction formula = {[a- (e / 2)] / N} * 10). PRACTICES: it will be evaluated by means of an examination of short questions about the contents worked in the practice sessions (one question per practice). 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