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Announcements for Jan 3
Pancakes are coming – Sunday, Jan. 10
On Sunday, Jan. 10 the Liverpool United Methodist Men will serve a pancake breakfast from 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. A free-will offering will be collected to help fund the UMM’s tuition assistance for “Maxo” Lucserne, a Haitian student we have been supporting for years. The menu includes pancakes, sausages, apple sauce and beverages.
Discover the Bible study begins in January
An eight-week discipleship study, Discover the Bible begins, Jan. 17. Discussion groups will meet Sundays at 11 a.m., and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. This overview of the Bible helps participants to better understand its contents and grow deeper in their relationship with Christ. Contact the church at 457‑5180 or lfumc@liverpoolfirstumc.org to sign up.
All are invited to meet Bishop Webb on Jan. 14
Members of the congregation are invited to meet Bishop Mark Webb at the Crossroads District Day With the Bishop on Thursday, Jan. 14, at Bellevue Heights United Methodist Church, 2112 South Geddes St. in Syracuse, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Meet at Bellevue or ride together on the church bus. Contact the church at lfumc@liverpoolfirstumc.org or by calling 457‑5180 to reserve a seat on the bus.
New day for contemporary worship, beginning Jan. 13
The Gathering, a contemporary worship service, will move from its Friday time slot to Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m., beginning Jan. 13. Join us for informal worship, contemporary praise music, and fellowship.
UMC Market — shopping to support our church
UMC Market is an online buying program of the national United Methodist Church that generates donations to our church when you make online purchases from participating merchants. It costs you nothing. You get the best pricing from merchants, and the merchants donate a percentage of your purchase to Liverpool First. This includes travel, shopping and, services. Stop in Fellowship Hall and see demonstrations.
Confirmation Information Meeting — Jan. 6
Parent of children age 13 years or older: Liverpool First will partner with the Syracuse Church to offer a Confirmation program. An informational meeting will be held on Jan. 6. Confirmation is an intense time for study of the Christian faith and requires a significant investment of participation that will lead participants to a place where they will define their beliefs and be given the opportunity to commit themselves to Christ and active membership in the Church. They will study, discuss faith issues, and attend road trip experiences. Youth who have previously completed Confirmation may participate as Youth Mentors. We are also planning another Confirmation experience in the autumn of 2016.
New year: new directions
Are you interested in starting something new 2016? Is there a book you’d like to read and discuss, a Bible study, mission or service project you’d like to start? A new year is a great time to take the steps to make it happen! You’re invited to bring your ideas and a dish to share to Fellowship Hall on Jan. 11. at 6:30 p.m. This will be a chance to meet others who might be interested in similar things (or different things!) and enjoy each other’s company and food. We’ll eat together, talk together and pray together, and determine some next steps. We hope to see you there!
Get Delta Sonic coupons while they last
See the table in Fellowship Hall for car wash coupons — buy one for $5 and get one FREE! Keep your car looking great this winter.
Come to a church dinner on Jan. 23
The Dinner/Fund-raising Committee will serve a chicken and biscuit Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed to serve and help clean up. Cheer on the Orange on TV at noon (SU plays Virginia in Virginia) and then come
for chicken and biscuits. Enjoy fellowship and help the
church budget at the same time.
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This guide will help you navigate the meat department and make the best choices for health, calories and:.
Debunking the Turkey Bacon Myth
Turkey bacon is often recommended over regular (pork) bacon because turkey is generally lower in fat than pork. However, when it comes to bacon from either source, this is not always true. In fact, turkey bacon often contains more sodium than its pork counterpart. Read labels and choose leaner cuts of bacon for the best balance between sodium, fat and overall calories. For example, three slices of center-cut pork bacon contain 70 calories and 4.5 grams of fat, but just two slices of turkey bacon contain just as many calories and significantly more sodium.
See the chart below for a nutritional comparison of various types of poultry. These values are for a single cooked, 3-ounce serving (85 grams), unless otherwise specified.
Poultry Cut
Calories
Total Fat (g)
Sat Fat (g)
Cholesterol (mg)
Sodium(mg)
Turkey bacon (1 ounce,
3.5 slices, or 28 grams)
107
7.8
2.3
27
640
Turkey breast, skinless
115
0.6
0.2
71
44
Ground turkey, fat-free
117
2.1
55
50
Chicken breast, skinless, roasted
140
3.0
0.8
72
63
Chicken drumstick, skinless, roasted
158
8.5
110
97
Chicken breast with skin, roasted
167
6.6
1.8
60
Ground turkey, 85/15 percent
212
14
3.5
89
69
Chicken drumstick, with skin, batter fried
228
13.3
73
229.)
What About Bacon?
Bacon can add a lot of flavor to a dish, whether crumbled in pasta, served over a bed of greens or used as a topping on a sandwich. A few slices (3) of center cut bacon contain just 70 calories and 4.5 grams of fat, which isn’t as caloric as most people might imagine. The bigger issue with bacon, and all processed meats, is portion control. When choosing bacon at the local grocer, look for nitrite-free, uncured, center-cut bacon, and be sure to stick to the recommended serving size (usually 2-3 slices). Use bacon more as a garnish for flavoring foods rather than as a main component of your meal.
See the chart below for a nutritional comparison of various types of pork. These values are for a single cooked, three-ounce serving (85 grams), unless otherwise specified.
Pork
Sodium (mg)
Canadian bacon (1 ounce,
1.25 slices, or 28 grams)
52
2.4
.8
16
433
Tenderloin
122
1.0
62
48
Cured ham, extra lean, 95/5 percent
123
4.7
1.5
45
1023
Top loin chop
147
5.0
61
38
Top loin roast
1.6
67
40
Sirloin, chop or roast
151
4.5
56
Cured ham, regular
89/11 percent
7.7
2.6
1275
Bacon (1 ounce,
3.5 slices, or 28 grams)
11.7
3.8
31
647
Low sodium bacon
(1 ounce,
3.5 slices, or 28 grams)
288
Fresh ground pork
157
5.3
75
Fresh leg
179
8.0
2.8
80
54
Shoulder
196
11.5
4.1
76
64.
Deli or Processed Meat
Turkey breast lunch meat
84
.42
42
789
Low-sodium turkey breast lunch meat
99
.75
.28
37
656
Turkey frankfurter (1 link)
100
35
485
Beef and pork frankfurter (1 link)
137
12.4
4.8
22
504
Canned vienna sausage (5 sausages, 5 grams)
186
15.7
5.7
70
782
SPAM
264
23
8.4
1164
Pork and beef lunch meat
300
9.8
47
1099.
TIP: Keeping Low-fat Burgers Juicy
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Child Development Center, M.A.
Coordinator of the Children's Program - Financial
330-672-0992
jastoll@kent.edu
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, Ohio 44242
Child Development Center
Since 1972, the Kent State University Child Development Center, a nationally recognized laboratory school, has played a central role in educating and caring for children, professionally preparing teachers, and generating research to inform practice. The Child Development Center is a tuition-based, fiscally independent program that serves approximately one hundred fifty children ages 18 months to six years from a variety of socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. Children of Kent State University faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students as well as members of the greater Kent community are enrolled in our classrooms. Ten lead teachers, one studio teacher, four associate teachers, and a myriad of interns, student teachers, and field experience students work and learn alongside children and families.
History of the School
In 1972, the faculty of the University School, a laboratory program for children from age three through the sixth grade, vacated their faculty lounge in order to provide space for a new full day program for young children from ages two 1/2 to five. It became known as the Child Development Center. The Early Childhood Education Department provided support for this endeavor. When the University School closed in 1981, the CDC added a kindergarten to its already expanded program of preschool classes and infant-toddler-parent program. In 1991, the school moved to a new building on the Kent campus designed for young children.
Throughout our history, families have been integral to our work. We value the deep relationships that form when children, families, and teachers work to create an environment for learning together.
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a general term for damage to various types of nerves, but most colloquially refers to damaged sensory nerves that carry sensation (pain, temperature, vibration, and proprioception—your sense of location in space) from the body to the brain. Damage may result from direct insult to the peripheral nerves, either mechanical (blunt/crush/severing injury) or chemical (diabetes/metabolic diseases, B12 deficiency, medicines, alcohol, toxic chemicals). Additionally, compromised blood supply can damage these nerves (inflammation, autoimmune conditions, certain infections “idiopathic”). When a nerve is damaged, it may constantly “fire”, or signal, the brain as if it were being stimulated. Painful sensations are perceived (sharp pain, pressure, burning, freezing, vibrating, pins/needles, electric, sharp-shooting or swollen sensations), even though the initial irritation/stimulus has been removed (see also, complex regional pain syndrome).
Those with peripheral neuropathies must inspect the affected area daily for foreign objects, cuts, etc. in order to avoid progression to serious infection; impact sports are not recommended. Conventional medical treatment depends upon the cause: for example, improved diabetes management prevents further nerve damage. Certain peripheral neuropathies, such as those due to medications like anti-cancer medications, improve or resolve upon discontinuation of the medication. Pain management consists of medications to treat neuropathic pain: medicines in the anti-depression, anti-seizure, anti-inflammatory and opiate classes are mainstays. In the case of clear autoimmune pathology, direct antibody removal (plasmapheresis) is very occasionally used. In the case of localized nerve involvement, surgical or other nerve ablation may stop pain.[1]
Body acupuncture, especially when combined with electrical stimulation and Neurological Scalp Acupuncture, can produce expedited improvement in reversible neuropathies, especially recent-onset, toxic neuropathies. Neuropathies due to completely severed or otherwise irretrievably damaged nerves are not amenable to acupuncture. Generally, after about 8-12 visits, the patient experiences a moment when the acupuncture needles suddenly become quite bothersome: this signals maximal pain/sensation improvement from acupuncture.[2 3 4]
Neurological Conditions Testimonials
Learn more about Peripheral Neuropathy)
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This month’s column will continue the discussion of communication through the use of our hands but focus on what we silently say with our handshake.
The ancient practice of handshaking is considered to have evolved from a gesture demonstrating that neither party held a weapon, thereby establishing trust. Since the industrial revolution, the handshake became the official method of confirming a commercial transaction. Today, the handshake is most commonly used in greetings and departures.
A father may give advice to his son when preparing for a job interview and encourage the son to offer a firm handshake when greeting his perspective employer. “Men like men who have a firm handshake,” the father may offer. “It is a sign of a strong person.” A person that does not have a strong personality may attempt, however, to mask his weaker personality with a strong handshake.
Likewise, a weak handshake may not be a sign of a weak or submissive person. Those who use their hands in their professions, such as surgeons or musicians, often have weak handshakes. Since many parishioners are older, and some develop arthritis in their hands, priests have learned to offer weak handshakes to parishioners to avoid causing the recipients of their handshakes any discomfort. Therefore, a weak handshake could simply indicate a courteous or empathetic personality.
Though strong or weak handshakes often do not provide reliable insight into a personality, some other types of handshakes are indicative of certain traits. For example, a person who uses both hands to your one in a handshake is often attempting to convey honesty while seeking control. This type of handshake is often not well received as it is unduly physical and can be uncomfortably domineering.
The combination handshake with an arm clasp is another type of handshake that is often not well received. Society has given permission for one person to shake another person’s hand, not to touch the forearm. To do so is often interpreted as an unwanted invasion of personal space. Like the two-handed handshake, the handshake with arm clasp usually indicates the seeking of control. It could be intended to convey a feeling of care or concern, but it is often received as an expression of arrogance.
A person who pumps the other person’s hand is usually indicating enthusiasm. The enthusiasm could be toward the other person or as the result of anticipation of the forthcoming meeting or discussion. A salesperson will often use a pumping handshake while repeating a greeting such as, “It is nice to meet you, so very, very nice to meet you.”
If, during a handshake, a person’s hand turns to the left so that the palm of the hand faces downward, it indicates an expression of dominance. Conversely, if a person’s hand turns to the right so the palm is facing upward, it indicates submission or an accommodating personality. In most handshakes, however, the hands are vertical and equal indicating that neither person is seeking control nor willing to yield control to the other.
In early America through the mid 1900s, women would curtsy rather than shake hands. Even today, priests will sometimes encounter ladies who do not offer their hands in greeting but will either curtsy or offer an abbreviated curtsy such as a slight head nod. In most cases today, however, women shake hands in greeting. The same indications described above generally apply to female handshakes except that women seldom offer a firm handshake.
Next month’s column will conclude the discussion of the nonverbal ways we communicate with our fingers and hands.
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A Chinese man wanted by US authorities for allegedly exporting banned uranium-enriching devices to Iran has been arrested in London.
Sihai Cheng is in police custody after being arrested on a provisional US warrant at Heathrow Airport in February, and appeared in court recently.
A judge will rule whether to deport him to the US in June.
The US indictment alleges that Shanghai-based Cheng conspired with an Iranian to illegally import US-made pressure transducers to Iran through China.
The devices can be used in gas centrifuges to produce weapons grade uranium. According to the indictment, the transducers have been photographed attached to gas centrifuge cascades at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility.
US prosecuters allege that Cheng began doing business with Tehran-based Seyed Abolfazl and Shahab Jamili and Iranian engineering company Nico Eng. Co. in 2005, and has sold Jamili thousands of Chinese-manufactured parts with nuclear applications.
By email, Jamili informed Cheng that the parts were in fact being bought by Iranian company Eyvaz Technic Manufacturing Co, which was in turn supplying the devices to the Iranian government.
Cheng subsequently sent parts directly to Eyvaz, which in 2009 enquired about the possibility of Cheng acquiring the pressure transducers.
Between April 2009 and January 2011 Cheng ordered more than 1,000 pressure transducers from Massachusetts company MSK Instruments Inc, with a value of more than $1.8 million.
Cheng warned Jamili of "critical control condition and boycott by USA government," and ordered the devices in batches of 30 to 100, the indictment alleges.
Western powers have accused Iran of attempting to develop a nuclear weapon under the cover of its nuclear energy programme, which Tehran strongly denies.
Sanctions imposed by the EU and US in 2012 have hit Iran's oil-based economy hard.
Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany, which make up the so-called P5+1, hope to reach an agreement with Iran by 20 June, where in exchange for scaling back its nuclear programme, sanctions will be lifted.
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Kristen Lanier recently moved to Johns Creek after living in Madrid for five years. However, the area is not as alien to her as one may expect – she grew up in Cobb County, and got introduced to Spanish through school – something nearly all Spanish takers at Northview High School can relate to.
Lanier studied abroad, spending a semester of her college career in Spain. After she graduated, she returned to Spain to teach – not Spanish – but English.
“I lived in Madrid for a total of five years and I taught English to native Spanish speakers,” Lanier said.
Spanish captivated Lanier as a middle schooler when she was first introduced to the language. She recalls being swept away by the beauty of the Spanish culture.
“I fell in love with the culture and the language and it came pretty easy to me—so I just took it from there!” Lanier said.
Lanier just came back from Madrid during the past summer, and she already misses Spain. Although her family lives close by now, she misses the city life she had grown accustomed to. Lanier wishes there was some way she could have her family close by, but also have the same access to fresh, seasonal, locally grown food she is used to.
Another thing Lanier wishes was more easily accessible in America is the public transportation. She recalls how easy it was to just catch a train and be – quickly – taken to the heart of any major city in Spain she desired to visit.
Lanier’s love for Spain and the Spanish culture is reflected in one of her students – Ishita Kapur, a sophomore at Northview. The idea of communicating in many different ways appeals highly to Kapur, who already speaks three languages besides Spanish.
“I love Spanish because it’s a different form of communication, and I already learned another language when I was in elementary school, and I just like learning different languages—I think it’s interesting,” Kapur said.
Kapur also took into consideration the populations she’d most likely encounter a lot in her future when choosing to take Spanish.
“There’s a lot of Spanish speaking people in this country and I think it’s helpful to know Spanish. And it’s really fun too,” Kapur said.
Connecting with students like Kapur is what brings true joy to Lanier, because as much as she may love Spanish, her love for her job comes from her students. She enjoys connecting with her students in the class and getting to know them.
“I love the kids! [They] crack me up everyday, and I smile everyday, almost all day long,” Lanier said.
Spanish inspired Lanier so much that she teaches Spanish today in the hopes that some of her students find that their joy and future will be found in Spanish – just how Lanier found her own.
“I just love teaching kids language because it opens up so many doors – it opened an entire life for me that I wouldn’t have if I didn’t speak Spanish,” Lanier said. “I love to be able to share that, and hopefully, give other students those same opportunities.”
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Housing
Tempe Section 8 Veterans Program
City of Tempe accepts Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers issued by the City of Phoenix
480-350-8950
The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa
Home In Five Advantage - Mortgage Origination Program
Qualifying military personnel and veterans would be able to obtain a 30-year fixed rate loan, with a non-repayable down payment/closing cost assistance grant for purchasing a house anywhere in Maricopa County.
U.S.VETS - Veterans Seeking Housing
Outreach Department
602.757.9723
ewelch@usvetsinc.org
With five locations throughout the Salt River Valley, U.S.VETS – Phoenix provides transitional and permanent housing to 260 veterans daily, and provides over 400 veteran families with financial assistance.
Cloudbreak Communities
Carl Bleyle - cbleyle@cantwell-anderson.com
602-243-2774
Victory Place
850 E. Jones Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona 85040
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
877-4AID-VET or 1-877-424-3838
If you or someone you know is a homeless Veteran in need of help, you can receive free, confidential support from a trained, VA staff member 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also get confidential support from the Homeless Veterans Chat.
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This stops the flow of electricity from the alternator to the battery.
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When you use the battery's reserve, it's gone, no more being put in.
If the vehicle does crank with a jump, it will run off the alternator, which ain't good. :-(
If cleaning the post and recharging the battery doesn't solve the problem, you may need a new one.
Don't run to the nearest *parts store* and buy a battery.
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below was accurate as of the date of publication. Due to frequent tax law changes, information may no longer be accurate.
For the latest tax information, please contact a member CPA.
IT'S NOW EASIER TO BE GREEN
by
Andrew D. Schwartz, CPA
Have you considered purchasing a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)
for your next car? Not
only are they good for the environment, but they'll also save
you quite a bit of money.
HEVs combine a combustion engine with an electric motor and
currently include the Honda Civic (HEV), Honda Insight, and Toyota
Prius.
As an incentive for you to purchase one of these environmentally friendly
vehicles, the government currently offers you a $2,000 tax deduction
if you purchase an HEV by the end of this year. Depending
on your tax bracket, this could mean a tax savings of between
$200 and $762.
To claim the deduction, simply report the $2,000 deduction on
line 34 of your 1040, and write the words "Clean Fuel" in the
margin. If you're a sole proprietor and use your car in
connection with your business, you're allowed to claim this
$2,000 deduction on your Schedule C.
Anyone considering purchasing an HEV should be aware
that the Clean Fuel deduction is slated to decrease by $500 per
year starting in 2004, and will be completely phased out on January 1, 2007.
You'll also save money with an HEV since they get such great gas
mileage. According to the Office of Transportation
Technology (), HEVs get about 50 miles per
gallon. Let's say you turn in your SUV that gets 15 miles
per gallon for an HEV, and you generally drive about 15,000
miles per year. With gas prices approaching $2.00 per
gallon, your annual gas bill will
decrease from $2,000 to only $600 - a savings of $1,400 per year.
So whether you're green (in the environmental sense), or just like your wallet full of green
$$$, an HEV might be the car for you.
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TAX-WISE INVESTING
How would you like to get a higher return on
your investment portfolio without taking on any more risk?
Believe it or not, it's easy to do. All you need to do is
set up your various investment accounts to take full advantage of the
current tax rules.
Maximizing your contributions into your retirement
accounts such as IRAs, 401(k) and 403(b) accounts, and self-employed
retirement plans is a great first step. Amounts contributed to these
accounts are generally tax deductible and always grow tax deferred. That
means you won't owe any taxes on the investment earnings until you
begin withdrawing money from your pre-tax accounts. And thanks to the recent tax
law changes, you can contribute quite a bit of money into these accounts -
up to $12,000 into your 401(k) or 403(b) plan this year, or up to $40,000
into your self-employed retirement plan. Higher limits apply if you'll
be 50 or older by December 31, 2003.
To illustrate the power of
tax-deferred investing over your working years, let's assume you
have the choice of contributing $10,000 to a 401(k) plan each year
for 25 years, or you can take the $10,000 as a bonus, pay the
applicable taxes, and then invest whatever's left. If you
choose the 401(k) plan route, your account will grow to be worth more
than $1,000,000 after 25 years, assuming a 10% rate of return.
If you choose to pay taxes along the way, your investment portfolio
won't even grow to $500,000 over the same period of time.
Next, take a look at your tax-free investment
opportunities. These include Roth IRAs for your retirement and
Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and 529 Accounts for your child's
education. You don't get a tax deduction for contributions made into these
accounts, but you'll owe no taxes on amounts withdrawn, as long as
certain conditions are met.
If you haven't taken full advantage of these tax-free
investment opportunities for 2002, there's still time. You have until
April 15th to contribute the
maximum of $3,000 ($3,500 if you were 50 years old by December 31, 2002)
into a Roth IRA or up to $2,000 per child into an ESA for 2002, subject to
certain income limitations., individual
stocks, and "tax-efficient" mutual funds. These investments generally
pay little or no dividends each year. Remember, while the tax rate on
interest and dividends can be as high as 38.1% this year, the long-term capital gains
tax rate for most individuals is only 18%, as long as the investment is held
for more than 5 years.
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Jefferson Parish’s new president, Cynthia Lee Sheng, began her term last week by making history on several fronts. Like New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, she is the first woman to lead her parish government. Lee Sheng also signaled a new era of diversity by appointing a record number of women and minorities to key administrative posts.
On another front, Lee Sheng’s strong relationships with new and returning parish council members will usher in an era of harmony unseen in parish government in the last eight years — at least for the foreseeable future.
Under former parish presidents John Young and Mike Yenni, each of whom served four years, relations between council members and the administration ranged from testy to hostile. Council members also clashed amongst themselves at times. No longer, says new District 1 Councilman Marion Edwards, a longtime friend and ally of the late Sheriff Harry Lee and now a political confidant of Lee Sheng.
"You are going to see a unified council," Edwards said, echoing similar sentiments from other council members. "We’ll have one goal: to make Jefferson Parish better." Edwards, a retired district court and appellate judge, also administered the oath of office to Lee Sheng — something he had done several times to her late father, the sheriff.
The new council is a mix of old and familiar faces. Edwards served for decades in the legal arena, first as a top assistant district attorney and then for more than 20 years as a judge. Likewise, new District 2 Councilman Deano Bonano served several parish administrations in a variety of key positions.
Clancy DuBos: 2020 promises Washington-style partisanship on most issues in the Louisiana Legislature
Gov. John Bel Edwards likely to have a harder time wrangling Republican legislators than in his first term.
New at-large Councilman Scott Walker, on the other hand, joins the council as a first-time public official. Walker is best known for his years as a news anchor at WDSU-TV.
The four returning council members include two second-termers: District 5 Councilwoman Jennifer Van Vrancken (also a former TV newscaster); and District 4 Councilman Dominick Impastato. New at-large Councilman Ricky Templet recently completed two terms representing District 1; and District 2 Councilman Byron Lee represented that district for two terms, from 2004 to 2012, then won the seat again in the fall elections.
The council and Lee Sheng face a variety of challenges — upgrading the parish landfill and the parish’s aging infrastructure (particularly drainage and sewerage), making sure the 2020 Census counts all parish residents, and creating a sustainable management (and ownership) structure for the parish’s two public hospitals, to name just a few.
Looking ahead to those and other challenges, Lee Sheng told me that her first task is “to create a work environment for our employees to do their best work. We have reorganized the organization chart to help facilitate that purpose. I wanted functional groupings so that they are reporting to the same manager, and I wanted to create communication channels that give us the best chance at creativity and innovation.”
In the process, Lee Sheng retained — and promoted — some veteran parish workers while also bringing in an unprecedented number of women and minorities.
It will be interesting to see how long the political hugs and kumbayas last. For now, at least, Jefferson is off to a good start.
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Pastoral Care
The well-being of all of our pupils is of the utmost importance to us. All staff provide daily pastoral support, which is overseen by the House Parents and the Assistant Head Pastoral, Mr Jamie Matthews. The Head of Boarding, Miss Angie Wright, and the School Chaplain, Revd Mike Wilkinson, are also on hand to support our pupils, whatever their needs.
Concern for every pupil is fundamental to what we do at Kingswood. Our objective is to ensure that all of our students have the opportunity to fulfil their potential, be it through the academic, artistic, sporting or extra-curricular activities on offer.
We also educate pupils at Kingswood about a variety of topics, such as online safety, sex education, drugs and alcohol awareness, and eating disorders, both through PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education) lessons and through tutorials and assemblies.
The House system is at the heart of our pastoral support structure. There are seven Houses, each run by an experienced Housemaster or Housemistress who is supported by a Deputy and a team of tutors. The tutors, who take direct responsibility for individual boarding and day pupils at the School, are the first point of contact for parents. Each student attends regular target setting and review meetings, and communication with home is very much a part of this process as appropriate.
In addition to this, Kingswood offers excellent healthcare facilities. The Medical Centre is available 24 hours a day and staffed by three nurses, with doctors in attendance twice a week. There is also a team of counsellors in school that offer an additional level of support should the need arise. The School also employs an independent listener who is in school on one afternoon each week.
Every adult member of the school community undergoes child protection training, which is updated on an annual basis. The Deputy Head (Pastoral) is the Designated Safeguarding Lead and can be contacted by phoning 07850 620985. If any parent or pupil has a concern, no matter how small, please be assured that we will handle the matter with the utmost sensitivity and provide help as appropriate.
We aim to equip our pupils with a strong set of moral values to guide them through their lives. We base this philosophy on the teaching of our founder John Wesley, that says: "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."
Chapel
The Chapel was opened in 1922 as a memorial to former pupils and members of staff who died in the First World War. It was dedicated by the Reverend Owen Spencer Watkins, a former pupil who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department and who served as the first Free Church Honorary Chaplain to the King. The Chapel now also holds memorials to pupils who have been killed in action in the intervening years.
Today, the Chapel is central to daily life at the School. Pupils attend a weekly morning act of worship in year groups. On Fridays, the School community gathers together for the Whole School Service, which often includes a visiting speaker and always includes pupil participation and musical performance. True to our Methodist heritage, we believe that singing together forms a central part of the service. The service provides an opportunity to reflect upon our Christian belief that following the way of Jesus leads to a flourishing life.
Many pupils look back so fondly on their time in Kingswood School’s Chapel that they choose to be married in the Chapel in later life.
The Chaplain
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FAYETTEVILLE — The tests get more difficult each week as the semester continues for the 20th-ranked University of Arkansas women’s golf team as the Lady Razorbacks travel to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Intercollegiate.
Arkansas faces some of the best teams from the West Region, but head coach Shauna Estes’ team has improved in their first two outings of the season posting back-to-back third place finishes to open the year.
The Lady Razorbacks face a tough field that includes top-ranked UCLA, No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 8 Arizona and No. 9 California all of whom are in the top 10 in this week’s Golfstat poll.
"The competition this week will be the best we see all fall for sure," said Estes. "It is a good mix of the best talent in college golf. It will be the only time this fall we see the top West Coast teams. It will be a great way to see how we measure up."
Arkansas measured up well in the early part of 2007. Senior Stacy Lewis has two third-place finishes and junior Lucy Nunn, sophomore Kristin Ingram and freshman Kelli Shean all have top 20 finishes. Sophomore Alex Schulte joins the team again this week rounding out the traveling five.
The fall schedule is a tough one for Arkansas with three consecutive weekends of play. The Lady’Backs finished third a the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate last weekend, take part in the Stanford Intercollegiate this weekend and travel to the UA Ann Rhodes Intercollegiate Oct. 26-28 as the fall season concludes.
"I think a quick turn-around is an advantage because we saw some success last week," said Estes. "I want to make sure the team is rested but their games are coming around nicely and I think it is a great thing to be competing alot right now."
Arkansas has posted good numbers early. The Lady’Backs carded 285 in the first round at Tennessee – a mark that is the second-best round the Cherokee Golf Course had seen.
Lewis had first round 69s in both events this year and was matched by Nunn’s career-best 69 in Knoxville, Tenn. Shean, in her first season of collegiate golf, has qualified and counted for Arkansas in each event.
Despite the success, Estes sees potential for even lower scores.
"Our strength has been our ball-striking," said Estes. "We are hitting it better than I have seen us hit the golf ball since I have been here. On the other hand, our putters have been a bit cold so I am waiting for us to make some putts and I think that will be fun to see how low we can actually go when we start making some putts."
Follow all of the Lady Razorback golf action at LADYBACKS.COM.
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Buyer Beware! A Patient’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions When Paying for Fertility Treatment
For many in the United States, advanced treatments for infertility (for example, In-Vitro Fertilization, or IVF) is not covered by their health insurance. This means that those needing advanced treatment have to pay for the related expenses “out of pocket” if they want to build their family. The cost of treatment can range from $10,000-20,000 (USD) and is often the […]
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AE)
COUNTRY NAME:
United Arab Emirates
LAND AREA:
83,600 km2
POPULATION:
4.9 million (2010 est.)
LANGUAGE:
Arabic
CURRENCY:
1 UAE Dirham (AED) = 100 Fils ; 1 EUR = 4.92 AED (Nov. 2010)
MAIN CITIES:
Abu Dhabi
(capital), Dubai, Sharjah
NATIONAL DAY:
2 December
TIME ZONE:
Standard Time is GMT + 4
In little more than 30 years the UAE has achieved remarkable progress from a group of small neighbouring communities to a prosperous and modern commercial centre whose continually changing skyline is beginning to rival anything in the Middle East. The and reform of property laws gave a major boost to real estate and tourism sectors.
Despite the global financial crisis resulting in an inevitable contraction in 2009, the UAE economy remains robust, shielded by signify cant overseas financial assets acquired during the period of booming oil revenues. Substantial public expenditure, made possible by its assets, combined with strong fundamentals and sound fiscal policies, to minimise the impact of the crisis and receding petrodollar income on the UAE’s economy. It has speeded up its recovery in 2010. In particular, the UAE decided to maintain high investment budgets, especially for core long-term infrastructure projects, in order to stimulate growth and steer the economy away from recession. The UAE has obviously not been totally insulated from the reverberations of the global recession and in this regard cargo handler DP World revealed that business at its ports dropped ten per cent in the fi rst half of 2009 as the shipping industry struggled through the downturn.
Oil & Gas
The UAE is the world’s third largest exporter of crude oil and, as of February 2009, oil production was 2.223 million barrels a day. Oil reserves were 97.8 billion barrels, the sixth largest reserves in the world. Abu Dhabi holds 92.2 billion barrels or 94% of the UAE total. Meanwhile, natural gas reserves are 6 trillion cubic metres, which is the fifth largest in the world, according to official sources. The UAE is an increasingly attractive place to do business and, despite the global downturn of 2009, considerable opportunities continue to emerge in each of the emirates. Clearly Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the big attractions, but investors are now increasingly looking further afield towards the emerging markets of the smaller emirates such as Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. Visitors are drawn towards the open, low-tax and robust economy, stable market, the ease of doing business, the essential back up provided by first rate infrastructure, the transparent regulatory system and the legal protection offered in particular to intellectual property rights.
Construction
Despite the global slowdown, the UAE continued to be one of the most active construction markets in the world with more than 750 active projects in construction and 450 recently completed, according to a report by Dubai-based research house Proleads Global issued in July 2009. Although more than 400 projects with a total value in excess of $300 billion had been placed on hold or withdrawn; the report forecasts stability returning to the sector in 2009 with some recovery in cash flow in 2010. Considerable building activities are taking place across the emirates. Abu Dhabi still has a major shortage of residential units and work on infrastructure projects such as new roads, the metro and Khalifa Port, as well as airports and new industrial areas, has proceeded without delay. Abu Dhabi was considering allowing 100 per cent foreign ownership of some projects, the chairman of the Department of Economic Development stated. “We feel strongly inclined to grant 100 per cent ownership to foreigners in new and old industries as well as other projects,” Nasser Ahmed Al Kuwaiti told Emirates Business on 24 May 2009. Meanwhile, the number of contractors and consultants entering Abu Dhabi increased according to a report issued by the Directorate of Contractors’ Classification and Consultants’ Registration at the Department of Economic Development (DED), which said that the construction sector in Abu Dhabi witnessed a major development during the fi rst half of 2009. The construction sector in Ras Al Khaimah is to be better regulated under a new law issued by H H Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.. Provisions of law no 1 of 2009 for regulating buildings in RAK will be applicable to all buildings with the exception of those that come under a special decree or resolution. The law covers a wide range of topics dealing with buildings starting from designs, construction license, architectural standards and specifications, additions, expansions, maintenance and safety and security systems up to penalties for breaching provisions of the law.
ICT
The UAE compares favourably internationally in terms of its ICT services recording high rates of usage as the country’s ICT sector shows continuing rapid growth. The dynamism in the sector is attributed largely to the introduction of competition, as well as the adoption of international best practices and governance. The UAE ranked first among Arab countries in internet user rate, international internet bandwidth rates, the importance of ICT to the government’s vision of the future, personal computer rates, ICT use and government efficiency; e-government, government prioritisation of ICT, laws relating to ICT, and the number of telephone lines, according to the Global Information Technology Report 2007 – 2008, released in March 2009 by the World Economic Forum and based on estimates of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The UAE also ranked second among the Arab countries in terms of: high-speed monthly broadband subscription, lowest cost of broadband, the availability of government online services, and secure internet servers. Internationally, the UAE ranked first worldwide on the cost of mobile telephone call and on residential monthly telephone subscriptions. In other areas, the UAE ranks worldwide as follows: fourth on the importance of ICT to government vision of the future, sixth on government success in ICT promotion, seventh on government prioritization of ICT, ninth on ICT use and government efficiency, 10
th
on mobile telephone subscribers rate, 10th on business telephone connection charge, and 14th on residential telephone connection charge.
Free Zones
Each of the emirates now has its own free zones, although the majority are in Dubai. All free zones in the UAE are governed by the independent Free Zone Authority (FZA) which is also the agency responsible for issuing operating licences and assisting companies with establishing their business. Dubai is the home to a majority of the free zones, including the famous Jebel Ali, the Airport Free Zone, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Healthcare City. More specialist free zones are planned catering for specific sectors including textile, energy and design cities. Setting up business in one of the UAE’s many Free Trade Zones (FTZs) is widely seen as an attractive option for foreign investors. The concessions offered to investors in the free zones have led to their success in attracting a large number of companies and foreign direct investment. In turn, this success has had the positive effect of expanding net non-oil exports.
Tourism
Tourism sector officials in Abu Dhabi reported that the emirate was becoming an important tourism hub in the Gulf and Middle East due to its rich tourism varieties and capability to provide unprecedented entertainment, culture, artistic, musical, fairs and other competitive services in the region. In addition, Abu Dhabi said that it was eyeing a 59% growth in cruise passenger arrivals in the 2009/2010 season. Forecasts by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) point to some 199,113 arrivalsin the season, which runs from end of November to beginning of May.
Meanwhile, Sharjah, widely seen as the UAE’s cultural capital, was holding its position as a leading destination for cultural, heritage and family tourism worldwide.
Agriculture
The UAE has demonstrated an increased interest in the development of organic farming in recent years. This is largely because traditional farming methods are widely seen as impractical to meet the needs of the growing population. The first internationally recognised organic farm in Abu Dhabi was certified to European standards in 2007 and since then the sector has been growing. The land under organic cultivation is set to double against the backdrop of increasing support and encouragement from UAE public agencies keen to promote the sector. The total area under organic farming would increase to 3,000 acres as the demand for natural food products is on the rise, said industry experts. They said the focus on organic farming had come at a time when the market for organic and natural food products started picking up in the UAE as well as in the region. According to global data, the Middle East is considered to be the fastest growing market for natural and organic foods. On current estimates, the global market for these green alternatives to conventional food is to the tune of $220bn. The main domestically grown crops in the UAE are dates, tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, lettuce, camel milk, Akkawi cheese, eggplants and celery. The UAE imports most of its basic food needs including sugar, dairy products, meat, rice, tea, coffee, poultry, wheat flour and fruit.
Source: Austro-Arab Trade Directory 2011.
The mentioned data are subject to modification. No responsibility is taken for the correctness of the details provided.
Last modified: 24 January 2011
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Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) award for Demag V-type crane
Wetter, Germany, 31. August 2015
- The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is one of the most prestigious international design awards
- “Made in Germany” also for product design
The outstanding product design of the Demag V-type crane has now also been recognized in the USA: the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has recognized the crane girder as part of its International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). The V-type crane was awarded Silver as one of the “top winners” in the Commercial & Industrial Products category.
The jury evaluated a total of 1,700 entries. Matthew Marzynski from the University of Washington and Jury Chair explains: “When we look at a design, we’re not just looking at what’s trendy or fashionable at the moment. We have the context of that history of that long line of designers that came before us.”
Following the iF Design Award, Red Dot Award and other awards, the patented crane continues this success story and has now received another design award this year. Andreas Hambrock, Head of Universal Cranes Business Line at Terex Material Handling, explains: “It is really great that the product design of our Demag V-type crane has been recognized at this level. And the fact that we have now also won an American design award proves that products which are ‘Made in Germany’ can also compete in the design arena.” Characteristic for the crane girder is its V-shaped design with vertical and diagonal struts as well as tapered diaphragm joints. The development engineers utilized bionic principles and based their design on bone structure, which only uses material where it is actually needed.
The construction of the V-type crane offers considerable technical benefits compared to conventional cranes that have enclosed box-section girders or I-beam girders. Its innovative design reduces oscillation frequency by 30 percent, cuts its weight by an average of 17 percent and doubles its service life to more than 500,000 changes of load. The new girder concept offers significantly improved efficiency for handling loads and higher handling rates.
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Sharing live location in WhatsApp on iPhone and Android phone is finally possible thanks to the latest update. So, if you ever happen to make your loved ones know your whereabouts or where you are enjoying a trip, you can share your real-time live location easily keep them updated.
One thing worth mentioning is that the option to share location via WhatsApp has been available for quite sometime. But there was no option to share real time location. Personally, I had been eagerly awaiting this cool feature. Enough talk, let me show you how it works:
How to Share Live Location in WhatsApp
Quick links
- How to Share Live Location from WhatsApp on iPhone
- How to Stop Live Location Sharing in WhatsApp on iPhone
- How to Share Live Location from WhatsApp on Android Phone
- How to Stop Live Location Sharing in WhatsApp on Android Phone
Share Your Real-Time Location in WhatsApp on iPhone
Note: Before starting off, make sure you have the latest version of WhatsApp on your iPhone. If you are yet to update it, head over to App Store>Updates and hit the Update button that is right next to WhatsApp.
Step #1. Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone → Open any group or individual chat.
Step #2. Tap on the “+” button.
Step #3. Select Location from the available options.
Step #4. Now, you have to tap on “Share Live Location.”
Step #5. Then, you need to choose for how long you wish to share your real-time location, you may also add the comment. Once done, tap send button.
All the persons included in the chat will be able to see your real-time location on a map.
In case more than one person shares their real-time Location in the group, all the locations will be seen on the same map.
That’s how we can share live location from WhatsApp on iPhone. Let’s check out way to stop it.
Stop Live Location Sharing in WhatsApp on iPhone
Anytime if you want to stop sharing your live location, you can get it done with ease.
Step #1. Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone.
Step #2. Open the individual or group chat in question and then tap on Stop Sharing.
That’s it. Now, let’s find out way to share live location in from WhatsApp on Android.
Share Live Location WhatsApp on Android Phone
Step #1. Launch WhatsApp on your Android phone. → Open any group or individual chat.
Step #2. Tap on the Pin button.
Step #3. Tap on Location.
Step #4. Now, you have to tap on “Share Live Location.”
Step #5. Enter your comment (optional), enter the duration for the real-time location sharing, and tap on send button.
Stop Real-time Location Sharing in WhatsApp on Android Phone
Step #1. Launch WhatsApp on your Android phone.
Step #2. Open the individual or group chat in question and then tap on Stop sharing. Tap on STOP again to confirm.
That’s all.
Wrapping up
I find live location sharing feature very useful. It’s the easiest way to keep your friends updated about the places you are visiting. Let me know your feedback about it in the comments.
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Investing in Trust Will Lubricate Business Frictions in China
Evidence of friction abounded in conversations on stage and off at the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” held in Dalian, China this week. Whether it was friction around the U.S.-China trade sanctions standoff, or concerns about the ethical boundaries of artificial intelligence, it was clear that business uncertainty may be our new normal, at least for a while.
And that’s okay..
Where there is uncertainty in any marketplace, believable information, transparent knowledge sets and collaborative models shine through. Shared knowledge will always be more powerful than walled gardens.
As China moves to a more consumer-led economy in terms of its GDP mix, we expect more opportunities to unlock new spending habits and new consumer aspirations. Despite the noise of geo-politics, consumers in China will continue to spend at pace, but we expect the mix of spending to change. More brands, more premium options, more channels through which to purchase, all mean we have expanding opportunities to engage consumer wallets.
But to tap into these changing habits, blind spots on changing consumer demand will need to be removed. Our collective jobs is to uncover those blind spots to help fuel this consumer-led cycle of growth.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told us this week that the government will push to create an equal playing field in the country for all companies. And that is welcome news. Open business models will fuel growth that consumers are demanding of us.
We’d be wise to listen to those consumers. We live in a world where consumers are more disloyal to their favorite brands than ever in history. Attributes like price, taste, brand halos and the like will continue to be important, but a growing pile of evidence points to trust as a key attribute to which consumers gravitate.
Trust extends to things like ethical supply chains, sustainable business practices and clean ingredients. But, as we heard at the World Economic Forum event this week, it also extends to how data sets are managed in a world where artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have increasingly bigger roles to play.
We saw concerning examples of AI that delivered discriminating outputs; we saw survey results that demonstrated clear concerns around so-called “bad” AI. But we also saw some great examples of good AI, such as providing development paths for hospitals of the future and addressing modern slavery.
And there’s the rub. Not all AI is created equal. Good AI requires the highest quality “training data” to provide foundational quality levels that build to believable outputs. The key to unlocking consumer growth in China and, perhaps more importantly, in partnership with China, will be built on a foundation of trustworthy knowledge. Poor quality inputs, or worse, manipulated inputs that tie to agendas, will undermine trust. Independent data sets, where truth is the only agenda, will be the lubrication we need.
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About This Guide
This is a step-by-step guide to applying for a Tier 5 YMS visa for the UK, while located outside the UK.
If you’re reading this post, I suspect you’re considering or are in the process of applying for your Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa for the United Kingdom. Welcome! Before we get started, please have a look at my Disclaimer page.
Last Updated: 7 Jan 2020
Eligibility
- Canadian Citizen
- Age 18-30 (you can apply at 17, but you must be 18 on or before the visa start date; you can move to UK at 31, as long as you were 30 on the date of the application)
- No dependents (children under 18 either living with you or for whom you are financially responsible)
- A minimum of the equivalent £1890 (~ $3220 as of January 2020) in your bank account
- Not currently in the UK
You can apply for this visa if you are not in Canada, as long as you are legally allowed to stay in that country for more than six months and there is a UK Border Agency where you can have a biometric appointment. For example, you are in Australia on the working holiday scheme for one year, then you may apply from Australia and attend your biometric appointment in Sydney.
How to Apply for the UK Youth Mobility Visa in Canada
This Official Guidance Document will give you information on all of the requirements for your documents as well as the limitations on the work you may do. Read it twice, if not three times.
Once you’ve done that, Apply Online Here.
What You Need:
- Current passport and all previous passports (if you have them)
- Dates of all international travel, including travel to the UK
- Birth dates and birthplaces of your parents
- Accurate UK postcode to collect your Biometric Residence Permit (your permanent work/residence permit)
- Credit card to process payment for Visa Fee, Immigration Health Surcharge, and User Pay office (if applicable)
- Your proof of funds (do it now and you won’t have to worry later! 🙂 )
Steps
1. Gather the information needed and fill out the application. If you run into information you don’t have – don’t lie! Save the form and get it, or tell the truth (e.g. you lost it, you don’t know, etc.). Make sure your name is filled out exactly as it appears on your passport. I failed to put my middle names on the application, which I was able to amend at my appointment.
2. Fill out the intended date of arrival as accurately as possible. The vignette you receive in your passport is only an entry visa, so you must enter the UK within 30 days of that date or apply for a transfer of visa. See the FAQ for details on the Biometric Residence Permit and the temporary vignette.
3. For the international trips – visiting the USA counts even though there may be no stamps in your passport if you went by car. Put the trips you remember and explain in the comments section at the end of the application. If you forget a trip, don’t sweat! Just mention it in your appointment.
4. Make the payment. The fee for this visa is £244. It is charged in USD because the visa processing office is in New York.
5. You will be directed to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge, which is £300. You must complete the payment and return to the application page within 30 minutes. This link has all of the documents you will need to hand to make the payment.
6. Print out your completed application. Confirm all the information is correct and sign and date where necessary. Write your IHS number on the front page.
7. You will be directed to the VFS Global website to book an appointment at their office in Toronto. Choose the date and time that is convenient for you. If you are not in Toronto, other offices include User Pay Offices in Edmonton, St John’s, Vancouver, Halifax and Ottawa.* There is a $100 USD fee to use these Offices. Print out the appointment confirmation notice.
** Halifax and St John’s User Pay Offices are only open one or two days a month. Be sure to take this into account when applying. **
The Visa Appointment
I should point out that this is officially what is required – I do not have experience with the VFS Global application service, as I used a Worldbridge office when I applied. Please refer to the comments if you would like to know about other people’s experiences with VFS Global.
What You Need:
When you attend your appointment, you should bring:
Information and Documents
- Current passport. It needs to be valid for at least 6 months but your BRP card will be your permanent visa (so you have to keep it on you at all times!).
- Proof of funds dated within 30 days prior to the date of application. Refer to the Official Guidance Document above for specifics. For this visa, you need to have the minimum maintenance amount on or anytime within the 30 days before the date of application. Here are some examples of what this means:
- A hard copy bank statement showing the balance received before your application (no older than a month);
- A letter from your bank on official letterhead stating your balance on the date of your application;
- A print-out of your bank summary from the date of your application showing your balance with an official stamp from your bank.
- The date of application is the date you paid the fee to the UKBA. Maintenance funds required is £1890 (Canadian Dollar amount is calculated using the rate of exchange from the date of your application). My accounts were a chequing account and my TFSA. You must have access to these funds in cash, i.e. they cannot be held in stocks, assets, or credit cards. Lines of credit and joint bank accounts are okay as long as your name is on them.
- Appointment confirmation, visa fee receipt, and VAC (User Pay) service fee receipt.
- You no longer require a passport photo as VFS global now takes it. Be sure to double check if you are applying outside of Canada.
- Print out of your application form (should be available when the application is complete), signed and dated.
- Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) Number
- Your hand and your face
Steps
1. Arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appoint to check-in. Someone at the desk will verify you have all the required documents. If you don’t they may have them on hand but you can be asked to come back. The person at the desk will put them in a folder and give you a number. If you have any last-minute questions, the manager can advise you on your application.
2. Sit and wait for your number. Watch the “Visit Britain” video they play on repeat. (I can not confirm that they have these videos at the VFS Global locations 🙂 ) You are not allowed to have any electronics, food or drink. Also, don’t leave your bag unattended – they will treat it as a bomb threat and evacuate the building which almost happened when some guy left his bag on a chair for 20 minutes.
3. When your number is called, you will go see an agent who will look at your documents and then put them in a DHL bag to be mailed to New York. Yes, it’s silly that Canadians get their British visas processed in America…but you know. Budget cuts
4. You have the option of picking up your visa in the office in Toronto or having it delivered to you for US $37. I decided to have it mailed. You can also have someone else pick it up for you with an authorization letter.
5. Sit and wait again. Become British by osmosis. Your number will the called by the person at the desk and your photograph and biometric data will be taken. They scan your fingerprints and take a picture.
You are now free to go!
7 Days Later…
From applying online to receiving my passport with the vignette, it took a total of 15 days. I applied on a Tuesday, had my appointment the following Wednesday, and had my passports returned to me the week after that on Thursday. I thought this was a pretty fast turn-around, though once I got to the visa stage for my French work permits, it took about a week as well.
The visa processing office in New York sends you an e-mail when they receive your documents and then once the visa has been issued (and presumably if you are rejected).
I have moved the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS here.
1,016 thoughts on “Getting a UK Youth Mobility Visa for Canadians”?
what was the total cost for everything all said and done? not including the funds in your account, but just the fees for getting the visa?
Hi Alyssa;
Love your blog. It has helped me so much as a Canadian coming over here to study.
Under a work study visa (tier 5) does a taichi instructor count as a sports coach?
Thanks!
Sam
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Hi Alyssa,
I’m wondering if they review the transactions on your bank statement? I read in a forum that they may question spikes in your account and if it is in fact your money. I am a server so typically pay with cash but am now making larger deposits into my account from this money to help with the application process. I’m wondering if they’ll question this?
Thanks,
Maggie
Thank you so much for this blog post! I am awaiting trial for criminal charges (break and enter with intent) for a protest action I took part in. We broke into an abandoned elementary school (had been abandoned because of budget cuts) and moved in a bunch of homeless people, and then squatted it – to protest homelessness in Canada. I am planning applying for my T5 youth mobility scheme visa before my trial – should I just not mention the trial? I don’t have charges yet (and the charges might be dropped). Or should I disclose this?
Zoe
Hi,
This blog was a lot of help, i am about to go through the process now and was wondering how far back i need to go for international travel? Is it since birth or the last 10 years?
Thanks,
Zara
Does anyone know about the last question regarding the sponsorship? Am I meant to answer it as if I’m being sponsored or just say what I’m planning on doing whilst in the uk?
I have a question about the “currently not in the UK” eligibility. I am currently in Canada but have already booked my flight to the UK. I live in a part of Canada where the appointments only happen once a month. Is it not possible to get the biometrics etc while in the UK?
My boyfriends visa just got refused because he did not receive the points needed by his maintenance funds. He sent a letter from his bank stating that he had a 15k credit line and has had for over 10 years. Has anyone else experienced this or something similar? Or is a credit line just not an acceptable form of funds? Pls help!
Lines of credit do not count towards maintenance. That’s clearly stated in the documents.
Does it? I honestly can’t find anywhere where it says lines of credit are not acceptable, I can see that credit cards are not 🙁 Also perhaps you should change your blog because you write “Lines of credit and joint bank accounts are okay as long as your name is on them”
Hi there!
Thank you so much for the blog and ebook – major help! Do you happen to know if there is a max length of time between your application date and the day you attend your biometrics appointment? I live no where near the visa office, so I am arranging to attend my biometrics appointment on my way back from an upcoming trip which will be about a month after my application is submit.
Thank you 🙂
I don’t think there’s a limit, but a month is definitely fine! Thanks for the support 🙂
Hi Alyssa, I have a very important to ask you. I am confused with the 30 days vignette sticker and the time you have to arrive in the UK, First of all, I read here in the past that those 30 days are from the intended arrival date which is fine and that you need to apply before you turn 31. I also read here in previous faqs that I can’t find now that you can put as your arrival date up to 6 months after your birthdate is that right? I need to get this answer to this question straighten up because I’m going to England with a Canadian work agency but the lady I’m dealing with she keeps telling me that I have to leave within the 30 days that says on my vignette and that practically I have to arrive in the UK before those 30 days expire but she says that counts from when I get my visa approved and I’m almost sure that is not the case. Where can I see from an official site the 6 months period after my birthday that I am allowed to arrive in the UK? this is very important for me because I’m having this argument over and over but to be honest I only read it here but nowhere else in the official UK government sites but have also not read anywhere that I have to leave before my birthday or such. Please if you have a direct link to this and a straight up answer I will really appreciate it as my application date is approaching since I’m turning 31 in March but I would like to leave sometime end of April if that is even possible otherwise I just have to leave whenever is required. Thanks a lot in advance!
Hey!
I’m applying from Toronto and was wondering if anyone has any time line info in terms of how long they had to wait for an interview once they submitted their application.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated 🙂
Just filling out the application and where it asks what type of work I will be doing and how much I will be making. Do I need to have a job lined up? I plan on waitressing when I get there so can I put that in and then research how much they make a year? I plan to find something upon arrival.
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I read on the official UK government site that every country has a limited number of Tier 5 visa applications they can approve each year. If an application is received after the limit has been reached for that year, the application is denied on this basis. Canada’s annual allocation is 6000 placements/people per year. Has anyone been declined in this situation? Is this common?
no, they’re never eevn CLOSE to that number every year. You really have nothing to worry about for that
Hi Alyssa,
When you paid the health surcharge, did you happen to find out if you are required to pay the health surcharge for both years, or just as many as you intend to stay? For example, it’s 300 pounds/year. If I only want to stay a year can I just pay the 300, and not 600 for the entire visa period?
hey jesse, I just applied and I was required to pay for 2 years health surcharge. It doesnt matter how long you intend to stay.
Hi,
Can I apply when, let’s say I’m 30 years and 10 months old?
Thank you in advance!
Hello,
I am just wondering, can I pay for my tier 5 Youth Mobility visa application, Immigration Health Surcharge, and User Pay office with my debit card?
Thank you.
Hi Alyssa,
I would just like to thank you for creating this blog. It’s super helpful and informative.
I’m not sure if you’re still answering questions however, I do have a question:
The $1890 GBP that must be in my bank account 30 days prior to me submitting my application. Does my bank have the seize that amount so it stays in my account until I travel to the uk? I’m a little confused about this. once I receive the statement from my bank saying that I have the amount in my bank amount – am I allowed to spend a bit of it or does it need to remain in my account until I travel?
hope you’re able to clarify this for me. as you can see I am a little bit confused.
Thank you,
Hi Alyssa, what do you mean by: “Accurate UK postcode to collect your Biometric Residence Permit (your permanent work/residence permit)?” – I don’t have a UK postcode yet, what should I provide?
Hi Alyssa, I hope you’re doing OK in the current climate — I too am a Canadian living in NYC at the moment:)
I am nearing the end of my 7-year run in NYC and plan to move to the UK on the YMS in September. My US visa ends in June, and my funds exist in my Chase American bank. Considering all that’s happening at the moment, I’m wondering if you think I still have enough time to apply for the visa from the US? Can I even apply from the US since my current visa isnt valid for 6 additional months? So with that said, do you think it is OK to apply for the visa from Canada, but have a valid bank statement from my American account or do I need to transfer my money to a Canadian account?
Thanks so much for all the help you do !!
Hi Alyssa,
Love this page it really helped me with my visa application process, learning about the proof of funds and needing to have your bank statement dated on or 31 days prior saved my butt! I have one question, at the time of the appointment do they go through your application at all ( I saw in your guide you mentioned adding forgotten trips onto your application ) ?
Thank you,
Sacha
I know that this is an old post, but the experience with VFS Global is not as easy as it was for Worldbridge.
I applied for a Tier 5 around the same time you did and had a good experience. I had a visa within 15 days applying online. Lots of detailed info from Worldbridge, including clear info about what to bring, email confirmation that my docs were received by the UKVI and that the visa was issued and en route. The milieu and staff were professional and efficient. Exactly as you describe.
Fast forward several years and I am returning to the UK and applying through VFS. Took me over a month to even get a visa appointment. It was a far less professional experience than with Worldbridge. I am not convinced that they won’t lose my passport. There is no way to contact them.
Recommendations:
-apply way in advance of your expected departure date.
-set aside a whole morning or afternoon. I waited over 2hrs past my appointment time even though the processing and biometrics took under 10mins. They seem to deliberately overbook.
-hang on to the receipt they give you for your passport. You won’t get any other email confirmation that your things are received by ukvi or are being processed.
-in this era of covid, bring wipes. They don’t clean surfaces. There is a computer that is used by applicants to print labels. It is not only cleaned, there is no hand sanitizer nearby.
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Dec. 9, 2008
GO GREEN? NO SWEAT, LOCAL LEADERS SAYAS FEDERAL STIMULUS PLAN TAKES SHAPE
Charlotte, N.C. ¨C If the federal government wants to help Mecklenburg County in its efforts to become cleaner and greener, local officials have one thing to say: They¡¯re ready.
President-elect Barack Obama and federal lawmakers are developing an economic stimulus package that would pump billions into the development of sustainable energy practices. Mecklenburg County has already implemented a variety of green-practices programs ¨C and has many more on deck that are simply awaiting the funding needed to bring them to fruition.
Mecklenburg County and the greater Charlotte metropolitan area are not alone. As part of Local Climate Action Week, Mecklenburg County officials and other local leaders are joining local governments nationwide in showcasing initiatives that save energy, reduce waste and emissions, preserve land, and embrace sustainable building practices.
Jennifer Roberts, chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, attended a regional partnership forum recently at which she learned that the Charlotte metropolitan area is particularly well-positioned to retool around alternative energy.
¡°Sustainable development is one of the three target industries the region has recognized,¡± Roberts says. ¡°First, it¡¯s a growing industry. Second, it¡¯s good economics, which comes from job growth. Third, it¡¯s the right thing to do for the environment. We¡¯re working in a 16-county region to identify the resources we have that can be redirected to help us reduce our carbon footprint and increase jobs.¡±
Mecklenburg County sustainability initiatives that have already been implemented include:
¡ñ A policy that prioritizes Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification or better for all new and retrofitted County facilities, including Freedom Mall, the Medical Examiner¡¯s Office and Revolution Sports and Learning Academy.
¡ñ The Green Permit Rebate Program, which offers incentive for area builders to develop projects in an environmentally sustainable and energy efficient way.
¡ñ Adopted an energy plan with an energy savings goal of 50 percent below 2006 levels.
¡ñ The Fleet Management Program that includes the purchase of low-emission vehicles (including hybrid and electric vehicles).
¡ñ Incentive for employees to reduce their vehicle miles traveled. As a result, the County has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as a ¡°Best Workplaces for Commuters¡± employer.
Mecklenburg County sustainability initiatives that are unfunded include:
¡ñ The Grants to Replace Aging Diesel Engines (GRADE) project, which would help businesses replace aging construction equipment, install new engines in old equipment, or retrofit equipment with auxiliary pollution control devices. In fiscal 2008, GRADE funded $400,000 in projects in Charlotte¡¯s ozone nonattainment region. These projects removed 43 tons of nitrogen oxide from our air over five years.
¡ñ Clean Air Works! is a project of the Regional Air Quality Board, in collaboration with the Regional Planning Alliance, the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County Air Quality, Charlotte Area Transit System, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the Centralina Council of Governments, and the Catawba Regional Council of Governments. The project would help employers improve air quality by developing employee commute alternatives, and by assisting in retooling operations and maintenance activities to reduce emissions.
¡ñ Greenway trails are an increasingly important part of the County¡¯s transportation infrastructure. The trail networks connect schools, shopping areas, public transit, libraries, parks and retail destinations. Several projects would be viable candidates for federal economic stimulus funding.
¡ñ Toby Creek Greenway, a two-mile trail that would link residents to the UNC-Charlotte campus and the University Place shopping district to the future Northeast light rail extension from downtown Charlotte.
¡ñ Irwin Creek Greenway. Located in western Charlotte, Irwin Creek Greenway will run from West Boulevard to the existing trails off of Barringer Drive. Just more than a mile long, Irwin Creek Greenway will provide access to the new Revolution Sports and Learning Academy (which is currently seeking LEED certification), Revolution Park, Revolution Golf Course, and Clanton Park. The trail would also provide a connection to Barringer Elementary School.
¡ñ Sugar Creek Greenway. Located in southwestern Charlotte, Sugar Creek greenway would link to CityPark, a new pedestrian-friendly development with a mix of residential, retail and office space. This greenway would also offer access to the State Farmers Market and Renaissance Park.
Participants in Local Climate Action Week ¨C including many local governments in the Carolinas ¨C have joined with Climate Communities, a national nonprofit, and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI ) to endorse ¡°Empowering Local Government Climate Action: Blueprint for the New President and 111th Congress,¡± a resource for the federal government that illustrates how local governments can contribute to economic recovery while helping save the environment. To read the blueprint, go to.
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Abstract
Joint Models for Extracting Adverse Drug Events from Biomedical Text / 2838
Fei Li, Yue Zhang, Meishan Zhang, Donghong Ji
Extracting adverse drug events receives much research attention in the biomedical community. Previous work adopts pipeline models, firstly recognizing drug/disease entity mentions and then identifying adverse drug events from drug/disease pairs. In this paper, we investigate joint models for simultaneously extracting drugs, diseases and adverse drug events. Compared with pipeline models, joint models have two main advantages. First, they make use of information integration to facilitate performance improvement; second, they reduce error propagation in pipeline methods. We compare a discrete model and a deep neural model for extracting drugs, diseases and adverse drug events jointly. Experimental results on a standard ADE corpus show that the discrete joint model outperforms a state-of-the-art baseline pipeline significantly. In addition, when discrete features are replaced by neural features, the recall is further improved.
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The societal and academic debate on sustainability is evolving. Whether man-made climate change is occurring is no longer a discussion worth having as there is a 97% consensus supporting this claim. An interesting development in the debate is that we now discuss how to adapt to, or mitigate the effects of, climate change in relation to other problems. There is not just one environmental movement; there is a broad spectrum of people and organisations that consider themselves as being ‘green’. In the year 2016 RUW foundation will focus on the differences and similarities between the different opinions on sustainability, instead of the “old” sustainability debate with opponents and proponents of sustainability.
As an organisation with a strong focus on sustainability we like to give students of Wageningen University the opportunity to actively seek for a more refined and nuanced view on sustainability. By organising lectures, excursions, workshops, debates and screen movies we will in 2016 elaborate on the different stances in environmentalism.
The realisation that the debate on sustainability needs to evolve is reflected in the year theme 2016: Shades Of Green – What is your colour?, Stichting RUW does not take a position in the debate. Students are however invited to form their opinion and take a position somewhere in the green spectrum, therefore we will ask the question: What is your colour?
Operationalization
We do not only want to inform what the different shades of green are, we also want to look critically at these different shades, what they mean and how they are interpreted. This will likely lead to controversy as being green is often seen as universally good. It seems that the more green you are the more you care about the world around you. Just like shades of grey, some of the shades of green have ominous, scary and painful aspects and a complicated history.
What does it mean to be green? Does it mean that you buy as much green products in the shop as desired by the light-greens or that you oppose capitalism as the deep-greens want you to? Can you still be green if your answer is neither? Or both?
The many colours of environmentalism
On the 17th of February RUW this theme was launched at our annual opening event. On an event titled “the many colours of environmentalism” we’ve invited three guest speakers from Wageningen to talk about the Shades of Green which resulted in three different and interesting presentations that made us reconsider many assumptions about being green.
The first presentation was given by Erik-Jan van Oosten on the history of environmentalism. We learned that the ideas and stories of John Muir, Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and Rachel Carson still shape the debate about sustainability to a large extent. Linkages have been made between old and new ideas, the most relevant scientific breakthroughs and the political issues that divide the green movement. This peek into the history of environmentalism helped the audience to get a historical context on for understanding where the contemporary greens such as the “ecomodernism” and “Climate Justice” movements come from and what motivates them.
Kris van Koppen from the Environmental Policy group presented about the Shades of Green in Nature Protection. How we view and relate to nature is one of the most defining features of one’s green identity. During this presentation the case was made that it is not necessarily our views but our practices that determine how we value nature. There are 3 more or less separate pillars in which we relate to nature: “Dependency”, “kinship” and “enjoyment and awe”. Throughout the presentation historic paintings were used to show how culture and nature related, leading to an interesting discussion between western and non-western views. Despite being highly informative the thought-provoking presentation left us with more questions than answers: Is being green something you are or is it something you do? Is sustainability a practice or an ideology?
To contrast the academic perspective from the first two presentations we invited Pim van der Horst to give a presentation about his daily experience as a sustainability consultant at Fruitconsult. He invited the audience to think along with the everyday dilemma’s he faces when advising fruit growers. Is growing organically more sustainable? Is high efficiency or high biodiversity on the farm more important? It is not just that there are trade-offs and considerations that need to be made to get to the right answer: it is impossible to tell the “right answer” without knowing the context. He argued the context of farmers and is often not included in the equation when we talk about sustainable food. Practicalities such as whether the farmer has a successor, whether the focus is on quality or quantity, what the soil and water conditions are and what the neighbouring farms are doing are also important. What sustainability entails needs to be defined on a case-by-case basis for the concept to be meaningful. He concluded that we should no longer seek for one superior colour of green but embrace the diversity of meanings that the word sustainability has.
COP21 outcomes: discussing the role for Wageningen.
Nila Kamil is a PhD at the Environmental Policy Group and attended the conference as part of the Indonesian delegation. Combined with her research on transparency issues this provided a great insider.
Perception, Technology and Application of GMOs: The Role of Intuition in GMO Opposition
DWARS & RUW Foundation together organised a lecture about the perception, technology and application of GMOs. The technology of GMO’s was first explained by Stefaan Blancke (Philosopher, Ghent University) in a non-technical way to make sure the audience is on the same level of understanding on the various types of genetic modification. The second guest speaker, Wim Grunewald (Bio-engineer, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie), covered the social, ethical and psychological aspects of GMO’s and focussed on the framing used by the opposition of this technology. Geert De Jaeger (Biotechnologist, Ghent University & Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie) facilitated a discussion and talked us through the historic development of the GMO technology sector. This event clearly showed the divide between the light-green and dark-green positions in the sustainability movement: Innovation and technology will lead us to a prosperous green world according to the light greens, while the dark-greens see the innovations and technologies as one of the key reasons we now have these environmental problems. During this event a more nuanced view emerged: there is a difference between criticizing GMO technology and criticizing the current way in which this technology is applied.
Degrowth Conference Relocalised
The Degrowth school of thought is a darker shade of green that is rapidly gaining popularity and developing into a system-oriented critique on the development. The premise of Degrowth is that trough more sharing, more free time, less stuff and new forms of collaborating we can all live an enjoyable and meaningful life within planetary boundaries. RUW Foundation has relocalised the 5-day Budapest Degrowth conference in Wageningen with a live-stream.
The sessions were of high quality and many interesting guest speakers shared their views and research with the audience. Remarkable was the diversity of perspectives and backgrounds of the panellists in most of the sessions. Policy makers, feminists, academics, activists, economists and politicians all were given a voice at the many panel sessions. Interesting was the global focus of the conference: periphery and semi-periphery countries, Bhutan, India and Latin America were represented and talked about in great detail at the event. The following three sessions were highlights for us:
Firstly, in the introduction lecture the aim was stated to re-politicise sustainability. As everyone today is in favour of sustainability, it is increasingly becoming a meaningless, all-encompassing concept. At RUW Foundation we seek the debate on issues related to sustainability and welcome this approach to diversify and intensify the sustainability debate.
The hypotheses that in order to achieve sustainability involves doing less, not more and that infinite growth on a finite planet are impossible formed the starting point for many explorations and keynote lectures. There appears to be a growing consensus on the problems we face such as climate change, ecocide, overpopulation and extreme inequality between race, sex, nationalities and generations. On the solutions to these problems there is less consensus and many guest speakers spoke about solutions that are considered undesirable. This included geo-engineering, technofixes, rigged emission trading schemes, replacing cars with electric cars, sustainable growth, ecological modernisation, offsetting emissions, fracking, GMO’s, quantitative easing, large hydro dams and clean coal. The overall message was that we need localised solutions so it doesn’t make much sense to talk about generally applicable solutions and that we need system change in order to make existing practices such as permaculture, local food, alternative currencies and the sharing economy more viable.
A good overview of the current state of Degrowth and the immense potential of this narrative was presented by Clive Spash in his keynote lecture. He does not only talk about the benefits and necessity of a shrinking global economy but doesn’t shy away to challenge the notion of grassroot change. A degrowth system could be very tyrannical and top-down if we let it. Like every ideology it can become dangerous once it becomes dogmatic and fundamentalist.
In India the economic situation is different from what we in the west have grown accustomed to. The increase in economic activity does still need to an increase in health, happiness and well-being. In his keynote Ashish Kothari distinguishes different types of economic activity and talks about the neo-colonial aspects of the current development path India aspires. The immensity of this modernist operation is countered by the spiritual and religious aspects that are a key aspect of Indian life. The greatest accomplishment of this talk is making this tension understandable for outsiders with little knowledge on indian culture and widening the scope of Degrowth to include one of the world’s largest nations.
Regreening weekend
On the 9th, 10th and 11th of September Wageningen’s first Re-Greening weekend took place. This is a collaborative introduction to the many green initiatives, places and people of Wageningen. Key organisers were Wageningen Environmental Platform, Fossil Free Wageningen and DWARS. RUW Foundation took on the role of promotion by creating and distributing the greenactive flyer and hosted the two capacity-building and community mapping sessions.
On Saturday the 10th RUW Foundation introduced the green active network to the new students of the Wageningen University and provided an overview of the current state of activities in Wageningen. After giving 8 different organisations 3 minutes to pitch what their initiative does, needs and wants a speed-date session between the new students was hosted. Several organisations have found interested people for their student boards and gained volunteers during this afternoon.
On Sunday the 11th of September green and ambitious plans for the next academic year were made at a workshop at Thuis Wageningen. The participants of the Re-greening weekend and representatives of the green organisations all hosted an “open space” in which they were to discuss their ideas for the next academic year. In 4 rounds of open spaces many alliances were formed between people, places and organisations, several ideas for upcoming activities were created and solutions for unsustainable situations were discussed.
These sessions formed the reflective part of the weekend and the outcomes from both sessions are collected in a harvest document. The re-greening weekend was well received by both the participants and the organisers and it is intended to make this an annual recurring event that is up to par with the introduction weekends organised by the student associations.
RUW Foundation Sustainability Book Club: Laudato Si
In 2016 we took a look at one of the most surprising eco-visions: Laudato Si. The catholic pope has written an encyclical on sustainability and the human-nature relationship. Through reading and discussing we discovered that pope Francis has a great scientific understanding of the reality of climate change, as well as a deep ecology approach to development. This small publication is full of ideas, analyses and arguments that fit surprisingly well in both the internal logic of the Catholic faith as well as the goals of environmental movement. The book is freely accessible on the Vatican website.
Further reading: Green Manifesto’s
We define a shade of green as a coherent set of ideas on sustainability. Many shades of green have well-written manifesto’s that explain the ideas behind them and draw the connection between these ideas. We’ve listed the following thought-provoking, and when compared amongst each other: highly conflicting, documents:
- Beyond Sustainability: A Manifesto for Planet 3.0
- The Degrowth Manifesto
- The eco-modernist manifesto
- The Solarpunk manifesto
- The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another
- The Dark Mountain Project: In search of a new narrative
More about green shades:
The American Prospect: the shades of green
Resilience.org: What Shade of Green are You? Part 1: The Spectrum of a Movement
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The Top 5 Reasons Every Pet Parent Should Have Pet Insurance
Whether you are the single pet parent, the young couple,…
You can download our entire Pet Insurance Guide: Why The Fine Print Matters.
Today’s topic:
Holistic/Alternative Therapies
What is this?
Holistic or alternative therapy are treatments that aren’t usually considered conventional, western medicine such as acupuncture, laser therapy, massage, hydrotherapy, chiropractic therapy and more. There are plans out there that exclude holistic or alternative therapies for treating conditions in dogs and cats.
How does this affect you?
Veterinarians are now leaning toward a twofold approach when it comes to treatments for dogs and cats. If there are alternative treatments that work better, or are more suited to your specific pet, they believe in utilizing those types of treatments.
For example, acupuncture is becoming increasingly used to help manage the pain for issues like disc disease, arthritis, cancer and trauma. A session of acupuncture can range between $25 and $225, and depending on the condition, can require several sessions.
Which Pet Insurance Providers Do Not Cover Holistic & Alternative Therapies:
Where does PetFirst stand?
PetFirst does reimburse for holistic or alternative therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure, laser therapy, hydrotherapy, chiropractic care and more, as long as it is performed by a licensed veterinarian or clinic and is for a condition that is covered..
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So this is a close picture of a cuticle.
So here is the correct way to remove them
1. Wash them with warm water and soap and dry them well.
2. Apply cuticle softener/remover.
3. Use orange stick to push back the cuticle and ensure they are soft enough
4. Use a cuticle cutter to cut your cuticles very carefully. DO NOT over cut.
5. Apply moisterizer.
P.S. for the pushing back of the cuticles, try to use orange stick instead of metal sticks cause it is actually better :)
This is my #20 nail tip! Do check out the other nail tips.
Nail tips will be temporary stopped till further notice.
I'll be sourcing for more tips for all of you in the mean time:)
Thanks for dropping by :)
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Grove Animal Hospital & Holistic Center’s Holistic Veterinary Pet Store features new dehydrated dog and cat food products and treats that are designed to add nutritious benefits to your pet’s existing diet. Treats such as Raw Rewards Wild Caught Salmon are excellent sources of protein and can be fed as a stand alone treat or meal topper. The line by Northwest Naturals offers both cat and dog foods and many flavors of treats that are all dehydrated. You can wet them down or feed them dry. These nuggets provide added Omega 3’s, protein and are clean to feed for pet owners who don’t like the mess and possible contamination of raw meat.
If you’re thinking of making your own meal toppers, there are many foods right in your kitchen that could work simply and easily. “Adding the meal topper adds additional whole food nutrition which can help make nutrients in the diet more available which improves digestion of the regular diet. These also make good snacks and training treats,” said Dr. Jim Carlson of Grove Animal Hospital & Holistic Center. Here’s a starter list: eggs, sardines, slightly cooked vegetables, plain canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling), kefir, some baby foods and plain yogurt.
“Raw vegetables are difficult for carnivores to digest. Slight cooking makes the vitamins and minerals more available to pets. Steaming them helps them more palatable and easier on the stomach,” said Dr. Carlson.
Please stop by the holistic veterinary pet store at Grove Animal Hospital & Holistic Center to see our new office and our evolving line up of veterinary grade holistic products.
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Judging Global Supply Chains
There are recognized leaders in the global supply chain, but are they really leading? And how do you judge that, anyway? In a relatively lengthy article on the topic, Lora Cecere examines a number of performance dimensions for supply chains and provides some ideas on how to identify the real leaders. Check out her article on the Supply Chain Shaman site HERE.
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M.Pharma Courses
Master of Pharmacy (M Pharma) in India is offered as post graduate (graduate) course after completion of B Pharma degree. The M Pharma course is normally of two years duration.In some universities it is one-year research and one year theory examination, while some offers M Pharm by research completely leading to doctorate degree. The course focuses on specialisation in the field of pharmacy.
The M Pharma courses are offered by pharmacy colleges affiliated to uniee leading to entry into the pharmacy profession..
The Program lead to Specialization in formulation development, manufacturing technology and process development areas, which are essential specialization for manufacturing of traditional and novel drug delivery system.
Colleges imparting pharmaceutical education (D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm or Pharm D) must be approved by All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) or Pharmacy Council Of India (PCI).
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Batch Jobs
Overview
Batch jobs run non-interactively under the control of a batch script -- a text file containing a number of job directives and Linux commands or utilities. Batch scripts are submitted to the batch system, where they are queued awaiting free resources. The batch scheduler/resource manager for Cori is SLURM.
Directives and Commands
Batch script directives tell SLURM how to run the job. You specify things like the number and kind of nodes to use and the time your job will run. Directive lines in the script start with the keyword #SBATCH. A minimal set of keywords is shown in the Bare-bones batch script example below.
When your job runs, Cori will execute commands in the batch script as if it were a plain shell script (you specify the shell at the top of the script, see example below). These commands will execute serially on a single node (the lowest-numbered node your job is allocated by SLURM). To run anything in parallel, you must use the "srun" command to launch multiple instances of your executable. More information about SLURM directives and srun is available below.
Submitting a Batch Script for Execution
Use the "sbatch" command to submit your script to the system. It will be placed in a queue and it will run when resources are available. See "Submitting Jobs" below.
Bare-bones Batch Script
A very simple SLURM batch script to run a job on the Haswell nodes of Cori looks like this:
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -N 2 #Use 2 nodes
#SBATCH -t 00:30:00 #Set 30 minute time limit
#SBATCH -q regular #Submit to the regular QOS
#SBATCH -L SCRATCH #Job requires $SCRATCH file system
#SBATCH -C haswell #Use Haswell nodes
srun -n 32 -c 4 ./my_executable
Alternatively, the same script using the long format of SLURM keywords, is below:
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH --nodes=2
#SBATCH --time=00:30:00
#SBATCH --qos=regular
#SBATCH --license=SCRATCH #note: specify license need for the file systems your job needs, such as SCRATCH,project
#SBATCH --constraint=haswell
srun -n 32 -c 4 ./my_executable
The example above contains:
- The Shell: SLURM batch scripts requires users to specify which shell to use. In this case we use bash by specifying #!/bin/bash -l. Batch scripts won't run without a shell being specified in the first line.
- #SBATCH directives: In the example above the directives tell the scheduler to allocate two nodes for your job, for thirty minutes and with the regular QOS. The "-L" or "--license=" directive specifies the file systems your job needs (More details on requesting file system license can be found here). The "-C" or "--constraint" directive specifies that this job requires Haswell nodes. Directives can also specify things like what to name STDOUT files, what account to charge, whether to notify you by email when your job finishes, how many tasks to run and how many tasks per node, etc.
- The srun command is used to start execution of your code on Cori's compute nodes. You may recall that on earlier Cray systems, we used "aprun" rather than srun. Unlike our earlier systems, Cori uses what is known as native SLURM, in which SLURM serves as both a resource manager and job scheduler for the system.
- Note that when your job runs, it starts in the job submit directory by default. Also note that to find your executable srun needs either:
- An absolute path to the executable (beginning with "/"), or
- A relative path to the executable, beginning with "./", or
- The executable to be in $PATH
SLURM Keywords
The following table lists required and useful keywords that can be used in #SBATCH directives.
SLURM directives may also be specified on the sbatch command line. Note: if you use both command-line options and script directives, command line options will override the corresponding options in the batch script.
An expanded list of sbatch job options and keywords can be found here, but keep in mind that the page describes a generic sbatch implementation and not all options and environment variables are relevant to or defined on Cori.
The srun Command
It is possible to use a large portion of the options for sbatch with srun due to the nature of native SLURM.
For more information on srun, check our page for frequently used srun options, visit the official documentation for srun, or refer to "srun" man page.
Selecting the KNL Nodes
In the bare-bones batch script above, we selected the Haswell nodes. If we want to instead batch script for running 32 MPI processes across two nodes becomes:
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -N 2 #Use 2 nodes
#SBATCH -t 00:30:00 #Set 30 minute time limit
#SBATCH -q regular #Use the regular QOS
#SBATCH -L SCRATCH #Job requires $SCRATCH file system
#SBATCH -C knl,quad,cache #Use KNL nodes in quad cache format (default, recommended)
srun -n 32 -c 16 ./my_executable
Submitting Jobs
Once your batch script is ready, you can submit as below:
% sbatch myscript.sl.
Choosing a QOS
When you submit your batch job you will usually choose one of these SLURM QOSs:
- regular : Use this for production runs.
- debug: Use this for small, short test runs
- premium: Use this for high-priority jobs occasionally
Additional QOSs are available for a number of special circumstances that are described elsewhere. See Cori Queues and Policies for more information.
Job Output
Standard output ( STDOUT ) and standard error ( STDERR ) messages from your job are directly written to the output or stderr file name you specified in your batch script or to the default output file name (as slurm-jobid.out) in your submit directory ( $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR ) and you can monitor them there during your run.
Job Steps and Dependencies
There is a sbatch/srun option -d(--dependency) .
For example, to run batch job2 only after batch job1 is completed:
cori02% sbatch job1
Submitted batch job 5332
cori02% sbatch -d afterok:5332 job2
or
cori02% sbatch -d afterany:5332 job2
Job steps and dependencies can be used in a workflow to prepare input data for simulation or to archive output data after a simulation. See the Job Steps and Dependencies example in Example Batch Scripts.
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ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012
- September 17, 2012
Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best supp…
A Model for Highly Leveraged Procurements: The Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium
- April 6, 2010
This research bulletin discusses the process and challenges of establishing a statewide education technology consortium and the leveraged purchasing and other benefits that can accrue to member ……
Institutional Data Management Survey
- February 10, 2009
This February 2009 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of institutional data management in higher education. For purposes of this study, institu…
Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations
- July 22, 2008
This ECAR research bulletin introduces the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation research on successful collaborative practices in the context of higher education. It details 20 collaborative success fa…
Large-Scale Open Source E-Learning Systems at Open University UK
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This ECAR research bulletin examines the factors leading to the selection of the open source learning management system at the Open University, details the many aspects of development work that h…
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of Technology. I brought along with me my three students and we waited with much anticipation on what he was going to discuss (that was after we feasted our eyes on the free stickers that Stallman gave to us)
Richard Stallman is the founder of Free Software Foundation. He started his talk with the four freedoms for software:
Freedom Zero is the freedom to run the program for any purpose, any way you like. It means that you have an option to run a program or not.
Freedom One is the freedom to help yourself by changing the program to suit your needs. You can study the program and change the source code as you please it.
Freedom Two is the freedom to help your neighbor by distributing copies of the program. You can make exact copies of the same program and can distribute it as you wish. You can give or sell it to others.
Freedom Three is the freedom to support the community by creating an improved or modified version of the program. And as stated in Freedom Two, you can also give or sell it to others.
He goes on with his talk with the injustices that proprietary software companies commit through malware. He said that in theory, the people who create these proprietary software and those that create malware are supposed to be different groups, but in practice they go together. Over the years, he has said this to be a known and proved existence of proprietary malware. Stallman also described software Digital Restriction Management (DRM) to be digital handcuffs. The censorship that they provide to their users should be reviewed.
Stallman then opened a pandora’s box of comments against large companies or software such as Apple, Google, Android, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Flash players, and Kindle. He even described a computer science legend to be a man who made a tremendous contribution to the world. Lastly, he talked about the difference of his causes in free software movement and that of the open source software movement.
In his continuing pursuit to promote the four forms of software freedom and why he is against the open source software movement, he said that “the words that you use will have power in the message that you convey. Freedom is constantly threatened, in order to keep it, you have to fight for it.”
After his talk, the participants were encouraged to ask questions then they had a bidding for a limited and large Libre Planet button pin that Stallman brought.
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An Alternative to Gun Free Zones
It’s not what you think.
Do gun free zones really make us safer?
Nearly all of the 173 mass shootings [1]in the US so far in 2019 and the innumerable gun incidents that were not mass shootings occurred in gun free zones.
Schools, malls, offices, churches and arenas are predominantly gun free zones. Organizations declare gun free zone policies and post signs at entrances often to meet statutory requirements and reduce insurance premiums. But…does this approach really make us safer? The idea of gun free zones seems like a sensible and family friendly approach that increases the safety of everyone in attendance. But….who has the guns? Figuring out which people are carrying guns with a high degree of accuracy and denying admission requires dedicated armed security staffing and expensive equipment. Will you operate an airport-style checkpoint or even a less invasive handheld metal detector arrangement? With armed checkpoints, confidence levels increase but never achieve one hundred percent. Without checkpoints, what is a gun free zone really?
Disturbed individuals intent on random killing, as well as, angry persons settling a grudge are unconcerned with no-gun policies. In fact, a 2015 article in the Chicago Tribune suggests that there is evidence that mass shooters have sought out gun free facilities because they will not be exposed to potential interruptions to their quest to kill as many as possible.[2]
Many people who are not bad actors also carry guns. Presently, the open carry of handguns is permitted in all but five states plus DC. Concealed weapons are permitted in all states.[3] Absent an armed checkpoint, will you have your on-site resources, who are likely to be unarmed, confronting citizens who believe themselves to be rightfully carrying a weapon? Are local law enforcement resources prepared to respond to these types of events?
Walmart, the largest retailer, allows open carry of weapons for properly licensed customers. Target, another large retailer, seems to stop short of outright weapon prohibition by stating ”….. we will also respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target – even in communities where it is permitted by law.”[4]
CBS News – Unusual places you can bring a gun
Concealed guns, state gun carry laws along with inconsistent policies for private property make it very difficult to make sure that gun free zones are actually free of guns. It may be time for a different approach.
Gun Detection Zones
Almost all states and jurisdictions have laws addressing the improper exhibition of a firearm also known as brandishing a weapon. [5] These laws and their interpretations vary widely across jurisdictions and this information is not offered as legal advice. Very generally, “brandishing” means to display, show, wave, or exhibit the firearm in a manner which another person might find threatening. In some states it’s a Misdemeanor crime and in others a Felony. A security approach that focuses on improper gun display incidents could provide another safety layer for public places. Under this approach close coordination with law enforcement may be easier since they are better prepared to respond to more clearly prosecutable offenses For those who fear prosecution, knowing that security is specifically set up to swiftly detect a brandished gun, summon law enforcement and collect photographic evidence within seconds might be a much stronger deterrent than simply a gun free zone notification. For those intent on killing, rapidly detecting a brandished gun shaves minutes off the law enforcement and EMS response potentially saving lives.
Video Gun Detection
Austin Texas based, Athena Security, Inc., offers a video weapon detection system that works with most surveillance camera systems that are already in place. The video weapon detection system monitors camera feeds and recognizes drawn guns, knives, fights and slip/falls within seconds of seeing them. Once a threat is recognized, an alert is sent to security resources and can be shared with responders via a smartphone app. To lean more email richard@athena-security.com.
[1] Gun Violence Archive.
[2] Take a gun to the mall. John R. Lott Chicago Tribune February 2015 ct-mall-of-america-terrorist-threat-perspec-0225-20150224-story.html [3] State and local requirements and restrictions apply including requirements for permits, restrictions on weapon types that can be carried, prohibited facilities and many others. [4]- in-stores
[5] “brandishing” or “improper exhibition” or “defensive display” or “unlawful display” depends specifically on your state and jurisdiction. Consult your attorney before acting.
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Debugging with IPython
IPython is more than a Python shell with syntax coloring, it comes with a variety of useful tools and functions, for instance the %time and %prun commands for timing and profiling any statement:
In[1]: %time (1 + 1) CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s Wall time: 0.00 s Out[1]: 2
There is also the integration with the Python debugger (pdb), but I still need to learn how to use this :) Meanwhile, here is a useful trick I was shown recently: using the embed() function from the IPython module, you can invoke an IPython shell anywhere in your code. The context of the shell will be that of the line where it is invoked, meaning you are able to access local variables with their current values at execution time. This is particularly handy, for instance, to debug exceptions:
try: my_dangerous_function() except: import IPython IPython.embed() # spawns a shell within the current context
Once you are done with the shell, just exit() it (or Ctrl-D) and the execution will resume from the point it was interrupted at. Note that this feature is only available with recent versions of IPython (0.13.1 on my machine).
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It doesn’t really make sense that I subtitled this blog post with R. Kelly lyrics (bun in the oven reference, I guess). But not much about the ‘fourth trimester’ makes sense.
When I use the term ‘fourth trimester,’ I’m referring to those first newborn weeks. You have one (maybe two, even three -bless you) newborn baby, but you also have newborn parents. And what helped me as a new mother was to understand that Estella, even though out of the womb, was going to take some time to adapt. She was used to those in-womb rhythms: constant warmth; the comfort of a small, tight, safe place; darkness; noise; and perpetual feeding. That was her world, her life, and who could blame a new tiny person when their needs/demands are the same after birth?
Understanding the newborn phase as the ‘fourth trimester’ helped me to empathise with my new daughter, to imagine what she was experiencing. Without that empathy, sleep deprivation and physical demands would have given me more and more irrational thoughts like, “Who is this tiny, selfish creature that’s demanding all of my time and energy!” It’s true, but when you’re sleep deprived, you tend to take things more personally. “Doesn’t she want her mother to get any sleep? What about my needs, huh?!” And then because you can’t take your anger and frustration out on your new, tiny, helpless little human, you take it out on your spouse. Sorry, Frans. Glad we’re over that hurdle (fist pump).
(Here is Frans, being a great papa)
And it also helps you understand how to care for your new, tiny, helpless little human. It’s a little bit like taking in a refugee. They didn’t ask to be here, but here they are. Their world was very different. It was safe, protected, free from startling light or cold drafts. You’ve taken someone who’s enjoyed constant all-you-can-eat buffets on a warm, tropical island (naked and everything), and asked them to come to (well for me, in Amsterdam) a place that probably feels like Siberia. They’re wearing clothes for the first time. For the first time, their walnut-sized stomach is empty again, and again. It scares them because they’ve never known hunger, but can’t keep more than three or four hours of milk in their belly because their belly is literally walnut-sized. They’re used to sleeping nestled in their island hammock, but you’re asking them to sleep on a flat mattress for the first time. And they don’t speak the language. No wonder newborns either sleep so much (lucky you!) or cry so much (our experience).
In the Netherlands, every woman has the care first of the verloskundige, midwife, and then after the baby is born, a kraamzorg. The ‘maternity caregiver’ is a woman less trained or educated than the verloskundige, but she specializes in the first week of a newborn’s life. She’s also responsible for the mother. Depending on your insurance plan, she comes for approximately one week, and spends half a day. She takes your temperature and the baby’s, checks your blood loss, helps you shower if necessary. She takes the baby’s temperature, weighs her, shows you how to bathe her, maybe even fixes you a sandwich and does the dishes. She’s a professional replacement of what in our family experience, was the maternal mother’s business. Our grandmas did that stuff. Here, you get a trained professional. Although I am super impressed by the high-quality kraamzorg experience (our kraamzorg Kirsten was great), I had mixed feelings about this practice. I didn’t want a stranger in my house, professional or no. I wanted my mother. In the end, we were spoiled to have both.
(My sweet mama with her third granddaughter (named after her mother)
(the sweet kraamzorg Kirsten with Estella)
After Kirsten’s time was up and my mother went home, I felt the absence of an older woman keenly. I mourned the ‘good old days’ of a more generationally mixed society. I wished that I lived in a ‘it takes a village’ culture. So much of the fourth trimester I spent trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. My baby cried all the time, breastfeeding hurt like hell, and I was exhausted. It simply wasn’t supposed to be this hard. What was I doing wrong? What was Frans doing wrong? Why were we just all wrong (cue bursting into tears)?
The good news is if you’re going through this right now, you’re not doing anything wrong. The first weeks are just hard. Period. Unless you have a very sleepy baby. Then high five each other for your good fortune, and don’t look surprised when friends or family walk into a family dinner bleary eyed and grumpy, staring off into space. And don’t say, really, you’re tired? Little Jack just sleeps all the time! I’m starting to wonder what all the fuss is about. Really. Just keep your mouth closed and bring the new parent some caffeine. Or a pillow.
Because these new parents are newborns themselves, and also need care. They’re in love, committed, all-in. They would give their lives for this new little person. They’re giving what feels like 150% but often feeling like failures. They’re just so tired. So they’re sensitive. Advice feels like criticism. What they need most is encouragement, a listening ear. Practical help. Let them hold the baby; you make dinner, clean up, do the dishes, fold some laundry. Never will such small acts of kindness go so far.
(Life is can be tough when you’re so small.)
In my own experience, I was putting too much pressure on myself. I thought I saw other moms able to do this or that, so I tried to rise to the occasion, giving pep talks to myself. C’mon, Erin. This can’t be that hard. Every mother in the world has done this. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and just do it. I should have shushed that voice, left the guests to their coffee, and napped while the baby did.
Comparison is the thief of joy, new parents. If you’re comparing yourself to what you think other new parents are thinking, doing, or saying, you’re stealing the joy and triumph from the honest hard labor of your first days as parents. And as new parents we need to be more honest with each other.
No one tells you it will be this hard. But trust me, there is something about the boot camp moments of the fourth trimester that make you into a Real Parent. Those sleepless nights and days that blur together, that constant care for your THH who can’t even thank you for your sacrifice to their existence and well-being. It MAKES you. You learn way more about love this way.
(I think this was the day I realised that she was all ours!)
You’ll experience the highest highs and the lowest lows. You’ll feel like quitting and find the strength again. And you’ll never experience so much joy.
And…I’ll chime in with the chorus of voices that will tell you, “It only gets better.”
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Our newest partner, the Worldwide Fistula Fund, celebrated the opening of the Danja Fistula Center, its first freestanding fistula center last Saturday, February 11, 2012. A state-of-the-art fistula hospital in Niger, the Danja Fistula Center will provide free obstetric fistula surgeries, prevention programming and aftercare for women afflicted by this condition.
Founded in 1995, the Worldwide Fistula Fund is a not-for-profit public charity that provides medical treatment for women suffering from obstetric fistula in sub-Saharan Africa.
“The goal of the Worldwide Fistula Fund was to always create a freestanding fistula center and use it as a model center that can be replicated,” said Bree Neely, Director of Development for the Worldwide Fistula Fund. “If you can do it in a desolate area you have figured out the challenges and then can move on to create more hospitals in more populated areas.”
With the highest rate of maternal mortality Niger is in desperate need of services that will keep mothers and their newborns alive. “We will be doing prevention outreach within a 50 kilometer catch net,” Neely mentioned. “We will spread the message to women that if the sun rises two times during their labor then they need to go to the hospital. We will be working on this from a prevention angle.”
The Danja Fistula Center will be open year round save for April through May, the hot season. All services are free for the women. In the first year there will be 400 fistula operations and then will gradually ramp up to 1100 surgeries annually.
In addition to performing fistula operations, the Worldwide Fistula Fund will also create curriculum for a social reintegration program. The program will teach women how to read and will also provide micro-financing opportunities.
“Most women who have fistulas have been left by their families,” said Neely. “They are full of shame, embarrassments and have no resources. It’s really our responsibility to not just sew up their fistula, but there is a broader responsibility to see if they are OK and can build a life for themselves.”
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SentriLock highly values the importance of giving back to the local community. During 2015, SentriLock was involved in several efforts to support our local areas. Through these efforts, we were able to strengthen the bond among team members, grow in new experiences, and give much needed support to charitable organizations and to the individuals who rely on them.
SentriLock donated several needed items to charities across the Tri-State over the past year. The Mason Food Pantry received over 300 canned food items for the Pi Day Canned Food Drive, cleaning supplies and over the counter medications for the Giving Drive, and a van valued at $2,400. Dayton organization Shoes 4 The Shoeless and West Chester organization Shoes for H.O.P.E. received donated socks and shoes. SentriLock also sponsored the Boys & Girls Club of West Chester/Liberty “Steak & Burger Dinner” and the Club Kids’ Holiday Party.
All SentriLock employees have a company sponsored benefit of Volunteer Time Off to either use to volunteer their time at a local charity or to have SentriLock donate the cash equivalent. In 2015, SentriLock employees impacted our community with this benefit by volunteering at various charitable organizations for 52 hours, donating 32 hours to Susan G Komen for the Cure, 48 hours to Habitat for Humanity, 48 hours to Boys & Girls Club of West Chester/Liberty, and 76 hours to the South Carolina chapter of the Red Cross.
We would like to extend a very big thank you to all our employees for logging time and donating money to these wonderful organizations. All of us at SentriLock are very excited to see how much more we can give back to our local communities in 2016!
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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
- Published:
Eribulin-induced liver dysfunction as a prognostic indicator of survival of metastatic breast cancer patients: a retrospective study
BMC Cancer volume 16, Article number: 404 (2016)
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Abstract
Background
Eribulin is a non-taxane, microtubule dynamics inhibitor that increases survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Although eribulin is well tolerated in patients with heavily pretreated disease, eribulin-induced liver dysfunction (EILD) can occur, resulting in treatment modification and subsequent poor disease control. We aimed to clarify the effect of EILD on patient survival.
Methods
The medical records of 157 metastatic breast cancer patients treated with eribulin between July 2011 and November 2013 at Cancer Institute Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. EILD was defined as 1) an increase in alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase levels >3 times the upper limit of normal, and/or 2) initiation of a liver-supporting oral drug therapy such as ursodeoxycholic acid or glycyron. Fatty liver was defined as a decrease in the liver-to-spleen attenuation ratio to <0.9 on a computed tomography scan.
Results
EILD occurred in 42 patients, including one patient for whom eribulin treatment was discontinued due to severe EILD. The patients who developed EILD had significantly higher body mass indices (BMIs) than those who did not develop EILD (24.5 vs. 21.5, respectively; P < 0.0001), with no difference in the dose intensity of eribulin between the two groups (P = 0.76). Interestingly, the patients with EILD exhibited significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than those without EILD (P = 0.010 and P = 0.032, respectively). Similarly, among 80 patients without liver metastasis, 19 with EILD exhibited significantly longer PFS and OS than the others (P = 0.0012 and P = 0.044, respectively), and EILD was an independent prognostic factor of PFS (P = 0.0079) in multivariate analysis. During eribulin treatment, 18 patients developed fatty liver, 11 of whom developed EILD, with a median BMI of 26.7.
Conclusions
Although EILD and fatty liver occurred at a relatively high frequency in our study, most of the patients did not experience severe adverse effects. Surprisingly, the development of EILD was positively associated with patient survival, especially in patients without liver metastases. EILD may be a clinically useful predictive biomarker of survival, but further studies are needed to confirm these findings in another cohort of patients.
Background
Eribulin mesylate is a synthetic analog of halichondrin B, which is a natural product isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria okadai. Eribulin is a non-taxane, microtubule dynamics inhibitor belonging to the halichondrin class of antineoplastic agents [1].
Eribulin was demonstrated to provide significant survival benefits in patients with locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer in a randomized phase III trial that compared the use of eribulin with the treatment of the physician’s choice (TPC) [2], and its use was therefore approved in Japan for breast cancer in July 2011. Currently, it is widely used to treat locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer patients in daily practice.
Although eribulin is well tolerated in patients with heavily pretreated disease [2–5], eribulin-induced liver dysfunction (EILD) can occur in daily practice and may result in treatment modification such as dose-delay, dose-reduction, and treatment discontinuation, leading to poor disease control. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to clarify the effects of EILD on the survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Methods
Patients
The medical records of 157 metastatic breast cancer patients treated with eribulin at the Cancer Institute Hospital between July 2011 and November 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. This study was approved and the need to obtain informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Cancer Institute Hospital (2015-1048).
Definition of EILD and fatty liver
EILD was defined as follows: 1) an increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels more than three times above the upper limit of normal, and/or 2) initiation or dose-escalation of liver-supporting oral drug therapy, such as ursodeoxycholic acid or glycyron, during eribulin treatment. If patients already had transaminase levels more than 3 times the upper limit of the normal range at the beginning of eribulin treatment, and showed a further increase apparently due to eribulin, they were diagnosed with EILD.
Fatty liver was defined as a liver-to-spleen attenuation ratio of <0.9 on an unenhanced computed tomography (CT) scan [6]. The mean CT attenuation values of the liver and spleen were determined in the parenchyma of the right and left lobes of the liver and of the spleen by using a 100-mm2 region of interest cursor, avoiding liver metastases and vessels. CT was performed every 2 or 3 months to evaluate the efficacy of eribulin in most cases.
Statistical analysis
Comparisons between the treatment groups were evaluated using the chi-square test, Fisher exact test, or Mann-Whitney U-test. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) curves were generated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using a log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to explore the associations of specific clinical variables with PFS and OS. For all tests, differences with P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. All analyses were performed using the JMP 6.0 software package for Windows (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA).
Results
Patient characteristics and EILD status
The patient characteristics are summarized in Table 1. The median follow-up duration for our cohort was 43.4 weeks (range, 6.0–121.7 weeks). Among the 157 patients treated with eribulin, the median treatment duration was 16.0 weeks (range, 1.9–112.4), the median age was 56 years (range, 25–81), the median disease-free interval was 2.8 years (range, 0–26.5), and the median body mass index (BMI) was 22.2 (range, 15.8–36.3). All patients had a performance status (PS) of 2 or less. Forty-one patients had comorbid diseases including diabetes (n = 7), hypertension (n = 22), hyperlipidemia (n = 6), autoimmune disorders (n = 6), cardiovascular disorders (n = 6), asthma (n = 1), and Parkinson’s disease (n = 1). However, these diseases had been controlled well during our observational period. Four patients had a history of other malignancies (2 uterine cervical cancer, one renal cancer, and one Hodgkin lymphoma), but they did not relapse during the follow-up period. Total mastectomy was performed in 142 patients, 35 patients underwent breast-conserving surgery, and 6 patients underwent bilateral breast surgery. A total of 93, 95, and 69 % patients, respectively, had been treated previously with anthracycline, taxane, and capecitabine in the adjuvant or metastatic setting. Among 25 patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive tumors, 13 patients had received trastuzumab concurrently with eribulin. Therefore, among the 157 patients treated with eribulin, 144 received eribulin monotherapy. Seventy-seven patients had liver metastases at the start of eribulin treatment.
EILD occurred in 42 (27 %) patients, including ten patients who required dose-delays or dose-reductions, and one patient for whom eribulin treatment was discontinued due to EILD. Among the patients with EILD, aminotransferase levels were the highest at a median of 21 days (range, 8–154) after the first eribulin administration. The median AST and ALT levels at the beginning of the eribulin treatment were 34 IU/L (range, 17–78) and 23 IU/L (range, 10–65), respectively, and the medians of the highest AST and ALT levels during eribulin treatment were 93 IU/L (range, 39–300) and 91 IU/L (range, 37–268), respectively.
The patients who developed EILD had significantly higher BMIs than those who did not develop EILD (24.5 vs. 21.5, respectively; P < 0.0001; Table 1), while there was no difference in the dose intensity of eribulin between the two groups (0.72 vs. 0.72 mg/m2/week, respectively; P = 0.76; Table 1). Interestingly, patients with a good PS exhibited a higher frequency of EILD than those with a poor PS (P = 0.05, Table 1). The development of EILD was not associated with other clinical factors such as patient age, comorbid disease status, history of other malignancy, primary surgical procedure, disease-free interval (DFI), hormone-receptor (HR) status, HER2 status, previous chemotherapy, previous endocrine therapy, type of prior treatment, and liver metastatic status (Table 1).
Prognostic value of EILD for patient survival
Patients with EILD had significantly longer PFS and OS than those without EILD (P = 0.010 and P = 0.032, respectively; Fig. 1a and b). Interestingly, this difference appeared to be specific for patients without liver metastases. Among the 80 patients without liver metastases, patients with EILD (n = 19) exhibited significantly longer PFS and OS compared patients without EILD (n = 61) (P = 0.0012 and P = 0.044, respectively; Fig. 1c and d). By contrast, EILD was not significantly associated with PFS or OS in patients with liver metastases (P = 0.58 and P = 0.28, respectively; Fig. 1e and f).
Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) analyses. a-b: PFS (a) and OS (b) for patients with and without eribulin-induced liver dysfunction (EILD) among all patients. c-d: PFS (c) and OS (d) for the patients with and without EILD among the patients without liver metastasis. e-f: PFS (e) and OS (f) for the patients with and without EILD among the patients with liver metastasis
In order to clarify the prognostic role of EILD, we conducted multivariate analyses of clinically significant factors including age, PS, comorbid disease status, DFI, BMI, HR status, HER2 status, liver metastatic status, and development of EILD. In the whole cohort (n = 157), multivariate analyses identified only PS as an independent prognostic indicator of better OS (P = 0.0039, Table 2), whereas no clinical factors were significantly associated with PFS. In contrast, in the subset of the patients without liver metastases (n = 80), EILD was the only significant independent predictor of PFS (P = 0.0079, Table 3), and no clinical factors were significantly associated with OS.
Fatty liver disease during eribulin treatment
During eribulin treatment, 18 (11 %) patients who developed fatty liver disease had a median BMI of 26.7, which was significantly higher than that of patients who did not develop fatty liver disease (26.7 vs. 21.7, respectively; P < 0.0001). Eleven (61 %) of these 18 patients developed EILD.
Discussion
In the present study, we found that EILD occurred with a relatively high frequency, but most patients, except one, did not experience severe liver damage. In this particular patient, eribulin treatment was terminated because the patient’s aminotransferase levels increased to more than ten times the upper limit of normal and PS decreased to and remained at 3 even after aminotransferase levels peaked in the early phase of eribulin treatment. While liver toxicity was uncommon in the global phase III trial of eribulin vs. TPC, in which 93 % of the patients were Caucasian [2], a Japanese phase II trial demonstrated liver toxicity in approximately 30 % of patients [5]. These studies suggest that ethnicity may influence eribulin-induced liver toxicity.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that eribulin induces fatty liver disease, and that the development of both EILD and fatty liver disease is significantly associated with higher BMI. These results indicate that eribulin might precipitate liver damage and latent fatty liver in patients with obesity. The main mechanism of chemotherapy-induced liver injury is thought to be secondary to the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and steatotic livers are more susceptible to chemotherapy-induced injury [7]. Presumably, eribulin might also produce ROS in hepatocytes in a similar manner, resulting in EILD and fatty liver disease. In fact, other microtubule-targeted agents such as paclitaxel and vinorelbine were shown to induce accumulation of ROS in cancer cell lines, and their anti-tumor effects partially depend on this mechanism [8, 9].
Paradoxically, we observed a positive correlation between the development of EILD and patient survival, especially in patients without liver metastases. Therefore, EILD may be a clinically useful and easily available biomarker that can be used to predict the efficacy of eribulin in the early stages of treatment. One possible reason for this finding may be that patients with EILD had a better nutritional status, and hence, they could survive longer. However, previous studies showed that obesity was a poor prognostic factor for patients with metastatic breast cancer [10, 11]. Furthermore, most adjuvant clinical trials showed the same results [12].
Another possible cause of our paradoxical results is that eribulin-induced ROS production might result in the eradication of minute metastases consisting mainly of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The CSC hypothesis has been widely accepted, and CSCs are considered to play an important role in the initiation of tumor metastasis [13–16]. Moreover, ROS have a dual role in cancer progression. Although ROS are thought to play an important role in carcinogenesis initiation, malignant transformation, and cell proliferation, excess ROS production can also trigger apoptosis of malignant cells [17]. Cellular ROS metabolism is tightly regulated by the redox mechanism, and ROS concentrations are maintained lower especially in CSCs compared to non-CSCs [18–20]. ROS elevation by exogenous drugs may be a potential treatment strategy to selectively kill CSCs [21], and in fact, some chemotherapeutic drugs have been shown to elicit such an effect on leukemic stem cells [22–24].
Taken together, these previous evidences described above support our hypothesis. In fact, we found that, among the 70 patients without liver metastasis at the beginning of eribulin treatment who were evaluated for liver metastasis at the final follow-up, the appearance of new metastatic liver lesions was less frequent in those who developed EILD than in those who did not (2 of 19 [10.5 %] and 12 of 51 [23.5 %], respectively). This is consistent with our hypothesis that eribulin-induced ROS production eradicates minute disseminated CSCs in the liver. However, the difference between these frequencies was not significant (P = 0.32); therefore, larger studies are needed to further evaluate this hypothesis.
Conclusions
In summary, although EILD occurred with a relatively high frequency in eribulin-treated breast cancer patients, it was generally well tolerated in heavily pretreated patients in clinical practice. To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that eribulin may induce fatty liver disease, and that EILD and fatty liver disease occur more frequently in obese patients.
We found that EILD was a significant positive prognostic factor for breast cancer patient survival, especially among patients without liver metastasis. EILD may be a clinically useful and easily available biomarker that can be used to predict the efficacy of eribulin in the early stages of treatment. However, our study was limited by its small size, retrospective design, and restriction to a single institute. Therefore, further studies are needed to confirm our findings in other patient cohorts and to elucidate the mechanism of EILD.
Abbreviations
BMI, body mass index; CSC, cancer stem cell; CT, computed tomography; DFI, disease-free survival; EILD, eribulin-induced liver dysfunction; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; TPC, treatment of physician’s choice
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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Editage [] for editing and reviewing this manuscript for English language.
Funding
This study was supported by a research funding from Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets supporting conclusions of this article are included within the article.
Authors’ contributions
TK conceived the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. JT, IF, TS, and NT acquired and analyzed the data, and participated in revising the manuscript. YI, TI, and, SO participated in designing the study and revising the manuscript. ST participated in the overall design and study coordination and finalized the draft of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Not applicable.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study was approved and the need to obtain informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Cancer Institute Hospital (2015-10., Tomomatsu, J., Fukada, I. et al. Eribulin-induced liver dysfunction as a prognostic indicator of survival of metastatic breast cancer patients: a retrospective study. BMC Cancer 16, 404 (2016) doi:10.1186/s12885-016-2436-5
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- Eribulin-induced liver dysfunction
- Fatty liver disease
- Metastatic breast cancer
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For the last year or so, I've been trying my best to prioritize working on getting old projects finished up or pass them onto someone else. This has been an effort to make things easier for our move, but also to tie up some of my many loose end projects. For the most part, I've done a pretty good job of this. Now that we've been in our new home for six months (whoa), I felt like it was finally time for a shiny new project.
When my parents came to visit last month, they brought with them the rest of my vintage pyrex and enamelware collections. I used my stash of vintage sheet fabrics to pack those collections. It worked out great, and made the unpacking really fun and colorful. When I was putting away all my sheets, I kept the scraps and small pieces to the side. I decided my next quilt had to be a scrappy sheet quilt.
If you'd like to learn more about working with vintage sheets, check out my post: How to Identify, Shop for and Sew with Vintage Sheets
With all these crazy patterns and colors I knew I wanted to keep the piecing simple. I happened to have a small stack of 5" squares already cut, so I built off of that. I decided to make some four patch blocks that finish at 4.5" to go with them. This was great for cutting up smaller scraps.
There has been a lot of chain piecing to put this quilt together. The day I started it, I didn't have much of a plan other than the basic design. I didn't know how big it was going to be, how many blocks I'd need, or any other details worked out. I just started cutting and piecing. This is a big deal for me, because I almost never work this way. Usually I have everything figured out and the math done before I even iron the fabrics. It was a nice change of pace.
Can't chain piece without my cutting gizmo.
I think I was able to comfortably work spontaneously on this quilt because it was super scrappy. I didn't have to work about running out of a particular fabric or color. I did dip into some of my smaller cuts once I ran out of variety in the scraps, which was fine. I ended making the blocks in three batches.
I stitched the top together downstairs one evening with my vintage singer featherweight, in front of the tv. It's such a quiet machine, it was perfect!
I'm very excited to get this one finished. It has been a great low-stress project for me, and the fabrics are just so cheerful.
Happy Quilting!
I love the vintage sheets. I just like to use them on my bed because of the texture and weight of them. A quilt made with them would be superb!
Agreed, they are so nice, I love how soft they are!
Hi Jeni,
This is so pretty and colorful and happy looking. The low stress portion of this project is fabulous, don't you think?!! Now, how are you planning to quilt it? I look forward to seeing that soon.
Happy Tuesday! ~smile~ Roseanne
Thanks! Yes, it is nice to work on something low-stress! I think I will probably just do simple quilting on the diagonal through each block!
So pretty ... and it's always so much fun to start something new.
It's been really fun!
I'm confused. If the 4-patch was 4.5 in. finished did you cut down the 5 in. squares to fit? Because you can't match a 4.5 in to a 5 in.
It looks like a pile of squares! Ad the finished top looks great.
The four-patch blocks are 4.5" finished, 5" unfinished. So they match up with the charm squares which are 4.5" finished, 5" unfinished.
Funny, I recognize one of your vintage fabrics...my husband still uses it as his "camping" pillowcase! The blue/green flowered one on a white background, sorta up front in the basket photo & almost covered up in the next photo. Hah! We're vintage alright!
That's so fun!
It just seems like a summer project, like a lovely flower bed. Looking forward to seeing this finished.
Agreed, they feel so summery to me!
I love how you can work with the tv on and on you're very old Singer sewing machine, fab fabrics, I must try something like it as I have a pile of charm squares looking for something to do
I love this one...really cheerful! Good to see a post from you.
This turned out really really cute. I have a few vintage sheets, very flowery. I love your collection
lovely, looking forward to the finish.
So cute and very upbeat. Love the Scrappy look. Thanks
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ESPINOSA GONZALEZ, Leticia. Changes of lifestyle; their influence on the health-disease process. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2004, vol.41, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.
The quality of life depends directly on the natural environment and its quality. The assessment of health depends not only on the needs and knowledge of the individual, but also on the living and working conditions. Based precisely on the existance of determinants of the health status and on the modification they suffer due to the constant social, scientific and technical development, we propose ourselves to show the social changes of the lifestyle of the population and their relation to the health-disease process, and to prove how these changes help to promote health and to prevent diseases. The changes of the lifestyle determine changes in the conditions and quality of life of the persons and modify the health-disease process.
Keywords : Health-disease process; lifestyle; health promotion.
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