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According to Netflix's second quarter 2017 letter to shareholders, the latest move is an effort to increase its investment in content, especially in its original series, having benefited from its content strategy in the areas of revenue and profit growth. Streaming content obligations, which is the cost that Netflix pays for the licensing, acquiring and production of content, grew from US$13.2 billion in the second quarter of 2016, to US$15.7 billion at the end of Q2 this year. However, the overall streaming revenue also grew from 35.8% from over US$1.9 million in the second quarter of 2016 to over US$2.6 million at the end of Q2 this year.
A year ago, Netflix struggled in adding on users. Reed Hastings, CEO and founder of the company said this is not due to competition or saturation. Rather he attributed it to the price increase in services. Netflix announced on CNN that in 2016 it would increase the price of its standard HD plan to US$10 per month from US$9 per month for new customers and US$8 a month for longer-term customers.
Meanwhile, the company initially also wanted to drop its stand-alone streaming service in China for now, even though the streaming service has already established its operations in 190 countries. During the release of its third-quarter earnings for 2016, the streaming giant announced it was switching to a strategy of licensing its content to existing providers in China instead.
Since then, Netflix has partnered with companies in Asia Pacific to expand its reach and provide content to viewers in the region. Earlier this month, it finalised a deal with the Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) to provide its video and movie content in Malaysia by end of August. It also agreed to provide television series to Baidu's iQiyi.com earlier this year, gaining access to the only major film market that had eluded the world's largest paid video service.
Last year, Singapore broadcasting company Mediacorp partnered with Netflix to announce a streaming service that will bring over 20 popular Chinese TV series produced in Singapore to its members around the world. The shows included The Little Nyonya, The Goldent Path, The Dream Job and The Truth Seekers. Netflix also appointed Weber Shandwick to handle its public relations for both its Singapore and Malaysian markets.


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Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, is the Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He directs the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care and holds joint appointments on the faculties of the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Nursing. The mission of the Lipitz Center is to improve the health and quality of life for people with complex health care needs by conducting research and disseminating new knowledge. The Center is also committed to preparing the next generation of leaders in this field. Dr. Boult advises masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral students and teaches two graduate-level courses: "Innovations in Health Care for Aging Populations," and "New Frontiers in Gerontology." As a geriatrician for more than 20 years, he has extensive experience in developing, testing, evaluating, and diffusing new models of health care for older persons. His current research focuses on Guided Care, a novel, multi-disciplinary model of comprehensive care for older people with multiple chronic conditions. Guided Care is designed to improve the quality, outcomes and efficiency of complex health care through evidence-based planning, patient monitoring, care coordination, promotion of self-management, and support for family caregivers. Dr. Boult is the Principal Investigator of a multi-site, cluster-randomized controlled trial of Guided Care involving 49 physicians, 904 older patients, and 319 family members in the Baltimore-Washington DC area.
As an expert on chronic care, Dr. Boult speaks frequently at meetings and conferences in the United States and abroad. He has published projections of the number of disabled older Americans in the 21st century and numerous studies of the outcomes of innovative models of health care for older persons. He created the first validated instrument for identifying high-risk older persons (the Pra) and co-edited a book entitled "New Ways to Care for Older People: Building Systems Based on Evidence: Springer Publishing Company. He received the Excellence in Research Award from the American Geriatrics Society in 2000. From 2000-2005 he edited the "Models and Systems of Geriatric Care" Section of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. In 2008 he received the David H. Solomon Award from the UCLA Medical School and the Excellence in Program Innovation Award (for Guided Care) from the American Public Health Association.
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Busy Parents and God
Exhausted parents, especially Christian moms, often feel guilty (or made to feel guilty by other Christians) for not spending *enough* quality time with God. Here is a compassionate encouragement – and some practical tips.
Time and time again I come across exasperate parents, especially precious mothers, exhausted already with all that is going on in their lives, beating themselves up that they are neglecting quality time with the Lord.
If you're one of them, then see this blog as a loving and compassionate letter to you … or pass it on to those who might need it.
Forgive me for addressing mothers here. If you are a father in this situation, and there are many of you out there, then please consider this blog personally written to you as an encouragement, too.
Typically, when describing their situation, parents berate themselves as whining about their lack of intimate time with the Lord. If this is you, I'd say, 'no, you are not whining, you just described an honest desire and frustration most of us mothers go through, a heartfelt craving to spent more time in His presence whilst juggling everything else in life.'
I have heard some ladies in the ministry candidly talk about the same dilemma you described, e.g. I recall James Goll's late wife Michal Ann express her frustration crying out to God in the privacy of her bathroom.
So, what do you do?
Certainly I experienced all this when my kids were little. I guess what it means is becoming more flexible and going with the flow of new dynamics.
For example, the lifestyle and dynamics most likely would have changed in your relationship with your partner or spouse over the years, especially since a family arrived.
Instead of resisting or regretting changes, or squeezing in the impossible and then become totally fatigued, it is smarter to become more resourceful and adaptable, rather than beating yourself up for not doing or accomplishing what you used to do, or were able to do.
You may as well, for especially if your kids are little, there'll be many years to come, when the parent-ministry will be quite intense. So, you might as well make yourself at home 'in the trenches' and go with the flow!
Most importantly do not compare yourself to what you used to do, or even worse to other parents, especially those super spiritual ones! You have a very unique relationship with your Heavenly Lover, your Heavenly Father, your Lord and Saviour. Your tender, intimate relationship with Him does not have to measure up to anyone else's. You are the apple of His eye, so just bask in His affectionate Love, on-the-go, with total surrender and gratitude.
See, part of all this guilt business stems from doing rather than being. So, learn to enter more into His rest and float in His presence.
Have you ever floated on water at the beach?
When you stretch out your arms, allow your face to be partially immersed in the water and stay still, you trust the water to carry you, it will, and you peacefully and effortlessly float.
However, if you paddle with your arms hoping to float, invariably your face goes under the water ….
So, learn to be still, relax, just be, and float in the supportive loving waters of His Spirit.
Practising the Prensence and Intimacy with God with a fresh awareness
There is another factor we so often either forget or are not aware of: Our thoughts are not private in the spirit realm! Our mental chatter is loud and clear to God and His faithful angelic realm …. so, we might as well use this as a focused communication tool more regularly than what we might have done before.
Thus, yes we can host and practice the presence of God on-the-go without having to sit for hours in Bible reading with long-winded prayers, which is great if there is the time available … if not, then just be flexible.
Quality time with Him is not so much doing things but just resting in Him and being deeply conscious of Him, practicing the awareness of His sweet presence.
Now, am I saying, it doesn not really matter if your alone time with Him is curtailed to just chatting with Him in your mind, whenever you happen to think of Him, or utter a quick prayer like, "Oh, Lord You know and understand how busy I am!" – No, definitely not!
Anything in life, if it is burningly important enough, we make room for it. The Kingdom of God is seemingly full of paradoxes, and contrary to the things we would 'naturally' do. For example, in the 'natural' we get hungry when we have not eaten, whereas in the 'spiritual' you get hungry the more you eat. People who are not hungry for God and intimacy with Him usually have not eaten, or spend time with Him.
We need to seperate ourselves to be alone with Him regularly. I like a statement by Bill Johnson, who is my adopted spiritual father, "Fruitfulness comes out of Rest; Warfare comes out of Romance"
We need that rest and romance with Him daily, both in our continuous awareness and flowing with Him, adapting our lives accordingly, as well as some specific set aside time with Him.
Feeling guilty, and a sense that you should spend more time with Him is counterproductive and as detrimental as obeying the letter of the law.
No, He is beckoning with tenderness and love. He is love and responds to our love and craving for Him. When we are so besotted, smitten, in love with Him that we can't wait to steal away just to catch His gaze and His breath, and linger in His presence, any time of the day or night will do!
…. and something more practical
One thing I used to do, when my kids were little, was every morning get dressed with my Walkman. These days it's the MP3 player or iPod. Just like you would put on your underwear, put on your iPod or MP3 player, stuffed with either the spoken Bible or great teaching sermons. (There's a pic of me holding my daughter, Charis, when she was little, and of course the ever present walkman).
You'll be surprised how many opportunities you have during the day to pop in those ear-phones, if you actually wear the player as a routine every day.
I used to go to the playground with my kids, do all the house chores, shopping – you name it … whilst catching up on some good Word.
Sure, there are many times you get distracted and you'll have to re-listen the same thing over and over. But that's ok, your spirit will get it, and eventually your head catches up too.
So, let go of all these guilt feelings, and just enjoy Him every second of your life, grab those windows of opportunity, even if it's just seconds long; just close your eyes, breathe deeply, be still, and let your heart whisper your love and gratitude to Him, and receive His.
Did you find this post inspiring, informative, or interesting? Would you like to read more on this subject? Please let me know.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I find it such joy to read encouraging and loving words!
God bless!
P.S. If you enjoyed this post, check out the 'follow-up' I have written:
Parenting Teens and Beyond with God
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You are so precious. Yes, would have been great for other Mom's to read on my blog. I will send them here. I know you're right and I am constantly having a dialog with the Lord … I just miss those quiet days with Him. At the same time, I wouldn't trade my sweet daughter for anything in the world. So … there you go.
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On our first night back in Chiang Mai, Thailand we decided to visit Chiang Mai Gate to indulge in our of our favorite Thai street food dish (yellow noodle dumpling soup - ba mee giew nam moo).
During our 8 day Visa run / holiday to George Town, Penang, Malaysia and Phuket, Thailand we realized for the first time how much we truly felt like Chiang Mai was our home away from home.
While in Penang we had the opportunity to feast on dim sum, local Chinese cuisine and eat tandoori chicken at Kapitan all of it was amazing. However, in Phuket the food options weren't nearly as satisfying moreover, everything was double or triple the cost of what we'd pay back home in Chiang Mai.
When it came time for us to leave our hotel in Phuket, I immediately started to think about how nice it would be to arrive back home in our comfortable bed and eat some of favorite foods the following day.
Late at night our favorite spot to visit for Thai street food is Chiang Mai Gate. With a diverse selection of Thai foods we haven't even put a dent into all of the different street stalls we could possibly frequent. One of our favorite Thai street vendors serves amazing noodle dishes often paired with dumplings, fish balls or egg. Our favorite among all of the three choices is the dish with wanton like dumplings.
The noodle soup comes in a rather small portion. Moreover, the broth itself is somewhat bland however, with the assortment of condiments and spices at the plastic tables, it's easy to jazz things up considerably. We typically add a spoonful of chilies to really enhance the flavors however, we must warn that it's very potent and if you put too much in your tongue will be on fire.
Another aspect of the meal we find highly appealing is that we're eating with locals. Sometimes, travelers and/or backpackers have a habit of converging at restaurants and other eateries catering mostly towards foreign taste buds and prices. Whenever we can possibly avoid these kinds of places we tend to do so one of the joys we both receive from traveling is having an opportunity to feel like a local. Nothing allows us to do this more than visiting a street food market.
The price of our soup noodle dish, per bowl, came to 35 Baht (roughly 1.12 USD). For just over 2 USD we were able to have a satisfying late night snack/meal:
If you get a chance to visit Thailand be sure to try eating Thai street food I'm confident you'll get hooked on it like us.
This is part of our Travel in Thailand series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Thai culture, Thai arts, Thai foods, Thai religion and Thai people.


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Lasers: The future of data capture and transmission?
Over the last four years we have discussed some of the many challenges posed by the volume of data now available online – issues of quality, determining provenance, privacy, identifying the most appropriate source for particular requirements and so on. Being overwhelmed by the choice of data available or not always knowing what resources are available or where to start looking have been common responses from geospatial students and practitioners alike.
A recent report from the BBC on laser technology highlighted some current and future applications that have or will transform geospatial data capture, including the use of LiDAR and ultra precise atom interferometers that could be used to develop alternate navigation systems that do not rely on GPS. The article also discusses the inherent limitations of our current electronics-based computing infrastructure and the potential of silicon photonics, firing lasers down optical fibres, to help meet the demand for instant or near-instant access to data in the Internet-of-Everything world. If many feel overwhelmed now by the volumes of data available, what will technologies like silicon photonics mean for data practitioners in the future? Just because data may be available at unprecedented speeds and accessed more easily, that alone doesn't guarantee the quality of the data will be any better or negate current concerns with respect to issues such as locational privacy. A critical understanding of these issues will be even more important if we are to make the most of these advances in digital data capture and transmission.


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Our focus is on the intersection of strategy and creativity. Because this is where the best solutions arise.
Strategy without creativity is a recipe for mediocrity. It's not wrong, but in today's competitive world, it's just not enough. Creativity without strategy delivers more misses than hits. It's like throwing crayons at a dartboard — you're unlikely to get anything to really stick. And either of these without delivery is an exercise in futility.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Zeus, the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and of the Pantheon of gods who resided there, has agreed to take part in the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
Unheard from in centuries, the Greek god who upheld law, justice and morals, and was the spiritual leader of both gods and men, was contacted by the Olympic committee through his long-time agent, Delta Entertainers.
Delta spokesman Irv Buchwald said, "It is the first request we have had for him in ages, literally."
Olympic planners were looking for something giant to use in the opening ceremonies, since Greece is so rich with Olympic history.
The idea to use the celestial god was to be kept secret and made a huge surprise when Zeus himself lighted the torch. But when word got out that Delta had been contacted, the Vatican quickly protested to the Olympic committee.
"They told us," said a committee member, "that if they could get Jesus Christ, we should reconsider using Zeus. Ultimately we declined because the connection between Jesus and Athens just isn't as dramatic as the one between the city and Zeus."
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The Congress took stock of not just what is challenging us, but how innovative leaders in every corner of the world are finding and implementing protected area solutions to a wide range of challenges, from climate change to economic recessions.
Captured from the boldest thinking of governments, international organisations, communities, civil society leaders and indigenous peoples, the four pillars of the Promise of Sydney collectively represent the outcomes of the World Parks Congress. These pillars – a core Vision for the future we want to see, a set of Innovative Approaches to solving some of the world's most elusive challenges, commitments to advancing this change for people, protected areas and the planet, and solutions that provide evidence that this change is in fact within our reach– collectively represent the direction and blueprint for a decade of change that emanate from the deliberations of this World Parks Congress. Originally proposed by a youth leader in the preparations for Congress, The Promise of Sydney is a deliberate step away from the usual declaration and action plan so familiar to these events. The Promise of Sydney is at once representative of the promise we will make to our children and our belief in a promising future for all.
What does it include?
The Promise of Sydney encompasses:
- A Vision: This Vision reflects a set of high-level aspirations and recommendations for the change we need in the coming decade to enhance implementation of conservation and development goals for parks, people and the planet.
- Twelve Innovative Approaches to transformative change:These documents reflect the bold steps we can take to achieve the greatest transformations in decision-making, practice, policy, capacity and financing for protected areas. Drafted by twelve Streams and Cross-Cutting Themes of activity, these Innovative Approaches will source the most innovative solutions within protected areas to the world's challenges in Achieving conservation goals, Responding to climate change, Improving health and well-being, Supporting human life, Reconciling development challenges, enhancing the diversity and quality of governance, respecting indigenous and traditional knowledge and culture, Inspiring a new generation, World Heritage, Marine conservation – as well as approaches in Capacity development and a New social compact. These have been debated and revised during the World Parks Congress for implementation post-Congress.
- Solutions:This Panorama of Inspiring Protected Area Solutions spotlights some of the most exciting solutions invented by people to overcome obstacles to the stability of people and protected areas. These "bright spots" are inspiring because they are win-win. Contribute your own solution! IPAS will serve as a reference point and resource for practitioners around the world, supported by IUCN, its Commissions and members.
- Promises:These are pledges by countries, groups of countries, funders, organizations and other partners to boldly chart the path forward for the world by stepping up or supporting accelerated implementation. Please join us in activating the Promise of Sydney now by making your own commitment!
The Promise of Sydney is the foundation for the pathways we can take to, over the next ten years, ensure that protected areas can be perceived as one of the best investments in our planet's, and our own future. It will illuminate the bright spots from which we can build to reach, engage and leverage all sectors of society, through which we can demonstrate the value of protected areas to humanity; significantly augment broad sectoral collaboration around protected areas; and transform a full range of global, regional and local policies to reflect the essential contributions of protected areas.
The Promise of Sydney is the rallying point around which organizations and individuals will assess their own strategic direction in relation to protected areas, and around which they work out their own personalized "Promise". When looking back on Sydney, people will refer to the Promise of Sydney as setting a new direction and a challenge to spur future efforts and progress for ensuring the rightful place of protected areas as effective and efficient solutions to some of the world's most challenging development goals.
How was The Promise of Sydney prepared?
Each stream and cross-cutting theme involved in the Congress will contribute content and direction to The Promise of Sydney ahead of the World Parks Congress. Each stream is working on its own ambitious set of Innovative Approaches to change, integrating the input of the cross-cutting perspectives, and using this outline to prepare an incisive debate of the issues at the Congress.
The Promise of Sydney management team collated and synthesized the proposals throughout the World Parks Congress to formulate the final Vision for the Promise of Sydney, and presented this Vision in the final plenary of the Congress. Through the collective Innovative Approaches, Promises and Solutions activated by our world community, elements of The Promise of Sydney will be communicated into the most important policy, institutional and community forums moving forward.
Read the IISD / SDG Knowledge Hub article: IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 Concludes with 'The Promise of Sydney' (2014)


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David Commanday is with us this week, talking about the first concert in the Heartland Festival Orchestra's upcoming concert. Their eighth season opens, fittingly, with a performance of Beethoven's Symphony no. 8. The orchestra is also joined by violinist Rachel Barton Pine in Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D. Commanday talks about both of those pieces, about some of the events Barton Pine will be presenting ahead of the concert, and about the orchestra's featured community partner, the Community Workshop and Training Center.
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I would say I know my fair share of nerds. Denim nerds, record nerds, computer nerds, bike nerds…basically anyone that has an extreme passion for the details and intricacies of a specific topic. A nerd I've never crossed paths with is a pencil nerd, someone who can see and feel the difference between a #2 and a soft wax lead.
The Palomino Blackwing 602 was discontinued in 1998, resulting in a cult following for these "firm & smooth" pencils. They've just been re-released, and I have a 12 pack with my name on it. Sometimes I find myself crossing out my notes and re-writing them, just so they look better, even if no one will see them but me. Perhaps a notebook of graphite text will prove a more beautiful notebook indeed.


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The Chartered Institute of Housing is the professional body for the housing sector, set up to help and support housing professionals and influence housing policy. Formed in 1916, they now operate in 20 countries across five continents, with members in both the public and private sector.
To create a work-based degree course designed specifically for those working in the housing sector. It needed to be flexible, affordable and relevant to the ever-changing world of social housing. The course also needed to fit in with the CIH's membership requirements so that graduates could apply for Chartered Membership.
Our Foundation Degree in Management of Social and Affordable Housing received a great reception from the sector and has grown to become the only online degree accredited by the CIH. It stands out from the crowd because it has been developed in consultation with the sector, in order to develop the key management skills required in a rapidly changing world. Students completing the course are able to apply to become Chartered Members of the CIH.
"With this course we took a new approach to developing skills in housing. We consulted with the sector and found a very strong demand for the practical skills that enable people to respond to a rapidly evolving environment - for example change management, leadership, commercial awareness, project management, customer service and multi-agency working.
It struck us that the sector was asking for a course that covered diverse subject areas; perhaps unsurprisingly given the complex nature of housing. We decided that this was a great opportunity to bring together our expertise in Social Policy, Social Work, Business and the Built Environment in order to design a new programme that reflects the needs of the sector."
Tom Taylor, Principal Consultant, Degrees at Work
"Working in housing is a noble profession. We need committed, enthusiastic people with the right skills and the right training to take forward the vision of a society where everyone has a decent place to live and where they can achieve their ambitions. This is why we support the creation of this new distance learning course from Anglia Ruskin University. It will provide a much needed focus for housing training and will help to support the affordable housing sector to train the leaders of the future."
Colin Wiles, Fellow, CIH
The panel was unanimous in praising the University for the development of a programme which is both flexible and firmly based on the needs of local employers combined with meeting the CIH membership requirements


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Come join our collaborative garden work party! New gardeners of all skill levels are welcome.
2nd annual Westside Food Festival July 5th- August 9th, 2018
Over 100 free activities and workshops in twenty plus locations around the Westside! Register for individual actvities and workshops on Eventbrite. For more info: Facebook or email@example.com.
The Food Festival is organized by Village Vancouver, Westside Neighbourhood Food Network, Marpole Oakridge NFN and Fairview False Creek South NFN. Village is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks - check it out!
Gardening & gardening-related workshops, and other gardening activities are part of Village Vancouver's Building Community Food Security and Resilience Project. This project is made possible by the BC Ministry of Agriculture's Grow Local program. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture.
We also acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Xwméthkwyiem (Musqueam), Skwxwúmesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.


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The Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), a quartet of Taos musicians are performing a fabulous showcase of music by and about African-Americans. Titled "Oh Freedom!," the concert …
The Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), a quartet of Taos musicians are performing a fabulous showcase of music by and about African-Americans.
Titled "Oh Freedom!," the concert features the versatile and stunning vocalist Salman Lee and gifted pianist-musicologist Claire Detels with bassist Sid Barrett and drummer Ricky Carlini. I'm an enthusiastic fan of the collaborations between Lee and Detels - if you haven't seen them before, prepare yourself for a musical and educational treat.
"I think it's extremely important to recognize the history of black people in American music," Lee said. "We wouldn't have rock 'n' roll without black people, we wouldn't have blues without black people, we wouldn't have jazz without black people. I think the soul of American music is really riding on the backs of African-American people. Even bluegrass … it's come to pass that people know now that black people brought the banjo from Africa to the United States, so we wouldn't even have bluegrass without black people. I think it's an important service not only to educate the masses about it, but also to celebrate it as well."
"Oh Freedom!" takes place Sunday (Jan. 20), 2 p.m., at the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership, 20 ABC Mesa Road, off U.S. 64 west.
Detels, a retired musicology professor from the University of Arkansas, told me that the "Oh Freedom!" program includes spirituals that date back to at least the 1800s. Also on the program are a Nina Simone set, Duke Ellington tunes, a few of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" songs and some beloved jazz numbers.
As we talked about the program, Detels explained that Simone has come to people's attention in recent years because of the documentary film about her life, "What Happened, Miss Simone?" Detels said Simone was a talented classical pianist who could not find work or encouragement for her playing. She turned to writing and singing pop and jazz songs instead.
"Her voice is so incredibly riveting and rich that she was mainly known as a singer, but she always backed herself. And because her skills as a pianist were so great, she had so much imagination, she left this wonderful body of work," Detels said.
A lyric tenor, Lee was born in Taos and raised in Questa where he grew up singing Muslim chants. He later attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Westminster Choir College, New Jersey. For "Oh Freedom!," Lee will be singing on all of the songs except one piano solo. He likens preparing for the concert to preparing for a sports event.
"Singing is an athletic sport … In preparation for concerts like this not only do I practice the music that we're going to be doing, I also start singing a lot -- all day, every day -- basically endurance singing. And, I pay special attention to technique and any other sensations that I may feel happening in my body or in my throat or in my mouth. So, I sing a lot and I pay very close attention to my mechanism, to my body, to either engage my stomach more, or relax my throat more, or relax my shoulders more. Again, it's kind of like a sport, you've got to get warmed up to do it and you've got to exercise a lot before the event, and then after that is the cool-down period."
"Oh Freedom!," the spiritual, is one of Lee's favorites, and he will be singing it a cappella. Not everyone can pull this off, but Lee does so with remarkable feeling and musical talent.
"A lot of singers avoid a cappella if they can, because it's a lot of stress to maintain pitch and power and to carry the whole thing yourself," Detels said. "Sal's just a really powerful a cappella singer."
This will be the third time that Lee and Detels have partnered on a concert featuring African-American music. Detels says it is fun for her to work with Sal because he has "an extraordinary, beautiful and agile voice," a fine classical singer who can scat like Louis Armstrong.
"There are all kinds of things that he can do that you'd be reluctant to ask another singer to do," Detels said. "The breadth of different cultures that he's known and done music in I think is part of that. He uses the term 'I'm up for it,' or 'I'm game.' It makes rehearsals so much fun. And fun to imagine all the different things you can do together."
Lee is the host of a radio show on KNCE-FM 93.5. Detels is a founding member of PianoTaos and a fiber artist. They will be performing another concert for Black History Month at Unity of Taos church in late February. In addition, Detels and Lee are featured in a Schubertiad scheduled for early February. Lee also has plans to start up a cabaret and jazz band in the near future.
Tickets are $15, $10 for students, veterans and seniors; and free for ages 12 and younger.
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Comey's original Clinton memo released, cites possible violations: John Solomon
At Least 18 Classified Emails Found on Weiner's Laptop: JW
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De Blasio spends $50M installing 1,500 security barriers to prevent car attacks: Creeping
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Tony Greco knows what it's like to try to get help for loved ones struggling with addiction.
"I've been trying to get people into treatment since I was 7-years-old," he said.
The San Fernando Valley native, who is now 40-years-old and lives in Hollywood, said his parents met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Reseda. As a teen, he experienced a brief bout of homelessness, while he himself wrestled with addiction.
Later as a psychologist, Greco responded to a call about a longtime friend in distress. She had gotten stranded in the Las Vegas desert after she experienced a relapse and a "psychotic break," and he volunteered to go find and bring her back.
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Greco said that even with his professional background, he was overwhelmed by the experience. While driving his friend back to Los Angeles, in a car without air-conditioning through the stifling heat, he could not find anyone who would take her in. He ended up delivering her to Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, where he got a 72-hour suicide watch hold for her. By that point, it was about 3 a.m. the next day, and he was near tears, wondering how any average person could possibly get through a similar experience.
Greco said that was what prompted him to create a mobile phone application to make navigating the confusing web of services for people with going through mental health problems, addiction and other issues — such as homelessness — a little easier.
On Tuesday, Greco was with Los Angeles city leaders to provide a peak at his "Get Help LA" smartphone application, which is aimed at giving the general public the tools for referring neighbors, strangers or loved ones who are homeless or on the cusp of it, to services.
While Greco's company, Get Help, focuses on giving people a way to find addiction treatment resources, the app has a wider scope. It uses geo-coding to turn up service providers, such as hospitals, addiction care centers, sexual assault resources, shelters and other types of help that are near the homeless individual.
Greco said that if he had not known what to do for his friend when she got lost in the desert, she easily would have become homeless.
RELATED STORY: These Sylmar students are using problem-solving skills, experience to take on homelessness
The app received a $20,000 grant from the city's information technology department, and has been championed by Councilman Mitchell Englander, who represents the northwest San Fernando Valley.
In January, Los Angeles police officers and firefighters, often the "first responders" to calls involving homeless individuals, will begin testing the application out in the real world, Englander said.
"We want to get the feedback on what's missing," he said. "It's not just pushing it out there. It's about pulling it back in and getting the dialogue and the input from those first responders, and what they'd like to see in the next reiteration."
Englander said the application will eventually be released to the public, and when that happens, it can empower the average citizen to become a "first responder" as well.
"If you need help, or you recognize a family member, a loved one, a neighbor, one of your students (struggling) — you are a first responder," he said.
Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who represents a South Los Angeles district, was also at Tuesday's news conference to welcome the application.
He said that because many homeless individuals carry smartphones, it can also serve as one more tool for people who are homeless, or are facing the possibility of ending up on the streets.
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Many people may suddenly feel alone at the moment when they need the most help, because they are "embarrassed" to reach out to people they know, he said.
"But if I can pull out a phone, pull up an app and get information, I may be able to get help before I become homeless," he said.
While the app may mirror many of the resource sheets that are included in hygiene kits and packets given out to homeless individuals, city leaders and Greco said there are plans to make the application more powerful through further coordination with service providers.
RELATED STORY: Studio City residents come together to help neighbors facing homelessness
Englander said the goals for the app include showing the number of available beds at nearby shelters in real time, and information about churches, temples and other faith organizations from around the city that are already helping people experiencing homelessness.
Another emphasis of the app is to use the knowledge of those most familiar with the services available in the Los Angeles area. Greco said he wants to ensure that the most appropriate and reliable service providers are shown in the app, so that users do not become victim to less trustworthy providers.
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The application also could serve as a way to pool and share the connections that certain outreach workers have in their repertoire, said Sarah Dusseault, vice chair of the commission overseeing the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which coordinates housing and services to homeless people.
The agency is partnering with Greco's company to develop the app, which she said "takes the sort of personal, 'who you know' out of" the outreach process.
"What's been happening in the past is, you know, you have a great outreach worker who connects to an individual or family who is experiencing homelessness and it's really about what resources they're familiar with, who they know … to call," she said.
But "that has to stop," she said.
"What needs to happen is an app like this that brings all the resources to bear to each individual neighborhood, and creates experts out of all of us, out of the LAHSA outreach worker, out of the person on the HOPE team from LAPD, out of the fire department, out of each individual (who) has access to this information," she said.


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Some prepaid funeral plans can be used in paying for funerals for other people. If a friend or relative dies unexpectedly, or without a funeral plan, with the right plan, you can just donate your plan to them. Click for details of pre paying for funerals.
Here's a topical extract which shows how a recent tragedy could have been made a little less painful and complicated. Few families could pay for the unexpected funerals of six children. According to Gazette Live:
"A community mourning the deaths of five children who died after a fire ripped through their home have set up a charity to help pay for their funerals.
Locals in Allenton, Derby, threw their support behind the campaign to raise funds following the deaths of ten-year-old Jade Philpott and her siblings John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and five-year-old Jayden.
The six youngsters perished at the house in Victory Road when a fire engulfed the property as they slept upstairs in their beds in the early hours of Friday."
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-Jonathan Quick maintained his extraordinarily high level of play as the Los Angeles Kings built up a two-goal lead for the first time in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs and held on for a 2-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in a game that didn't resemble much of what Kings fans witnessed in the first round series against the St. Louis Blues. Especially in the second period, there were wide open swaths of ice to work with as the trench warfare associated with the first round abruptly evolved into a more back-and-forth demonstration in which players on both teams had opportunities to display their speed. The intensity and compete level remained evident – the teams combined for 76 hits, the most since Game 4 of the St. Louis series – in an up-tempo game appropriate for the second round of the NHL playoffs.
-The only real concern I have of the final 20 minutes of the game – in which the Sharks out-shot the Kings 16-4 and worked disproportionately in the L.A. end – is that it could be partially related to the Kings rolling three centers after having lost Jarret Stoll on the hit by Raffi Torres (see below). More than Stoll's absence, the pressure applied by San Jose had more to do with the balancing act between two strong teams over a 60-minute hockey game. It's practically impossible for one team to impose its will for a full three periods – and that's not to suggest that the Kings remotely came close to "extending their will" on the Sharks throughout Game 1. There are going to be ebbs and flows and surges in momentum in all playoff games, and when a team faces a two-goal deficit in the third period, they're going to respond with a heavy push.
-Is there an NHL award for Player Who Shows the Best Ability to Leave a Puck for a Teammate While Tying Up an Opposing Player, Thusly Creating Space and a Scoring Opportunity for Said Teammate? I don't think there is, but if there was, Mike Richards would win that award.
-So, Raffi Torres. His late second period hit on Jarret Stoll appeared to catch Stoll in both the shoulder and the head. It's ambiguous whether the head was the "principal point of contact," though there was certainly violent contact made between Torres' shoulder and Stoll's upper body, and Stoll fell awkwardly to the ice – almost head-first, it appeared – after the hit was delivered. With a player like Torres, hits such as the one on Stoll occasionally fall in a grey area and are not always cut-and-dry when the question of whether it is an offense that deserves supplementary discipline. Torres' suspension history will obviously be a weighty factor. Per the reports below, an in-person hearing has been scheduled with the league, which means that Torres could be facing an extended suspension. It does not mean that a lengthy suspension is a certainty, only that one is possible. I'll have more on the Torres/Stoll incident throughout the day.
#NHL news. An in-person hearing has been requested by the league for #Sharks Raffi Torres. Meaning another lengthy suspension is possibility
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In an article in The Conversation today 1 May 2012 Australia21 Director Dr Alex Wodak says it is time for a Plan B in the war on drugs:
At the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, on 14 to 15 April, over 30 heads of government (including US President Barack Obama) took part in a closed-door discussion about the failure of the war on drugs. President Obama was forced to concede that this discussion was legitimate. And conservative Canadian Prime Minister Steve Harper surprised many at the summit when he also conceded that the war on drugs had failed.
Nigel Inkester, a former chief of MI6 in the United Kingdom, declared on 17 April that the war on drugs had been lost and that drug legalisation had to be considered.
First academics started saying these things, then retired politicians, judges and police chiefs. Now serving presidents and prime ministers are also finally admitting that the emperor is not wearing any clothes.
When Plan A doesn't work, it's time to think about Plan B. As Gramsci said, "the old is dead but the new is not yet born.
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The Cité du design is located on the site of a former weapons factory in St. Etienne/France. It consists on the one hand of existing buildings which will be renovated and restructured for their new purpose; on the other hand the Cité is made up of a huge building envelope, the so-called «platine» (circuit board). It has a three-dimensional surface which can act as an adaptive building envelope. It can thus adapt to changing requirements in the interior (e.g. by a change in the transmissivity of light), and it also acts as a solar power plant capable of generating a major amount of its own energy supply.


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Dear Heloise: Help! I microwaved popcorn, only to discover that I had burned it. The smell is awful, and I can't get rid of the odor. — Jan, Seattle
Dear Heloise: Help! I microwaved popcorn, only to discover that I had burned it. The smell is awful, and I can't get rid of the odor. — Jan, Seattle
You wouldn't believe how often I hear this question! Overpowering odors can linger long after microwaving certain strong-smelling foods, so here are some hints to try:
Lemon, lime and orange juice are natural odor-busters and will not only eliminate the burned-popcorn smell, but will fill the kitchen with a clean, citrus scent. Just combine ½ cup of juice (or chop up a half of any of the above citrus) with ½ cup of water in a 4-cup or larger microwave-safe container. You can add four or five cloves, too. Put in the microwave and heat on high until the water boils and creates steam. It's the steam that really accelerates the deodorizing. CAUTION: The water and steam will be extremely hot! Be sure to let the mixture cool completely (at least 15 minutes) before opening the door. Leaving the door open for a while afterward will help circulate the air.
You can also try baking soda. Just fill a large bowl with 1 cup of water, 2 tablespoons of baking soda and a drop of vanilla or lemon extract. Place in the microwave and heat on high for two to three minutes. The walls of the microwave will be damp and make it easy to remove stains, and the smell will be gone, too. You can find tons of other cleaning and deodorizing hints for using baking soda in my six-page pamphlet Baking Soda Hints and Recipes. Order one by sending $4 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (58 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 79279-5001. FYI: A little baking soda sprinkled in the kitchen trash can every so often will help control odors until it's time for trash day. And put an open box in a seldom-used, musty linen closet. — Heloise
Dear Heloise: I was cleaning out drawers and found several half-used postage-stamp books. None of them had the value of the stamp. After a little research, I found out what each stamp is worth. Now when I purchase a book of stamps, I write on the cover what the stamps are worth. — Linda Grupa, via e-mail
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Fodor's Travel: Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba is among the top 10 reasons to visit Peru
Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba is a hotel with a contemporary ranch-style located in Sacred Valley, between Cusco and Machu Picchu. Immersed in the countryside, the hotel has approximately 40 hectares and it is surrounded by magnificent green mountains.
The 12 rooms in Casa Hacienda and 24 independent bungalows have impressive views of the valley, so that visitors can enjoy the open space, and the peace and quiet in the valley. Design and decoration are inspired by the cultural history of the area: colonial furniture, Inca masks and handicrafts that contribute to the local charm of the property.
Fodor's, the world's largest publishers of travel and tourism information, has revealed the top 10 reasons to visit Peru. One of them is Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, because it is considered the best place to enjoy luxury in the Andes. "The 36 rooms have spectacular views of cultural sites, blankets made of alpaca wool, and delicious pima cotton sheets to guarantee maximum comfort," Terry Ward.


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1. Anna Cate and Brian start kindergarten next week...where has the time gone? It has been challenging trying to order uniforms, get physicals, get haircuts, go shoe shopping, etc. Todd has handled all of it with ease (as always).
2. The babies are doing very well. Their 35 week ultrasound showed them both to be over 6 lbs (give or take 1lb). My blood pressure is still high and hospitalized bedrest seems to be working since no other symptoms of preeclampsia are showing up....in other words, I'm going to be here for a while.
3. Brian's dog, Jake, got out of the fence last Friday when our landscapers were working, but he was found yesterday! He is Brians puppy and as Brian says, his best friend, so we are so grateful he is home safe and sound.


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1984 Caravela 25
- Description
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- Year:
- 1984
- Length:
- 25'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Single / diesel
- Located In:
- Ferry Nab, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
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Caravela 25 Sailing yacht with cast iron fin keel, inboard diesel engine and comfortable accommodation for up to 5 persons. Large safe cockpit and easily handled rig make this craft attractive to both the keen racer and coastal cruiser. Ideal starter yacht for those with a young family or for a group of lads who want to thrash round the cans on a weekend.
Located on a swinging mooring not far from our premises here at ferry Nab. To arrange a viewing please call 015394 88050.
Please contact at +44 (0)1539 488050
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
Builder: Caravela Yachts Southampton
Designer: Leo Da Costa
Keel: Fin
Hull Shape: Monohull
LOA: 7.53 m
Beam: 2.75 m
Maximum Draft: 1.52 m
Headroom: 1.68 m
Total Power: 8 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Year Built: 1984
Engine Model: YSM8
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: 2 blade propeller
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 8 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (25 Liters)
Fuel Tanks: 1 (20 Liters)
Number of single berths: 1
Number of double berths: 2
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 1
Convertible Saloon
CD player
Battened mainsail
Furling genoa
Spinnaker pole
Inside Equipment
Manual bilge pump
Battery charger
Marine head
Chemical head
Electrical Equipment
Shore power inlet
Electrical Circuit: 12V
Outside Equipment/Extras
Swimming ladder
Mainsail cover
At first glance you could be forgiven for thinking that the boat was a Jaguar 25. There are some subtle differences and the Caravela 25 is just that bit more sleek in appearance. For a 25 footer you will be quite impressed with the room in the cockpit and below decks.
GRP constructed hull with red gel coat topsides and white coachroof and deck. Deep cockpit with sole and benches covered with slatted wood for comfort. Large sail locker to starboard. Transom hung rudder with teak tiller steering.
Going forward is both safe and easy. The side decks are relatively wide and the combination of stainless steel guard wires, stanchions and handily placed grab rails ensure the safe passage forward of the crew when deploying the ground tackle. Self bailing anchor well in bow with lid.
Vessel powered by a single cylinder Yanmar YSM8 inboard diesel engine with reduction gearbox driving a stainless steel shaft and 2-bladed fixed propeller. Engine is housed in a sound proofed compartment beneath the companionway and has good access for daily checks and annual servicing. Single lever engine control in cockpit with forward and reverse gearing. Engine control panel with visual and audible warnings for water temperature, oil pressure and charging output.
Bank of two 12V batteries providing engine start and domestic power. These are recharged via the engine alternator or by the battery charger when attached to shore power.
- Batteries new 2013
- Shore power
- Battery charger
Sails and Rigging
Bermudan sloop rigged yacht with deck stepped aluminium spars and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging support the mast. running rigging is braid on braid terylene rope of varying thickness. The majority of these are led aft to the helm making single handed sailing very easy indeed. Vessel rigged for spinnaker including conventional pole.
Sail suit, although old, are serviceable and in a fair to good condition. These include:
- Mainsail with sail cover
- Furling genoa
- Spinnaker with pole
Accommodation and layout
Below decks is snug and comfortable. The velour fabrics and wood panelling give that classic feel. The saloon is entered via the companionway. Immediately to starboard is the large Vis a Vis dinette with seating for four persons in comfort. This converts to a sizeable double by dropping the table and using the back rest cushions.
opposite the seating area is the galley with gas fuelled oven with two burner hob and grill, Stainless steel sink with removable cover that doubles as a preparation area. at the aft end of the galley is a large quarter berth.
Forward of the saloon seating area behind the bulkhead is the heads compartment. This is fitted with both a marine heads and a chemical heads for use here on the lake.
In the bow is the fore peak double with deck hatch above for ventilation.
Well equipped yacht suitable for both Lake and coastal cruising:
- Compass
- Depth sounder
- VHF radio
- Autopilot
- Bilge pump
- Navigation lights
- Gas alarm
- Boarding ladder
- Warps and fenders
- CD player
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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It was once thought that physicians become radiologists because they didn't want to interact with their patients. In the joke "How do you hide a 100 dollar bill from a doctor?" the answer pertaining to the radiologist is "You pin it on the patient." But times have changed. Today, radiologists are at the critical interface between diagnosis and treatment, a time when patients and referring clinicians have questions, demands, and are in need of guidance.
Positive patient interactions and experiences not only help the "customer" but also directly affect the bottom line. Anxiety related reactions, ranging from apprehension to inability to complete the test, affect between four and 30 percent of patients undergoing MRI (Melendez & McCrank, 1993). An estimated 2.3 percent of patients cannot complete their MRI scans because of claustrophobia, panic, or other reasons that prevent them from lying still (Dewey, Schink, & Dewey, 2007). This results in hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses every year for the involved facilities. Fortunately such waste of overhead can be limited by simply changing the way staff talks with patients (Lang, Ward, & Laser, 2010).
The promise of medications for distress management is no panacea. When the threshold to use anaesthesia is low, such as in paediatric imaging, it can create a bottleneck when availability of anaesthesia personnel is limited. For this reason – not scanner capacity - waiting times for elective paediatric MRI are currently in the range of several months in Canada.
Another problem that good communication with patients can avoid is no-shows. Support by a communication- trained scheduler or judicious use of scripts can greatly ameliorate this challenge. It pays to have patients arrive with less anxiety: Otherwise their cases will take longer and be more painful (Schupp, Berbaum, Berbaum, & Lang, 2005).
Litigation Headaches Linked to 'Absent' Physicians
Patients who feel their healthcare provider doesn't care are more likely to sue (Levinston, 1994). Malpractice attorneys cite communication issues as the primary reason for filing a suit in more than 80 percent of cases (Avery, 1985). These patients cite having information poorly delivered, and not being understood or valued as leading causes of dissatisfaction (Beckman, Markakis, Suchman, & Frankel, 1995). Responding to the public's frustration with poor doctor-patient relationships, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education now demands that all physicians be trained and are fluent in communication and interpersonal skills (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 2001). Before embarking on such training one should, however, better understand the sources of patient distress and how they can be addressed efficiently.
Causes of Patient Anxiety and Distress
Patient concerns may encompass possible adverse effects, cancer, pain, or poor outcomes. We measured the distress of 214 women in the radiology waiting room through the analysis of extensive questionnaires (Lang & Flory, 2010). Women awaiting breast biopsy had significantly higher levels of anxiety and perceived stress than women awaiting much riskier procedures, such as chemoembolisation for known liver cancer. They also experienced depressive moods and impact on daily life comparable to those of the cancer patients. Stress levels didn't differ among women coming for embolisation of benign fibroids and those coming for embolisation of cancer. These results identify not knowing the diagnosis as a highly potent stressor. Uncertainty of diagnosis during the wait for final results can even disturb cortisol secretion to a degree similar to that of patients who learned they have cancer (Lang, Berbaum, & Lutgendorf, 2009; Gustafsson et al., 1995).
The distress of patients can be further aggravated by the reactions of the attending facility personnel. Patients who come for examinations or procedures are in a highly suggestible state which makes them vulnerable to a pessimistic interpretation of the information they receive (Ewin & Eimer, 2006). Words, tone, expressions, and context determine if the information creates positive or negative expectations (Bayer, Coverdale, Chiang, & Bangs, 1998). Negative expectations bring about negative outcomes (Silvestri et al., 2003; Spiegel, 1997).
Handing the patient a "panic" button in MRI sets the stage for what to expect. Pain can be insinuated by just mentioning its possibility, as has been shown in a study where volunteers who expected pain, reported pain, even when there were no painful stimuli (Bayer et al., 1998). In an interventional radiology study, negatively-valenced statements (e.g. "just a sting and burn"), as compared to none at all or to neutral ones, increased patients' anxiety and pain when used to announce upcoming stimuli (Lang et al., 2005). Fortunately, it is easy to avoid negative outcomes by simple changes in vocabulary. "I will give you the local anaesthetic," or "I will give you the numbing medicine" will do just fine.
Paradoxically, things can actually become worse when medical personnel want to be particularly nice but are not trained how to express their empathy in a way that helps patients help themselves: Under these conditions haemodynamic disturbances and adverse events can become significantly more frequent in interventional radiology and further stress the patient (Lang et al., 2008).
How to Address Patient Anxiety and Distress
Radiology is a haven of technology. The recourse to fight patient distress with technology is appealing: creating a more patient friendly atmosphere through the lay-out, colouring, placement of art and pictures, offering more "open" equipment design, earplugs for sound suppression, headphones for listening to music, blindfolds or video-goggles for blocking out reality. Technology, however, weighs on the budget and cannot replace the human element that many patients clamour for to overcome their stresses.
Spending more time with patients is not necessarily the answer. Even when doctors take extra time and think they are making special efforts in giving more information and explanations this may not result in greater patient satisfaction (Ley, Bradshaw, Kincey, & Aterton, 1976). One reason resides in the following dynamics (Suchman, Markakis, Beckman, & Frankel, 1997): Patients seldom verbalise their emotions directly; they tend to offer clues instead. When healthcare providers respond to this emotional appeal accurately and acknowledge the patients, communication proceeds smoothly. When healthcare providers return to the preceding topic or sentence sequence, patients remain unsatisfied. Some patients may raise the issue again and again with escalating intensity. Patients who want attention will ultimately get it – which may be at most inopportune times when their attention seeking behaviour disrupts a procedure or a scan. It is thus far more preferable to respond to the patients' needs early on.
Over the past 20 years we worked on and tested solutions that rapidly diffuse patient distress and help patients with painful radiological procedures. We focused on nonpharmacologic methods and started to train healthcare professionals in a more patient-centred talking style, complemented with hypnotic language that directly addresses anxiety, pain and distress. It was important that methods would not require prior patient preparation or selection, any props, or extra time, but could be integrated in routine workflow. Therefore it was important to include rapid rapport skills and ways to positively shape the patients' experience right from the start. We summarised the techniques in a book "Patient sedation without medication. Rapid rapport and quick hypnotic techniques. A resource guide for doctors, nurses, and technologists" (Lang & Laser, 2009). The emphasis of our approach is helping patients help themselves and using what comes naturally. Quirk et al. found that many MRI patients combatted anxiety on their own by using breathing and relaxation techniques, visualising pleasant scenes, and performing mental exercises (Quirk, Letendre, Ciottone, & Lingley, 1989). This type of focused attention on a more pleasant outlook than the immediate surrounding reality is the essence of self-hypnosis. We evolved the concept of guidance in self-hypnotic relaxation in radiology and showed efficacy in three large prospective randomised clinical trials: in the "Lancet Study" testing applicability with concurrent access to IV conscious sedation during vascular and renal procedures; in the "Breast Trial" during large core breast biopsy in a pure outpatient model, and the "Tumour Embolisation Trial" as a model for more invasive therapy with high complication potential (Lang et al., 2000; Lang et al., 2006; Lang et al., 2008).
Patients had less pain, less anxiety, fewer medications, and fewer complications. Being able to increase haemodynamic stability and outcomes came as particularly valuable side effects – not negligible in a climate of mandated safety initiatives, Pay-For-Performance, and trends towards open "Report Cards". Use of these methods resulted in the considerable savings of 338 dollars per case in the catheterisation laboratory (Lang & Rosen, 2002).
Over the years we came to learn that it "takes a village" to have a smooth transition in how communication is used throughout the department. We have developed a method of patient interaction called Comfort TalkTM in which schedulers, receptionists, nurses, technologists, and physicians are extensively trained in advanced rapport skills and setting expectations. A core group of healthcare professionals then provides additional guidance in self-hypnotic relaxation. We used this model when we were asked to help a large private MRI practice. After team training, the non-completion rate of MRIs was reduced by 40 percent and resulted in annual savings of 140,000 dollars, with maintained success at the time of a one-year follow-up (Lang, Ward, & Laser, 2009).
Hypnotic Language in the Modern Healthcare Environment
Although successful use of relaxation and hypnotic techniques in radiology, mainly MRI, dates back to the 80's, these methods received surprisingly little attention (Friday & Kubal, 1990; Klonoff, Janata, & Kaufman, 1986; Quirk, Letenre, Ciottone, & Lingley, 1989). Main impediments were early beliefs that such techniques are best provided by mental health professionals, and that traditional hypnotic techniques and desensitisation approaches just took too long for a busy practice. The beliefs are changing. It has become apparent that guidance in self-hypnotic relaxation on the examination table can be applied without interruption of workflow and that personnel already involved can perform it expertly (Lang & Berbaum, 1997).
Openness towards and usage of alternative approaches has made great strides with the public (Eisenberg et al., 1993). More and more traditional medical institutions are opening alternative centres to respond to the need. The press is extensively reporting positively about use of such methods (www.hynalgesics.com_professionals_news). The balance has swung far towards Comfort TalkTM type interventions, which smooth communication and help patients through a stressful time, improve outcomes, and give patients the assurance of caring and the respect they seek. In our experience, patients appreciate the effort made to help them through their examinations. Informed patients will choose their healthcare facilities based on whether they can receive this kind of assistance and will shun places that are hostile to the concept. With patient expectations rising, it makes sense to train one's radiology team in advanced communication.


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Psychological drama The Wolf Hour has cast Naomi Watts as its star.
The Wolf Hour centers on June Leigh (Watts), a cultural icon and activist during the 1960s, now fallen from grace and a shell of her former self. An unseen tormentor begins exploiting her weaknesses and she must face her demons at the height of one of the darkest points in New York history: the summer of the the Son of Sam murders.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Bailey Conway Anglewicz from Automatik will produce with Bradley Pilz, who will fully finance and produce via under his newly formed Bradley Pilz shingle.
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100 talented fillies and mares have today been included in 2016 Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations; one of four Group 1 feature races on Day 2 of The Championships (April 9th) at Royal Randwick.
Gai Waterhouse has saddled the two most recent winners of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes in Diamond Drille (2014) and Amanpour (2015), and has nominated a total of six fillies and mares for the 2016 event, including English and Speak Fondly.
English was unlucky to miss the entire Spring Carnival as a result of injury, but more than stamped herself as a filly to follow through her debut two-year-old campaign.
Beating a talented field to the line over 1000m at Kembla Grange first-up, the daughter of Encosta De Lago made a successful transition to black type racing when taking out the Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) on March 7th before finishing second behind stable mate Vancouver in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m).
Having returned to the paddock after placing sixth in the Group 1 ATC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) during last year's Championships, English has trialled particularly well in the lead-up to her 2016 return.
Speak Fondly more than announced herself to the Australian racing community through spring and is arguably Waterhouse's best chance of success in the 2016 Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
Running second in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) and winning the Group 2 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) most notably in autumn, Speak Fondly returned on August 22nd for success in the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m).
Repeating the dose in the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) a fortnight later, the Northern Meteor filly placed second to Exosphere in the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) before claiming a maiden win at the highest level in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) on October 3rd.
Chris Waller is also set to hold a strong hand in the Group 1 for fillies and mares after including seven of his stars in Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations.
Horse likes Winx and Catkins are likely to target other races through the 2016 Autumn Carnival, and Waller's chances of success in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes therefore lie with the likes of Amicus and Telepathic.
A Group 1 winner over this distances having taken out the 2014 edition of the Thousand Guineas, Amicus returned to racing this time for success in the Group 2 Breeders' Classic (1200m) at Randwick over the weekend; extending her record to five wins and four minors from eighteen starts.
Resuming in spring for consecutive wins in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1300m) and Group 2 Let's Elope Stakes (1400m), Amicus failed to make anything of an impact in either of her next two starts but returned to the paddock after running a credible fifth in the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m).
Telepathic began her career under the guidance of Donna Logan in New Zealand, but has found great form for Waller through a busy preparation this time.
Returning in October for third in a Randwick minor over 1400m, Telepathic posted consecutive wins in each of the Skyla's Screamer BM84 (1500m) and Listed ATC Cup (2000m) before a credible performance for sixth in the talent-rich Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m) on December 12th.
Having placed fourth in the Listed Gosford Cup (2100m) most recently, the Mossman mare has returned to the paddock with a view towards a possible late Autumn Carnival campaign geared towards the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
Winx is currently rated early favourite at 2016 Queen Of The Turf Stakes odds of $5 for success with Ladbrokes Australia.


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Summer is here and you know what that means, its time to put your babe into a pair of bloomers! A few weeks ago, Kapas Baby sent over some items from their Spring collection for little Aria. I've decided to show these beautiful garments off in two different blog posts, because each outfit deserves your full attention.
Kapas Baby, if you aren't too sure who they are just yet, are a fab online store that not only stock amazing clothing, but also nappy bags, strollers and accessories. Kapas, pronounced kup-us comes from the Hindi word for cotton; a word that is expressive & unique, and also what all of the clothing is made from: 100% cotton. Right, now onto the good stuff…
What better way to start your Summer than with a pop of colour? This lumo pink frilly vest and bloomer set is ridiculously cute and casual and can be styled in a good few ways. Here are some images of the set in action, staring Aria and the delicious monster in our back garden.
The vest has the sweetest little sleeves with frills that match the frills on the bloomers. Both garments are both 100% locally made and 100% cotton.
Now, here are three ways that I like to style these bloomers:
The first way is how you've just seen, paired with the lumo pink vest and when Aria isn't frolicking in the garden, a pair of sweet white sandals and a leopard print headband.
Another of my favourite ways for Aria to wear bloomers is with a classic white onesie. It really makes the bloomers stand out. Again, I like to pair this up with a cute pink bow and white sandals.
Last but not least, if it's still a bit chilly in your neck of the woods, I like to pop a pair of tights under the bloomers and add a jersey over the white onesie.
How do you like to style your little ones bloomers? They really one of the key pieces that you need in your child's wardrobe this Summer!
Keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of Kapas Baby goodies, coming your way soon…


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