The first few months at university are very exciting as your students discover an expanding social life and increased freedom and opportunities.
Most will experience some sort of adjustment period, no matter what their background. This is especially true if they've moved away from home, or if they are the first in their family to go to uni.
Life as a uni student is quite different to that of a high school student. No bells, no uniform, and no detention!
But it's not all plain sailing either - university study is quite different to school study. It requires much more self motivation and responsibility.
Aside from studying with people who have similar interests and ambitions, they'll interact with people from a range of different countries and cultures.
Flexible study options allow them to have the freedom to choose their course, in many cases your majors and electives, and even whether they study on‑campus or online.
Forget cramped classrooms. They'll find great study spaces and facilities all over our campuses, including libraries with cafés, fully‑equipped computer labs and shaded outdoor grassed areas and tables.
Our students have access to 24-hour on‑campus computing facilities, enabling them to carry out study or research at a time convenient to you.
We encourage our students to find a way of learning that suits them.
Most students have one lecture or seminar per week per unit, lasting from 1-3 hours, and each unit usually has a tutorial for 1-2 hours.
It will be up to them to develop a timetable that balances their requirements, however, our staff are always available to provide assistance.
They can can access our learning support services for advice on how to develop their study skills and meet the demands of assessments. Our Learning Advisers also conduct workshops and see students one‑on‑one and in group consultations.
In addition to financial assistance and learning support, we also offer an enormous range of support in other areas, like counselling for personal problems, services for students with a disability, employment advice and career development and medical advice.


Continuing your summer vegetable gardening into fall extends your harvest season by many months. There are many things you can grow during the colder season that can be frozen, dried and even canned. Onions and plants in the onion family like garlic and shallots are easily stored in a dry humid free area and can keep fresh for years when properly stored. You can also use garlic and shallots to make herb infused butters and freeze them for use throughout the year. Find my favorite top 5 onion varieties below, organized by length of storage, popularity and taste.
5 Onions Varieties to Grow in the Fall
Yellow onions store the longest and are the most popular to commercial growers. You can find them for extremely low prices at any grocery store. Great in soups and pot roast but not my favorite for salads or on sandwiches; there are better ones for those. Yellow globe or stuttgarter store the longest and Spanish won’t keep well so should be chopped and frozen.
Sweet Sandwich Hybrid, also known in some areas as Sweet Savannah, is a brownish skinned onion popular in the Northwest that stores very well in a dry storage area. It has a sweet taste to it that is slightly similar to walla wall sweet onions but still keeps its strong onion taste.
Burgundy or in the Pacific Northwest, red onions are my favorite for salads and sandwiches. I also like to stir fry them for fajitas and enchiladas because they have a spicy hint to them and when a bigger quantity are in a dish they can actually pack some heat. Red onion is a great disease resistor and can be planted next to other onion verities to help ward off insect infestation. Red onion won’t store for longer period of time so you need to watch them and use them up when you notice they aren’t drying out like they should be.
Shallots are a cross between an onion and garlic; they have great taste and are fantastic infused in butter smothered over French bread! Shallots store easily and are good growers. Plant them by seeds directly over onion bulbs and the garlic like bulbs will grow right on top of the onion, it’s a great way to conserve garden space.
Leeks are a plant in the onion family; it’s got a strong onion flavor but looks sort of like a thick grass with its tall leaves. Leeks won’t store the same way an onion does, you will need to preserve them by freezing them.


They will keep in the fridge for several weeks if stored in a zip lock bag.
Onions and other plants in the onion family are ready to harvest when their tops fall naturally. You should see the tops topple over, the some of the tops will have a dry look to them and the bulbs will be large and full, indicating they are ready. Here are 10 tips for growing larger onions. To preserve them for storage pull them up and leave them on the bed to dry for several days, cut the tops off and then store. For onions that don’t do well dried out and stored in a cellar, you can leave them in the ground and cover with a thick covering of mulch and then just remove them as you cook with them. If you leave them in the ground you need to watch them closely and protect them from ice, heavy rain or snow.
Emily is passionate about growing her own food, crafts, sewing, developmental disabilities and blogging. You can often find her blogging over at Emily’s Frugal Tips, a frugal blog dedicated to teaching families how to live with more for less money.


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There are sure distinctions in modern residence designs that you’ll observe in this collection. From the lightnings used, to the landscapes and even the peculiar shapes of the home exterior. The architecture of today has truly evolved where there are already lot of choices to select from to create that residence look modern may it be made from wood or other architectural materials. Take a look and be surprised.
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The helicopter symbolizes the Vietnam War.
It symbolizes conflict.
It symbolizes destruction.
The long rotor blades stretch out like arms.
It symbolizes man.
Just like man’s duality, helicopters exist in two opposing roles.
They attack and threaten.
They rescue and provide refuge.
Interview excerpt published by Hush-Kit on May 1, 2018
Helicopter as warrior, hero, and villain: An interview with artist Lad Decker
What were you trying to capture through this painting series?
Helicopters are fascinating creatures. The invention of the airplane reflects man’s desire to fly. But it was the helicopter that reflects man’s conflicting desires for power. It’s a defender and rescuer, as well as an attacker and revenger.
One of the best descriptions of the ambiguous and seductive role of the helicopter is in Michael Herr’s book, “Dispatches”. In the story the photojournalist Tim Page is given an assignment with the purpose of taking the glamour out of war. Page responds, “Take the glamour out of war! I mean, how the bloody hell can you do that? Go and take the glamour out of a Huey, go take the glamour out of a Sheridan.… Can you take the glamour out of a Cobra or getting stoned at China Beach?”
Can you talk a bit about your drawings?
“The helicopters appeared in my drawings first. Drawing is a way to look and think. Because the pencil line hides nothing, the drawing is an honest record of complex feelings. I’m not an engineer and don’t want to look at lifeless facts and dull dimensions. I’m looking for the truth, which is a dangerous thing when others don’t want you to find it. I’m focused on the subjective, first-person point of view, which is an honest way to say here’s what I see. Truth resides in the emotion and feelings we have towards what we create. The things we create reflect what we believe is important. They embody what we want to do and what we wish to become. I’m just an observer. “
What helicopters inspire you the most, and why?


“The Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey”, the AH-64 Apache, and the UH-60 Black Hawk are the ones I tend to look at most lately. They are iconic helicopters that embody the duality of man as both protector and villain. The long rotor blades stretch out like arms. The fuselage stands strong, confident, and purposeful. In action, it can switch between the role of protector, warrior, and rescuer to attacker, revenger, and villain. It embodies the best and worst about humanity. It’s a reminder that we are capable of many things and must choose who we want to be. “
What other projects are you working on now?
“Obviously, I’m interested in the Vietnam War, which is most represented by the Huey. It’s easy to recognize those paintings by their dark and lush greens. Other paintings are about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with their khaki dust landscapes, devastated buildings and mountain roads. These War Field painting series often contain elements of helicopters.
Fixed-wing fighter jets like the MiG-21 and the T-38A Talon are starting to show up in my work. Not only do fighter jets reflect man’s desire for power, but their country of origin reveals the complex international order. It reflects each nation states’ desire to set the global agenda. We’re living during a time of great change and great conflict. Someone recently asked why I was interested in the subject of war when it was an end game. War is about human conflict. There seems to be no end to that.
I’m currently working on my next show on war and conflict. If anyone is interested in finding out more or would like to get a closer look at work in progress, I encourage them to follow me at Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.
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The gold-colored convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia’s roads — not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek’s claim that the vehicle can be operated telepathically.
“I just snap my fingers and the car’s door will open. Or I just think of opening the car’s door, and the door opens immediately,” said the 51-year-old, as he proudly showed off the homemade car, named the Angkor 333-2010.
Onlookers gasped as he demonstrated the trick, but with the fiberglass vehicle having cost him $5,000 and 19 months of labor, he was in no mood to reveal the remote control system behind it.
As with a handful of other Cambodians who make their own curious cars, he dreams the two-seater will help foster an automobile industry in the country, still poor after decades of conflict.
“I am very excited and proud of this car because many people admire me and keep asking me about how I can make it,” he said, adding that it reaches speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour.
Kong Pharith, a 48-year-old former math and physics teacher who has also produced his own car, said an auto industry is about to blossom in Cambodia.
“Our works will be part of a motivating force for the next generation to access new inventions and show the world that Cambodia has an ability to do what you think we cannot,” he said.
The inventor, who first came to national attention in 2005 for building a solar-powered bicycle, thinks he has now hit on a truly unique product with his orange, jeep-like vehicle with solar panels on its roof.
Kong Pharith said it took him four months to design and put the final polish on his “tribrid” car, which operates on solar energy, electricity and gasoline, hitting speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour with its 2,000 watt motor.
“I’m really happy about my achievement but not very satisfied with it yet,” he said.
He added that Cambodia’s lack of modern technology and materials are a minor obstacle to efficient manufacturing.
The dream of building cars in Cambodia may not be far-fetched. Officials have announced plans for South Korean automaker Hyundai to open a plant in southwestern Cambodia, assembling some 3,000 vehicles per year.
Cambodia assembled cars during the 1960s, before the country was caught in the maelstrom of the Vietnam War.


During the brief manufacturing run, the car known as the “Angkor” was made from imported parts and domestically-made tires.
Very basic Cambodian-assembled vehicles also still regularly rumble around the countryside, where approximately 80 percent of the country’s 14 million people live.
Farmers often depend on “robot cows,” large shop-made open-bed trucks with Chinese or Vietnamese engines, which are used to transport people and rice.
The machines, which generally cost a couple of thousand dollars, also serve as generators or water pumps when they are not heaving along pot-holed rural roads.
But in the capital Phnom Penh, the elite and the nascent middle class can often be seen driving expensive imports, which are considered a symbol of status and achievement.
“[Cambodians] put more attention into their cars than the clothes they buy,” said Jean Boris Roux, who imports Ford vehicles to Cambodia as the country manager for RM Asia.
“I think it’s very important for Cambodians to show the success in their professional life through the vehicles they drive.”
Despite the Cambodian love for cars, Roux and several other analysts said it is doubtful proper domestic manufacturing will emerge there soon — especially since neighboring Thailand remains Asia’s auto assembly giant.
“It’s not just about having four walls. You need hundreds of companies supplying seats, steering wheels, hoods,” Roux said. “This is not going to happen in Cambodia for a number of years.”
Until then, Nhean Phaloek said he will keep making cars at home. The Angkor 333-2010 is the third he has built, and his first to talk. When he slams the door a voice out of the dashboard moans, “Why do you close me too strongly?”
“Dozens of local and foreign guests have come and seen my car,” Nhean Phaloek said with a smile.
“One British man told me that it is the Cambodian James Bond car.”


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Join us for our next Knit Night in Philadelphia on February 26th from 6PM to 8PM! We'll be at City Tap House Logan Square.
All fiber artists are welcome, and we love beginner knitters! We'll have knitting teachers available, and if you are a newbie, and need yarn and needles, please email us at email@example.com to let us know. We'll have a few balls of yarn and needles available.
Get a ticket to reserve your spot now on Eventbrite, as space is limited. Tickets are $25 and include beer/wine and shared appetizers.


When asked what leaders in San Francisco should do to solve homelessness, many homeless people who spoke to The Standard said the city should stop throwing away their belongings, quickly move them into housing and offer them job opportunities.
While the root causes of homelessness vary greatly amongst people living on the streets, people interviewed by The Standard said they are often set back by falling on the wrong side of the law or because the city destroys their encampments.
The Standard interviewed nine people who were formerly homeless or still live on the city’s streets about what they would do to solve widespread homelessness if they were in charge of the city.
Several homeless people told The Standard that the longer they spend on the city’s streets, the more difficult homelessness becomes to escape. Many expressed distress over fentanyl killing their friends and said that other traumatic experiences that come along with living on the streets have made it difficult for them to improve their lives.
A formerly homeless man named Kahlua Torres said he had been stabbed several times while living on San Francisco’s streets. With every hospital visit, he said, it became more difficult to follow through with tasks that would ostensibly lead to housing. Eventually, he said, the city granted him housing at the Monarch Hotel. But he said many of his friends still live on the streets while rooms sit empty in his building.
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“There’s resources that they’re not using out here,” Torres said. “It just seems random how they pick people.”
According to a June 6 report, 811 rooms that are designated for people experiencing homelessness are sitting unoccupied. The report states that 303 of those units are awaiting a referral, 215 referrals are pending and 293 of the units are offline because they’re in need of maintenance. There are currently over 4,000 people sleeping on the city’s streets on any given night, while 3,187 people are sleeping in homeless shelters.
The city has run into issues when attempting to quickly house and shelter people from the streets, in some cases resulting in property damage and frustrated neighbors. Torres suggested that the city should create housing designed for people who are considered problematic or have been kicked out of other residential buildings.
The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing is currently in the process of revamping the city’s process of prioritizing people for housing, which is often criticized as confusing and slow.


Several people on the city’s streets told The Standard that the city’s social service workers often ask duplicated questions that lead nowhere.
“Why did I have to be assessed over and over again? I was homeless. What else is there to know?” said Pierre Byrd, a formerly homeless man who said he grew up in the city and recently acquired housing. “I feel like they don’t want to solve it.”
Others said they wished the city would provide them with a place to store their belongings.
Solaris Mathison, a 29-year-old homeless man from Ohio who said he came to San Francisco after suffering a traumatic brain injury, told The Standard that he is often set back by having his property stolen or his encampment swept by the city.
The city is currently embroiled in a lawsuit filed by a nonprofit called the Coalition on Homelessness that alleges that the city has violated federal law by destroying the property of homeless people without providing them shelter.
“You work your ass off to get these things, and then you don’t have anywhere to store them,” Mathison said. “They order us around and tell us what we need to do rather than asking how they can help.”
Some said that much of the crisis lies in motivating people to change their own lives while also giving them the resources to do so.
“You’ve got to keep people from getting idle hands,” said a homeless man named Josh Banez. “It starts with community, opportunity and activities.”
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Violet & Grace
Violet & Grace is a boho jewelry boutique offering a highly curated selection of fashion-forward jewelry at the Shore Club.
Violet & Grace at Shore Club
1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
The lowdown: When it comes to accessories, you think more is more. Whether you take your trinkets layered, stacked or piled on, a visit to just-opened Violet & Grace is a must.
Ford-model-turned-jewelry-boutique-owner Ina Lettman says, “Violet & Grace is a very unique jewelry boutique offering a highly curated selection of fashion-forward jewelry. It’s the kind of spot you would find in Saint German des Prés in Paris. I want people to feel like they’ve made a great discovery.”
The ‘hood: Parked inside the Shore Club on SoBe, Violet & Grace’s neighbors include Scoop and Prive hair salon. Lettman says, “A true fashionista can come by and leave with a new outfit, jewelry and haircut and then dine at one of the great restaurants at the hotel.”
The name: “I have always been an admirer of Grace Kelly’s classic style and have been saving the name Violet if I ever have a baby girl,” Lettman confesses.
The ambience: Think intimate and minimalist with vintage touches. Dark wood displays, gilded mirrors and velvet furnishings create a laidback vibe. Lettman adds, “The lighting is romantic and I want it to be a spot where girls will feel comfortable trying on the jewelry.”
Highlights: The boutique is a treasure trove of vintage-inspired pieces that make a strong statement. Violet & Grace is the only boutique in Florida to carry jewels by Ela Stone, a favorite of Parisian girls and of style icons Sienna Miller and Kate Moss. The line has a glam rock, bohemian feel and can be spotted on the pages of French fashion magazines. Other designers include Didi Colley and Gag & Lou.
The owner says: “The fact that we really offer jewelry that can be worn by women of different generations from teenagers to women in their 60s is special. You can find something for everyone’s pocket — from a $50 bracelet to a $500 statement piece. Whatever the price point, you will leave with something special,” Lettman adds.


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* Parliament likely to reject Johnson's election proposal
* Bill blocking Oct. 31 'no-deal' exit to become law
* PM Johnson to meet Irish PM Varadkar in Dublin
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will try for a second time on Monday to call a snap election, but is set to be thwarted once more by opposition lawmakers who want to ensure he cannot take Britain out of the European Union without a divorce agreement.
With no majority in parliament, which is determined to prevent what many businesses fear would be a calamitous way to quit the EU, Johnson wants to hold an election to keep his promise of leaving by Oct. 31, with or without an agreement.
On Monday, a bill is due to become law that would force him to seek a three-month extension to that deadline unless parliament has either approved a deal or consented by Oct. 19 to leave without one.
That has prompted Johnson, who has said he would rather be ‘dead in a ditch’ than request such an extension, to ask for an election on Oct. 15.
He will put forward a motion in parliament on Monday to propose this, but it would require the support of two-thirds of lawmakers - and opposition parties have said they will not agree to an election until a 'no-deal' exit is ruled out.
It means that, three years after Britain voted to leave the EU, there is deep uncertainty about how the Brexit dilemma will play out what it will mean for the world's fifth-largest economy and its people and politics.
Johnson, in office for less than two months, has endured a torrid seven days in which he lost his majority in parliament, expelled 21 rebels from his Conservative Party and saw his own brother quit the government, torn between family loyalty and ‘the national interest’.
On Saturday, his work and pensions minister suddenly resigned, saying the government was focusing 80 to 90% of its work on 'no-deal' preparations rather than seeking a withdrawal agreement with the EU.
Meanwhile two ministers said on Sunday that Johnson would not seek a delay at a summit next month - but notably declined to spell out how he would nevertheless obey the new law if no deal was agreed with the EU.
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Johnson and other senior ministers say they are coming up with new proposals and that progress is being made in talks.
Finance minister Sajid Javid said Johnson would go to an EU summit on Oct. 17 to try to secure that deal.


‘The prime minister will go to the council meeting on the 17th and 18th (of October), he'll be trying to strike a deal. He absolutely will not be asking for an extension in that meeting,’ Javid told the BBC.
One of the main sticking points has been disagreement over the Irish 'backstop' - an insurance policy to prevent the return of visible checks on the border between the Irish Republic and the British province of Northern Ireland.
Johnson goes to Dublin on Monday for talks with his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, but expectations are low.
‘I don't think the meeting tomorrow is a high-stakes meeting in that I don't anticipate a big breakthrough,’ Varadkar said on Sunday. ‘If we come to an agreement, that will happen most likely in October at the EU summit.’
The bill requiring Johnson to seek a Brexit extension is due to become law on Monday when it receives the assent of Queen Elizabeth, a move Johnson said would destroy Britain's negotiating strategy by removing the threat of a 'no-deal' exit.
Foreign minister Dominic Raab said the government would ‘test to the limit’ what the law would require ministers to do, and the Daily Telegraph reported that his office was exploring how it could sabotage any extension request by making it clear to the EU that it did not want a delay.
Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told BBC radio: ‘I think it would be reasonable to say that, from our point of view, we would be in favour of an extension that would create the space to hopefully conclude where we are. But it is a matter that needs full agreement across the European Council.’
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One punch took him from Hollywood's Golden Boy to Bad Boy Brody.
The media didn't care he was grieving his brother's death. They descended on him, but to change his reputation, his manager got him a deal.
Act in an indie film, one that already had Oscar buzz, and he'd get the movie roles he needed to secure his future.
He took the deal.
Yet he wasn't prepared for the real-life people behind the script.
He wasn't prepared for the murder the movie was based on.
And he really wasn't prepared for her, the biggest secret of all.
She was wild. She was beautiful. She defied gravity.
But was she the leading role that would tame him?


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Michael Semple, the Former Deputy to the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, argues that the killing of Osama bin Laden in a house in Abbottabad Cantonment marks the end of phase one of the war in Afghanistan.
The post- bin Laden conflict may even move away from the issues of international terrorism and back to the challenge of Afghans finding a way to live together.
Afghan Taliban have long argued that Al Qaeda was irrelevant for them. But when I asked Taliban for their reactions to the news, their first comment was that this boded ill for the future of Mullah Omar or Seraj Haqani hiding out in Pakistan.
Basically they wondered, after Osama, who will be exposed and targeted next.
Afghan Taliban have further lowered their confidence in the safety of the “safe haven” that they supposedly enjoy in Pakistan. Of course, Bin Laden and his admirers have long glorified death and sacrifice.
For some of them the martyred Bin Laden will live on as a symbol of resistance and they will follow his successor. But wars are fought on more practical considerations.
Any notions that the Taliban have entertained of military victory are premised on the assumption that they can recruit, train, plan and organise in areas which are inaccessible to US forces.
Bin Laden's success in evading capture, helped encourage the idea of mujahideen victory over America – he periodically declared it inevitable.
The Taliban leaders in charge of the military campaign also operate “under-ground” in Pakistan and will now feel a renewed sense of vulnerability.


Best POS for a Food Truck
What’s your recommendation for a POS for a small Food Truck?
Is there a reason you did not included TouchBistro as a POS?
TouchBistro is great and we cover it in another roundup of best POS systems for restaurants. For the cost, it might be overkill for a food truck operation. Square is really popular for food truck use. I was at a free concert just last weekend and all but one of the food trucks there used Square. I asked how it’s working for them (as I always do) and all were pleased. Notable benefits that Square has over the others are a free account (just pay the CC fees), unlimited users and devices for no added fees, and you can use on most any mobile device, so your upfront costs can be $0. Plus, it has an offline mode which is something that few others offer. This allows you to accept credit card payments without an internet, Wifi, or cellular connection. When the connection is reestablished, the charges are processed. Of course, there’s the possibility of a decline after the customer is gone, but generally, the benefit outweighs that small percentage of bad charges.
Most POS systems have free trials, so you can test drive them before deciding. Good luck!
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Great ideas for Christmas shopping in Brixton
5th December 2013
5th December 2013
Ok it’s that time of the year again. Yep, get your credit card out; you’re going shopping! And not for yourself either, for the mass of nieces, cousins, uncles, children etc you may have. Ahhh the joy of giving...
Obviously we’re joking - we’re not like Scrooge; we love Christmas. And where better to splurge your hard earned cash than on the eclectic streets of Brixton? If you’re looking for something a bit different, here are a few tips on where to head if you are looking for Christmas shopping in Brixton.
It’s launching this Friday (6th December) for two nights - make sure you don’t miss out! Yes, it’s Brixton Night Market, which aims to bring together a range of stalls from well known local restaurants, as well as a smattering of newcomers and special guests. The market’s taking place in Windrush Square and the objective is to help local and street traders, especially food stalls that find it tough to trade in markets such as Lambeth, due to competition. There will also be a range of crafts and new local businesses on display as well as live entertainment. So remember to pay the market a visit – and if you’re interested get in contact regarding a stall - fees start from £40 a day.
If you’re after some stationery with a twist, check out what Katie Leamon’s got on offer. A range of lovely cards with different themes, such as nursery rhymes, playing cards - all with original illustrations - you can pick up a card with an authentic feel. The other benefit is you won’t have to brace the cold weather - so instead of going Christmas shopping in Brixton, you can just hop on your laptop in bed and peruse this delightful site.
Want to pick up a handful of kooky vintage presents? Check out the retro and vintage market if you’re looking for something different. From jewellery to shoes to vintage clothes and furniture, make sure you have a thorough rummage through the goods on offer. And it’s not just clothes - there’s also a vintage sweet stall that will take you back to your childhood days!


The market takes place on the third Saturday of the month, so why not go along and see what it’s all about - it’s just a minute’s walk from the tube.
Say it with flowers this Christmas! Janet Edwards is a fantastic place to pick up a stunning bunch in Brixton. Janet’s interest in flower arranging started as a hobby but has now grown into a successful online business and she also has a shop if you’re looking to go shopping in Brixton at Christmas. She specialises in hand-tied bouquets as well as flowers for christenings, weddings and special occasions. Make sure you click on the special requests tab for brilliant examples of her work.


Authorities have given the green light to a Haywards Bay couple's plans to open a cable wakeboarding park on the edge of Lake Illawarra.
Nick and Amy Mowbray secured the final approval needed to operate the park in Griffiths Bay last week.
It allows the couple to realise a dream two years in the making.
"It's great news for us," said a relieved Mr Mowbray.
"We had to jump a lot of hurdles to get here; we needed approval from [NSW] Fisheries, Wollongong City Council, Lake Illawarra Authority and the RMS [Roads and Maritime Services].
"Now we've got them, we're really excited to set up and get going."
Mr Mowbray said he planned to launch the tourism venture in time for the Australia Day long weekend.
"I just hope it's hot," he said.
"We'll have our eyes glued to the weather forecast, that's for sure."
The park's set-up will include two semi-permanent A-frame structures erected on separate jetties and linked with a motorised cable and pulley system.
Riders will be towed from one end of the course to the other and back again by an overhead cable connected to the pulley system.
Mr Mowbray said there would be up to 10 riders an hour, giving users between six and 10 rides a session.
The park will operate at weekends and public holidays.
Destination NSW backed the Mowbrays' proposal before its approval, providing the couple with a $45,000 grant to help with start-up costs.


Click for pdf: cyanotic congenital heart disease
Introduction to Cyanosis
Cyanosis is a bluish or purple discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes associated with poor oxygenation. It is noticeable when >5 g/dL of deoxygenated hemoglobin is present and usually assessed by pulse oximetry. It is very difficult to detect unless the arterial saturation is ≤ 85% and best seen in tongue and oral mucosa. Acrocyanosis (cyanosis only in peripheral parts), commonly seen with cold environments or after bathing, is always a normal finding and is not a true cyanosis. Long standing cyanosis results in digital clubbing.
Causes of Cyanosis: Cardiac and Non-Cardiac
Non-Cardiac Causes of Neonatal Cyanosis
Hyaline membrane disease
Respiratory neuromuscular dysfunction
Heavy maternal sedation
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Choanal atresia or stenosis
Intrauterine fetal distress
Please note that an in-depth approach to neonatal cyanosis is available on LearnPediatrics.com
Cardiac causes of cyanosis can be divided into ductal-dependent and ductal-independent lesions. Ductal-dependent lesions require the ductus arteriosus for adequate pulmonary circulation and include: Tetralogy of Fallot, tricuspid atresia or Ebstein’s anomaly, and pulmonic atresia or stenosis. Ductal-independent lesions result in pulmonary and systemic mixing leading to deoxygenating of the arterial blood; hence cyanosis. These lesions include: truncus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries, and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. In these conditions, mixing typically occurs through an atrial septal defect (ASD), patent foramen ovale (PFO), or ventricular septal defect (VSD).
Differentiating Cyanotic Congenital Heart Lesions
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tricuspid atresia or Ebstein’s anomaly
Transposition of the great arteries
Pulmonic atresia or stenosis
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
History Taking: Key Symptoms
A thorough cardiac history including prenatal, perinatal and family history should be taken. For older children history of a heart murmur, respiratory distress and exercise intolerance is helpful.


Important flags on history include:
- Timing and location (peripheral or central) of cyanosis, clubbing
- Refractory cyanosis if fails to improve with oxygen therapy
Fainting or cyanotic spells
- Cyanosis occurring with exertion, emotions, and/or bearing down, indicative of dynamic and increasing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, which results in increased right-to-left shunting through intracardiac shunt (VSD, ASD)
- History of exercise intolerance, including dyspnea and/or diaphoresis on minor exertion, or palpitations with exertion
Gestational History and Family History
- Prenatal screening is important as many genetic syndromes are associated with congenital cardiac malformations
- Maternal illness: diabetes, rubella, teratogenic medications.
- More recently, mothers or fetuses at-risk for congenital cardiac malformations usually require a fetal echocardiogram to investigate for cardiac defects
- Family history of congenital cardiac disease is important, as more and more individuals with congenital heart disease are living into their reproductive age.
Please note that an approach to cardiac history taking is available on LearnPediatrics.com
Physical Examination: Key Findings
A thorough physical examination should be performed, including complete cardiac and respiratory examination. Of note, important findings include:
- Dysmorphic features of genetic/congenital malformations (ie. Down’s syndrome is associated with endocardial cushion defects, Turner’s syndrome associated with coarctation of aorta)
- Look for the signs of peripheral (nail beds) and central (mucous membranes) cyanosis
- Differential cyanosis (oxygen saturation in lower limbs < upper limbs)
- Heart rate, pulse oximetry, palpate central and peripheral pulses and/or measure blood pressure in upper and lower extremities
- Palpate for loud heart sounds, parasternal heave, apical impulse and thrill.
- Auscultate for abnormal (ie. single or widely split S2) and extra heart sounds and murmurs (Grade, timing, location, radiation, intensity and maneuvers)
- Signs of heart failure: parasternal heave and palpable P2 (pulmonary hypertension), elevated JVP, hepatomegaly, and peripheral edema (right-sided failure), displaced apical impulse (enlarged LV)
- Observe for signs of respiratory distress like tachypnea, dyspnea (ie.


accessory muscles, paradoxic diaphragm) and hypoventilation
- Palpate for asymmetric diaphragmatic expansion, and in older children percussion for consolidation, pleural effusions, and pneumothorax
- Auscultate for air entry, listen for rales/crackles (consistent with effusions and/or consolidation)
- Congestive heart failure: Poor air entry and dullness to percussion at the bases (pleural effusion), along with basal rales/crackles (pulmonary edema)
Please note that an approach to murmurs is available on LearnPediatrics.com
Investigations for Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
If cyanotic heart disease is suspected, the following investigations are available for confirmation of underlying diagnosis:
Right ventricular hypertrophy: transposition of great arteries, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, tetralogy of fallot, double-outlet right ventricle, PPHN
Left or bi-ventricular hypertrophy: truncus arteriosus, transposition of great arteries, pulmonary or tricuspid atresia, asplenia syndrome
Right bundle branch block: Ebstein’s anomaly
Chest X-ray (CXR)
Chest x-ray will demonstrate cardiac size and pulmonary vascularity.
Cyanotic cardiac lesions with increased vascularity include simple TGA, TAPVR, DORV, and polysplenia syndrome.
Cyanotic cardiac lesions with decreased vascularity include TOF, complex TGA, Ebstein’s anomaly, pulmonary and tricuspid atresia, and asplenia syndrome.
Certain unique chest x-ray findings might be more helpful and include:
|“Egg-shaped” heart transposition of great arteries||“Boot-shaped” heart in Tetralogy of Fallot|
|“Snowman” in total anomalous pulmonary venous return||Extreme cardiomegaly can occur in Ebstein’s anomaly|
Hyperoxia test is performed to demonstrate the response of the neonate’s arterial PaO2 to 100% oxygen. Typically, if the cause for cyanosis is non-cardiac, the arterial PaO2 will increase to ≥ 100 mmHg on exposer to 100% oxygen. However, if there is a cardiac cause for cyanosis, the PaO2 will remain below 100mmHg.


Pre-ductal and Post-ductal Pulse Oximetry:
Pulse oximetry from the upper (pre-ductal) and lower/umbilical (post-ductal) arteries can help identify a right-to-left shunt occurring through the ductus arteriosus. Typically, a difference of > 5% in the presence of normal oxygen saturation in upper limbs pre- and post-ductal measurements suggests a right-to-left shunt. Furthermore, differential cyanosis (ie. cyanotic in the lower extremities) is a manifestation of an extreme pre- to post-ductal PaO2 gradient, which can occur in PPHN with interrupted aortic arch, and coarctation of the aorta. Of interest, reverse cyanosis in the upper but not lower extremities could be a manifestation of an aortic coarctation or interruption with concurrent transposition of the great arteries.
Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)
A transthoracic echocardiogram will accurate identify a congenital cardiac lesion causing the cyanosis. For example, two-dimensional echocardiogram can identify anatomical lesions like septal defects (atrial or ventricular), tetralogy of Fallot etc. The additional spectral Doppler can determine degree and direction of shunt and the grading of outflow tract obstructions.
Additional imaging modalities include cardiac catheterization and cardiac magnetic resonance to further clarify abnormal anatomy in preparation for cardiac surgery.
Summary of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
Here, we present a brief summary of the pathophysiology of common congenital heart defects. For an in-depth summary of congenital heart defects, consider reading Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners by Myung K. Park.
Transposition of the Great Arteries
In transposition of the great arteries, the aorta arises from the right ventricle while the main pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle. The systemic and pulmonary circulations run in parallel with significant cyanosis occurring shortly after birth. As a result, most newborns are dependent on a patent ductus arteriosus or ventricular septal defect (30-40% of cases) to maintain appropriate oxygen saturations.


Most of the children with this condition now a day managed with arterial switch operation (aorta is connected to left ventricle and pulmonary artery to right ventricle) along with correction of associate lesions like closure of ventricular septal defect.
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot is the constellation of four congenital cardiac lesions, including: right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (pulmonary infundibular stenosis), overriding aorta, ventricular septal defect, and right ventricular hypertrophy. There is a resulting variable right-to-left shunt of deoxygenated blood, due to the dynamic right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Typically, infants present with cyanosis shortly after birth or cyanotic spells “tet spells” with crying, exertion resulting in frequent squatting. Importantly, a variation of Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia will result in severe cyanosis immediately at birth. Most of the patients are surgically repaired around 4-6 months of age.
Total or partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR or PAPVR):
In this condition, the pulmonary veins have abnormal connection or drainage into systemic veins resulting in volume overloading of the heart. Infants with TAPVR (all the pulmonary veins) may present with symptoms of heart failure or with severe cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension if obstructed. Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage can be divided into: Supracardiac (superior vena cava), cardiac (coronary sinus, right atrium), infracardiac (portal vein, hepatic vein, inferior vena cava), and a mixed drainage. Obstructed TAPVR requires urgent surgery.
Tricuspid or Pulmonic Atresia
The presence of tricuspid or pulmonic atresia typically requires a concurrent abnormality, such as an atrial or ventricular septal defect and/or patent ductus arteriosus for survival. Infants present with cyanosis and require surgical treatment.
Ebstein’s anomaly involves the displacement of the septal and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle, resulting in severe tricuspid regurgitation and functional right ventricular hypoplasia. There is a resultant dilatation of the right atrium, which can be seen on chest x-ray. Treatment is usually surgical depending upon the severity.


Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypoplasia of the left ventricle results in a small and non-functional left ventricle to sustain systemic circulation. Although tolerated in utero due to right ventricular compensation, the hypoplastic left ventricle is unable to maintain adequate systemic flow after birth. Usually ductus arteriosus is kept patent with prostaglandins till staged surgical palliation (Norwood operations) is performed and followed by separation of systemic and pulmonary circulation with Fontan operation.
A persistent truncus arteriosus arises from the early fetal truncus, a single arterial trunk that gives rise to both the pulmonary and systemic circulation. If this single arterial trunk fails to separate, there remains a single outflow tract from the right and left ventricles, with a truncal valve. This is usually associated with VSD.
Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
A double-outlet right ventricle simply means both the aorta and pulmonary artery arise from the right ventricle, and the left ventricle outlet is through a large VSD. Patients may present with either heart failure or severe cyanosis. This condition is repaired with different types of surgery depending upon other associated lesion.
Heterotaxy: Asplenia (right atrial isomerism) and Polysplenia (Left atrial isomerism) Syndromes
Heterotaxia refers to the failure of differentiation between the right- and left-sided organ, which results in not only complex cardiac lesions but also many other non-cardiac malformations especially abdominal organs.


These two syndromes are most accurately summarized and compared in the following table:
|Cardiovascular||Bilateral SVC, anomalous pulmonary venous return, absence of the coronary sinus, endocardial cushion defect, pulmonary stenosis, transposition of great arteries,||Interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation, pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis or coarctation, endocardial cushion defects|
|Spleen||Splenic agenesis (**infection risk**)||Multiple but nonfunctional splenules|
|Lungs||Trilobated lungs with eparterial bronchus||Bilobated lungs with hyparterial bronchus|
|Liver||Midline liver, independent hepatic vein on the opposite side of the IVC||Usually normal but may be Midline,Direct drainage of hepatic veins into atrium|
|Gastrointestinal||Right-sided or midline stomach, gastrointestinal malrotation||Malrotation or biliary abnormalities|
Eisenmenger’s syndrome is cyanosis due to right-to-left shunting intracardiac shunt. Acyanotic lesions (such as atrial or ventricular septal defects) are typically able to maintain appropriate oxygen saturations despite a left-to-right shunt. However, persistent left-to-right shunting over time causes pulmonary overcirculation resulting in increased pulmonary vascular resistance. Pulmonary vascular resistance increases to a point where right-sided pressures become greater than left-sided pressures leading to right-to-left shunt (shunt reversal) causing cyanosis. Signs of Eisenmenger’s syndrome, apart from central cyanosis, include the findings of pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure such as right ventricular heave, palpable P2, pulmonic or tricuspid regurgitation, elevated JVP, hepatic congestion/palpable liver, and peripheral edema.
Management of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
The following is a brief summary of acute and long term management of cyanotic congenital heart disease. For an in-depth approach to managing specific congenital lesions, consider reading Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners by Myung K. Park.
Apart from supplemental oxygen, medical management of cyanotic heart diseases includes prostaglandin E1 infusion in ductal-dependent lesions to maintain a patent ductus arteriosus. This will usually serve as a bridging therapy towards intervention or cardiac surgery.


In cases of life-threatening cyanosis and/or pulmonary hypertension, a balloon atrial septostomy is done by threading a wire through the foramen ovale, and inflating a balloon to open the foramen ovale. This allows adequate mixing in the case of transposition of the great arteries, and relieves right-sided pressures in the setting of pulmonary hypertension.
A number of surgical procedures can either correct congenital anomalies, or stabilize an infant with congenital abnormalities. These palliative procedures can often serve as long-term options, and include Blalock-Taussig shunt, Glenn procedure, and others.
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5th Sunday of Lent (c)
This Week’s Liturgy Calendar.
Season of Lent
Sunday 17th March: 5th Sunday of Lent (c).
The first reading is from the Prophet Isaiah. He Prophet assures the Jews, exiled in Babylon, that there will be a new Exodus. This message of hope should inspire us also.
In the second reading, St. Paul reminds us that he has willingly sacrificed everything for the privilege of knowing Christ. We should try to follow his example.
In the Gospel, Jesus refuses to condemn a woman caught in adultery. He treats her with justice and compassion.
Monday 18th March: Monday in 5th week of Lent.
We have the famous story from the Book of Daniel, of how the wickedness of the two old men was exposed. Through simple wisdom, Daniel was able to save Susanna who had refused to compromise her virtue.
In the Gospel, Jesus is confronted with the woman who had committed adultery. Although he condemns the sin, he ensures that the sinner is not judged but pardoned.
Tuesday 19th March: Solemnity of St. Joseph.
We are again reminded of what the crucifixion will do for us. Those who looked on the bronze serpent on its standard in the Old Testament story were saved from poison. Therefore, those who look on Jesus, who will be lifted up, will be saved. That is why we should use the sign of the cross with respect and reflection.
Wednesday 20th March: Wednesday in the 5th week of Lent.
Certain Jews refused to worship the statue made by Nebuchadnezzar and were thrown into the fiery furnace. They survived and demonstrated the great power of the God they believed in.
Jesus was very maddening for the Pharisees even although he is only with them a very short time. It is through him, however, that the fountains of living water what would bring redemption and new life would flow.
Thursday 21st March: Thursday in the 5th week of Lent.
Our communion with God, our salvation, depends on faith. Like Abraham, we have to trust the word of God. His faith changed not only his own life but also the lives of his people.
Now God speaks to us in his Word – Jesus Christ.


If we believe in him, we become part of the new people of the new covenant through Baptism, with the promise of eternal life given to us.
Friday 22nd March: Friday in the 5th week of Lent.
The people want to bring the prophet down. He takes his strength from knowing the Lord God is on his side.
Jesus is being threatened by stone throwing Jews. He reminds them he is not blaspheming but only doing the work of his Father. This makes the Jews even angrier.
Saturday 23rd March: Saturday in the 5th week of Lent.
At a time of great suffering as a result of the exile, Ezekiel preaches the great vision of hope for the people. Israel will be gathered together again as one nation, in one land, ruled by one shepherd.
After the resurrection of Lazarus, the high priests and leaders decide they can no longer cope with Jesus and the decision is taken that he must die.
O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness
And we feel our weakness and helplessness
Give us Your presence,
Your love and Your strength.
Help us to have perfect trust
In Your protecting love
And strengthening power
So that nothing may frighten or worry us
For, living close to You, we shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things.


United in Christ
2 Corinthians 6:16-18
For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: (Paul quoting Lev., Jer., and Ezek.) “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they will be My people. Therefore come out from them and be separate, touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters”, says the Lord Almighty.
If anyone has told you that salvation through Jesus will take away all of your problems, they simply did not tell you the truth. In John 16:33, Jesus tells us, “In this world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world”. First off, what is tribulation? Tribulation is grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering; an affliction. We can all think of a laundry list of things that match this definition of tribulation. We all face tribulation, most of us, on a daily basis. We suffer, we hurt, we hunger, we are in pain, we experience loss, etc. The good news is that, for the believer, we can be of “good” cheer. What is cheer? Cheer is a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc. Wow! When we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, we are able to face the tribulations of life because our assurance in Him encourages us to press on through the challenges knowing that we are victors, not victims! Jesus could have just said “be of cheer”. He emphasized it by saying, “be of good cheer because I have overcome the world”.
God tells us to “come out from them”. Who is them? - The world. What does that mean? Does that mean that we should lock ourselves in our homes and never leave? Of course not. It means to detach ourselves from the world, not the people, the world and worldly living. Our relationship with Christ causes us to take our confidence out of the things and ideas of the world and put our confidence in Him. It is the things that the world says is ok that puts an enormous load of heavy burdens upon us. Sin is what makes our lives miserable.


It’s not a mental disorder, it’s not anxiety, it’s not stress, and it’s not fear that makes life unbearable; it’s sin! I’m not saying that these things do not exist; they do exist! What I am saying is that these are all bi-products and results of one main issue- sin. Sin produces sorrow; Jesus gives joy! 1 Peter 1:8 proclaims, “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy”. Verse 9- “for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls”.
This is where we are today. People are getting to a point in life where they feel like they can bear no more. They can’t take it anymore. A lot of these people end up on clinical drugs, street drugs, addicted to alcohol, bound by sexual desire with the idea that they will find fulfillment and satisfaction. Many people become addicted to work, addicted to exercising, the internet and all other kinds of temporary satisfaction. They never find an end to their means because they are trying to fill a void that the world cannot fill and they are trying to experience joy that the world cannot give.
If we are to “come out of the world”, what of the people in the world? The world teaches self-reliance and that life is “all about me”. Jesus commands reliance upon Him and unity among believers. These 2 elements is what made the Unites States a global power for many, many decades-our forefathers knew that they could not build this country on their own strength, so they put their faith for their success and the success of the Nation in God; they knew that a country divided would fall, but a country united would stand. This is where our enemy, the devil, has tried to drive the people of God to- not being united! It is easier to be divided and conquered than it is to be united and conquered. If the devil can divide us, he can conquer us much more easily; but if we unite under God, through His Son Jesus, the bridge to life, we can stand victoriously! Will you unite with us in Jesus Christ today so that you may experience this joy and release from the world?


In Gaelic, Iyla means island. The soft curves of the collection could be installed on any island in the world or in any mainland water lover’s bathroom, for that matter. This collection grew from the soft wave shape you see wrap its way around the spouts of this collection. Feel the tranquility of ocean living no matter where you are.
- Cameron Potter, Industrial Designer
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MediLinks® IRF Management Software addresses audit risks, reporting demands, and treatment requirements under the pressure of an evolving post-acute payment model
LENEXA, KS, May 16, 2017 – Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a provider of healthcare and human services software, has launched MediLinks IRF Management a browser-based software solution designed to streamline the highly regulated workflows unique to inpatient rehabilitation—preadmission, therapy time tracking, IRF-PAI submission, and quality measures.
“IRFs have faced significant scrutiny in recent years,” noted Thomas Mann, Mediware’s president
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Many inpatient teams are forced to use their hospital’s enterprise-wide EMR to manage preadmission, scheduling, and IRF-PAI workflows, which are found nowhere else in the hospital. This results in awkward workarounds that only make compliance and productivity more challenging.
“MediLinks IRF Management software gives organizations what they need to manage the high-priority tasks that drive compliance and revenue protection,” said MediLinks Product Manager Shawn Hewitt. “No other system offers such fast and easy workflows for preadmission, three-hour rule/IRF scheduling, and IRF-PAI management.”
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After Hours Social at Piper’s Cafe
Thu, October 07
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Please join us for a social at Piper’s Cafe! Boasting a new menu, Piper’s offers a full service bar and an expanded menu of ice cream and frozen goodies. “Adult milk shakes” are popular, as well as bourbon slush, and the like. See the full menu below.


With SAMPLER ONE, Rootz Radicals offer 13 of their most recent Songs for free download on their homepage www.rootzradicals.com. A wrap-up of the band’s current work giving intriguing insights into the unmistakable sound of Rootz Radicals.
Singer Uno Jahma joins forces with Anthony B on LET JAH FIRE BURN and with Rebellion the Recaller on GROUNDED. Both of these conscious and heavy Roots tunes are exemplary for the innovative style of the five-member live band and producer team from Germany. Four songs on the sampler are accompanied by a music video, for example, the most recent release AUGUST TOWN SOUND, which’s video will be released on YouTube and Vevo on August 30, 2019.
AUGUST TOWN SOUND was recorded in Jamaica and deals with life in August Town, a deprived, yet uprising Community bordering on the University Campus in Kingston. Next to band members Uno Jahma and Chris Eastwood, AUGUST TOWN SOUND features 12-year old artist Zion from August Town. Zion’s talent immediately caught the attention of producer Chris who noticed him singing near the University gate that separates August Town and the Campus. Chris was a student at the University of the West Indies back then, and little did he know that only two years after he invited Zion to join the ROOTZ RADICALS video, Zion would sing the intro hook to DJ Khaled’s HOLY MOUNTAIN.
SAMPLER ONE outlines the versatility and musical range of Rootz Radicals. From authentic Rocksteady in “Fresh Weed”, to state-of-the-art Afrobeats in “Bad Government”, which hit the Global Reggae Charts at 11 in 2018. With GAL WEH IN DEH, WAY WE ALL COME FROM, LOST PARADISE and MEDI PON DI ISHENS, Rootz Radicals have established their very own and unique sound within the Reggae sector.
Rootz Radicals are singer and head engineer Uno Jahma, guitarist and creative songwriter Chris Eastwood, the multi-instrumentalist and musical mastermind Thomas Eibl, bass player Henry Shell and drummer Tommy “Stroke” Dread.
More new songs from Rootz Radicals will soon be available on the Rootz Radicals Debut Album, which is currently finalized in Berlin’s Planet Earth Studios. The release is scheduled for spring 2020. SAMPLER ONE is also available as physical CD in the Rootz Radicals online shop.
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Special Issue in Vaccines: Vaccine Uptake in Italy, through the OBVIOUS Project and Other Independent Research
Globally, infant and childhood vaccine coverage rates are still not high enough, with outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases occurring frequently even in high-income countries. Vaccine hesitancy is one of the factors explaining the suboptimal percentages of vaccination coverage, defined by the SAGE group as a “delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccine services”. The decision not to vaccinate or delay vaccine shots comes from a complex decision-making process influenced by numerous factors related to population, context, environment, historical period, and single vaccine.
This recent worldwide increase in vaccine hesitancy led the World Health Organization to list vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 health threats facing the world in 2019. This has led several high-, middle-, and low-income countries to enact, strengthen or contemplate mandatory and/or recommended infant and childhood immunization in order to address this novel gap.
This Special Issue focuses on the knowledge and strategies to reduce vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccination coverage rates in the group of infant and childhood. Submission of original articles, systematic reviews, short communications, and other types of article on related topics is welcome.


Manuscripts should follow standard journal peer-review practices, and those accepted for publication will appear in the Special Issue on “Vaccine Hesitancy and Child Immunizations: Rationales, Issues and Knowledge Gaps”.
Prof. Dr. Davide Gori
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- Vaccine hesitancy
- Child immunizations
- Vaccination coverage rates
- Interventions and strategies
- Rationales, issues, and knowledge
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Adverse events
- Vaccine uptake
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Child Immunizations: Rationales, Issues and Knowledge Gaps in Vaccines (12 articles)
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Child Immunizations: Rationales, Issues and Knowledge Gaps for a Post-pandemic Future (2023) in Vaccines (2 articles)
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Child Immunizations: Rationales, Issues and Knowledge Gaps 2022 in Vaccines (5 articles)


After I featured Vine Grove Avenue in two posts (here and here) back in January of 2019, the City began to demolish a large number of the abandoned houses on the one block long street in autumn of the same year.
I wondered what had been going on since that time in this isolated corner of the Greater Ville since that time, and the answer is relatively simple: a whole lot of grass and weeds have been growing.
We see another example of a random mailbox left behind like we saw recently in Old North.
This house holds on, despite being abandoned for years now.
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Can’t believe that window AC is still there.
Our family home was 3004 Vine Grove for many years. We were the second generation there, our Father, John F. Scott and his parents and siblings were before us. It was a wonderful, safe environment. Our street was filled with African American families whom worked hard and wanted more for their children. It was a wonderful childhood.
Thank you for sharing; it’s definitely sad to see most of the street demolished now.


Chandragupta Maurya 27th November 2018 Written Episode Update: Chandragupta Reaches To Rescue His Friends
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Dhananand orders to behead Chandragupta’s friends. Mura thinks when will the savior come to save innocent people from cruel Dhananand. Soldier is about to behead Stulbhadra when Chandragupta walks in dragging box, beating plates. He drops plates and shows golden head saying Dhananand would be more interested in seeing this head than these cut heads. Everyone stand surprise. Dhananand asks who is he. Mahamartya says he is the one who stole golden head and came back here to free his friends. Chandragupta laughs and says if he was the thief, why would he return here to get punished. Mahamartya shouts not to act oversmart. Chandragupta says he wants to prove him intelligent or fool. He continues convince Dhananand. Dhananand laughs and asks him to stop his drama, he knows he is
Chandragupta’s boss Lubda gets tensed hearing that. Chandragupta says he and his boss stole golden head from thieves who stole it first and he came to return it to the great king risking his life. Mahamartya asks Dhananad to not listen to the boy and kill him. Dhananand orders to kill boy. On the other side, Chanakya reaches Lubda;s house to know about Chandragupta and finds house locked. He enquires neighbor who says he must have gone to palace as his team will be killed today. Chanakya tells Bhairav they have to save that boy as he is very precious.
Dhanaand’s brother heads to behead Chandragupta when Chandragupta reminisces his boss Lubda telling he saw only royal ring in man’s finger who gave the task of stealing golden head. He laughs loudly. Mahamartya says he has gone mad in fear. Chandragupta says if he is killed, how will king know who ordered to steal golden head, culprit had royal ring.


Dhananand’s brother says Dhananand gifted same ring to 7 brothers. Chandragupta gets tensed and says he has evidence in box and will show it to king. Dhananand says if he cannot prove his words, he will be smeared honey and let ants to bite and kill him. Chandragupta walks towards Dhananand closing fist saying he got evidence. Dhananand’s another brother says he did not leave any evidence in box. Chandragupta says here he got the proof and culprit is caught.
Precap: Chandragupta enacting as king orders to give 10 lashes to culprit/Stulbhadra, stops and says when citizens steal food, it is king’s mistake, so he should be lashed.
Friends chant his name as king. Chanakya notices from a distance.
Update Credit to: MA


Canada Overhauling Project Review Scheme
There will be less red tape and less duplication for project proposers to navigate, according to the officials, who said the government will expand the types of impacts studied to understand how a proposed project could affect not just the environment, but also its long-term health, social, and economic impacts, as well as impacts on indigenous peoples.
The Canadian government is overhauling the scheme it uses to assess proposed major projects' impacts, especially environmental impacts. The announced changes will include replacing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, with the Impact Assessment Act and also establishing the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (currently the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency) to lead all federal reviews of major projects.
"A new wave of resource development is coming with more than $500 billion in projects planned over the next 10 years," said Jim Carr, minister of Natural Resources. "We are building a better Canada, where investors, companies, and all Canadians can have confidence that good projects will be approved in a timely manner and held to the highest standard. With these better rules, we will demonstrate how we can grow the economy and get our resources to market while advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and protecting the environment for future generations."
Timely approval means there will be less red tape and less duplication for project proposers to navigate, according to the officials, who said the government will expand the types of impacts studied to understand how a proposed project could affect not just the environment, but also its long-term health, social, and economic impacts, as well as impacts on indigenous peoples.
The plan is to add a new, early engagement phase for the public to participate in project reviews and to enable reduced project timelines compared to the current system. "We are seeking Canadians’ feedback on a more robust project list, identifying types of projects within federal jurisdiction that could pose major risks to the environment and would therefore require review," the government's Feb. 8 announcement said.
The proposed new rules still must be passed by Parliament. Until that happens, existing laws and interim principles for project reviews will continue to apply to projects under review.
"We heard from a wide range of Canadians that previous reforms to environmental laws put our environment, fish and waterways at risk and eroded public trust," said Catherine McKenna, minister of Environment and Climate Change. "We listened and took action to fix this. With better rules for major projects, our environment will be cleaner and our economy stronger.


Making decisions based on robust science, evidence and Indigenous traditional knowledge, respecting Indigenous rights, and ensuring more timely and predictable project reviews will attract investment and development that creates good, middle-class jobs for Canadians."
"Our government understands that an evidence-based approach to protecting and prioritizing the environment will help the next generation thrive. By achieving certain milestones such as updating environmental legislation, as well as investing in areas such as fundamental science, climate change research, and clean technology, we will be able to set our country up for a bright, innovative future," added Kirsty Duncan, minister of Science.


In April 2017, the government of Ontario began providing around 4,000 low-income residents of Thunder Bay, Hamilton, Lindsay, Brantford, and Brant County a basic income. The premise of the pilot, which was meant to last three years, was to understand the effects of equipping people living on little resources with an extra income stream. Under the program, a single person could receive up to $17,000 in Canadian dollars (minus half of whatever income they already earned), and a couple could receive up to $24,000. People with disabilities could get another $6,000 on top of other payments.
For people like Alana Baltzer, who spoke to Fast Company last year, the basic income pilot was proving transformative. Her diet improved, and she applied to college and several jobs. Growing up in poverty, she said, she never saw a way out until Ontario introduced the program. For Baltzer, the extra stipend wasn’t a chance to sit back and do nothing–one of the common conservative critiques of basic income–but an opportunity to finally pursue a career and education that financial worries had prevented her from before.
But just a little less than halfway through the pilot, the government of Ontario is scrapping the program. In June, the province elected populist conservative businessman Doug Ford as its premier, and on July 31 he reneged on his pre-election promise not to cancel the program, and pulled the plug on a guaranteed support system that thousands had planned on receiving for at least another year and a half.
Lisa MacLeod, the minister of children, community, and social services for the province, delivered the news, calling the program too expensive and “clearly not the answer for Ontario families.”
But the cost of the basic income program, around $50 million per year, pales in comparison to the billions of dollars that poverty extracts in the form of health care burdens, loss of productivity, and social services. The Ontario government said in a press release that it will be exploring new avenues to lift its low income residents–the number of whom has risen by 55% in the last 15 years–out of poverty.
For the people receiving basic income, though, that program was the most effective at countering poverty they had experienced.


Jessie Golem, a Hamilton resident who was working four jobs and freelancing at the time she learned she’d receive basic income, wrote a compelling op-ed in The Huffington Post describing how the knowledge that she could pay rent enabled her to invest more time in expanding the operations and capacity of a local nonprofit.
Across Ontario, basic income recipients like Golem, who had found the monthly stipends to be transformative, have been left in the lurch. The Hamilton Spectator collected stories of six people in Hamilton who received extra funds. Steve Pelland, 38, had been homeless and receiving social assistance. Because he could not afford to travel around the city, he struggled to search for and hold down a job. With the basic income, Pelland moved into a rental home and began to plan to go back to college and start learning a trade, which he imagined would then enable him to launch a career and get his drivers’ license back, which would help him look for a job. Without the extra money, he’s had to cancel his plans for school. He’s not sure if he’ll be able to keep renting his place, and he thinks he’ll have to go back to living on social assistance. “I had a plan. I was going to go back to college and get a trade so that I can better myself so that I can provide and help out in the community,” Pelland said. “Now I’m scared because I may end up homeless again.”
The devastating refrain underpinning all of these stories was best summed up by Lindsay resident Catherine Webb Widjedal, who wrote to The Lindsay Advocate to say that the people she knew receiving basic income were “hard working people in low-paying jobs,” who had “planned the next three years of their lives on this monthly money.” As Golem wrote, the basic income program enabled people living in poverty, often for the first time in their lives, to look out on a stable future for which they could plan deliberately, rather than being so swept up in trying to provide for their immediate needs. The program was shaping up to enable people to live healthy, productive lives and contribute to society–and as such, pay for itself.
The Ontario basic income program was not the only one in the world–pilots of varying scope are underway in Stockton, California, and in Kenya. Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur campaigning for the U.S.


presidency, has a $1,000 a month basic income as a major part of his platform. But the Ontario pilot was one of the largest and most comprehensive, and just halfway through, was seeing tangible results. By scrapping the program, Golem writes, Ontario is damaging progress made on furthering the conversation around basic income and transformative social services. For governments to adopt new, seemingly radical approaches like basic income to help their poorest residents, they have to have proof of concept that the approach works. Ontario was shaping up to be that proof of concept, but in ending the program, its regrettably setting itself–and the whole concept of basic income–back, while leaving hard-working people to suddenly readjust their expectations for their financial future


Today I had lunch with the Prime Minister.
It was not a one-on-one, sadly (or maybe thankfully), but in fact a Queensland Media Club lunch, graced by the Right Honourable John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, a bunch of Liberal and National party heavyweights, a contingent of press secretaries and government advisers, and a relative shiteload of local Brisbane businesspeople.
So many people in suits.
So much pressure to use the right cutlery and not spill iced Pepsi down the front of my shirt.
Anyway, I was sent to cover the event, being the station's "political" journo at the moment. I'll get to why my presence why inevitably unnecessary later, but first I must tell you about my First Ever Attempt to Ask the Prime Minister A Question.
Mr Howard was in town for a little bit of pre-election campaigning, cunningly disguised as... pre-election campaigning. He gave a speech extolling the achievements of the Coalition government over the past 11 years, and warned against installing a Labor government which would only tear down those achievements, and take us back to the bad old days of union dominance, high interest rates, and non-involvement in arguably illegal overseas military action. Well, maybe not that last one.
I sent my father a brief text message, the old Conservative that he is: "Having a nice prosciutto chicken with your mate Johnny Howard. So close I could throw a glass of Shiraz over him".
Response from father: "Do that and forget your inheritance!"
At the close of his speech, the assembled media were invited to ask questions. At that point, I started becoming nervous. Very nervous. So nervous, in fact, that my stomach started knotting, I began feeling ill, I began rocking softly back and forth in my chair. The microphone passed to me after three questions; I couldn't do it, and passed it on.
Then I started thinking. "I have to do this. I HAVE to. I have to ask a question. For pride. For my own self-confidence. For all those who keep calling me a journalist when I personally feel like the biggest fake in the world. This might go some way to convincing myself that I can actually be an honest-to-God journo, able to look the devil in the eye (figuratively speaking, of course), and ask something relevant, something meaningful. And maybe get an answer."


So I psyched myself up. I wrote the question out on the back of the copy of the speech, which Howard's minions, I mean press secs, had distributed to us before he began. I signalled for the mic, and it was cheerfully passed to me by a nice journo from The Australian. (I'd kinda half-hoped he wouldn't relinquish it, but suddenly it was in my hands). I gripped it tightly, and worked myself through the sharpest pang of stage fright I've ever had. I can't remember a time I was that nervous - and I've done all manner of stupid things in public and on purpose. But this arena was different: I wasn't in control. Howard was effortlessly in charge of his surroundings - watched on by business people and party members, why wouldn't he be?
But I would do it. I would do what my democratic right entitled me to do - question my elected leader. My sweaty fingers grabbed the mike, I held it halfway up to my dry mouth, as the Prime Minister finished his response to the previous question:
"... no man has ever uttered a truer expression, and that is: fairness in the workplace starts with the chance of a job. And by that yardstick fairness is at a 32-year high in Australia at the present time. Thank you."
And with that, he closed his folder and walked briskly away from the podium.
My heart, stomach, liver, appendix and colon flipped.
I had finally pysched myself ready to ask a question, I had the mic, I had the words in my brain just waiting to be spurted out, I was ready... and he finishes. Finishes.
Could. Not. Believe. It.
The tight knot of nerves in my stomach exploded in a burst of part relief (I'll admit it), but mostly anger. Not fair, not fair, that's not fair. Not when I was so ready, and so fired up.
I should have asked the first time the mic passed me, it's true. But it would have been crap, and blethering, and stuttered, and non-sensical. Moreso, I was too chicketshit.
So I learned my lesson today. Ask, and ask quickly. Don't be intimidated by the flashy lights and white linen of the Sofitel ballroom. Question and be damned.


Next time, Gadget. Next time...
And by the way, if you're interested in the question, it was in response to the PM talking about his "vision for 2020, a time when today's children will be young adults". In passing, he mentioned that for a country like Australia "there'll be no holiday from history or from the long struggle against terrorism." (my italics).
So my question was to be:
"You mention in your vision of 2020 that Australia will still be threatened by terrorism. Does this mean that the so-called "War on Terror" cannot be won, and will we still have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan when today's children are, as you say, young adults?"
I reckon it would've been a good 'un, too.


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"I've found the next Alltel and it's not who you might think," Jim Cramer told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Thursday.
He said that after today's announcement of the buyout of privately held Alltell Communications by Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between
, investors should be looking for the pin-action that will make them money.
According to Cramer,
will be the biggest benefactor of the Verizon Wireless-Alltel deal, but not for the reasons investors might think. Cramer views Windstream not as a takeover target, but rather as an acquirer.
In order to make the merger happen, he said, Verizon Wireless will inevitably be forced to sell off some of its overlapping regional assets and Windstream will be in the perfect position to purchase them.
He said the situation is similar to his recent recommendation of
, who saw its stock nearly double after it acquired assets that
Johnson & Johnson
was forced to sell after it acquired them from a deal with
Cramer: Why Is This Market Still Up?
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These new assets would be a windfall for Windstream, said Cramer. The company is currently a niche rural wireline provider, seen by Wall Street as a low growth, high yield entity. However, with the addition of a few sizzling wireless properties, the company could command a higher stock price and a higher stock multiple.
Cramer said he'd be a buyer of Windstream, and sees the company's 7.6% dividend yield as just paying him to wait for the real money to roll in.
A Lot More Upside to Come
Cramer said there is a lot of upside left for
, two stocks he recommended on March 1.


Since his March recommendation, both Bucyrus and Joy Global have risen 17%, but Cramer said the rise is not over, it's only just begun. Having recently talked with the CEO of Joy Global, Cramer welcomed Timothy Sullivan, president and CEO of Bucyrus, to the show to amplify.
Sullivan told Cramer that Bucyrus is indeed a "high-tech" company. He said that many of the company's laptops are so sophisticated that they can tap the computers on the excavators that mine for minerals from the Andes Mountains to the Arctic Circle. He dispelled claims that higher raw costs lead to lower equipment sales. Instead, he said it's more like a complete circle in which the company can pass on rising costs to its customers.
Cramer said Bucyrus is a $5 billion company that should be a $10 billion company.
In the "Sell Block" segment, Cramer explored what he called the timid and pessimistic attitude that prevents investors from buying stocks and making the easy money. "If you've got he bat on your shoulder waiting for that perfect pitch, you're missing opportunities," he Cramer.
as the perfect example of this attitude in action. He called last week's weakness in Nucor's stock "the perfect entry point," but he noted that many investors stayed on the sidelines at a time of overall market weakness. Today, however, the company preannounced a better-than-expected quarter, and Nucor's shares are now up 11.9% from the lows of last week.
"Is Nucor still good," Cramer asked? "Yes, but now the easy money has already been made," he said. Cramer called Nucor a great company with a long history of supporting shareholders. He told investors there should have been no reason for them to doubt the company or its long-term growth prospects.
Cramer said that when a company with great fundamentals does a secondary offering to pay for a fantastic acquisition and the stock falls below the offering price, buy it! "You cannot allow yourself to be scared off by great companies at great prices," he told viewers.
In this segment, Cramer told a viewer that he's still behind
after his recent visit to the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
Cramer was bullish on
Plum Creek Timber
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At the Open Seminar in Delft (the Netherlands) the EUniverCities statement was signed by Mayor Bas Verkerk (City of Delft) and Normunds Popens (European Commission, Deputy DG Regional and Urban Policy).
Also the final report of the EUniverCities project: ‘City & University: A Symphony for Progress’ was handed out to Normunds Popens and Simina Lazar (URBACT Secretariat).
The Open Seminar titled ‘How to make Europe’s University Cities future proof?’, tried to find answers to topics such as:
- Entrepreneurship as major tool for development
- Campus development
- Cities and Universities realizing Europe’s Grand Societal Challenges
A short impression was made of the seminar: Impression EUniverCities Seminar.
And also the animation of the EUniverCities poject is available: EUniverCities The Movie.
More information on the Open Seminar is available on the URBACT EUniverCities website.