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In this edition, we provide a spotlight summary of key industry happenings, covering the Dental Bill 2017, the Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018 (PAHFAS), the Care Centres (Amendment) Act 2018 (CCA), the Malaysian government's decision to invoke compulsory licensing to allow Hepatitis C patients to gain access to affordable medicine, as well as key amendments in the revision of the Drug Registration Guidance Documents (DRGD).
New Dental Bill to Give Teeth to the Dental Council and the Dental Therapist Board
In late 2017, the Dental Bill 2017 ("Dental Bill") was passed by the Malaysian parliament and is currently pending royal assent.
If it comes into force, the existing Dental Act 1971 ("1971 Act") will be repealed and the following key changes will be introduced:
- The Malaysian Dental Council ("Council") and the Malaysian Dental Therapist Board ("Board") will be established to enhance the regulatory framework for the practice of dentistry. Briefly, the Council will govern dental practitioners and specialists and be represented by accredited dental surgeons from both the public and private sector; whereas the Board will govern dental therapists and post-basic dental therapists. The existing dental council established under the 1971 Act will be dissolved.
- The existing Dental Register will also provide for the registration of specialists. Unless a dentist is registered as a specialist in that particular specialty, he/she is not allowed to represent himself/herself as a specialist or carry out dental procedures which are usually carried out by such specialists.
- Dental therapists, formerly known as school dental nurses who practise exclusively in the public sector to provide basic dental care to school children aged 12 years and below, will be able to practise in the private sector as well as the public sector.
- The provisions of the Bill will be administered by the Council and the Board. The Director General of Health is also empowered to exercise powers of enforcement through its public officers. This will substantially strengthen enforcement in the practice of dentistry, given that the existing 1971 Act does not provide for enforcement against illegal dentists or unregistered practitioners practising in registered premises.
The Dental Bill and the explanatory note of the same may be found here.
Higher Standards in the Aged Care Industry Anticipated
On 28 March 2018, the Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018 (PAHFAS) and the Care Centres (Amendment) Act 2018 (CCA) received royal assent and will come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister of Health. As Malaysia has recently experienced a change of Government, it is uncertain when the Minister of Health will appoint this date.
The PAHFAS and the CCA aim to ensure that there is a clear line of demarcation between regulations which are applicable to centres which provide care to those below 60 and those which provide care to aged persons (i.e. persons who are 60 years old or above). More stringent requirements are imposed on the latter. Among others, operators of the centres which provide care to aged persons will have to obtain a pre-approval and an operating licence from the Director General of Health (DG) and observe various obligations imposed upon them. These include, among others, ensuring that there is at least one qualified healthcare professional available at their premises, ensuring that the caregivers are trained and competent as well as ensuring that the managers in charge are trained, qualified and experienced, meeting the standard to be determined by the DG.
Our previous article on the changes which will be introduced by the PAHFAS and CCA is available here.
Malaysia Invokes Compulsory Licensing of Hepatitis C Drug
In September 2017, the Malaysian Government announced that it had exercised its rights under the Rights of Government provision in the Patents Act to exploit the use of the Hepatitis C drug, "Sofosbuvir". The provision allows the government to exploit a patented invention without the agreement of the patent owner where, among others, it deems that there is a national emergency or where the public interest, such as nutrition or health.1
Malaysia is the first nation in the world to invoke compulsory licensing, which authorises a local import company to bring in the generic version of the Hepatitis C drug or to manufacture it itself by a local generic company. The move, which allows Hepatitis C patients in Malaysia to gain access to affordable medicine, received international recognition in January 2018, when Malaysia was awarded the Leadership Award in Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines at the Global Summit of Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines. The summit was organised by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, which brings community representatives, governments, civil society, academics, experts and international agencies together to look at the impact of international trade rules on public health.
The Government's move highlights the plight of Malaysians who suffer from Hepatitis C and are unable to afford the medication which can cost up to RM 300,000 (approx. USD 74,055). As it is considered a middle income country, Malaysia does not receive special prices from pharmaceutical companies for newer drugs.2
The eventual result in the long-run will be that Sofosbuvir is available at an affordable price in public health facilities. In the short-run, it is estimated that 2,000 chronic Hepatitis C patients out of the 23,000 registered with the Ministry of Health will undergo the first phase of Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy across eighteen selected government hospitals for free within this year.3
Spring-Cleaning the Drug Registration Guidance Document
The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has made key amendments in the January 2018 revision of the Drug Registration Guidance Documents (DRGD). The key changes include changes on requirements for the registration of generic products, changes to the timeline for submitting additional documents or information, and additional requirements for the limit test for heavy metals.
Registration of generic products. It is now a requirement for product registration holders (PRH) to provide patent declarations. These declarations are that all legal provisions in Malaysia will be complied with, that the government is not responsible for any committed offence and that the PRH will indemnify the government if a claim arises from the PRH's breach of law.
Timeline. The timeline for submitting any additional document or information has been standardised and streamlined. Such submissions should be made within 60 days from the date when appeal confirmation has been given. Not only is this a far shorter timeline, it is also applicable to all categories of products. Prior to this amendment, the timeline was 180 days for new drug products and biologics, and 90 days for all other products.
Limit test for heavy metals. There have also been changes to the requirements for when limit test for heavy metals should be conducted. The test must now be conducted specifically on the finished product of health supplements. Previously, the test may be done either on the raw materials or on the finished products.
It is clear that the NPRA has taken measures to improve the DRGD, thereby making the guidelines more straightforward and reducing confusion.
The latest version of the DRGD and the complete list of amendments made to the DRGD are available here and here.
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3 Bernama Plus (2018), '18 Hospitals Offer Free DAA Therapy for Treatment of Hepatitis C', [online]. Available here.


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It's TV announcement season and that means all the TV networks are presenting their plans for 2016 for their new TV shows, new ideas and perhaps even new channels. We've seen two new channels announced – the Food Network from SBS and 9 Life from the Nine Network, but the announcement getting loads of attention is Channel 9 broadcasting in High Definition. But there's a catch.
From November 26 if you retune your Digital TV, you'll get the new 9 Life channel, plus you'll find Channel 90 is the normal "Main" Channel 9 in High Definition. That's if your TV can receive it.
You see there is a limit to how many channels a network can broadcast. Each network has 23Meg of spectrum up there in the airwaves within which they can choose to broadcast whatever number of channels they choose.
A typical SD channel might be 4 Meg, a HD channel might be 12 Meg. Theoretically more, but as the demand for more channels comes from the bosses at the networks, the techs need to squeeze the channels in and that means compromising quality for quantity.
There is a solution. It's called MPEG-4. It's a compression technology which allows a high quality signal to be broadcast in even less space than would currently be required (the current standard being used is MPEG-2).
It was confirmed by MediaWeek today that Nine will be broadcasting the HD channel using MPEG-4 compression.
The problem though is that MPEG-4 has not been standard in new TV's since Digital TV was introduced. It's really only the last 5 years or so that all TVs have supported MPEG-4.
So if you have an older TV or a TV that can't "decode" MPEG-4 – you will not be able to see the 9 HD channel.
Here's how it looks (not 100% accurate, just a graphical representation of how the Nine Network are going to fit a new channel in AND simulcast the main channel in HD.
As you can see, they are dropping one of their Extra Channels, but the simulcast is a heavy load on spectrum that could only really be offset by the introduction of MPEG-4.
In reality, Nine won't lose out with this little change, because 100% of homes can watch the content on Channel 9. The question is what percentage can? With HD penetration not at 100% on its own (sits perhaps between 90 and 95%) then MPEG-4 penetration could 70% or even lower.
Think about those second or third TVs in the bedroom, man cave or kitchen. Those are older and likely don't support this newer technology.
So, you won't miss out on the cricket. But you might have to watch it in Standard Definition, until you buy a new TV:)
How can you check?
Good news is the Seven Network recently launched a Horse Racing channel on channel number 78 (Channel 68 in regional areas) – turn that on, because it's in MPEG-4 already, so if your TV can view the Racing.com TV channel, your TV will be able to watch Nine HD when it switches on, November 26.
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Racing.com is on channel 68 in Wollongong, at least on my TV anyway.
will win tv be broadcasting in hd as well?
So that explains why I can't get the racing channel. Looks like I won't be watching cricket in HD after all.
Hi Trevor, So what version will Foxtel be broadcasting on channel 100?
My four year old Sharp TV won't receive it either but my eight year old TiVo does? Got to love technology and it's routine built in redundancy. I'm sure those thousands of 'near new' tv's destined for the tip appreciate the 24h shopping channel taking up the extra bandwidth forcing mpeg-4 compression. Channel 9 – Still the one!
Some TV's may may need a setting change to allow tuning for mpeg 4 this was the case with both my Panasonic sets. Over 5 years old. Originally I could get 9O had when I auto tuned. But I can now after turning on accept Avi4 through a menu setting. So may be other TV's also require this. Good luck
So what you are saying is if you in a regional area (Wollongong is 45kms from Sydney gpo so not that bloody regional and most ppl work in Sydney!!!!) bad luck no 9life or cricket in hd! Good to see that tv stations are still perpetuating the metro/regional divide and letting us know we are irrelevant!
can i change a set top box settings to watch 9hd
sound but no picture, both racing and 9hd, been searching for a mpeg4 decode download, to load on my internet tv box, does 1 exist ?
Could my problem be antenna ?
I have a Phillips TV about 7 year old….sound no picture on Lifestyle racing chanel no picture no sound only telling me it is the racing chanel were do I go from here ….is there a set top box I can use.
I am appalled at your tv station for showing women hunting lions. Shame on you. I will never watch ch 9 again. What will you show next. People skinning animals. You disgust me

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March 28, 2007
The sun streams along the street without a single cloud getting in its way. The sunlight brings a nice warmth to the otherwise cold morning.
The start of the Spring season brings the best out in people. After the perpetual cloud of the Winter, it's always refreshing to see sunlight. It taps into something primal in all of us, whether we're aware of it or not. Shop owners open up with a smile. Lorries and vans pull up to the various eateries to deliver goods. Postmen whistle as they move quietly from building to building. Old men nip in and out of the supermarket or newsagent to pick up their messages for the day. An old black Labrador stretches out on the pavement in front of the supermarket, panting. He's waiting for his owner to return, unaware of the people trying to walk around him without stepping on the road.
Good on you, old dog. Fuck everybody else, it's nice to be selfish and comfortable on a sunny morning.
The fun part about this weather is how people interpret it in different ways. I see one postman wearing fingerless gloves, long-sleeved top, and wooly hat, while I see another wearing a short-sleeved shirt. Some women go out in what could only be described as a "summer" top, while some will cling onto multiple layers underneath a heavy jacket for a few weeks yet.
I think the old dog on the street had things right. I suspect the short sleeves and summer tops are more appropriate. (The summer tops certainly make the walk more interesting.)


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Three Friends at my Table
West Cork Paella
I had three friends at my table for Saturday night dinner. Well, not really. But I did have the fantastic produce from Kanturk's Jack McCarthy, West Cork's Anthony Cresswell and the Loire's Sebastien du Petit Thouars.
Anthony's Ummera Smoked Chicken, bought in the Brown Thomas Food Emporium, was the main ingredient of the main dish. Ummera is the only Irish producer of smoked chicken and we used it in a special recipe by Clodagh McKenna: West Cork Paella.
When checking the list of recipe items, we found ourselves short a few and that led to a tour of the local shops. Supervalu had the Risotto Rice but no Chorizo. Coolmore, our local butchers, were out of a possible substitute, O'Flynn's Gourmet Mexican or Italian Sausage, so we ended up in Aldi and got a Spanish Chorizo. Hard, if not impossible, to get Desmond cheese these days so Castlemary Farm's award winning Goat Cheddar substituted and played a blinder!
Indeed, though I forgot the lemon wedges,the whole dish was excellent, full of great flavours. You can take it will be done again, this time with the Gubbeen chorizo! So well done to Anthony for the chicken and to Clodagh for the recipe! This link will also take you to four or five other recipes for the smoked chicken.
Chateau du Petit Thouars . Is that a Cork car in front?
Jack and Timmy McCarthy are doing great things in Kanturk with Irish charcuterie and we started with a platter. Highlight here was their non-smoked Pastrami with special peppers. Simply outstanding and well worth getting your hands on.
We met Sebastien du Petit Thouars at his Chateau in the Loire in August and enjoyed a couple of visits. We had a great tasting with Sebastien, Darcy and their baby daughter Elizabeth, and one of the wines we brought home was his Selection 2009. This is a superb Cabernet Franc and one of the matching recommendations on the label was for curry. So why not Cloadagh's paella, we thought! And, glad to say, it worked a treat.


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text: Ruatuna 441 Tinopai Road, Matakohe Ruatuna, Matakohe. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Grant Sheehan. Date: 9/05/2017. Ruatuna, Matakohe. Drone shot. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Grant Sheehan. Date: 9/05/2017. Ruatuna, Matakohe. Outbuildings. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Grant Sheehan. Date: 9/05/2017. Ruatuna, Matakohe. Outbuildings. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Grant Sheehan. Date: 9/05/2017. Ruatuna, Matakohe. Sitting room. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Grant Sheehan. Date: 9/05/2017. List Entry Information List Entry Status Listed List Entry Type Historic Place Category 1 Public Access Private/No Public Access List Number 7 Date Entered 23rd June 1983 Date of Effect 23rd June 1983 Locationopen/close Extent of List Entry Extent includes the land described as Lot 1 DP 67079 (RT NA51D/1378), North Auckland Land District and the structures known as Ruatuna thereon, and their fittings and fixtures. The registration includes the main house, a dairy, a general shed, an outside toilet (earth closet), a washhouse, a garage, the remains of a hen house, an arbour, two tank stands, and a concrete tennis court. City/District Council Kaipara District Region Northland Region Legal description Lot 1 DP 67079 (RT NA51D/1378), North Auckland Land District Location description On the eastern side of Tinopai Road, approximately 6.5 km south of Matakohe township. Summaryopen/close Ruatuna is the birthplace of Gordon Coates (1878-1943), a prominent Northland politician and a former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Built in 1877, the kauri timber house was originally erected for Coates' parents, Edward (1843-1905) and Eleanor (1851-1935), as the main residence for an extensive estate in the northern Kaipara. Edward Coates came from a well-connected English gentry family, and had arrived in New Zealand in 1866. After obtaining 5,196 hectares (12,830 acres) of land in the Ruatuna area, much of it leased from local Maori, he experimented with introducing new animal breeds, importing the first Shropshire Down sheep to New Zealand and the first Hereford cattle to the North Island. Edward Coates also initiated changes to the landscape, including the creation of orchards and hedged fields from previously 'unimproved' ground. The residence was built in preparation for his marriage to Eleanor Aickin in 1877 and was located on elevated ground towards the northern end of the estate, overlooking the Kaipara Harbour which afforded waterborne transport to the area.The eldest of several sons, Gordon Coates took over the part-running of the farm in 1900, before being elected to the Otamatea County Council (1905). A few years after winning the parliamentary seat of Kaipara in 1911 he joined the conservative Reform Party, which traditionally represented the interests of farm owners and which promoted especially strong ties of loyalty to the British Empire. He occupied the Public Works (1920), Native Affairs (1921) and Railways (1923) portfolios before taking up the post of Prime Minister from 1925 to 1928. He also held further office in the 1930s and early 1940s, including as Minister of Armed Forces and War Coordination in a special administration during the Second World War (1939-45).The single-storey homestead was a comparatively humble structure, reflecting the pioneering nature of the family enterprise and perhaps its construction on leased land. It was erected as a simple, gabled building with a verandah at the front, and lean-to rooms on either side. Constructed by a local builder, Samuel Cooksey, the building fused the symmetry of early colonial architectural traditions with features of the newer Gothic Revival style, including prominent central gables at the front and rear. Its interior also exhibited Gothic-influenced elements, notably a front parlour and kitchen/dining room in the main body of the building that were both open to the roof with the pegged timber frame of the house fully visible. Family tradition has ascribed its appearance as being modelled on that of a Scottish hunting lodge, a building type with historically strong aristocratic associations. In nineteenth-century Britain, Gothic Revival and related styles harked back to a past when landed families and other high-status groups were considered to have been secure in their social position, so aspects of Ruatuna's appearance could be interpreted as reflecting ongoing English gentry aspirations or nostalgia. Gothic architecture was also frequently used to embellish buildings in large estates and parks, increasing their Picturesque qualities and alluding to concepts of antiquity and grandeur.Associated outbuildings around the dwelling included a dairy, a general shed and a privy, which were all necessary for a self-sufficient homestead. A separate cottage was also constructed within the grounds. A woolshed and stables complex beyond the immediate domestic curtilage pre-dates the house and was heavily used in the early 1900s, when the property boasted the largest flock of Shropshire Down sheep in the country. At this time, many workers on the estate were Maori. Changes to the house have been comparatively few, but they included an added bedroom for Gordon Coates when he reached adolescence, and a schoolroom for his sisters' education, both undertaken in 1893. Following the departure of each of the sons - including Gordon - by 1918, alterations by an all-female household included a new kitchen, a bathroom and two additional bedrooms. Extensive nineteenth-century gardens around the dwelling were maintained. Ruatuna was noted for its social gatherings, which included popular tennis parties. A grass tennis court in use at the front of the house by 1905 was concreted in 1929.Following continued use by the Coates family, the house and almost 2.5 hectares (six acres) of land was left to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust/Pouhere Taonga in 1976. Much of the associated farm had previously been subdivided and sold in the late 1940s. Remaining farmland was retained within the family until 1997, when it was purchased by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust/Pouhere Taonga. The house and its outbuildings are currently being conserved (2008) for future opening to the public.Ruatuna is nationally significant for its association with the country's second New Zealand-born Prime Minister, Gordon Coates, and the rural pioneering background that helped to shape his political views. It is valuable for its links with the development of stock breeding in New Zealand and the introduction of new types of cattle and sheep. The place demonstrates important changes to the ownership and use of the land in the northern Kaipara during the later colonial period, including the creation of large private estates. It also reflects late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century rural attitudes to self-sufficiency, home education, sanitation and other aspects of daily life, and has links with subsequent farming by an all-female household. The main dwelling is architecturally significant as a well-preserved 1870s structure, which fuses Gothic and Georgian forms and which also incorporates an unusual domestic interior influenced by medievalist approaches. The place is important as part of a more extensive historic landscape, which includes agricultural outbuildings and other features linked to a broader farming estate. Linksopen/close Associated List Entries Matakohe School (Former) Current use Civic Facilities - Historic Property Former use Accommodation - Garage - Residential out-building Accommodation - House Accommodation - Laundry - Residential out-building Accommodation - Lavatory - Residential out-building Accommodation - Shed/store - Residential out-building Construction Professionalsopen/close Cooksey, S.B. Samuel Cooksey Additional informationopen/close Construction Dates Original Construction1877 - Construction of main house (builder: Samuel Cooksey) Original Construction - Construction of dairy Original Construction - Construction of general shed Original Construction - Construction of outside toilet Original Construction - Construction of washhouse Original Construction - Construction of four-roomed cottage to south of homestead Original Construction - Construction of arbour Addition1893 - Additions, including schoolroom for girls on NW side of house, and bedroom for Gordon Coates Original Construction - 1905Construction of tennis court Original Construction1914 - Construction of garage Addition1918 - 1919Additions to main house, including lean-to at rear for a kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. Verandah also widened and its shingled roof replaced by corrugated iron. Modification1929 - Tennis court concreted Demolished - Other1961 - Demolition of four-roomed cottage Completion Date27th June 2008 Report Written ByMartin Jones and Joan McKenzie Information Sources Scott, 1987 (2) Dick Scott, Seven Lives on Salt River, Auckland, 1987 Other InformationA copy of the original report is available from the NZHPT Northern Region office.Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions.


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Table of Contents
- 1 iTunes update breaks iFunbox-vShare alternative fix iMazing
- 1.1 vShare Broken "Sorry! Reauthorization failed"
- 1.2 iMazing is IOS 10 ready
- 1.3 Quick fix for ifunbox not opening, Closing, Crashing. Fix vShare Sorry! Reauthorization failed
- 2 iMazing Features
- vShare Sorry! Reauthorization failed? "Fix"
- ifunbox closing when connecting Apple device? "Fix"
We have had reports that the new iTunes update 126.96.36.199 crashes iFunbox when you open the program. On testing, we found we could not open iFunbox and iTunes at the same time without it closing the iFunbox application. Reports Also suggest that vShare fails to authorize your Apple device. iFunbox and vShare have not released a fix for this issue at the time of writing of this post. So today we are going to show you an alternative application that works on Windows and Apple Mac computers.
Categories: Apple, News
vShare is an Application for Windows PC's. Since the latest iTunes update, 126.96.36.199 vShare has failed to authorize Apple devices. Showing error Sorry! Reauthorization failed This is happening because vShare-iFunbox uses iTunes to install applications onto your Apple device. Now it looks like iTunes have had enough of the vShare / iFunbox, by blocking a key feature in iTunes. Entertainment Box hope you find this guide useful and would also like to point out we have a page dedicated for Apple Help Guides, this page will be constantly updated with new content when new posts are created, so bookmark it.
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iMazing is IOS 10 ready
iMazing is a file manager for Apple devices like iFunbox and vShare allowing you to push Apple apps directly onto your Apple device without the need to jailbreak. iMazing includes many features for your IOS and is IOS 10 ready. iMazing has two options free and full version. The free option is all you need if you are only pushing apps from your desktop to your iDevice.
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- Download iMazing
- Launch iMazing
- Connect your Apple device, iPhone, Apple TV, iPad
- Click the blue app icon to access the apps installed on the Apple device
- Drag and drop apps you want to install into apps folder
- Allow apps to install onto your Apple device
- Complete
iMazing Features
File transfer
Transfer your data to your new iPhone 7, Transfer your existing content without iTunes and iCloud. A dedicated, step-by-step assistant helps you copy your data to your new device. It's simple and secure. iMazing gives you full control over your data transfer. You're free to choose which apps and what data you would like to keep on your new iPhone, Apple TV, iPad.
iOS Apps Backup and Transfer
Manage your favourite iPhone, Apple TV, iPad apps your way. Enjoy a powerful tool to transfer app files. Save and restore your game progress, app documents, or chat conversations. Enjoy a powerful and intuitive tool to manage your apps. With iMazing, you easily drag and drop files and folders to and from your apps. You can also backup app data in a restorable and shareable format, the .imazingapp fil. Enjoy a great, reliable app management tool that works for many tasks. Need to install IPA files on your phone? Done! You can even add an app from your iPad to your iPhone's backup before restoring it. Or extract app data from a backup to restore it to your device.
iPhone File Transfer & iOS File System
Use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to store files. Transfer documents to and from your favourite apps with iMazing. It works on Mac and PC, wirelessly or via USB. All without iCloud or iTunes. It's never been easier to add files to your iPhone and iPad. You can connect via Wi-Fi or USB cable to Mac or PC. Browse and transfer quickly to and from any iOS device. Simultaneously send a large movie to your iPad Mini and retrieve PDF documents from your new iPhone. Use your iPhone, iPod or iPad as an external drive. Yes, that's possible! iMazing lets you access and control files directly on your device. No need to go through iTunes, no iCloud, and no jailbreak required. From any Mac and PC, you can securely transfer your work files, family pictures, and music.
Step 1: Download iMazing
Step 2: Start iMazing setup wizard
Step 3: Agree to iMazing License Agreement
Step 4: Select save location for iMazing
Step 5: Create desktop shortcut
Step 6: Confirm installation
Step 7: let the Setup wizard install iMazing
Step 8: Click finish to launch iMazing
Step 9: iMazing Activation click later to use the free version
Step 10: Connect your Apple device, iPhone, Apple TV, iPad
Step 11: Click the blue app icon to access the apps installed on the iDevice
Step 12: You can now view apps installed on your Apple iDevice
Step 13: Now minimise screen and locate your downloaded apps
Step 14: Drag and drop apps you want to install into apps folder
Step 15: Allow apps to install onto your iDevice
Step 16: The apps you dropped into the apps folder will install onto your device.
Step 17: All Apple apps are now installed on the device
Step 18: Your new Apple apps will be displayed with your other apps
You can use this guide to install any Apple application as long as it's been signed to your device. We do provide a service that will allow you to install Apple apps that are signed to our Apple developer account. Or if you have apps you have signed yourself. You can still use iFunbox to push apps over to your iDevice if you are running an older version of iTunes, My advice is not to update iTunes to the latest version then you will not have to use this guide as everything will work as normal.


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The stakes couldn't be higher and the expectations lower. It was the last chance to broker an agreement –or at least, an initial agreement—with Iran and thus avoid a disaster. But few believed it could be done.
It is true that the clock is ticking very fast. Nobody knows for sure how much time Iran needs to really reach a "breakdown" (the real capacity to have enough enriched uranium to build up a bomb), but estimations oscillate between six months and a year, or even shorter --quite…Continue
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At the center of Za'atri, in northern Jordan, there's a bustle of commercial activity. The "Champs-Elysees", as the main street is known, hosts more than one hundred small street businesses, including rudimentary food shops, barber shops, clothes shops and even a tiny library. Coffee shops are on the rise, and surrounding the "downtown", as it is called, there are already 12 neighborhoods, and even some soccer fields.
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With a two years delay, this Saturday more than five million Guineans were finally called to participate in a legislative election that officially certified the completion of the path to democracy –a process that begun in November 2010 with the first transparent and open presidential election in Guinea since its independence from France in 1958.
Yet, do these long overdue elections really mark the final of the transition?
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Ever struggle to start your homeschool day because you're elbow deep in dishes and knee deep in laundry? It may seem mundane, and not at all academic, but cleaning is a very real part of the homeschool day. Wouldn't it be great if you could mobilize your whole team of kids to clean the house with excellence?
In this talk, Jenni and Jody will show you a tried and true plan for teaching kids how to clean with excellence.


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Starting from version 3.2.16 mnoGoSearch does not support the so called cache mode anymore. Cache mode used its own storage engine to store the words index. It was in many cases faster than the SQL-based words index, but it was very buggy and unstable, and in fact it was almost impossible to use it in a serious production environment. The decision was made to stop supporting cache mode and to concentrate on improving the SQL-based modes.
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Rise and shine, pop culture fans! Rub your eyes, get to stretchin', and pour yourself a hot cup of coffee because it's time to start your day off right with a little OK! Wake Up Call. It's better than the blaring ring from your alarm clock, right?
Here are some things to know today:
Bob Benson is a newbie to the Mad Men crew, and he's sparking some curiosity. (Vulture)
Channing Tatum likes to play chess, drink beer, and eat pizza. He's our kind of guy! (Cosmopolitan)
From blonde to brunette! Mark Ruffalo shares his thoughts on his wifey Sunrise Coigney's hair shade switch-up. It's an interesting comment, to say the least. (Us Weekly)
Amanda Bynes is not too thrilled with the comments that Lance Bass made about her. Lance mentioned that he was scared for Amanda, and she flipped! (Perez Hilton)
Mel B. basically says that a new Spice Girls album isn't out of the question. (E!)
It's Farrah Abraham's bday! Want to know how much the Teen Mom star puts in the bank after each season? Well, we don't know if she saves all of it, but we do know the big number. (OK!)
Cameron Diaz is linked to a new beau. The celeb is dating the founder of PayPal. (Hollyscoop)
Now You See Me comes out today, so you should obviously tweet your thoughts after you see it. (Twitter)
Justin Bieber lets his friends drive his Ferrari. (Yahoo!)
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I work at ASU, and I volunteer most years at Convocation. I tear up every time. My degrees have changed my life for the better, and the idea of celebrating that accomplishment as a community of scholars thrills me. Also, man, that song. It get's me going every single time. And don't get me started on regalia. I'm a full on graduation nerd.
In May 2009, I enrolled in Level 1: Beginning Longform Improv. I've been performing on stage and in film since I was 15, and had a brief stint with improv in college. What I was seeing in performances from the Torch troupes excited me as an artist, and I decided I wanted to try my hand at it. As anyone close to me knows, my love for improv exploded into flames of ardor over the last year as I explored longform principles and philosophies. They go beyond just "yes, and." I learned methods of deep listening, learning and developing structures to create a holistic piece on the fly, and how to build characters and relationships that are fun, human, inhuman, absurd or anything else my imagination can conjure up. I have learned about myself and my community.
My last class for Level 6: Longform Synthesis is over. I am heading into my final student showcase. I get to graduate from the Torch Theatre Longform Training Center with a group of amazing people, all from various performance backgrounds and life experience. The community of people that I have had the pleasure of collaborating with has been one of the biggest joys. People that are truly interested in delving into the depths of human experience, people that are willing to be vulnerable in front of an audience full of strangers. People that are pushing themselves past their own "happy places" in order to bring performances to a new level.
If you want to check out what I've learned with this group of people, please come to one of our shows. (Dates to be posted shortly) (Dates and time posted here) We have developed a format we are calling Butterfly Door, inspired by the idea of "The Future." As the first group to graduate from this 6 level curriculum developed by the Torch, and the class that has been around during this transition to the new space, we definitely feel the excitement being part of the future of the creative community in Phoenix. We are in a future we couldn't have imagined when we walked into Space 55 last May.
I am at the end of this journey. I am proud and sad and excited about the journey ahead of me. *pushes play on cd player and grabs a box of kleenex*


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There are plenty of reasons why enterprise software is quickly becoming a necessary and popular option. Business organizations have to deal with a lot of complexity in their immediate business environments. However, they have to be smart about this and also keep one eye on the present and the other on the future.
But, managing a business environment fraught with complexities is not an easy task. And this is where enterprise software such as SAP can play a huge role.
What are some of the areas in which SAP can come into play?
Almost every area of enterprise operations; which essentially means extremely large-scale operations; can benefit from SAP. Broadly speaking, software is implemented in areas such as:
• Resource management
• Materials and supply chain management
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• Mobility networks
• Finance and control
When it comes to finance and control, one of the most popular modules of SAP is SAP FICO which stands for Financials and Controlling.
What are the benefits of learning or using SAP FICO?
A business organization can realize plenty of advantages to having streamlined and effective financial and controlling mechanisms in place. These mechanisms can extend to almost every aspect of business operations and can bring about some really wide reaching and in-depth changes and benefits.
Thus, by learning and implementing SAP FICO, a business organization can encompass different aspects of its financial framework.
Specific aspects that can be addressed with SAP FICO
A business organization needs to meet internal policies and external governance requirements. One of the ways in which it can do so is by implementing integrated financial reporting structures.
This simply means that the software for SAP FICO can be integrated with sales, distribution, materials management and so on. With SAP FICO certification or capabilities, one can address issues and areas such as:
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Bank accounting
• General and other ledgers
• Cost and profit centers
• Management of different financial assets
There is also quite a lot of emphasis on organizational structure and management of fixed assets. Both of them are extremely important for any enterprise professional.
Automation of processes
At enterprise levels, almost every aspect of business is heavily automated. With SAP FICO in place, an enterprise can enjoy automation and simpler management of all its financial operations. This also gives the enterprise an opportunity to comply with various federal regulations and also meet accounting standards all across the globe. It can get pretty cumbersome and perhaps even impossible for manual controls of the same. And this is where training in SAP FICO comes into play.
Career prospects
Learning SAP FICO can also help an individual enhance his career prospects with recruiters in industries such as:
• Finance
• Information technology
• Hardware manufacturers
• Knowledge processing industries
• Banking sectors
It is quite interesting indeed to be equipped with knowledge on various aspects of finance and control because it vastly improves the employability of an individual. Considering the fact that SAP training is constantly getting updated with the latest technology and methods of operating specific aspects of business, it does become relevant for an individual to undergo periodic training and update his knowledge levels as well.
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LITTLE ROCK -- When a retrospective of Carroll Cloar's works opened here, I asked a local art dealer how he would explain Carroll Cloar's appeal.
"Appeal or success?" he wanted to know.
Appeal. Success comes and goes. Like popularity. Or any other fad. Success is the thing that does not stay. It is an unworthy consideration. If it is based only on the desire for success and nothing more.
Appeal stays. It may even endure -- if it is Carroll Cloar's kind of appeal. Even grow. As his appeal does. Because it expands to something far beyond success. That is why there is a point at which almost any kind of endeavor becomes an art, and those who practice it artists. As with a fine surgeon or diagnostician, craftsman or engineer, teacher or scientist.
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It's been said that art is science in the making, though the saying always struck me as backwards: Science is art in the making. It can be only the first formulaic steps toward intuition, toward an instinctive understanding.
For an example of science perfected into art, see anyone described as a natural in his profession, whether it's fixing shoes or playing second base. Or anyone who has a calling and responds to it wholly. Not just preachers are called.
Then there are those pitiables who don't so much develop their talent as exploit it. The politician who is interested only in success, and measures it only by elections and re-elections won. The scientist who is interested only in the prizes and patents, the degrees and prestige, rather than the awe of discovery. The businessman or inventor who is interested only in profit, rather than the chance to revolutionize or rationalize an entire arc of the economy, the way Edison illuminated whole cities and Steve Jobs changed the way we communicate with each other around the world.
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There is the painter who produces only for the market and the moment, and the one who can turn a moment into an eternity, and lets us see it. A painter like Carroll Cloar.
Yes, artists have their passing phases. They wax and wane like the rest of us. As did Carroll Cloar. What saved him, and saved him for us, was an integrity, a wholeness that he never let go of. What he knew, he knew. What he didn't know, he had the sense to leave alone, even if he might dabble at it briefly. He kept coming home -- to home ground, literally. This is called growth, soul growth, and not just development.
Something was lost when Carroll Cloar switched to acrylic paint, perhaps because something was gained: a decorative sheen and ease. But his earlier paintings in tempera (1955 to 1965) grow ever more powerful with the passage of time, perhaps because they seem apart from the passage of time. The figures in those paintings may be dissolving in the powdery air yet they remain in the unforgetting mind. Because they have the ever elusive but never gone feel and texture of time, for which there is no adequate substitute.
Whatever his travels and adventures and wandering thoughts, Carroll Cloar seems always in Earle, Ark., 1913, which is where and when he was born. He never lost that sense of place, of time held in abeyance. That is what you come away with after being stilled by this exhibition of his works at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, and walk out into the now unquiet night, made new by his eye.
Others have it, that power to evoke not so much a scene as a spirit. Others like Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper, but Carroll Cloar is our own, the Delta's own. His work has a mythic power that those who know the lay of his land, or those for whom he evokes it, will not mistake for just passing emotion.
The local art dealer attributed Carroll Cloar's appeal/success to a nostalgia for this part of the always vanishing South, but it is an appeal not limited by locale or personal experience. It is universal even if it arises from the particular, as the most powerful universals do. Carroll Cloar's appeal reaches far beyond any particular place. Just as you don't have to know Chadds Ford, Pa., to appreciate Wyeth.
Despite his youthful fancies of not belonging -- what artist ever feels he belongs? -- Carroll Cloar knew where he was from, and where he was always returning to. In his forever now, his stilled time, Carroll Cloar's world will engage you, too, and never let you go.
Looking at these images, you know where you are. Yet you see it afresh, the way things look when you've been away for a while: the same yet different. Man the Voyager is always looking back in hopes of seeing home as if for the first time, and realizing, like astronauts in outer space, or Jacob in the Old Testament returning to where he had been, that this place was holy and he knew it not.
Here in these paintings, one after the other, the past is as well defined as the little, topmost limbs of Carroll Cloar's trademark trees, always reaching up, each as clear as the real ones you see just after you've got a new prescription for your eyeglasses.
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The best of show? It's not easy to decide. Your pick might change the next time you come back. And you will come back, drawn irresistibly. For the kind of observer given to wandering through cemeteries, those liveliest of places, it may be "Gibson Bayou Anthology," done in 1956. The detached dead stand posed row after row beside their tombstones, gazing outward without emotion at the viewer aswirl in the ephemeral present. Their ranks recede generation after generation into the fading past, and there is a peace like no other about them as they wait for us.
How did Carroll Cloar do it? Let him tell it, for the painter was no mean writer, either, and his prose has the care and economy, the deceptive simplicity, the dramatic appeal of his best, undramatic paintings:
"While I was a boy I used to wander through Gibson Bayou cemetery, picking dewberries. I got acquainted with all the people buried there and had known some of them in life. Gabe Smith, whom I never saw, was a favorite because he had died violently, in a gunfight. The girl on the right, in back, is Odor Hayes, who died young. I caught smallpox from her."
Odor Hayes.
Oh, the names. And, oh, the South, the South ... the South! It is always changing and yet never changes. Always disappearing and yet never gone. In the painting, a little girl in formal dress seems to be the only one of the dead who doesn't cast a shadow. She appears outsized, as she may have been in Carroll Cloar's childhood memory. Her wide eyes stay fixed on yours. Perhaps that is the subject of all Carroll Cloar's work: transience and permanence. What changes and what doesn't. Maybe that is why his work has an eerie yet assuring effect.
Down on the left, there is a small tombstone, as if it had not yet grown to full height. No one stands beside it. Not yet. Not when it was painted. The name on the tombstone also serves as the signature on the painting: Carroll Cloar.
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This exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center, titled "The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South," is to run through Sunday, June 1, when the pictures come down. But they'll stay with you. Like the South.


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What you need to know about knocking boots while you're knocked up.
Although you probably think you know everything about sex by the time you get pregnant—after all, it's what landed you in this situation in the first place—you may still have plenty of questions about knocking boots while you're knocked up. Those might include "Am I going to hurt the baby?" and "Will it know we're having sex?" And women aren't the only ones with these fears: "Many guys are nervous about this, trust me," says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale Medical School. But there's no need to freak out about getting your freak on. Here's the way-reassuring lowdown on having sex when you're pregnant:
Yes, it's safe
"Sex in general is absolutely fine," Dr. Minkin says. Take it from us—you are not going to poke your fetus, she won't know Mommy and Daddy are doing it, and for most women, there's no reason not to twist the sheets throughout the trimesters. That's especially true if your due date has come and gone. Sperm is rich in hormones called prostaglandins, which can actually stimulate the uterus to contract. That's why, Dr. Minkin says, "We tend to encourage people to be sexually active if they're post-[due] date."
For this reason, though, women who are being treated for pre-term labor—meaning they are at risk of going into labor early—should not be having sex; that sperm could bring on unwanted contractions, Dr. Minkin says. And you've been diagnosed with placenta previa, a condition in which the placenta is covering your cervix, you, too, should abstain (from both intercourse and having orgasms altogether, alas). Otherwise, you risk causing the placenta to bleed.
Any position is fair game
There's no right or wrong way to have sex when you're pregnant—you're not going to crush the baby doing missionary or lying on your belly. Just choose the position that feels good for you. That said, "rear entry or woman on top seem to be more comfortable," Dr. Minkin notes.
It's normal if you don't feel like it…
While intercourse is totally fair game while you're pregnant, don't be surprised if you're just not in the mood. Women have less sex in the third trimester than in any other, studies show, probably because they're so physically bulky and tired by that point, Dr. Minkin says. Then there's the release of the hormone prolactin, which occurs all throughout pregnancy and may reduce libido. Body image can also do a number on you; so much of libido is psychological, and it's possible that your rapidly changing shape could have you feeling out of sorts in your own skin, and less attractive as a result (though say it with us—you are one gorgeous mama, extra pounds and all).
...but you just might
That said, your newfound curves could just have you (and your partner) raring to get busy. Plus, if you were always nervous about sex because you didn't want to get pregnant, the fact that that's no longer an issue can be liberating, Dr. Minkin points out. "It's the same as women who go on birth control and have a great libido," she says.
If you think your partner might have an STI, steer clear
Your own health concerns aside, Dr. Minkin insists that you avoid having sex with anyone you think might have a sexually transmitted infection during your pregnancy. Don't know? Have him get tested. It's not enough to use protection, since no contraception is 100% effective in blocking STIs. Say you contract gonorrhea or chlamydia and deliver, for instance. Your baby could pick up that bacteria as it passes through the birth canal, potentially developing blindness as a result. Every infant delivered in a hospital today is given eye drops at birth to prevent this condition, called opthalmia neonatura, but you can never be too careful. Says Dr. Minkin: "Why do something stupid?"
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Written by Christian Belcher, a Research and Social Media Intern with the Commons Lab at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Britain's departure from the European Union, and the resulting diplomatic maelstrom, has left more than a few things up in the air. In the U.K., turbulent financial markets took their toll on the pound, while the country scrambles to hire foreign experts to renegotiate trade deals. Meanwhile, Brussels has heard concerns voiced by other skeptical members of the E.U., who fear that Britain's departure might become the thread that unravels the European sweater. The tumult of the past three weeks will take a full two years to unravel, as per the probationary period allotted by Article 50 of the E.U. treaty, so any predictions at this stage are essentially speculation. While economists and diplomats discuss the future of trade and the fate of the E.U., we at the Commons Lab would like to know how Brexit will shape the landscape of European, and specifically British, citizen science.
The U.K. is at the forefront of the citizen science movement, with projects ranging from The Shore Thing, which helps to document the effects of climate change on rocky shore species, to Cloudy with a Chance of Pain, a smartphone-based study of chronic pain. But, since citizen science is a participatory venture, and many projects transcend national boundaries, it remains to be seen how future endeavors will respond to changes in the international funding and grant structure.
Perhaps the greatest change, from a funding perspective, will be the U.K.'s reaction to the loss of Horizon 2020 grants. H2020, the E.U.'s Research and Innovation program, provides an array of projects with nearly €80 billion (more than $88 billion USD) over a seven year period, ending in the year 2020. Currently, more than 33 British projects are set to receive H2020 funding, more than any other country in the program. Many of these projects, like DITOs and PROSO, are devoted to engaging the public in research and innovation-based endeavors, and receive most or all, as is the case with PROSO, of their financial backing from the E.U. One citizen science project for instance, has seven partners within the U.K., including the Universities of Nottingham and Edinburgh. The Citizen Observatory Web, or COBWEB for short, recruits everyday people (their words, not mine) to collect valuable information within UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. COBWEB receives funding from H2020's predecessor, the E.U.'s Seventh Programme (FP7). How projects like COBWEB would proceed, potentially in lieu of readily available E.U. funding, has yet to be determined. For the U.K. to continue participating in H2020, it would need to obtain associated country status, a label that would likely require a few concessions. Of those concessions, freedom of movement could be a possibility, and a divisive one at that; limiting immigration was a driving force behind the leave campaign, and Switzerland's decision to inhibit movement resulted in the drastic diminution of H2020 funding. Given its dependence on international collaboration, it is likely that the U.K. will do what it can to secure associated country status, and the funding it entails.
Many of the projects receiving E.U. grant money however, are European-wide initiatives, which is not to say that Britain has no funding schemes of its own. Open Air Laboratories, or OPAL, is radiant proof of this fact; it's enlisted nearly one million participants in environmental and natural projects, and led to the publication of more than 20 scientific papers, all through the domestic Big Lottery Fund. And in fact, an additional three projects registered on SciStarter are based in the U.K.: Treezilla, an ambitious campaign to map every tree in Britain; a British Trust for Ornithology nest watching project; and, Flusurvey, an epidemiological study mapping influenza patterns. Domestic projects, by their very nature, are regional in scale. This is both a limiting and empowering element of national projects. On the one hand, something like mapping species migration across Europe might be off the table from an international funding perspective. But by focusing on projects near and dear to local communities, participation should thrive, while the costs associated with long-distance travel and organizational management are avoided. By staying close to home, many of these projects also qualify for funding from local museums and universities. Some projects have even profited from providing access to their data; the British Trust for Ornithology, for instance, has secured roughly £100k in royalties. With Britain's departure from the E.U., the continuation, and perhaps proliferation, of domestic citizen science projects is likely.
A more cosmopolitan alternative exists as well. The global Citizen Science Association (CSA) already has several members from within the U.K., engendering relationships across the Atlantic. Perhaps citizen science projects in the U.K. will look west for new collaborations. Treezilla received its inspiration from a similar project in the U.S., OpenTreeMap, which has since become a global community. Should such collaboration and data sharing proliferate, by turning its back on Europe, Britain may have opened itself up to the world.


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- Scholarships: Help us keep the spirit of summer alive for children who are unable to attend KBIA without assistance. For every $500 donated to the KBIA scholarship fund, we are able to invite a child to attend KBIA for a four week scholarship! Each year we have traditionally offered 20 to 25 children the opportunity to experience a KBIA summer -- free of charge and discreetly issued. The impact of a summer spent swimming, sailing, and just "being a kid" has a lasting impression.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois lawmakers hope to end their spring session Thursday night, but they still have a long way to go.
A dispute over pensions has delayed action in the House and threatens to complicate the state budget.
Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has proposed shifting some pension costs to schools, which Republicans oppose. That split is carrying over to what had been a cooperative approach to the budget.
Meanwhile, the Senate has its own pension plan to consider. One committee spent hours discussing it Wednesday, only to postpone action.
And some senators may want to vote on a major gambling expansion that has already passed the House.
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The game "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" began as an educational resource for teaching children about geography in the early 90s, but Michelle Meglin, OB-GYN created her own version of learning about geography by traveling throughout the world with her favorite traveling companions. Most recently, she could have been found floating in a hot air balloon across the Napa Valley in northern California with her gang of nomads who also relish the thrill of adventure in different locales. Having caught the travel bug early in life, Michelle has traversed our country from east to west, and back again, never content to visit the same place or stay in one location too long. "I have spent a lot of time abroad, but now it's time to conquer all of the states at home," she reports with a patriotic air in her matter of fact statement.
"I love to travel," she adds. "And, I do so quite regularly. "And," she adds this time with emphasis and a playful grin on her face, "I don't always know where I am going." While that sounds somewhat mysterious, the truth is that within her group of wandering friends, each takes a turn in planning their annual Memorial Day weekend outing. "It's great to let someone else plan out all the details, be surprised at the choice, and enjoy yourself all at the same time." But, in spite of her international expeditions and the cross-country ventures, her favorite journey to date is the one that landed her in Charleston, SC.
"From an early age, I knew I wanted to go into medicine," begins Dr. Meglin, who was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina with her parents and three siblings. "My family had a tremendous impact on my decision to go into healthcare, and it seemed like a natural path for me." Unfortunately, the main impetus toward a career in medicine was the result of a personal tragedy that befell her family, hitting her square in the face with mortality. Her brother's illness and subsequent death at age fifteen, inspired her to make this decision – medicine and taking care of others became her path to follow in life and from that fated choice, she did not waver.
Dr. Meglin attended undergraduate school at Davidson College in North Carolina, followed by medical school at Wake Forest. "Once I chose medicine, I always thought I would go into pediatrics," explains Dr. Meglin, "But was drawn to women's care at an early junction in my medical training, and I never looked back." After graduating from medical school, she went to Virginia Commonwealth University, where she completed her residency in OB-GYN. During this time, her mentor suggested she look at MUSC and Charleston as a place to continue her career. The connection was made and as they say – the rest is history.
Dr. Meglin's spirit and energy for her patients is revealed daily and it is easy to see that why her true passion in life is women's health. "I am drawn to the variety of care I see in women's and at MUSC, the relationships I form and the bonds I create as I help my patients through some major milestones of their lives." This credo and her ability to connect with her patients is what have made Dr. Meglin so successful early on in her career.
Dr. Meglin has been with MUSC for two years and feels at home in this academic setting at MUSC. She is finding her niche in adolescent medicine, family planning counseling and management, and pregnancy. She also finds great fulfillment in the ability to teach. "My biggest joy is not only seeing patients, but to give back to the next generation of OB-GYN providers. No two days of my job are the same and it is what I love most about my career – the balance, the variety, and of course, the amazing women I get to meet!"
The road to medicine has been a greatest excursion for Dr. Meglin. The journey has not always been perfect, and those who know her well, understand that she keeps that very personal reason for this noble choice in careers, close to her heart, and always on her mind. And, at the end of the day when the sun sets on the beaches of California, or the moon rises over Machu Picchu in Peru, or the heather blooms in the moorlands of Scotland, her patients always know that her humble compassion for women are what make this doctor so unique and special to MUSC Women's Health.
For more information on Dr. Meglin or to schedule an appointment, call 843-876-3292.
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Even though it's very hard to watch and my heart feels so heavy for the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado I feel it is important for me to see the devastation as well as the heart-warming stories of survivors and the brave first responders, so I watch in small increments.
My prayers are for strength and that the wonderful people of Moore and the state of Oklahoma receive abundant help.
People in our great country are very generous in times of disaster. We know there have been so many lately.... and it's a struggle for all of us to make ends meet. I like to think that even a small donation when added to many other small donations becomes the huge gift that will help sustain our friends and help them rebuild.
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DIY Lessons For Musicians From A DIY Author
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig).
A few weeks ago I went to a seminar by best-selling author and public speaker Patrick Snow on creating a successful career as a self-published book author. I was invited by a friend of mine, Randall Broad, who wrote a memoir and is now working as a motivational speaker. At 41, Patrick makes a pretty good living (six figures of some kind) as an author, public speaker, and coach/consultant to other authors. To quote his website:
"His best-selling book, Creating Your Own Destiny: How to Get Exactly What You Want Out of Life and Work, and his personal transition were also featured as a cover story in USA TODAY. Patrick's book has been translated into numerous foreign languages and has sold more than 150,000 copies across six continents since 2001… He has coached more than 200 clients in achieving their goals of writing, publishing, and marketing their books."
As I sat listening to all this interesting stuff about self-publishing a book, surrounded by middle-aged people with big dreams – many with really interesting life stories, and all of whom want to become best-selling authors and public speakers, rake in a six-figure income and quit their day jobs – I realized that a lot of the same business ideas apply as well to DIY musicians as they do to DIY authors.
Everyone's an author these days – just like everyone's a musician. The rise of digital creation and distribution tools means that audiences are swimming in increasing amounts of cheaper and cheaper content, more and more of which is being created every day. Some is brilliant, some mediocre, and some truly badly done. It's hard to rise above the noise. Plus, we're all artists, and business savvy doesn't always come naturally to artists.
Patrick gives away a ton of practical information on how to make both a real career and real money by being a book author and public speaker. So here are just a few of the things I learned from Patrick's seminar that could also be applied to the business of promoting music as a DIY musician. See what you think of the parallels, if you think of authors as musicians, books as equivalent to a CD, public speaking equivalent to live performance, a label much like a big New York publishing house, and a book release party like a CD-release party:
- There are two kinds of book authors: those who write and publish their books as a legacy to leave to posterity (hobbyists), and those who are serious about making it a career. Guess which kind is more successful?
- It costs about the same to self-publish and promote a book as it does a CD. About $10-15,000 altogether. For many, that is money they will never recoup.
- It takes ten years to build a career as a best-selling author. 95% of books will not sell more than 3,000 copies.
- Writing a book is 15% of the work. The rest (85%) is promoting it. Patrick is pretty successful, but he is still constantly hustling, looking for speaker leads and new coaching clients. He is a high energy person and works hard.
- Your book is a lead-generating tool and your calling card – no more, no less. If you want to be taken seriously as an author and paid as a public speaker, you need to publish a book. It establishes your credibility as an expert, some one who can make something – because publishing a book is hard work. But the book is not the product. You, the person, are the product. Your book tells people who you are.
- Selling 3000 books makes you a best-selling author. Selling 10,000 lets you break even. Anything beyond that is incredibly hard to accomplish.
- "Best-seller" is a manipulated term. If you want to be a best-selling author, take out a $100,000 loan and buy 15,000 of your own books from Amazon.
- You make more money self-publishing than publishing with a big publishing house, which will take 85% of your gross. They are only interested in you when sell enough copies to make them money – and by then you don't need them.
- Give away your book to influential people whenever you can. Budget to give away 5 books for every 12 you sell. Leave it in places where people will see it. It's a cost of doing business.
- The book is a memento of the speaking engagement. Make money by selling your books in the back of the room after a speaking engagement. Autograph it so people don't give it to someone else (make their friend buy their own copy).
- Always know your margins and your return – how much you make per book after printing costs. Should I do this talk for free, if I get hotel and food paid? Evaluate every opportunity on margin and exposure, you are always looking to generate leads for future business. This is a business, but returns are not always measured up front.
- Throw a book-signing party and personally invite 200 friends. Hold it in a community center and find sponsors. Don't spend a lot of money. Sell tickets for $20 and include a copy of your book. Then throw another book release party and call it a "book signing." Then do it again.
- If you are already out of town speaking, take other offers to speak in public – even for free – while you're there. You never know, a lead to a future paying customer might be in the audience.
- You may break even on the book if you are a good sales person, but the real money is in public speaking.
- Despite what #14 says, the really, really big money is in private consulting. It's rare, though, and you have to build your reputation for years to get those gigs.
- Hire a professional to design your book cover art. Appearance matters.
- If your book looks good and feels good in the hand, no one cares that you self-published. They care if you're a good public speaker, and if the book is any good. They actually don't really care if the book is any good (see #10 above).
- Last, but important: There are probably more people making money consulting to authors and writing how-to books about book DIY publishing than there are successful people actually doing it successfully. This last is my observation, not Patrick's, as his business model really depends on convincing people otherwise.
How about you? Do you have any tips for the marketing and business side of the music or publishing industry? What's worked for you or others you have seen succeed in these buisnesses?


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Math::GMP - High speed arbitrary size integer math
use Math::GMP;
my $n = new Math::GMP 2;
$n = $n ** (256*1024);
$n = $n - 1;
print "n is now $n
Math::GMP was designed to be a drop-in replacement both for
Math::BigInt and for regular integer arithmetic. Unlike BigInt,
though, Math::GMP uses the GNU gmp library for all of its calculations,
as opposed to straight Perl functions. This can result in speed
The downside is that this module requires a C compiler to install -- a
small tradeoff in most cases. Also, this module is not 100% compatible
with Math::BigInt.
A Math::GMP object can be used just as a normal numeric scalar would be
-- the module overloads most of the normal arithmetic operators to
provide as seamless an interface as possible. However, if you need a
perfect interface, you can do the following:
use Math::GMP qw(:constant);
$n = 2 ** (256 * 1024);
print "n is $n
This would fail without the ':constant' since Perl would use normal
doubles to compute the 250,000 bit number, and thereby overflow it into
meaninglessness (smaller exponents yield less accurate data due to
floating point rounding).
Although the non-overload interface is not complete, the following
functions do exist:
$x = Math::GMP->new(123);
Creates a new Math::GMP object from the passed string or scalar.
$x = Math::GMP->new('abcd', 36);
Creates a new Math::GMP object from the first parameter which should be
represented in the base specified by the second parameter.
$x = Math::GMP->new(5);
$x->bfac(); # 1*2*3*4*5 = 120
Calculates the factorial of $x and modifies $x to contain the result.
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->band(3); # 0b110 & 0b11 = 1
Calculates the bit-wise AND of its two arguments and modifies the first
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->bxor(3); # 0b110 & 0b11 = 0b101
Calculates the bit-wise XOR of its two arguments and modifies the first
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->bior(3); # 0b110 & 0b11 = 0b111
Calculates the bit-wise OR of its two arguments and modifies the first
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->bgcd(4); # 6 / 2 = 2, 4 / 2 = 2 => 2
Returns the Greatest Common Divisor of the two arguments.
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->blcm(4); # 6 * 2 = 12, 4 * 3 = 12 => 12
Returns the Least Common Multiple of the two arguments.
$x = Math::GMP->new(5);
$x->bmodinv(7); # 5 * 3 == 1 (mod 7) => 3
Returns the modular inverse of $x (mod $y), if defined. This currently
returns 0 if there is no inverse (but that may change in the future).
Behaviour is undefined when $y is 0.
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
$x->bsqrt(); # int(sqrt(6)) => 2
Returns the integer square root of its argument.
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
Returns the value of the Legendre symbol ($x/$y). The value is defined
only when $y is an odd prime; when the value is not defined, this
currently returns 0 (but that may change in the future).
$x = Math::GMP->new(6);
Returns the value of the Jacobi symbol ($x/$y). The value is defined
only when $y is odd; when the value is not defined, this currently
returns 0 (but that may change in the future).
$x = Math::GMP->fibonacci(16);
Calculates the n'th number in the Fibonacci sequence.
$x = Math::GMP->new(7);
Probabilistically determines if the number is a prime. Argument is the
number of checks to perform. Returns 0 if the number is definitely not
a prime, 1 if it may be, and 2 if it definitely is a prime.
As of version 1.0, Math::GMP is mostly compatible with the old
Math::BigInt version. It is not a full replacement for the rewritten
Math::BigInt versions, though. See the SEE ALSO section on how to
achieve to use Math::GMP and retain full compatibility to Math::BigInt.
There are some slight incompatibilities, such as output of positive
numbers not being prefixed by a '+' sign. This is intentional.
There are also some things missing, and not everything might work as
Math::BigInt has a new interface to use a different library than the
default pure Perl implementation. You can use, for instance, Math::GMP
with it:
use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP';
If Math::GMP is not installed, it will fall back to its own Perl
See Math::BigInt and Math::BigInt::GMP or Math::BigInt::Pari or
Chip Turner <firstname.lastname@example.com>, based on the old Math::BigInt by Mark
Biggar and Ilya Zakharevich. Further extensive work provided by Tels
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I've been chatting with some couples latey about poly and what they are facing as far as issues within that. One couple is fairly new in a relationship. He started seeing her towards the end of a primary relationship he was in (this wasn't the cause of the breakup). The woman, though never being in a relationship exactly of this nature, is more than open to it. She has in fact been a secondary of sorts in a couple of relationships (including this one to begin with).
He is interested in seeing others and would like to pursue that. Actually intends to as this was the agreement they've had. She is fine with how casual things have been in the past for them as well.
She currently seems to be struggling with him seeing others and is trying to determine why it is bothering her now. It is my opinion that thngs have changed somewhat between them recently. They've had the chance to see each other more frequently and the dynamics are shifting. It is becoming in a sense more of a primary relationship for each of them.
My opinions (for what that is worth) is:
1. She would be fine if things stayed casual.
2. It can get confusing when you don't know the context of a relationship or when it is changing. So, she may just need to know what it is they are building.
Actually, I question starting multiple reltionships concurrently. Maybe because I question my own ability to do so. I felt the need to solidify what I had with Chane before I could begin seeing someone else (even if seeing others had been agreed to).
What do you think? Is it best to have a foundation in each of your relationships before beginning another or it doesn't matter to you?


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Note: Do not rely on this information. It is very old.
Undine, a species of female water-sprite, possessing a human body, and capable upon marriage with man of receiving a soul. La Motte Fouque, in his exquisite story Undine, gives us an example of such a wayward spirit, who was brought up by a fisherman and his wife, and greatly perplexed them by her vagaries till her marriage with a wandering knight humanized her. Her husband eventually lost her through his unfaithfulness, and she returned to her native element.


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Anyway, for the last few months that Isbell toured with the Drive-By Truckers, I kept reading praise for a new song he was performing called "Dress Blues." It's about Matthew Conley, a Marine from his hometown who was killed in Iraq. He didn't know Conley well, but such tragedies hit hard regardless (a bicyclist I met only once was run over by a semi, and years later I still think about him).
Your wife said this all would be funnyI can't say the whole CD measures up to that, but how could it?
when you came back home in a week.
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
in a bar or a tent by the creek.
Your baby would just about be here.
Your very last tour would be up
but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.
Mamas and grandmamas love you.
American boys hate to lose.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.


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Beckwith voted in as new GOP chairman
Milford's new GOP chairman Paul Beckwith said the Republican message and image has gotten distorted in the past few years, and he wants to change that.
After accepting his party's nomination Thursday night to serve as town committee chairman, Beckwith said he hopes a spark here in Milford, which has a relatively long history of Republican control, will spread across the country.
"Republicans have taken it on the chin in the past years," Beckwith said. "We can turn it around."
Beckwith, a former Milford alderman, school board member and finance board member, was tapped to fill the unexpired term of former chairman Lisa Bull DiLullo. DiLullo resigned after the November elections for personal reasons. The term runs through next March.
Republican Pam Staneski nominated Beckwith to take the seat, and Scott Marlow seconded the motion.
Staneski talked about Beckwith's years of coaching Little League, then serving on various boards and commissions, and serving the community through his church.
"He embodies what the Republican Party should be," Staneski said. "When you speak about Paul Beckwith, you speak about Milford."
Marlow said he believes Beckwith has the ability to take the party where it needs to be in the coming years. He also thinks Beckwith will bring leadership to the party.
The Republican Party, once the majority in Milford, has lost that edge to Democrats in recent years. Where there were for many years a Republican mayor and Republican-controlled boards, there is now a Democratic mayor and Democratic-controlled boards. The city's four representatives in Hartford are all Democrats.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us," Beckwith said, adding that he will be calling on people to help move the party forward.


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Monday, May 22, 2017
Brush strokes of grey
some nights, it falls
roar of crackling firework
hiss of the breaking glass
vicious splat by car tires
but this late afternoon
rains are gentle puddles
freshly squeezed
coating sky with oil pale hues
sounds of melancholy drift
bittersweet as ruby grapefruit
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Quadrille, Hosted by Victoria Slotto ~ This is a 44 word post with the word SOUND. Thanks for the visit ~
37 comments:
oooooh, the second stanza especially is absolutely delicious! Beautiful! I want a symphony of these words. :)ReplyDelete
I really love this, and somehow long for some rain... it's been way to dry too long here...ReplyDelete
I love this, Grace--the contrast, the moodiness that varies depending on the nature of rain. I'm not sure I would survive in a climate that had lots of rain. I lived in Detroit, not far from you, perhaps, but was young then and only recall the summer humidity and brutal cold of winter.ReplyDelete
There are so many different sounds in the rain, different kinds of rain. Your poem captures some of them beautifully.ReplyDelete
I love your 'rains are gentle puddles - freshly squeezed - coating sky with oil pale hues', it is the kind of rain I enjoy walking in :o)ReplyDelete
I absolutely adore the cadence and feel of this:ReplyDelete
"coating sky with oil pale hues
sounds of melancholy"
I love that line about the "vicious splat." Such a nice image full of sound.ReplyDelete
You write so beautifully Grace and here the sounds you conjure up from the poem echoe the rain itself.ReplyDelete
Your last line is killer, I have to use the word "cankerous" somewhere today.ReplyDelete
As always Grace, your images are beautifully written--pictures painted with words. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Cantankerous I knew (and sometimes am!), but cankerous was new to me. Thanks for the tutorial! Love your description of rain. Beautiful write.ReplyDelete
Wonderful onomatopoeia in your Quadrille, Grace. I especially love the contrast between the stanzas and my favourite lines have to be:ReplyDelete
'rains are gentle puddles
freshly squeezed'
'sounds of melancholy drift
bittersweet as ruby grapefruit'.
'sounds of melancholy drift linger bittersweet as ruby grapefruit' ...sigh.. gorgeous!!❤ReplyDelete
"crackling fireworkReplyDelete
hiss of the breaking glass
vicious splat"
"gentle puddles
freshly squeezed"
"sounds of melancholy drift
bittersweet as ruby grapefruit"
Love these sections especially, Grace. That sky sounds gorgeous, even if bittersweet.
Loved it all, esp "sounds of melancholy driftReplyDelete
bittersweet as ruby grapefruit"
You must be looking out my windows. They are indeed a pale shade of grey. Great imageryReplyDelete
This reminds me of the many words for "rain" that we have in the Pacific Northwest. One word, and one stanza, are just not enough to capture the reality of rainfall.ReplyDelete
Oh, Grace! This required several reads just to hear the sounds! Callooh Callay!ReplyDelete
Very fitting for me today since I had to deal with rain during my commute to work.ReplyDelete
- Gayle Walters RoseMay 22, 2017 at 8:15 PM
Love this, Grace, "sounds of melancholy driftReplyDelete
bittersweet as ruby grapefruit" and how the word "linger" has the line to itself...can feel the melancholy clearly.
- AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 9:02 PM
"What a difference a day makes." Well expressed.ReplyDelete
It's raining here again as well after some very warm weather last week. I am not sure mother nature knows what she is feeling these days.ReplyDelete
This is pretty. I long for days as such, not seeing those grey brush stroke skies much here in Colorado. The "oil pale hues" are particularly intriguing.ReplyDelete
'Rains are gentle puddles freshly squeezed' a nice image ...ReplyDelete
Aw. Making me melancholic myself.ReplyDelete
Rain sure can have different ways of bringing forth sound, like we can when activities aboundReplyDelete
This is delicious with sound.ReplyDelete
One of my favorite things is to listen to the rain and you've caught it here.
"...freshly squeezed...". Nice!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 2:07 PM
Wonderful! You've perfectly created the mood.ReplyDelete
Beautiful sound trails, Grace. So lovely to read :)ReplyDelete
I love your description of the rain. :-)ReplyDelete
So lovely, Grace!ReplyDelete
It's been raining here for days! Beautiful poem. Enjoy your weekend.ReplyDelete
Elsie Amata
~ wonderful ~ sigh ... I love those afternoons.ReplyDelete
sounds of melancholy drift - beautiful line, like the name of an indie band, rains makes us melancholy and sentimental too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 29, 2017 at 11:09 PM
aaaah the way you describe the rain and its two faces! beautiful, Grace!ReplyDelete


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The Electric Economy will put us on a track like that described in The Next Internet, a prosperous time for those who understand the importance of clean energy technology and its export. Once on that track, it's interesting to think about where it could lead us in the long term.
Unstable Middle Eastern countries like Iran are interested in joining the brotherhood of nuclear nations—actually pronounced "nucular" according to our president. While they profess their interest is strictly for energy purposes, their threats against Israel and other saber rattling make it difficult not to believe they are interested in weapons technology as well. After all, Iran's neighbors, like India and Pakistan, already have nuclear weapons capability making it is easy to see why Iran would want the security of having their own. Is a Middle East arms race something we must live with? Will they have the discipline to control weapons-grade materials?
Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the Manhattan Project, and his collaborators who developed our nuclear capability in the 1940's understood the dangers of what they were developing. For them, at the time, it seemed (and probably was) a case where the benefits outweighed the risks. However, many contributors to the project, including Oppenheimer, voiced their concern about "letting the nuclear energy genie out of the bottle," foretelling future concerns.
And indeed, we are now at that point. Iran argues with a straight face that their only interest in nuclear technology is for energy purposes, which seems odd coming from the country with the second largest oil reserves. Yet, if we were an unbiased third party, it would seem a logical argument. Why should some countries be allowed to have nuclear technology for energy purposes, and some not?
This could be another benefit of developing our Electric Economy from solar thermal sources. We currently generate 20% of our electricity from nuclear reactors. Suppose we were to phase these out, decommission them in an orderly fashion, replacing that capacity with solar thermal generation. This would eliminate the nuclear "you have it, so can we" argument, and ultimately eliminate nuclear reactors altogether. Perhaps we could put a genie back in the bottle!