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What is the best way to schedule automated TestComplete Script on TestExecute machine ?
For e.g. I need to run one TestComplete project after every 15 minutes . How we can do it ?
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Finally I figured out.
Here we can mention the following commands in bat file when running multiple projects in sequence
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 14\Bin\TestExecute.exe" "Path to the Project1.mds" /run /exit
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 14\Bin\TestExecute.exe" "path to Project2.mds" /run /exit
Do you have Bamboo or Jenkins or GoAnywhere or any other tool that lets you schedule jobs? That will work for TestExecute.
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Create a batch file to kick off Test Complete from the command line and use windows task scheduler.
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As I am running on TestExecute machine , I am looking at the documentation and I see only Window task scheduler and from there it also point to bactch file.
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You could save the batch file pretty much anywhere so long as the user that is running the task has access to the location.
Ok I got some sucess .
Here are few concerns
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suite ?
2. If project suite contain multiple projects/TestItems in each projects then how do we know to set up the time
interval ?
3. Since TestExecute machine is on VM which can be accessed using Remote desktop then how task scheduler
works if
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b) we close the Remote desktop
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Karang Haji is in a small cove just east of the Ocean Queen Resort. The resort is about 2km west of the town of Cisolok. The sign for the resort is very obvious, car parking available there. Walk down the steep road, look for the trail on the left just before you reach the gate for the resort. You can also hire a motorbike (ojek) from Cisolok or Cimaja.
DistanceTake a car
WalkGood walk (15-30 mn)
Easy to find?OK
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Alternative name Queen
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceAll surfers
BottomReef (coral,sharp rocks etc..) with sand
PowerOrdinary, Fun
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
Best tide positionMid tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdFew surfers
- Rocks
- Private beach
This spot requires a respectable swell to work. If the waves are not very big they might not break with high tide. Watch out for a rock that is sticking out right in the surf (with low tide). The locals are friendly and helpful. Just ask some locals if you need something: coconut, mineral water, grilled fish, fried noodle are served with beach stlye.
Have Fun!!
This is one of the better spots in the area for beginners to learn. There are rocks, but the waves aren't nearly as powerful as places like Cimaja Point, and the wave doesn't close out like Sunset until things get very big. There is also no problem with wind here, as it is sheltered, so Cimaja may be blown out but Karang Haji will be glassy. However, this is not a world class wave, it doesn't usually barrel, it often lacks power, and the sections don't always link up cleanly. But it is still a very fun wave.
Also consider staying at Ocean Queen. It's reasonably priced, has very pleasant accommodations, and you'll literally sleep 50 meters from the surf.
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green indicator swell - Before surf here, always refer to internet surf forecast for a closer satisfaction!!! Watchout at least green color's swell that is touch Cost of South-Western Java Island!!!, K-H's will definitely charge w/ some good and fun waves fo' real!!!
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A technology company based in the United Kingdom has developed a new product that monitors temperature and moisture levels in stored grain and sends wireless data to a smartphone, laptop or home computer.
BeanIOT is a bean-sized remote sensing device that can monitor conditions in stored grain and warn the user of potential spoilage inside the bin.
The sensors are roughly the size of a kidney bean and are capable of monitoring grain temperatures, humidity levels, insect movements and other conditions that could affect the value of stored grain.
Digital data generated by the beans is sent wirelessly and can be displayed graphically for quick and easy assessment.
The rechargeable units can be deployed throughout stored grain masses and have a battery life of up to 14 months.
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The beans are reusable and can be put to use quickly with limited set-up time. They are currently being tested commercially in the United Kingdom.
Developers say they should be suitable for North American storage systems, although it remains to be seen how beans that have been deployed in large storage facilities would be recovered for reuse.
Mechanical damage caused by augers and grain conveyors is another potential pitfall.
Andrew Holland, founder and chief operating officer of RF Module and Optical Design Limited, the Cambridge-based company that developed the Bean IOT system, said the beans can be deposited throughout stored grain, providing information from numerous points within the storage area.
"Density of deployment is key," said Holland.
"Our system provides lots of physical locations across the grain stack, so the farmer is not going to miss any untoward activity like hot spots, mould growth, insect infestation and so forth."
Although BeanIOT has yet to prove its value in the North American marketplace, the technology is an example of how remote data collection systems with wi-fi connectivity can be used to make informed farm management decisions.
Developers say data collected by the beans is displayed in a user-friendly visual format that allow managers to identify problems quickly and take preventive action before spoilage occurs.
For example, grain temperature data collected at various points in a stored grain mass can be displayed as a thermal map that shows hot spots where spoilage is most likely to occur.
Additional data generated by the beans can be overlaid, providing additional insights about potential trouble spots.
Users decide what type of data to collect, and the display interface is customizable, depending on the user's preferences.
Data collected is transferred wirelessly to a local hub, eliminating issues that could potentially be caused by poor cellular or internet coverage in rural or remote areas.
Users can also receive alerts via Twitter or email, informing them that problems are arising and may need to addressed.
"The system provides a compound image of what's going on, and the farmer can tell which sensor is pinpointing the actual point where there is an issue with the grain," Holland said.
"We're putting all of the information anybody would ever need to know up in front of them.… It's those high level decisions that we're trying to assist with."
Data collection devices with wi-fi connectivity are already being used on many Canadian farms to boost productivity and manage production risks.
In the near future, wireless data collection and transmission systems will continue to expand, giving producers access to a wide variety of products that simplify farm management.
Ken Jackson, a Saskatchewan entrepreneur and founder of Intelliconn Communication Solutions, said the ability to monitor farm operations and make management decisions remotely is critically important for today's large farm operators.
"Most rural business and residents have some access to the internet, but there's also a growing need for enhanced wireless access … on farms (that allows farm managers) to connect to grain bins, to monitor tanks and to be able to turn pumps and fans and lights on and off," Jackson said.
"With agricultural operations growing larger, the management of those operations (through a smartphone or remotely) is becoming increasingly more important."
Intelliconn, based in Saskatoon, offers a wide range of wireless monitoring and control products that are connected under a wireless ethernet dome.
The dome allows for the establishment of numerous wi-fi hot spots, providing connectivity to numerous devices across the largest farmyards and bin sites.
Intelliconn's systems are fully customizable and can be tailored to the specific needs of the farmer, Jackson said.
Systems typically include cameras that monitor activity within the farmyard, but they can also include devices such as temperature sensors, motion detectors and infrared sensors.
The company has already installed more than 30 farm-based systems in Western Canada.
It is also close to rolling out a new grain monitoring and sampling system that automatically collects representative samples for binned grain and tests the samples for moisture.
Jackson said all of Intelliconn's products are designed to increase farm productivity, profitability, safety and security.
Intelliconn starter kits will be available through selected farm retail outlets beginning this year with prices beginning at around $2,500 plus installation fees.
"When you're not on the farm, there's lots of things that you'd like to keep track of," he said.
"When you see something that you need to deal with, it's so convenient to just scroll down in an app or on your cellphone and hit a button instead of having to be there physically to turn on a fan or a pump or a light."
For more information on Intelliconn's products, visit www.intelliconn.com.
A video of Intelliconn's Ingrain grain monitoring and sampling product can be viewed here.
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Rebounding Nick Cannon and Nicole Murphy went on a romantic late-night Valentine's Day date together, spies tell Page Six exclusively. And they were so besotted with each other, they didn't even notice when a Mariah Carey song played during dinner.
Cannon — in the midst of a divorce from Carey — and Murphy, whose engagement to Michael Strahan was called off in August, arrived at Tavern on the Green together Saturday night.
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The numbers for Tinashe's debut album "Aquarius" and Keyshia Cole's sixth album "Point of No Return" have arrived.
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The official numbers for each singer has arrived, and as Billboard reports, Keyshia Cole did manage to win the race, and ensured she got a spot within the Billboard 200's top 10, albeit it was close. Point of No Return debuts at #9 after moving 25,000 copies-- which was on the high end of her sales projections. Tinashe's Aquarius comes in below that, with her debut album selling 19,000 copies and debuting at #19. That amount is right in the middle of her projected sales.Â
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Civil Rights Groups Urge States to Ensure ESSA Plans Help Vulnerable Children
A coalition of civil rights groups is urging state education chiefs to take a long, hard look at their plans to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act, to make sure that schools will get the help they need in serving historically overlooked groups of children, including English learners, students in special education, and students of color.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights argues that states' ESSA plans don't do a good job of holding schools accountable for the performance of all children, even though they have been approved by the U.S. Department of Education.
"ESSA plans that do not hold schools sufficiently accountable for their responsibility to all children, especially groups of children who have been shortchanged for too long, fail to meet the intent of the law and will undermine ESSA's purpose to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps," the organizations wrote.
The letter doesn't say this explicitly, but some ESSA plans were written or approved by state chiefs who are no longer in office after the 2018 election. That potentially gives new chiefs a fresh start, and a reason to do a deep dive on plans written by the their predecessors.
Specifically, the Leadership Conference is hoping states will continue
to involve parents, communities, and others in the ESSA process. The group especially wants to see these groups consulted on any plan amendments.
And they want to make sure that schools are being held accountable for the achievement of subgroups of students, including English learners, students in special education, racial minorities, and low-income students. Some states are using so-called "super subgroups" which combine several of these groups for accountability purposes, which the civil rights coalition argues isn't kosher under ESSA.
The Leadership Conference also wants states to ensure that factors beyond test scores—like college and career readiness—aren't making it easier for schools to get high-ratings, even if they aren't serving all kids well. The group want to make sure states are holding schools accountable for test participation, and including English language proficiency in their systems. And it wants to make sure schools are making required ESSA data (including on school spending) transparent and easy to find, among other asks.
Here's what the Council of Chief State School Officers Executive Director Carissa Moffat Miller: "State school chiefs are committed to creating a more equitable education system for all students and designed their ESSA plans focused on that commitment. States worked closely with parents, educators, community members, civil rights leaders and others in their state as they developed their plans and continue to engage them as they now implement them. States have continued to welcome the ongoing engagement of civil rights and other communities as they work to improve education for all students."
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Ground Floor
Our fully air-conditioned accommodation consists of:
- Central heating / Air-conditioning for your comfort whatever the climate...
- 4 Master bedrooms with 2 Kings & 2 Queens
- 5.5 bathrooms in total including Jack & Jill bathroom
- Flat Screen TV's in all master bedrooms
- Large patio area with heated spa / swimming pool & conservation view
- 4 Sun loungers and patio table with 6 - 8 chairs
- Furnished to a high standard with exceptional high quality & comfortable beds
- Superb quality linens & towels provided
- Games room with pool table, air hockey, table foosball & darts
- High speed wireless DSL internet access throughout the villa & pool deck
- Free US phone calls
- Gas BBQ can be provided at extra cost US $68 per week
- Maximum occupancy of 13 adults + 1 infant
Ground Floor
- Living room with comfortable sofas
- Family room with large flat screen TV
- Breakfast nook adjacent to living room & kitchen
- Dining area with table for 8 people
- Fully equipped kitchen with breakfast bar & 4 bar stools
- Cloakroom (1/2 bathroom)
- Heated swimming pool & spa with extensive poolside furniture
- Games room
First Floor
- 2 King master bedrooms with flat screen TV's & ensuite bathrooms
- 2 Queen master bedrooms with flat screen TV's & ensuite bathrooms
- 1 Bunk bedroom
- 1 Twin bedroom
- Jack & Jill bathroom
- TV viewing area
- Laundry facility with washer, dryer, iron & ironing board
Entrance Foyer
As you enter the villa you are greeted with a fabulous tiled open plan living area comprising the living room and breakfast nook with ornate staircase to the right. The hallway then leads onto the spacious family room beyond.
Living Room
As you enter the villa you find the living room with 2 sofas and arm chair with ample seating for up to 7.
Breakfast Nook
The pleasant breakfast nook is located between the living room and kitchen. There is a table and 4 chairs and direct access to through to kitchen.
Located in the corridor leading to the family room and is equipped with a single vanity and WC
Luxury kitchen with granite counter tops and quality appliances has all the amenities including dishwasher, stove with oven, microwave, refrigerator & freezer with automatic water and ice dispenser, waste disposal, coffee maker, blender, toaster & kettle.
The breakfast bar provides informal dining with 4 bar stools.
Dining Area
Adjacent to the living room in the corner is the beautifully decorated dining area with large dining table with 6 chairs and is ideal for large parties and formal dining.
Family Room
The comfortably furnished room with direct access & views to pool deck offers ample seating for you to relax and watch the large flat screen TV.
Games Room
The games room is equipped with a variety of activities for all ages and interest. With pool table, air hockey, table foosball and darts board - you will never have to complain that there is nothing to do
Pool & Spa
The large pool with sunny extended pool deck has tranquil conservation views. We have provided 4 sun loungers for your sun bathing comfort and a patio table with 6 - 8 chairs under the shady covered lanai.
For your relaxation after a hard day at the theme parks, why not endulge yourself in the bubbling built-in spa ?
The removable toddler screen is provided to prevent small children wandering into the unsupervised pool plus a pool-door alarm so you know your children are safe.
Inflatable pool toys are not provided due to health & safety reasons and legal requirement to sanitise them for guests. Guests can purchase their own cheaply from the local supermarket.
Rental Gas BBQ
For the ultimate in alfresco dining experience, we can provide a gas BBQ for $68/week - please request this in the booking form and we will ensure a clean BBQ with tools and full gas bottle is delivered to the villa.
First Floor
Entertainment Area
The seating area located on the landing has a leather sofa and a large wall hung flat screen TV which is an ideal place to escape the buzz and excitement of downstairs, for some real relaxation time.
Master 1 Bedroom
The large master bedroom with it's wonderful views over the pool deck has been furnished with and a king sized bed, matching nightstands, chest of drawers, walk-in wardrobe, flat screen TV, ceiling fan, alarm clock and telephone.
The connecting spacious en-suite bathroom has a bath, large walk-in shower, his & hers sinks and separate WC. We also provide a hair dryer.
Master 2 Bedroom
The second large master bedroom with it's wonderful views over the front gardens has been furnished with and a king sized bed, matching nightstands, chest of drawers, built-in wardrobe, flat screen TV and alarm clock.
The connecting spacious en-suite bathroom has a bath, large walk-in shower, vanity sink and separate WC. We also provide a hair dryer.
Master 3 Bedroom
The third master bedroom has a queen sized bed, with matching nightstands, chest of drawers, flat screen TV, alarm clock and built-in wardrobe.
The ensuite bathroom with shower, single vanity and WC.
Master 4 Bedroom
The fourth master bedroom has a queen sized bed, with matching nightstands, chest of drawers, flat screen TV and built-in wardrobe.
The ensuite bathroom with shower, single vanity and WC.
Bedroom #5
This bedroom features twin sized beds with matching nightstand, chest of drawers and built-in wardrobe.
Bedroom #6
This bedroom features a bunk bed (twin top/full size below) with chest of drawers and built-in wardrobe.
Jack & Jill Bathroom
The Jack & Jill bathroom serves both bedrooms 5 & 6 and features a walk-in shower cubicle, single vanity and WC.
Laundry Facilities
The laundry facilites located in a cupboard off the landing and provides a washing machine, tumble dryer, ironing board and iron for your convenience - enabling you to keep your luggage light so there is plenty of room for all those bargain designer clothes from the excellent local outlet malls.
WiFi Internet Access
We provide free high speed DSL WiFi internet access throughout the villa and pool deck.
Free US long distance & local phone calls.
Baby Equipment
We can provide a cot (crib) & highchair for $15. Please request these items in the booking form.
Towels & Linens
All towels and linens are provided although we do ask that no linens be removed from the house. If you plan on travelling to the beach on either coastline, please bring your own beach towels or purchase them locally for very little money.
Electronic Keypad Entry
No need to get stressed on arrival - our villa has an electronic keypad entry system, so if you are delayed at the airport, you can get into the villa anytime of the day or night - no need to travel miles out of your way in unfamiliar territory to collect keys - just pull up on the drive, tap in the numerical code provided and your holiday can begin !!
Monitored Alarm System
Our home features a fully monitored alarm & smoke detector system for your security and peace of mind.
We also provide a safe for your valuables.
Responsive Management Company
Our villa is maintained by a very responsive and friendly management company located close to resort. This ensures that all our guests receive the most efficient, friendly and personal service 24/7.
Preferred Currency USD
We prefer payment in US DOLLARS, however if you request a quote in BRITISH POUNDS and you decide to book, you will be advised that the prices will be converted into US DOLLARS where you will have the opportunity to review the US DOLLAR prices and if happy, accept them before proceeding with the online booking.
Rental Damage Insurance
In place of a security deposit, we charge a one-off $79 non-refundable insurance premium in addition to the rental costs quoted on the website. On confirming a booking we will add the premium to the money owed and advise of this by email.
Payment By Credit Card
Payment by credit card can be made through the management company who will contact you for your card details.
Distance to Clubhouse & Resort Facilities
Approximately a 8 minute walk to the excellent resort clubhouse and community pool.
Floor Plan


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Shopbop Sale
One of my favorite retailers is having one of their biggest sales of the year and I couldn't wait to share my favorite items with you. I usually don't post until Friday but you have to be quick with this sale. Those other women are quick y'all. Too many times I've waited and next thing I know that pair of shoes in size 7 is sold out. Use code EVENT18 as a discount code to get 20% off your order. The discount can even be used on sale items!! Such great news! Most of the items I linked below are under $200. Shoes, dresses, tops, hopefully something for everyone.
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Sony's new Internet TV combines the power of Google TV and television into a neat and accessible package. And setting up your new Google TV is a cinch. This video walks you through the quick setup process for getting your Google TV system going. The player in this video is model NSZ-GT1.
Google TV setup is actually pretty simple and straightforward for the most part. You get the basic questions that you would normally get if you ever setup a set-top box before. Basic information such as TV screen area, cable provider and IR codes for your TV and cable box are all asked and pretty easy to do. This one is hooked up through a TiVo Premiere where the IR codes were not necessarily there, as it only would give codes for Comcast and would not let you type your own. However it's possible to find that IR code (40739).
The interesting kicker is when you connect the box to the internet. There is an immediate update that is required to download before you can move on though the rest of the setup. The download takes about 10 minutes to finish before it asks you to restart so it can install. Once you do it, takes about another 20 minutes before it's completed and you might have to manually reboot the device before it comes up again, which might erase all your settings. This is really weird and takes the setup all out of whack and makes it not as smooth and it should be. But once you enter your information again for the 2nd time, the rest of the process will flow through and you will need to restart one more time before everything is setup and you're good to go.
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Knuth visited, Brains Limited
Lucky me, I did get a ticket to see Professor Donald Knuth deliver the 2011 Turing Lecture at Cardiff University. He started out by saying he'd been wanting to come here ever since seeing Yellow Submarine in the 60s because of some dialogue which goes something like:
"What do you call a big school of whales?"
"A University of Wales."
What a fine country Wales is for a computer scientist, he continued, you have a place called Login. A village in Pembrokeshire, someone in the audience chipped in, it's very beautiful. Wonderful, all the more reason to visit!
Openings over, the lecture turned into a question and answer session. If I'm honest, I'd have preferred something more formal, but having just completed TAOCP4A, all 900 pages of it, and Volume 8 of his collected papers, the "dessert" edition of the series on fun and games, Professor Knuth was in a holiday mood, and it was a delight to hear him field questions on the future of computer science, P = NP, literate programming, analog computers, brute force vs. elegance, and whether the increase in computing power diminishes the art of programming.
Yes, computers grow exponentially more powerful — but human appetites grow yet more quickly. And even if you have all of that power, can you be sure the computers are getting the right answers? This afternoon, Professor Knuth said, while strolling through Cardiff, he'd seen the famous brewery Brains & Co. Ltd. and thought, yes, that's about right. Brains limited.
My thanks to Arkadyevna for permission to use her wonderful photo.


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BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - More than 1,400 Homeless women and their children find help and hope at First Light Shelter in downtown Birmingham every year. Every night 36 of them will be tucked in to beds in the temporary shelter waiting to transition to permanent housing. There are always more than 36 needing help. Some may sleep on pads on the floor but they are thankful to simply be off the streets in a safe place.
When homeless women walk through the doors of First Light they are met by friendly faces but what they may not realize is they are about to meet their very best friend, Sherry Webb.
Sherry is First Light's director of Social Services. She has 20 years of experience and a master's degree in social work. She knows how to take a woman at the worst point in her life and give her guidance to transition into a new, independent life. "We're able to see that change in them and take them from being homeless with one bag of belongings and move them on to their own apartment. That's something amazing to watch, especially when you see the change."
That change is happening all day in quiet conversations as Sherry talks women through the next step, the next program, the next chapter of their lives.
Sherry is especially moved by the homeless children who come through First Light with their mothers. Recently, she watched as some of those children graduated from high school. No one was prouder than Sherry. "They graduated and we were a part of that and to see that progress. They came in one way and we moved them to housing and now they're getting ready to go to college. You can't pay to see that."
Sherry's passion for the job is clear as tears comes to her eyes. "I tear up because what we do is real. I see it, the change. You can read about this all day but until you're in it you don't get that feeling and that joy. I love what I do. I love the work every day. I love and laugh and there are days we cry and are frustrated but if we can laugh and get some women laughing we've done good for that day. They hurt and cry a lot so if we can make an impact just one day we've done something."
We salute Sherry Webb who is On Your Side "Doing Good" at First Light Shelter.
To donate or learn more about First Light Shelter follow this link.
If you would like to nominate someone for our "Doing Good" segment follow this link.
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UN And Diplomats Visited Northern Maungdaw; Two Rohingya Women Raped By Myanmar Army While The Delegation On The Way
RB News
November 2, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan – A delegation led by the UN resident director and senior diplomats visited areas in Northern Maungdaw where extrajudicial killing, gang rape, arson, looting and torture had been committed by the Myanmar military and Border Guard Police following militant attacks on three BGP in the same area on October 9th. The delegation arrived in Maungdaw from Sittwe at the BGP headquarters by helicopter today at 9:30 AM.
While the delegation was on their way to Maungdaw from Sittwe by the helicopter, two Rohingya women in Kyaik Chaung hamlet of Laung Don village tract were raped by soldiers.
The delegation left the BGP headquarters at around 11:30 AM and went to East Hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin, where they met about 300 Rohingya villagers, including some from Wa Baik who had fled from their village after the military burnt down their houses. The meeting with the delegation and the villagers lasted for nearly an hour and a half. In the meeting rape victims, villagers who were forcibly displaced, arson victims and family members of men detained arbitrarily in sweeping arrests expressed their concerns regarding the current situation. The villages had been barred from meeting with the delegation by the military and BGP but they were determined to convey their suffering to the delegation however they could. The villagers managed to hand over letters and memory cards to the delegation which contained their stories and information on how brutally they had been treated.
At 2:30 PM the delegation left by helicopter for Kyein Chaung BGP regional outpost and they continued in eight vechicles to Pyaung Pyaik hamlet of Nga Sar Kyu village tract. Once there they met with about 200 Rohingya villagers. According to the villagers, some rape victims were able to report their cases against security forces to the delegation.
"A translator who speaks some Rohingya with a Rakhine accent is with the delegation. He was translating something and a victim was also speaking. As we found the translator was translating false information we had to help the victim translating," a villager told RB News.
"They arrived at about 3PM. We gave them information we collected in English. They took them and put them in their bags. They stayed for 15 minute and left for Kyein Chaung," the villager added. The delegation flew over Nga Ku Ra and Kyet Yoe Pyin villages.
"The Police were taking photos while we were talking with the delegation. We told this to the delegation, that we are worried that later the police will come and blame us for anything and will arrest us," the villager said.
According to some Burmese media, the delegation had planned to visit Zin Pyaing Nyar, Kwel Ta Pyin, Laik Aain, Kyet Yoe Pyin, Du Dan, Nga Ku Ra, etc, but as of today they have not visited those villages. Villagers fear that they were prevented from doing so by the Government who may claim they are unable for security reasons.
In Kyein Chaung, authorities only allowed those close to them to meet with the delegation. A Rohingya man who spoke with the delegation is a former village chairman Idris who is well known in the village and has been referred to as the authorities puppet. There is concerned he is being used intentionally to spread false information to the delegation.
The delegation did not visit U Shey Kya village, where mass gang rape was committed by the Myanmar military. They also did not visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, where many people were killed and almost an entire village was burnt down by the military. In hiding their worst crimes from the delegation, the Government shows an absolute lack of transparency and honesty, and reflects poorly on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party.
After the delegation left Kyee Kan Pyin in the afternoon more than 300 villagers from West Hamlet were detained for more than 3 hours. They were released, but the BGP is searching intensely for 4 Rohingyas who spoke to the delegation.
State media has reported that the delegation did not find any fault or crimes committed by security forces as have been reported by foreign media. This is not what Rohingya on the ground and information obtained by RB News has found, so far regarding the findings of the delegation.
A Human Rights Watchdog group observing the delegation's trip said that the Myanmar Government must admit to the crimes and violations that have been committed in Northern Maungdaw.
Additional reporting by MYARF.


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With the release of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix, the question that all fans who read the books all those years ago want to know is; will this be like the 2004 film or different?
Daniel Handler's marvelously morbid children's series about the unlucky Baudelaire orphans who are pursued by the villainous Count Olaf who is after their fortune was a very different kind of beast to Harry Potters of the world. The series is dark, depressing and at times frustrating but with an array of such fantastic characters that feel realistic and amusingly exaggerated at the same time, Handler had created something else that children needed, the realisation that not all stories can have an happy ending.
The unusual characters and story obviously attracted Hollywood who came knocking before all the books were released. Adapting the first three booked into what was hoped to be the first film in a franchise, the film was served as an intro to the Baudelaire's story as well as establishing certain characters. Jim Carrey was cast as Count Olaf, taking centre stage, domineering the screen in various on purpose terrible disguises while trying to steal the orphan's fortune. He was praised at the time for his performance and he did seem like the perfect choice to embody the ridiculous villain, showing of his comedic talents as well as being very sinister. But the film wasn't as successful as hoped and no further films went into development.
After years of silence, Netflix announced in 2014 that they planned to adapt the books into a series with creator Daniel Handler as executive producer and working with the writing team. This seemed promising and continued you to be as casting was announced. Neil Patrick Harris was to step into Count Olaf's shoes as well as being a producer on the show. With teasers leaked a while later, the hype and excitement grew until the series was released last week to glowing reviews all round, including from Vulturehound. With second season already commissioned and the glimpse of a third, the show is well underway to being complete.
As expected there are and were going to be comparisons between the 2004 film and the current TV show on Netflix, with reviewers and bloggers looking back at the story and at Jim Carey's performance or should it be performances? The film was not a failure when it came to design, costume, or casting, in fact these areas were delightfully well thought out. A pseudo Victorian look was given to the film, similar to how the books themselves. Everything looked as if Brett Helquist's illustrations had come to life. But the story was told askew, with the first book in the series book ending the film. Additions such as the happy little elf that begins the films as an error is referenced later on the film seemed out of place but even these added elements didn't change the fact that overall, the film was loyal to the fans and brought something dark and marvelous to the big screen. Count Olaf, taking centre stage of the story as the villain, who not only terrorizes the children, continuously after their fortune is also part of the mystery of the Baudelaire parents' death and connected to a secret organization. He is a self absorbed, arrogant, evil person and a terrible actor, who better to portray him than comedic chameleon Jim Carrey. Carrey himself has said how much fun he had with all of Olaf's disguises and mannerisms and had hoped to continue to play the Count but never got the call. Creating each character Olaf plays he isn't over the top, maintaining the subtle note that he is playing a bad actor trying to disguise himself. He also brings out the sinister side of the character even in the darkest of humour moments but throughout the film, we know its Carrey. His zany expressions break through the Olaf mold. His turn as Olaf was praised and rightly so but with the TV shows able to go into more detail, including possibly about Olaf's character, means that Carrey's interpretation will be seen as second best.
The TV adaptation of the series of books, there were going to be some changes but thankfully, minor, which have a big impact but doesn't change the story. The frequent and obvious input from Lemony Snicket himself, played to perfection by Patrick Warburton, breaking the fourth wall through the show feels exactly like the books and serves as more than view from the future. A constant in the story is the villain Olaf, played by Neil Patrick Harris is literally looses himself in the role. His theatrical flare and oblivious manner to the fact other people exist in the world apart from him is darkly amusing and has some of the best throw away lines. He plays Olaf as mischievous and cruel, its believable that this sometimes silly, idiotic man could be flouncing around his house singing one minute and murdering someone without a care the next. Unlike Jim Carrey, Neil Patrick Harris is given room and freedom to take the character of Count Olaf to new ridiculous height, not to mention dress up in weird disguise a few more times.
Although there are similarities shared between the 2004 film and the current TV series, when it comes to Count Olaf, Neil Patrick Harris has the advantage thanks to long format television you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home.


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Update 3:10 pm: Adam and Andy Kubert have announced that Joe's funeral services will be tomorrow at Tuttle Funeral Home 272 Rt-10, Randolph, NJ 07869. This is where Muriel's service was held in 2008. The gathering is from 10 AM - 12 PM, and actual services will commence at noon. Internment will follow afterwards. It's believed that the procession of cars will pass by the Kubert School and then Joe's home before going to the cemetery. Donations can be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in Joe's name, 383 Main Avenue, 5th floor, Norwalk CT 06851 - www.themmrf.org. Sympathy cards can be sent to the Kubert family c/o the Kubert School, 37 Myrtle Avenue, Dover, NJ 07801.
May the family have no more sorrow. - CM
When someone advanced in years passes, people often toss the cliche, "They had a full life." With Joe Kubert, it was true.
Neal Adams once remarked to me that Joe had the three major pillars in
place: He took care of his family, his business and his health.
I'll leave it for others to expound on Joe's pioneering art, his
importance and longevity as comics royalty, his role as a the definitive comics-art instructor. Let me instead say this:
I knew Joe since I was a boy. We were neighbors and I didn't realize he
was a legend until I got older. He didn't act like a legend -- not then,
not ever. I'd run into him at my local supermarket. One time, shortly after ComicCon, Joe was on line with his shopping cart full of fruit and vegetables, waiting to pay
for his groceries, so I snuck up behind him. "Isn't it strange," I said, "not having people waiting on line to see you?" Joe turned around and laughed.
By all accounts Joe was a regular guy, except he was better than
everyone at most things and never let on. Joe was an exceptional family
man, an exceptional artist and teacher, a keen businessman.
His school in Dover, NJ, changed lives, provided careers for young artists for three decades
and will continue to do so under the guidance of his sons, who he
adored... Joe was still playing
paddle-ball or handball into his mid-eighties, still creating exquisite art every
day in his studio, grabbing your hand with that vice-like handshake of his when you entered, always a warm smile and a twinkle in his eye. I was
so pleased to know him, to stop by the school whenever I was in the neighborhood, to be
able to participate in the scholarship awards there each year, and to have
Joe grace the charity projects I was running. He was just aces, this
terrific guy who never seemed to age -- this big, wonderful, strong and excellent man. I
was sure Joe Kubert would be around forever.
Joe was 85. Rest in peace old friend. You were sensational.
update (9:40 a.m. 8/13):
As always, Tom Spurgeon offers insightful, detailed coverage of those friends we have lost. Tom's article on Joe can be read here.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Joe Kubert 1926-2012 RIP old friend
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Finchingfield Post Office could be named a winner in the Rural Oscar awards
PUBLISHED: 12:07 14 December 2017
Copyright © Stuart Howat
Finchingfield Post Office and Village Store could be up for national glory having been named as a finalist in the Rural Oscars.
The shop, which specialises in local produce, including locally-made wine, gin, beer and award-winning beef, also displays work by local artists. It is in the regional finals for East Anglia.
The Countryside Alliance Awards, now in their 13th year, celebrate skill and enterprise in small, hard-working businesses.
This year, there were more than 11,000 nominations in five categories, all put forward by their customers.
Finchingfield Post Office, in Bardfield Road, is in the village shop/post office category.
The other nominees in this group are Alwalton Village Post Office Stores in, Alwalton, Peterborough, Itteringham Village Shop in Norwich, and Otley Village Stores in Ipswich.
Finchingfield Post Office and Village Store is run jointly by Alex Robinson and Jane Welsh who opened it in January 2011.
They moved to the village, having led very different professional lives in Highgate in North London.
Alex taught computer skills to teachers and Jane was a manager for Waterstones in Piccadilly.
Alex said: "It's lovely. We are delighted and we want to thank our customers.
"We feel that we have already won. We think we were nominated initially by one of our suppliers, then other customers supported the nomination.
"We sell local produce including locally made bread and wine. We support local suppliers and they support us."
The next stage of the competition will involve a round where judges visit the winners of the regional heat.
The national final will be in March at the Houses of Parliament.
Countryside Alliance Awards director Sarah Lee said: "This has been a record year for nominations, showing how much the public values and supports our hard-working rural businessmen and women.
"For these finalists to get this far is already an exceptional achievement and I look forward to meeting them as judging gets underway.
"The Rural Oscars were set up to champion those who go the extra mile for their communities and it is an honour to offer a voice to rural business in this way."
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Belinda Farias Nicolau
Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Dental Education;
Canada Research Chair in Life Course Oral Epidemiology (Tier 2)
Belinda Nicolau is as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University. She obtained her DDS degree from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil and a MSc in Dental Public Health from Barts and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. Belinda completed her PhD degree in Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, London, UK under the supervision of Aubrey Sheiham. After a brief stint with Paul Speight also at University College London, she pursued a postdoctoral fellowship with Paul Allison and Eduardo Franco at McGill University, Canada. In the spring 2005, Belinda took up a faculty position as an Assistant and then an Associate Professor at INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, after which she moved to McGill University in December 2011.
Research Interests
My main research interests lie in the field of oral epidemiology; specifically I study the aetiology of chronic oral diseases (COD), including oral cancer and oral inflammation, using epidemiological and life course approaches. The goal of my research program is to better understand the causes of COD and their potential links with major chronic diseases. Currently my work focuses on two main projects:
The life-course approach to studying the etiology of cancer in the upper aero digestive tract: The HeNCe Life Study
Head and neck cancers (H&NC) occur in the mouth, throat and larynx. Yearly, there are 300,000 deaths and over half a million new H&NC cases in the world. They are the 8th most common cancer worldwide representing nearly 8% of male cancers, with 5-year survival rates of 50%. These low survival rates have not improved in the past 30 years despite advances in diagnosis and treatment. Known risk factors include tobacco smoke, alcohol consumption, diet and in a subset of H&NC, human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. So far, understanding the risk factors has been of little benefit; while the overall H&NC incidence has decreased in some populations, the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has been rising. Moreover, observed global disparities in H&NC incidence cannot currently be explained on the basis of the geographical distribution of known risk factors.
Our research group is conducting a hospital based case-control study at multiple urban health centers in Canada (Montreal), Brazil (São Paulo) and India (Calicut) - the HeNCe Life study (Head & Neck Cancer Life Course study) - to investigate the role of genetic, viral, behavioural, psychosocial and socioeconomic factors in H&NC aetiology. It uses the life course framework to investigate how these factors act either cumulatively or independently to increase H&NC.
The current hypothesis is that there are two distinct pathways for the multistage carcinogenesis of H&NC: one linked to tobacco and alcohol, and the other related to HPV infections. Based on the different clinical and molecular-genetic characteristics of these H&NC, the hypothesis proposes that distinct risk factors will be related to the distinct pathways. We use the life course framework to study whether H&NC have different risk profiles. This unique approach permits measuring several domains of exposure throughout life while taking into consideration the multiple effects of duration and timing of exposures. The use of the life course framework allows for the integration of multiple (environmental, behavioural, biological) exposures over time and thus is ideal for the study of H&NC since exposures do not manifest immediately as disease. This framework will identify potentially modifiable targets (behavioural and environmental) early in life.
HeNCe Life Study Control Group
Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth (QUALITY) cohort – Oral health component http://www.etudequalitystudy.ca/index.php?mid=2&p=10&smid=11&lang=en
Increasing empirical evidence suggests an association between common COD (e.g., dental caries, periodontal diseases) and other major chronic conditions (e.g., obesity, diabetes type II (DMII), coronary heart disease (CHD)) in adults. Although the biological plausibility linking these diseases is strong, the nature of these associations remains debatable. Two biological pathways, inflammation and infection, have been used to explain the associations between COD and major chronic diseases. The inflammation pathway is based upon the evidence that excess adipose tissue produces a hyper-inflammatory response that affects immune and inflammatory systems, which in turn increases susceptibility to oral infections. By contrast, the infection pathway hypothesizes that inflammatory mediators produced by oral infections have systemic metabolic impacts. Indeed, the mechanism that explains the association between COD and obesity, DMII and CHD is complex and multi-directional. The unravelling of these associations is further complicated by the fact that behavioural and environmental factors at different life stages are known to influence COD, obesity, CHD and DMII.
The long term aim of this study is to monitor inflammatory markers (e.g., TNF levels (in gingival tissues, saliva and serum), composition of the oral biofilm and clinical signs of COD) throughout childhood, adolescence and early adulthood in children at risk of developing obesity. This longitudinal assessment will not only permit us to examine the associations described above, but also allow us to understand the underlying mechanisms by which they are related.
The oral health component is nested in an ongoing longitudinal cohort study, the QUALITY Cohort, which investigates the natural history of obesity in Quebec youth. It includes Caucasian children aged 8-10 years at entry at high-risk of overweight/obesity due to the obese status of one or both parents. A total of 634 children and their biological parents were recruited through schools located within 75 km of Montreal and Quebec City. Baseline data were collected from 2005 to 2008 and the 1st follow-up started 2 years after baseline measures (2007), when children were 10-12 years old, and finished in 2011. The 2nd follow-up is scheduled to start in 2012 when the adolescents will be 13-15 years of age. We plan to study these children and their families until early adulthood.
The QUALITY Cohort uses a longitudinal assessment of oral health in children at risk of obesity, collecting data on an array of exposures, which allows an investigation of the influence of these factors concurrently in the development of COD and other major chronic conditions. By better understanding if and how these diseases relate in youth, public health practitioners will be able to design more effective programs (i.e., targeting obesity and oral health simultaneously).
Research Group
Research Associate
Geneviève Castonguay
Research Assistant
Nicolas Drolet
Expectations for graduate students
Current postdoc trainees
Claudie Laprise: project: « Étude sur la relation entre virus du papillome humain (VPH) et cancers de la tête et du cou »
Past postdoc trainees
Iskandar Tamimi Mariño; project: Cholinergic regulation of bone turnover: Hip fracture risk in Alzheimer patients treated with Acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors
Current graduate students
Haider Al-Waeli, PhD; project: Clinical Efficacy of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (Ibuprufen) Chronotherapy in the Healing after Periodontal Surgeries- A Randomized Clinical Trial
Akanksha Srivastava, PhD; project: Individual and societal impact of Head and Neck tumors
Sreenath Madathil, PhD; project: Life course behavioural risk models of upper aerodigestive tract cancers: A multicenter study
Akhil Soman, PhD; project: Role of genetic polymorphisms, tobacco smoking and alcohol use in risk for head and neck cancers: a cross - cultural comparison
Melissa Aline da Silva, PhD; project: Longitudinal associations between obesity and gingival inflammation
Letian LI, MSc; project: The effect of β-Blocker usage on head and neck cancer survival and complication rates
Osama Alghamdi, MSc; project: Development and implementation of a database for oncology patients treated at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Montreal General Hospital
Lojain Bassyoni, M.Sc; Project: McGill Oral Premalignant Lesions Registry
Recent summer trainees
Ana Paula Reboucas: Working in a systematic review related to use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory therapy and bone healing in pre-clinical trials at McGill University.
Angela Tianqi Wang; project: Family history of cancer and risk of head and neck cancer: Results from the HeNCe Life Study
Jun Li; project: Time well spent? Linking screen time with children' periodontal health
Recent graduates
Vamseedhar Myneni, PhD. Project: Cellular and biochemical mechanisms of the effect of osteocalcin on adipocytes
Anu Edasseri, MSC; project: Oral health promoting policies in schools and oral health status of Quebec children
Nada Farsi, PhD; project: Epidemiology of Human Papilloma Virus Related Head and Neck Cancers
Khady Ka, PhD; project: Fat and bone metabolism in relation to gingival inflammation in children
Farnaz Rashid-Kandvani, MSc; project: Access to dental services for people using a wheelchair
Nida Amir, MSC; project Perceptions of dental students about the role of the dentist in the prevention of HPV related oral cancer
Sreenath Madathil, MSc; project: Paan chewing: intergenerational habit transmission and lifetime dose-response relationship with oral cancer among a subset of South Indian population
Shahul Hameed, MSc; project: Association between periodontal health and oral cancer in a sample of subjects from India
Akhiil Soman, MSc; project: The association between life course socioeconomic position and oral cancer among a sample of Indian subjects
Beatriz Ferraz, MSc; project: Identifying curriculum challenges to reduce oral health inequities
Nada Farsi, MSc; project: Risk factors for head and neck cancer highlighting the importance of HPV viruses
Patricia da Rosa, MSc; project: « Indices de défavorisation des écoles comme facteurs prédictifs de l'état de santé buccodentaire des élèves au Québec »
Hilina Hitimana, MSc; project: The association between functional foods and dental caries experience
Manuela Mandu Hrit, PhD; Pàproject: Sleeping problems and malocclusion
Roozbeth Khosravi, MSc; project: « La maladie parodontale et l'obésité chez les enfants »
- Head and neck cancer
- Life course epidemiology
- Periodontal disease
- Obesity
Madathil SA*, Rousseau M-C, Allison P Netuveli G, Humphris GM, Varghese I, Shiraz S, Castonguay G, Thekkepurakkal AS*, Shahul HP*, Nicolau B. Maternal and paternal contribution to intergenerational psychosocial transmission of paan chewing. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2015 Aug;43(4):289-97. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdoe.12153/full
Farsi NJ*, El-Zein M, Gaied H*, Lee YC, Hashibe M, Nicolau B, Rousseau M-C. Sexual Behaviour and Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cancer epidemiology and biomarkers & prevention, 2015 Dec;39(6):1036-46. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877782115001745
Rashid Kandvani F*, Nicolau B, Bedos C. Access to dental services for people using a wheelchair. American Journal of Public Health, 2015 Nov;105(11):2312-7. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302686
Wu X, Al-Abedalla K, Rastikerdar E, Abi Nader S, Daniel NG, Nicolau B, Tamimi F. (2014). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of osseointegrated implant failure: a cohort study. Journal of Dental Research, 93(11):1054-61. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Selective+serotonin+reuptake+inhibitors+and+the+risk+of+osseointegrated+implant+failure%3A+a+cohort+study
Kâ K*, M-C Rousseau, Henderson M, Tran S, Kaartinen M, Dhar Myneni V, Nicolau B (2014). Circulating undercarboxylated osteocalcin and gingival crevicular fluid tumour necrosis factor-α in children. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 41(5):467-72 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Circulating+undercarboxylated+osteocalcin+and+gingival+crevicular+fluid+tumour+necrosis+factor-%CE%B1+in+children
Khosravi R*, Kâ K*, Huang T*, Khalili S, Nguyen BH, Nicolau B, Tran SD (2013). Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-6: Potential Interorgan Inflammatory Mediators Contributing to Destructive Periodontal Disease in Obesity or Metabolic Syndrome. Mediators Inflamm,(728987)1-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Tumor+Necrosis+Factor-%CE%B1+and+Interleukin-6%3A+Potential+Interorgan+Inflammatory+Mediators+Contributing
El-Zein M, Parent M-E, Nicolau B, Koushik A, Siemiatycki J, Rousseau M-C (2013) Body mass index, lifetime smoking intensity, and lung cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer 133(7):1721-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Body+mass+index%2C+lifetime+smoking+intensity%2C+and+lung+cancer+risk
Kâ K*, Rousseau MC, Lambert M, O'Loughlin J, Henderson M, Tremblay A, Alos N, Nicolau B (2013). Association between lean and fat mass and indicators of bone health in prepubertal Caucasian children. Hormone Research in Paediatrics 80(3):154-62 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Association+between+lean+and+fat+mass+and+indicators+of+bone+health+in+prepubertal+Caucasian+children.
Kâ K*, Rousseau MC, Lambert M, Tremblay A, Tran SD, Henderson M, Nicolau B. (2013). Metabolic syndrome and gingival inflammation in Caucasian children with a family history of obesity. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 40(11):963-93 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Metabolic+syndrome+and+gingival+inflammation+in+Caucasian+children+with+a+family+history+of+obesity
Muirhead VE, Levine A, Landry A, Nicolau B, Bedos C (2013). Life course experiences and lay diagnosis explain low-income parents' child dental decisions: a qualitative study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 41(1):13-21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Life+course+experiences+and+lay+diagnosis+explain+low-income+parents%27+child+dental+decisions%3A
Santos B*, Nicolau B, Muller K, Bedos C, Zuanon, AC. (2013) Brazilian dental students' intentions and motivations towards their professional career. Journal of Dental Education 77(3):337-44. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Brazilian+dental+students%27+intentions+and+motivations+towards+their+professional+career
Kâ K*, Nicolau B. (2012) Periodontal treatment combined with tongue cleaning reduces oral malodor among patients with periodontitis, whereas for patients with gingivitis, tongue cleaning alone is sufficient. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice 12(3):159-61. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Periodontal+treatment+combined+with+tongue+cleaning+reduces+oral+malodor+among+patients+with+periodontitis%2C+whereas+for+patients+with+gingivitis%2C+tongue+cleaning+alone+is+sufficient
Nicolau B, Marcenes W. (2012) How will a life-course framework be used to tackle wider social determinants? Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 40(Suppl. 2):33–38.
Legault V, Burchell A, Goggin P, Nicolau B, Brassard P, Guenoun J, Forest P, Mayrand M-H, Franco E, Coutlee F. (2011) Generic Microtiter Plate Assay for Triaging Clinical Specimens prior to Genotyping of HPV DNA via Consensus PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology;49(11):3977-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%20Legault%20and%20nicolau
Lambert M, Van Hulst A, O'Loughlin J, Tremblay A, Barnett T, Charron H, Drapeau V, Dubois J, Gray-Donald K, Henderson M, Lagacé G, McGrath J, Mathieu M-È, Mark S, Maximova K, Nicolau B, Paradis G, Pelletier C, Poirier P, Sabiston C. Cohort Profile: The QUebec Adipose and Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth (QUALITY) Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, online publication http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/dyr111?ijkey=ul6DDcCHxKujkiF&keytype=ref
Farsi N*, Nicolau B. (2011) Safety of Oscillating-Rotating Powered Brushes Compared to Manual Toothbrushes: A Systematic Review. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice 11(4):168-70. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=farsi%20and%20nicolau
da Rosa PC*, Nicolau B, Brodeur JM, Benigeri M, Bedos C, Rousseau M-C. (2011) Associations between school deprivation indices and oral health status. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 39(3):213-20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21091525
Kâ K*, Rousseau M-C, Nicolau B. (2009) Supportive periodontal care for patients with chronic periodontitis may produce better clinical outcomes when delivered by a specialist instead of a general practitioner, but at a higher cost. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice 9(4):231-233. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19913746
Khosravi R*, Tran SD, Lambert M, O'Loughlin J, Kâ K*, Feine JS, Caron C, Tremblay A, Nicolau B. (2009) Adiposity and gingival crevicular fluid tumour necrosis factor-alpha levels in children. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 36(4):301-307. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19426176
Pluye P, Grad R, Levine A, Nicolau B. (2009) Tensions between quantitative and qualitative data: An exercise for novice mixed methods researchers. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 3(1):58-72. http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/3/issue/1/article/2723/
Nicolau B, Rousseau M-C. (2008) Association of height with inflammation and periodontitis: the study of health in Pomerania. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice8(2):95-96. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492585
Chaput J-P, Gilbert J-A, Caron C, Nicolau B, Tremblay A. (2007) Addressing the obesity epidemic: What is the dentist's role? Journal of the Canadian Dental Association 73(8):707-709. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17949536
Nicolau B, Netuveli G, Kim M*, Sheiham A, Marcenes W. (2007) A life-course approach to assess psychosocial factors and periodontal disease. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 34(10):844-850. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17850603
Nicolau B, Thomson M, Steele J, Allison P. (2007) Life course epidemiology: concepts and theoretical models and its relevance to chronic oral conditions. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 35(4):241-249. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17615010
Vilela L, Nicolau B, Mahmud S, Edgar L, Hier M, Black M, Franco E, Allison P. (2006) Comparison of psychosocial outcomes in head and neck cancer patients receiving a coping strategies intervention and control subjects receiving no intervention. Journal of Otolaryngology 35(2):88-96. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16527026
Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Arpin S, Nicolau B. (2005) Dental caries experience: A two-generation study. Journal of Dental Research 84(10):931-936. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16183793
Sheiham A, Nicolau B. (2005) Evaluation of social and psychological factors in periodontal disease. Periodontolgy 39(1):118-131. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16135067
Nicolau B, Marcenes W, Bartley M, Sheiham A. (2005) Association between socio-economic circumstances at two stages of life and adolescents' oral health status. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 65(1):14-20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15751491
Nicolau B, Marcenes W, Allison P, Sheiham A. (2005) The life course approach: Explaining the association between height and dental caries in Brazilian adolescents. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 33(2):93-98. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15725171
Allison PJ, Edgar L, Nicolau B, Archer J, Black M, Hier M. (2004) Results of a feasibility study for a psycho-educational intervention in head and neck cancer. Psychooncology 13(7):482-485. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15227717
Allison PJ, Nicolau B, Edgar L, Archer J, Black M, Hier M. (2004) Teaching head and neck cancer patients coping strategies: results of a feasibility study. Oral Oncology 40(5):538-544. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15006628
Nicolau B, Marcenes W, Hardy R, Sheiham A. (2003) A life course approach to assess the relationship between social and psychological circumstances and gingival status in adolescents. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 30(12):1038-1045. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15002889
Nicolau B, Marcenes W, Bartley M, Sheiham A. (2003) A life course approach to assessing causes of dental caries experience: The relationship between biological, behavioural, socio-economic and psychological conditions and caries in adolescents. Caries Research 37(5):319-326. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12925821
Nicolau B, Marcenes W, Sheiham A. (2003) The relationship between traumatic dental injuries and adolescents' development along the life course. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 31(4):306-313. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12846854


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Lahore – Ashiana City, a housing scheme providing modern amenities to the common man and consisting of more than 20,000 houses will be established at Burki Road, Lahore, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday.
He directed the authorities concerned to submit a comprehensive plan within seven days and added that the project would be exemplary in terms of architecture, quality of work and transparency.
Shahbaz accredited the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for providing shelter to the common man in Punjab and helping in realising the dream of thousands of homeless people of having their own houses through the Ashiana Housing Scheme (AHS). Final shape was being given to the scheme in Lahore and all modern facilities, including an industrial estate, schools, colleges, hospitals and bus terminals would be provided under this project, he said.
The CM directed the Punjab Land Development Company to give a briefing within the coming week regarding feasibility, design, financial model and marketing of Aashiyana City. He said three-storey houses would be constructed on three marlas in all future Aashiyana schemes, so that a maximum number of people could benefit adding that 500 more houses would be completed by September 15 in the first Aashiyana Housing Scheme, whereas other houses were also being completed speedily.
Shahbaz said besides Lahore, work was in progress and applications had been invited for the allotment of houses in Aashiyana Housing Schemes in Sahiwal, Sargodha, Jhelum and Faisalabad. He said the cottage industry would be promoted in Ashiana Housing Schemes and a plan in consultation with TEVTA and Punjab Vocational Training Council would be formed so that the youth of Ashiana schemes could be imparted vocational training.
The CM said the best design would be selected for Ashiana City, Burki Road, and thanked Punjab Land Development Board Director Khawaja Mansoor and Malik Riaz of Bahria Town for their services.
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CALGARY - Former Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff will be behind Canada's bench for the world hockey championship next month in Stockholm and Helsinki.
Ruff was fired by the Sabres on Feb. 20, ending a 16-year run as the team's coach.
Ruff coached Canada to a silver medal in the 2009 world championship.
Doug Shedden will be one of Ruff's assistant coaches.


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OKC Thunder Haven't Peaked YetMarch 12, 2013
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 47-17, most of the players on their team have found themselves in the NBA Finals under this head coach, they've got an unparalleled offense and a top-10 defense, but there's still plenty of room for this group to grow.
With their play over the course of the season, the immense amount of carryover they've shown from last year to this year and just how good Kevin Durant is, it makes it seem as if they're in the same boat as the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs—but they aren't.
That's not meant to be a knock on the Thunder; they're absolutely everything I said just now, but they're so much more.
A scout told ESPN's Marc Stein that their evolution is still ongoing, and they're not done getting better, unlike their archrivals in the other conference in the Miami Heat:
I really want to not like them because they play so much isolation basketball, but the bottom line is that they've consistently shown that they have two guys who can win you the game at the end. [Russell] Westbrook seems to have always had that confidence. [Kevin] Durant seems to be growing by leaps and bounds every week. It's scary to say, but this is an improving team.
I don't want to compare them to the Michael Jordan Bulls, but there's a little something that reminds you of how [Chicago] got slapped around by the Pistons until they grew up and were ready to beat them. The Thunder is getting a dose of that now. All the playoff wars this team has already been through is giving them a real veteran feel.
Once a team makes the NBA Finals, an opinion forms that because it's already so good, the team's just going to have to figure out how to beat the Heat, rather than watch as its players simply outgrow the Heat.
LeBron James is 28 and we've still got no idea when he's going to start plateauing, let alone going a bit downhill. Dwyane Wade is 31, and Chris Bosh is nearly 29. This is a team with three excellent basketball players in their prime.
Looking at the competition they had in the finals a season ago, Kevin Durant is unimaginably just a 24-year-old, as is Russell Westbrook, while Serge Ibaka is just 23.
Watching Durant, we know that he's one of the best scorers in the NBA. A title that took Carmelo Anthony a good six or seven years to earn, Durant was able to grab it before the end of his fourth year.
Every facet of his game has improved year after year, and he's still not at that magic 27- to 30-year-old mark that seems to be the peak of most NBA superstars. In fact, he's still quite a long way away from that point.
When LeBron James was 24, we were complaining about everything imaginable. He wasn't clutch, he shot too many three-pointers, his free-throw shooting is incredibly suspect and he should go into the post more. The laundry list of what we wanted him to do was incredibly long.
Now what do we complain about with Durant? I suppose he could be more assertive with Westbrook and improve his defense a bit. That's about the extent of his shortcomings.
We constantly knock Westbrook for his poor decision-making, and his shot-happy style of play, but we forget that he's only 24.
Westbrook is a year younger than Ty Lawson and six months younger than Stephen Curry, two players who we talk about as guys still in the building process, yet we expect Westbrook to make perfect decisions and be a finished product every night.
Give Westbrook a few more years to learn how amazing his teammates are and a bit more about his own restrictions, and then we can label him as a poor decision-maker.
Serge Ibaka developed a jump shot this year, and now he's shooting the ball like he's been doing it his entire career. I've got no idea where to point at when we're talking about his ceiling, but he's got the tools to become the league's best power forward.
If Ibaka were a baseball player, he'd still only be the guy who played the entire season setting Triple-A on fire getting ready to get called up for the 40-man roster expansion. That's how young and still in development he is.
Should Oklahoma City fail to win, or even make the NBA Finals this season people are going to start asking what it can do to make itself a better team.
The answer to that question? Nothing.
All three players are signed through 2016 (Westbrook and Ibaka through 2017), they have undeveloped young guys in Jeremy Lamb, Reggie Jackson and Perry Jones sitting on their bench, plus they've got a lottery pick this year as owners of the Toronto Raptors' pick.
This team is going to continue to grow together, it'll develop amazing chemistry, and separately continue to improve, which should terrify the rest of the NBA.


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Today I received a huge gift from a fellow lover of A Course in Miracles: the new edition. 1946 pages.
The book lay on my right side, while I was attending to some old pains and inner jumps around the heart. Each time I have been able to reach deeper into the origin of this old fear imprint. Yesterday I saw that it has to do with the primal pain of being a body who is ripped to peaces by wild animals – reptile brain-memories – but this time also Colosseum memories – the gladiators and the lions.
I have long time stopped to try to figure out if these are personal memories from earlier incarnations – suffice to say that they belong to the memory pool of mankind, of death and fear of death – and all the human may tell him/herself at the moment of such a death, and therefore carry further in their soul. I am a conduit of it – that I know. The Self has chosen to "round this off" in this life – that I know.
So now I sat down again with the strange inner "jumpiness" and fear -energy, and asked for help to see. I was shown a group in another country, and I asked to speak to their spokesperson. She came forth, and I told her it was time for this group to allow the energy to return, so they could own it and allow it to transform – realizing the wonder of forgiveness and their own connection to Self. I also introduced them to Spontaneous Transformation Technique, and felt all the time the connection between the group and me. Wonderful connection, and angels and Masters there to assist.
Then I closed the connection, and went back to the "being with" the fear place. I prayed to feel safe always – permanent – I prayed to truly remember who I am in Reality- the Holy Son of God, The Light of God.
Instantly I was nudged to open the new acim-edition randomly. I put my finger in there – there are 1946 pages in that book 🙂 – and my finger landed exactly on "memory"
I felt a deep peace. I will not doubt who I am, and the protection I have as His child. And something deep shifted within this fear filled body.
Then the phone rang. A dear friend who was supposed to come here and play was stuck in traffic, there was a marathon in town and lots of streets were closed off. She would be very late, she said.
I knew the power of prayer now. So I declared that I was willing to have removed any blocks between us, and intended her to be here latest 5pm. I chose it with all of me.
She just called – and said that about that time, the traffic had mysteriously cleared up, and that she would be here in good time before five pm
And I know – this happens for me – so that I truly shall take it seriously that I am safe, held, helped,assisted,loved, and truly be willing to cancel old belief systems of fear.
I am not alone
I am not alone
I am not alone