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I GREW up on post-apocalyptic literature – The Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Death of Grass, stories about major disasters crippling society and leaving small odds-and-sods bands of survivors struggling in a strange and hostile world.
'Disaster' films like The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and the Towering Inferno followed a similar theme: a small group of people, often mostly strangers, battling huge odds to survive.
Would strangers help each other out? In an immediate, sudden disaster like a bombing or tornado, it seems the answer is Yes. Human nature under stress appears to default to altruism, more the caring bonobo model than the fighting chimp, as primatologist Frans de Waal might put it.
It's a commonplace to assume disasters will lead to panic and brutal mayhem, but in fact in Katrina-hit New Orleans "there were many more reports of altruism, cooperativeness, and camaraderie […] The overall cooperative, prosocial, and altruistic individual and community response following Hurricane Katrina was similarly observed after the Asian tsunami of December 2004, and the July 7, 2005, terrorist bombings in London…" (Disaster Mythology and Fact: Hurricane Katrina and Social Attachment, Binu Jacob et al )
It's a theme repeated in much research: "Selfish behaviour was rare; co-operation and helping were common. […] Some people displayed quite selfless behaviour by helping others even if doing so meant placing themselves at risk […] even people who they had not previously known before the emergency…" (The mass psychology of disasters and emergency evacuations, Dr John Drury and Dr Chris Cocking)
And it can have lasting impact: Dr Krzysztof Kaniasty, of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, writes that "In the aftermath of disaster it is a repeatedly observed phenomenon that community spirit is bolstered. People rally around each other and previous barriers that separated them such as race and class are temporarily overlooked […]"
But things can go the other way, too. When the Brazilian megacity, Sao Paulo, ran out of water for days in 2015, it provoked friction and massive protests. "I'd always imagined people would try and help each other out in a crisis situation," an apartment complex manager said, speaking of the fury that erupted during a residents' meeting around water.
"But it's not what happened at all."
Could things go pear-shaped in Cape Town?
And it looks as if things could go pear-shaped in the Western Cape too, at least if you're mired in the endless social media squabbling, and volley after volley of articles from experts and journalists quoting experts and bloggers suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect (there are some fantastically helpful bloggers, too – follow Helen Moffett for tons of water-saving ideas).
It is Important to Apportion Blame, it seems: it's the DA, it's the ANC, it's the poor, it's the stinking rich, it's De Lille, it's the farmers, it's not us… One thing I'm sure of: Cape Town has not (yet) had the inspired and transparent leadership it needs to steer this crisis towards altruism and away from a vicious competition for resources.
So, then, what do you do when you KNOW what's coming, and leadership fails you, and the whole shebang seems to be speeding down the road to Day Zero, bickering like a carful of children? Residents of Cape Town, you can, and must, take the lead here. You can take charge of your city's destiny, and turn it into a showcase of the best of human nature rather than the worst.
Social networks, a sense of community and community competence have been identified as crucial to the resilience and survival of communities in a disaster, and you still have some time to create that community.
So, get in touch with your community policing forum or neighbourhood watch: are they doing a house-to-house to map the vulnerable in your suburb, and set up a water-roster to assist the arthritic elderly, the people with disabilities, mothers with small babies, who will struggle with water collection?
Are they mapping any well-points or boreholes, and asking people if they're prepared to share water from them? (They should be – that's a common resource they have access to there!)
Churches, mosques and other religious institutions can also be used to create conscious, working social networks; schools likewise, along with any NGOs that operate in your area (when you meet with them, ask them what their needs are; I know people in the rest of the country are already working to get water to animal welfare shelters, for example).
Meet with any local businesses and create relationships – they may have resources you could draw on during times of stress, such as trucks to transport water.
Reach beyond the borders of your suburbs, both to neighbouring areas and to less materially advantaged areas. A business owner, for example, might get involved with the communities he or she draws employees from – but don't patronise, or tell people what to do; ask respectfully how you can help each other.
The community might be prepared to offer human resources, people to help with the water-roster and education; you could perhaps provide helpful material resources, like transport or Hippo rollers (retailing at about R1 000 for a 75 litre drum at present), or a voice in advocacy when needed.
Forget the squabbling and blame game; you desperately need each other to survive. Rise to this occasion with grace and kindness, with the best of your humanity. The world – and the rest of South Africa, also walking a water knife-edge – is watching.
- Mandi Smallhorne is a versatile journalist and editor. Views expressed are her own. Follow her on Twitter.


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The valley of Tegernsee offers all kinds of sports and other action like: Golf, sailing, mountain hiking, swimming, tennis, skiing
( only 15 min away) , sledging, horsesleigh rides and ballooning and more.
Our nightlife is also worthwhile experiencing.
A must :The " Wald und See Feste" ( in summer) –wonderful local bavarian festivities.

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Where I Forgot to Post in April
I started off this month with such good intentions of blogging every week.
I published this....Starving in this First Week of April
And then I began this one, and well, as you see I took 3 weeks to do anything with it.
Pretty much my week in a series of Snapchats.
From one Guest insisting that we move ALL the furniture out of her room (and I was the only one there) to a tour group and all their baggage (which I volunteered for) I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder.
You wish you were here listening to me complain about it.
The most important thing going on is the Dallas Stars are in the playoffs!!
I know that no one cares but me.
Snapchat has been very entertaining.
You can now swap your face with pictures in your phone....
And then it got even weirder....
Rebecca is now a year older. We are refusing to admit that she is 27.
She wanted to eat at her favorite place in Shreveport, so I took off work and we loaded up the car.
Lily looks thrilled.
Guess where else we went.
And guess what we did.
Peed. In the bathroom. We were not assaulted once by a transgender, a gay, a straight, a man, a woman, a Furry, or even a Hillary Clinton supporter.
Please find something new to spew your self-righteous hate on.
Enjoy this picture of Lily and she "NEED. HAT".
I may or may not have entertained myself with this super charged hand dryer in TJ MAXX.
As per usual I was going to dig up a really old picture of Rebecca and comment on "just yesterday we were wee children and she has grown up so fast", but I decided to share my favorite picture of her instead.
Meh, I can't help it.
I believe I was 12 and she was 2.
I am STILL fighting with this trying to eat healthy malarkey.
That AWWWW moment, when your bosslady has been married 38 years and her husband surprises her with flowers.
I forgot to get the flowers.
Speaking of things at work, this man wanted to check in early, his room wasn't ready (BECAUSE IT WAS MOOOOORNING!!!!), so he commenced to laying out on the lobby sofa. Just grabbed his phone, kicked off his shoes, and called all his friends.
I guess when you're 75 you can do what you want.
And I may have found him a room real fast.
Went to visit Lily. Wearing clothes was a nuisance, but dancing vigorously to Bubble Guppies was the King of the World.
Another realization that I am getting older is my friend's kids are becoming teenagers.
This is how I felt pulling into work this morning.
I won't go into specifics, but a person close to me had something terrible happen to her family. I can't shake it. I have cried, and prayed, and nothing seems to be helping. My heart breaks for her and her family. When I got home from work, I was still just sitting here and weeping for her.
I did the only thing I know that makes me feel better.
When my Daddy was sick, and after he passed, this DVD got a lot of playtime.
Another step into becoming an adult.
For dinner I wanted ground turkey with taco seasoning.
I forgot to buy taco seasoning.
So....drum roll......I made my own.
I can make this sound really complicated and extraordinary, but it's just chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, sea salt, pepper, and paprika.
The meat is under all the cheese and avocado.
I am sure showing folks I ate dinner in my pajamas whilst in the living room watching Grantchester on PBS surely will win me a major award of some sort.
Scott comes in the bedroom one night and I am LOLing, and he just shakes his head.
I said "I am about to share THE most funniest picture in the history of pictures".
And I was like.....
No one found it as funny as I did.
He is still looking for the funny picture.
The Dallas Stars advanced to Round Two of the PLAYOFFS!!!
Still....no one cares but me.
I found these pictures that accurately depict what I would be like as a parent.
So that was my month.
Pretty much.
This week has been good.
Bailey, Mother and I went to Canton TX for the Trade Days. It's miles and miles long, ya'll.
And of course we went through LONGVIEW!!!!
I loved it, it was just never ending booths upon booths. I am ready to go back!
If you have been around me at all this week, you have most definitely listened to me complain about my diet. This is a long-term thing, not just a lose weight fast scheme. As long as I am diabetic with high blood pressure, this is my life. Low carbs. low sodium.
What that really means is, no bread, no bacon, no happiness.
I am so sick of chicken breasts and salmon.
I am searching the Internet high and low for recipes.
Eating out is out of the question, because if I am going to spend $10 on a salad, dude, I can eat a salad at home for free!
But yeah. This is my life.
I have discovered Avocado-Cilantro dressing. It's amazing, and low in everything. Low-sodium turkey bacon bits. I would like to say the sunflower seeds are unsalted, but I cannot tell a lie.
Scott loves it when I eat boiled eggs ;)
Lily may or may not have learned a new word '_'
She did indeed say "butthole".
You're welcome.
It was funnier in church, until Rebecca threatened to make me move.
The Stars made the playoffs!!!!!!!
I am super excited, they didn't make it last year. Tyler Seguin is still hurting from THIS injury.....
Wicked, right?
I attempted to trick out my name tag at work to support the Stars.
The Stars will probably endorse me NOT to root for their team.
I mean who can't draw a STAR?!??!
In fellow sports news, baseball season has begun. DISH Network has aired all 5 Braves games, so I am aflame with joy.
They have lost all 5 games.
But on a happy note, I did get to see former Brave/my boo Ryan Klesko.
Ryan Klesko tears down #77
Family Pictures!
The highlight of my work week?
...aaaaand they were kept on my desk.
I didn't think that I would ever hear the Harry Potter theme in the theater again.
I am happily mistaken:
AND....it has Colin Farrell, yo.
That is pretty much it this week. I complained about no cheeseburgers or pizza, I walked on the walking track, I worked, I went to church, and I started cleaning every room in the house only to get sucked into Bizarre Foods.
I also failed to check my blood sugar 3 days out of 7.
I have also made 47 trips to the grocery store in hopes of finding food that doesn't taste like cardboard.
Until next week.
Stuff went down at the beginning of the month.
We lost a Great Lady.
Juanita McNeal
My body decided to betray me, I was having cold sweats, blurred vision, arm and chest pains....I didn't have time for that.
I finally went to the doctor on day 4 and was diagnosed with Hypertension and Anxiety.
The worst part for now is the medication.
It feels like I am The Walking Dead. Very nauseating, and my brain is somewhere else.
I am hoping that it will pass.
I haven't craved brains to eat yet, so I am cool.
Bailey's SnapChats cracked me up, she was at a scholarship dinner.
lawd jesus it flooded again
Day 1:
The next few days is expected to flood. I know a few employees won't be able to get out from their house, a lot of the back roads flood here.
I am staying at the hotel tonight in case the 5:00am crew can't make it.
Day 2:
Everything turned out alright, it didn't rain that much and every one made it to work. I am going home at 4:00.
Day 3:
I lied.
Everything is flooded. No one can get to work, the way in and out of town is blocked.
All other ways in are also flooded:
I couldn't get home because one of the bridges about a quarter mile from my was underwater:
Okay not really, but I wasn't there to take a picture.
The high school and campus are flooded:
Because of this, no Hampton employees were able to make it to work. I stayed the night again there, one Housekeeper Kelle stayed the night, and our Housekeeping Supervisor Tori stayed. One sole housekeeper that lived on this side of the entrance to town was able to come in. Thank you Shanice. That is it. No breakfast person, no front desk person, no laundry people, and just the 2 housekeepers.
But you know what? We made it.
Since Scott couldn't make it to his job, he stayed at the hotel and helped us.
Right as the storms began they were vicious. A solid 90 minutes of flooding, high wind, and lightning strikes.
We of course all were stuck to the glass watching it from high ground.
The WiFi tower they had to put on my Mother's roof is affectionately known as "The Eye of Sauron". And if you haven't watched the 12 hour Lord of the Rings movie, well a) we can't be friends, b) get your life together, and c) this won't make a bit of sense:
so my reply..
And then it stopped. I am like WHADDUP! we are free!
And then it started again. For hours and hours.
Shoot....it even rained at night.
and I am like.....
Below are all the picture that I accumulated. I didn't take the first one, and I am unsure of where all I got them from.
No one sue me.
Below are my two favorite; an unknown man to me, helping an elderly man out of his flooded house, and then a cool cat named Guy. His wife is our breakfast hostess here, and he will not let a Biblical size flood get in his way of fishing:
And yes, that is the front page of the Natchitoches Times.
Speaking of the Natchitoches Times....
The ladies below did all the work though......
Pictures I stole!!!!!!
From a person that went to the doctor 3 times in a decade, I have been 3 times just this month.
Every time I go it gets more dramatic.
Not one person has said "eat all the cake you want".
Anyway, they also put me on metformin, so we shall see.
Happy Easter!!
I did take a few pictures myself.
So I get this nice family pic....
I send back...
So Rebecca, Lily, and I are eating at Lucky Village.
Rebecca may or may not have gotten shrimp juice in her eye.
And went blind.
"Lily, are you sure that's how you're supposed to swing?"
I giggle.
Tears, but happy tears.....
Lisa Alexander
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There is no such thing as an overnight success, as I've said so many times. So many people seem to think it instantly happened for me but it didn't. I had to work really hard for it. It was gritty, tough and at times I wanted to pull the plug but I have this obsession and addiction to interiors, and however bleak the day seemed the next day I always somehow bounced back.
Here's some stuff I learnt along the way:
Have a mission not a business
I never imagined my biz would morph into this, that I would become a wholesaler, retailer, have a licencing portfolio, write books, hold design classes around the world and curate exhibitions abroad (more on that in the coming months). Nor say did Noma, they didn't just open a restaurant, they reinvented Nordic cuisine because they were and are totally passionate and obsessed with food. So my point is, unless you have a mission you won't stand the test of time! Simple as.
Stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and do your own thing
We have this tendency to mark ourselves against other people, other brands, competitors - you name it. The minute I stopped doing this is the minute I got intensely creative and things started happening for my business.
I remember about 8 or 9 years ago being at a real cross roads; the business was ticking over but only just, no profit, constantly breaking even and I was working all these long crazy hours and started questioning the point. I realised in that moment that I wasn't buying what I totally loved, I was trying to appeal to everyone rather than just following my gut, and therefore some of the collection was really boring. I ripped up my plans and started buying from scratch, with products that resonated with me. Fast forward a couple of years later and I got really bored with all the suppliers I was buying from (same old, same old), so then I started designing things myself and although its way more stressful than I ever imagined, its been a game changer.
Don't think about getting ahead for getting ahead's sake
If you're trying to get somewhere because you feel you should get somewhere, then you won't get anywhere (make sense?). We live in a 'have to climb' culture. I've never thought about climbing, I just love what I do, correction - I am obsessed with what I do – and everything that's happened as a result was never planned, it just happened and keeps happening in an organic fashion.


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The biggest thing that I find that comes of this is you're really considering your audience much more because you do need to trust that Google knows what it is doing when it presents individuals with certain kinds of results. It knows the keyword's intent, and it's presenting results that make sense for that intent.
Let's say they're across Canada and that you're working with a company. So what I wish to see here for chances are like where I'm not ranking things, where are there places box showing up that I'm not in, or where are the people ask showing up that I'm not involved in. This is a way to keep your eye on your competitors.
But among the things that STAT does well is it doesn't just show you where you're ranking, but what type of positions breaks down and where you should be thinking about rankings. I find, you might think about positions, particularly if you've been working in this area for a long time and you have in your mind the 10 links that we used to have forever ago, and that long gone. One of the things that is useful about using STAT rankings is you can figure out things that you should be pursuing other than, say, the written word, and I think that that's something quite important again for entrepreneurs because a lot of us really enjoy reading things.
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All that said, how can we use ranking results to find out our content strategy?
But one is that you can do this thing called information views. You can group. So you can do something called smart tags and say,"I want to tag everything which has a specific location name "
Grouping keywords with Data Views
Opportunities — where are you not showing up?
Results are complicated enough to reveal searchers not only the content they want, but in the format they need it. Being able to spot searcher intent and interest based off of results can be a powerful driver of content strategy. As she describes her instruments and methods for developing a content strategy, in the Whiteboard Friday of this week, we warmly welcome Dana DiTomaso.
What I'm going to be talking about today is using STAT for content strategy. STAT, if you are not familiar with STAT Search Analytics, which is in my opinion the best ranking tool on the market and Moz is not paying me to say that, even though they did cover STAT, so now STAT is part of the Moz family of products. I really like STAT. I have been using it for quite a while. They are Canadian. That might or might not influence my decision.
Hi. Welcome to Whiteboard Friday. My name is Dana DiTomaso. I am partner and President of Kick Point, which is a digital marketing agency based way up in Edmonton, Alberta. Come visit.
Then we'll also do locations. So we will say everything in Vancouver, group this . Everything in Winnipeg, group this together. Everything in Edmonton and Calgary and Toronto,
Maybe you're watching this video. You're reading the transcript. You might refer to the transcript later. A good deal of us are subscribers. Not a lot people are people that are visual, so we can forget things like video is truly popular, or people do prefer those areas packs or whatever it may be. Considering how Google has chosen to set up the search results and thinking outside yourself can allow you to drive better content to your customers' and your own sites.
But from a customer's perspective and a searcher's perspective, they like them. I think we need to just make sure that we're understanding where they may be showing up, and if we are playing by rules that are Google, people also ask isn't necessarily going anywhere.
Which features are increasing/decreasing both overall and for you?
Again content strategy, but surely your SEO strategy. The issue is Twitter box, and this is something. Nobody is currently using Twitter. It is full of terrible people, and they tweet about politics all day. Except Google really wants to reveal more Twitter boxes, I never want to use it again. Do we have to start focusing our energies on Twitter?"
Maybe you left it and now it is back. You need to start thinking,"Does this matter for those keywords?" Then AMP. So this is something where AMP is truly tricky.
You only have to import for, and you can have a look at the view of all these keywords. But the issue is that there is so much data, when you're looking at that set of keywords, that a whole lot of the helpful things can really get lost in the sound. By segmenting it down to a level that is very small, you can begin to understand that search for that certain kind of term and how you fit in versus your competition.
Group stuff together.
Characteristics (best, good, top, free, etc.)
You might get say a Yelp top 10 list. Or if you're looking for"cheapest mover in Calgary,"again a different type of search result. By grouping your keywords together by features so, that determine the type of search results can influences those types of keywords can help you as well that Google is putting out there.
This is from a set for one of our customers. For are gains in places version 3, that's the three pack of places. I did not see that coming. AMP is increasing. So that says to me, okay, so I want to make sure I'm considering places, and this is a client who does have a lot of offices.
So put give it some time, let it collect some data, then you get. I'm covering of what STAT does, just a tiny bit. Again, I wasn't paid by them for this. But there. My favorite part is the SERP features.
Then the last thing is products/services. So we will take service and each product and group it together. One of the nice things about STAT is that you can do something called tags. So we can, say, figure out each keyword that has the term"best" in it and put it together. Then if we add more keywords after, that also have the term"best,"they automatically go into that keyword group. If you're currently adding a great deal of keywords with time, it is really useful. I suggest starting by setting up.
Maybe it's not someone you'd think of as a local customer. Why are there a lot more properties that are local popping up? Then you can dive in and say,"Okay, only show me the keywords that have places boxes" Then you can look at that and decide: Is it something where we haven't thought about SEO that is local before, but it is something where searchers are currently thinking about local SEO? So Google is giving them three boxes that are local that are bunch, and perhaps we ought to start thinking about can we rank in that box, or is.
So what I like here is that in SERP features it will tell you which attributes are increasing and decreasing and what features are increasing and decreasing for you.
Then the thing can be attributes. This is stuff like best, good, top, free, cheap, all those different things that people use to explain your product, because those are definitely intent key terms, and often they will drive very different kinds of results than things you might consider as your mind phrases. They wish to show then people do not care about video the way that you thought they did if Google has determined that for these search phrases video isn't a thing. Sorry. So that may be something in which you are thinking, well, perhaps we need to change the sort of content we create. Then the
You have to consider what that intent means that Google is going to present. What's more AMP being shown?" If we consider moving our news or site or whatever you call it so that we could begin to appear for these search results in mobile? Is that something that Google is currently presenting ?
Build your content strategy around what searchers are looking for
Since you will see feature sets between desktop and mobile for these kinds of keywords one of the things I didn't mention in the tagging is definitely look at desktop versus mobile. Mobile may have a very different intent for a sort of search. If you are a restaurant, as an instance, people might have intent that is different from maybe you're lost, and you are standing next to it and I want a restaurant for instance.
All day we can get mad about AMP, if we be there, but how about instead? I know there are obviously issues with AMP, although I don't need the comment section to become a whole AMP discussion. But if it's being shown at the search results that searchers that should be finding you're seeing and you are not there, that is definitely something you will need to think about for your content strategy and thinking,"Is AMP something that we need to pursue? Do we have to have more newsy content versus evergreen content?"
There were studies where it stated,"I used AMP, and I lost 70% of my visitors and everything was terrible." But if that's the case, why would we be seeing more AMP show up if it isn't really something that people find helpful, particularly on search?
Desktop vs mobile
Historical data
Your content strategy is focused on articles that could be applicable for many years, when in reality your searchers are looking for stuff that's relevant for them right now. So for example, things with movers, there is some sort of mover scandal. There's always a mover who ended up locking it up forever and taking someone's stuff, and they never gave it back. There's always a story like that in the news.
Maybe that's why it's AMP. Maybe it was for instance, like a day for movers. Then you can see the decreases. Hence the reduction here is organic, which is that 10 links that are traditional. This new stuff that's coming in, like Twitter, like AMP, places that are like is currently displacing a lot of the results that used to be there before.
What's nice about STAT is that you can say"I wish to see results for the previous 7 days, 30 days, or 60 days." Once you receive a year of data in there, you can look at the entire year and look at that trend and see is it a thing where we have to maybe rethink our video strategy? People don't like video for these phrases. However, Google has access to more data than you do.
So instead you think if the results are not there, then I could be restricting, although I can do daily that is organic. Videos, by way of example it was really interesting for this particular customer because videos is a part of their content strategy, that videos is a decreasing SERP for them. If we see that videos are decreasing, then we could take a step back and say,"Is it decreasing from the key words that we care about? Why is it decreasing? Is it something where we believe that we can gain more? So the green shows you your percentage the black is everyone else, and that you own of this. Thinking realistically, you can't own all of the time to 100% of the search results because that wouldn't be allowed by Google. So instead thinking, what's a thing? Are we topping out at the stage now where if we keep pushing on this we are going to have diminishing returns?
Share of voice is calculated based on your ranking and all of your competitors' ranking and the number of clicks that you are expected to get based on your position.
Identify whether your articles efforts support what you're seeing in STAT
Are we happy with how we are doing here? Maybe we will need to turn our attention like replies for example, to something else. This customer does well on areas. They own a lot of it. It's maintain, watch, do not worry about it much anymore. When we're considering content then that can drop off. We don't necessarily have to keep writing post for things that are going to help us to rank in the places pack since it is not.


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Affinity Living Group, based in North Carolina, is about to become the first long-term care provider in the state to require large-scale mandatory influenza vaccinations for its more than 4,000 employees.
More than 80,000 people died from the flu in the U.S. during the 2017-2018 season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which could prompt employers to boost immunization programs for the upcoming flu season.
But it isn't just the flu that employers should be thinking about. An outbreak in measles this year, with 839 confirmed cases in 23 states so far, according to the CDC, is the worst outbreak of the virus since 1994 when there were 958 confirmed cases. Measles was previously declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
Affinity calls their latest measure a "major step toward safer practices." The flu vaccine will be offered by local CVS pharmacists for each of the 120 communities it manages across six states. By mandating the flu vaccination, team members will be prevented from spreading potentially life-threatening illnesses to the older adults residing in those communities and to other employees.
"The history has been to offer optional vaccines, but our take rate was not strong," says Mary Raddant, vice president of human resources at Affinity. "So what we decided to do this year is, we really wanted to focus on education and debunking the myths about the risks of immunization."
The team being formed to handle the vaccination requirements is known as the anti-flu crew, says Dr. Kevin O'Neil, chief medical officer for Affinity. One of the things they will be doing as new hires come in is questioning them about their vaccination history and have them sign a consent form with regards to the flu vaccine. The anti-flu crew will eventually morph into a broader vaccination committee — something other employers with concerns relating to this issue can consider doing at their own organizations.
The vaccines will be offered at no cost to the employee through a voucher program, the company says. Along with providing the flu shot itself, the company plans to educate Affinity staff and the broader community on the importance of receiving the flu vaccine. It also will work to remove misconceptions surrounding the perceived dangers of vaccines.
"In my mind, the greatest advance in the history of medicine has been the introduction of immunizations," O'Neil says. "When you look at the large number of people who have been protected from serious diseases it's a huge benefit to society — probably greater than any single medication has been."
Although the science behind vaccination is indisputable, skeptics remain who believe the misconception that vaccines can have extreme side effects such as autism in children or even death. People also site religious reasons for not vaccinating their children, despite no religious doctrine across the major world faiths that specifically forbid vaccinations. As a result there is a growing outbreak of measles in different parts of the U.S.
Indeed, as of May 10, the U.S. CDC reported a 9.8% increase in U.S. measles cases. However, the majority of the current cases have sprung up in New York as some ultra-orthadox religious communities refuse to vaccinate school-aged children.
This may well become a legal issue for employers, O'Neil says. Organizations could continue to strongly encourage vaccinations, rather than mandate them.
"We feel at Affinity Living Group, because of the vulnerability of our population — we have folks who are 65 and older — that we have a moral obligation to protect them. They are the ones who if they do get influenza or other vaccine preventable diseases that they're much more likely to have serious adverse consequences."
A significant portion of the people who die from the flu each year are elderly, O'Neil says, which is why he says the company feels a moral obligation to mandate the flu vaccine. Affinity has not made other vaccinations — such as measles — mandatory for its employees, but that option isn't out of the realm of possibility.
"We felt we should walk before we run," O'Neil says. "Influenza kills more people in our population than any of the other vaccine preventable diseases. We felt it was best that we focus on influenza initially and then we'll look critically at the other vaccines."


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One aspect of default local zones is that they are managed as one big bunch – all zones marked with
autoboot="true" are started along with the service
svc://system/zones, and all running zones are stopped along with it. These zones are started and stopped in parallel, with little respect to possible dependencies (i.e. an LDAP server or database should better start before application servers and stop after them). Using some simple tricks from this article, it is possible to set up local zones as SMF services of the global zone, along with all the goodies this brings regarding setup of dependencies, in OpenIndiana as well as similar SMF environments (including legacy ones – verified to include Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris SXCE).
Technical details
zoneadmd which is spawned separately from the command-line
zoneadm processes; SMF can not see it as a managed child process in
contract or
wait service types, so we are limited to
transient (fire and forget) services. If any zones are stopped, the SMF framework would still consider the service running because it is not monitored. This matches what is available with the default
zones service.
zlogin -S providing a shell into the local zone OS, so that the shutdown routines can be started. This probably limits this implementation to Solaris-like zones (iPKG, SVR4, solaris10 brand and such). However, one can override the
stop/exec property of a particular zone instance to define some other shutdown logic.
timeout_seconds="0"). In case of dependencies properly set up, this would mean that a hung zone will block a clean shutdown of its service, and won't allow the
system/zones to stop (and in particular to call
zoneadm halt). It might be beneficial to set the timeout to a large, but finite, value (1800 seconds?) either in the overall
zone service definition, or in certain instances for local zones which you expect (or find) to be troublemakers.
maintenance state which, until cleared (by an admin who would revise or ensure that the zone has stopped, or would otherwise fix the problem), would block subsequent startup of this zone and those instances which depend on it.
stop/exec method tries to detect that the previous attempt to stop the service timed out and failed, and falls back to
zoneadm ... halt.
autoboot="true", their startup will be managed (fire and forget) by
svc:/system/zones:default first, and any dependencies (the
zone-group instances and later
zone instances) will not start until the
system/zones service reports that it is
online. If some of these zones are also SMFized (and autobooted, still), their SMF instance startup should wait until
check_start succeeds (see below) and further dependencies will be fulfilled.
First, we add a service
zone-groups which does not do anything and is just a dependency for the local SMF-ized zones. Its instances have the same role – if you have a number of zones which are grouped by some role (say, a networking lab on appserver with database, or a set of zones for software compilation and testing, which you don't use daily 24x7), you can set these zones' SMF instances to depend not only on each other, but also on such a grouping service which would allow single-command startups and shutdowns of whole zone farms.
By default this service depends on
svc://system/zones:default and creates one
:default instance of itself, and by default all the SMF-ized zones will depend on it.
Download zone-group.xml and install with
:; wget http://wiki.openindiana.org/download/attachments/27230238/zone-group.xml :; svccfg import zone-group.xml
Second, we install zone.xml which delivers the
svc://system/zone service with no instances. There are pre-configured
stop and
refresh methods, as well as some variables and the dependency on
zone-group which can be overridden and/or extended in particular instances.
Installation is as simple:
:; wget http://wiki.openindiana.org/download/attachments/27230238/zone.xml :; svccfg import zone.xml
As discussed above, the default timeouts in this service are not enforced, which may be undesirable for your production installation. If you want all of the zone shutdown attempts to abort after a while (then the
system/zones service takes over and may be more "rude" in its methods), do set a service-level timeout, i.e.:
:; svccfg -s zone setprop stop/timeout_seconds = count: 1800 :; svcadm refresh zone
Adding zones to SMFization
This section describes how to add an SMF service instance for a zone, how to review its logs, and how its methods work.
If you just want to reconfigure your system to "SMF-ize" all existing zones, there is a section below with a command-line script to convert all of your zones into this framework.
Let's add some zones to be managed by this framework:
:; zoneadm list -cv ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / ipkg shared 26 zone1 running /zones/build/zone1 ipkg excl - build-ss12sun installed /zones/build/build-ss12sun ipkg excl :; svccfg -s zone add zone1 :; svccfg -s zone add build-ss12sun :; svcs -a | grep zone online Nov_09 svc:/system/zones-monitoring:default online 5:17:43 svc:/system/zones:default online 5:18:10 svc:/system/zone-group:default - - svc:/system/zone:zone1 - - svc:/system/zone:build-ss12sun
So, here we have the default instance of the grouping service, which is automatically enabled, and an instance for each of
zone1 and
build-ss12sun which have no service history.
If you enable the service, the zone should start... or remain working (as it was running now):
:; svcadm enable build-ss12sun :; tail /var/svc/log/*build-ss12sun*log [ Nov 18 05:27:23 Enabled. ] [ Nov 18 05:27:43 Executing start method ("zoneadm -z build-ss12sun list -p | awk -F: '{print $3}' | egrep -vi 'CONFIGURED|INCOMPLETE' || exit; zoneadm -z build-ss12sun boot && sleep 5 && while : ; do zlogin -S build-ss12sun 'eval svcadm\ enable\ -ts\ svc:/milestone/multi-user-server:default' && exit 0; sleep 3; done"). ] installed [ Nov 18 05:27:52 Method "start" exited with status 0. ]
Most of the activity performed during start can be seen above: Verify that the zone is in the
installed or higher state, boot it, and loop until the requested command succeeds. During this time the service instance is in
offline* SMF state and its dependents, if any, don't start just yet.
One trick is to disable auto-starting of the SMF-ized zone with the general
zones service. This can be done by the new instance's
refresh method:
:; svcadm -v refresh build-ss12sun Action refresh set for svc:/system/zone:build-ss12sun. :; tail /var/svc/log/*build-ss12sun*log [ Nov 18 05:24:34 Rereading configuration. ] [ Nov 18 05:24:34 Executing refresh method ("zonecfg -z build-ss12sun set autoboot=false"). ] [ Nov 18 05:24:34 Method "refresh" exited with status 0. ]
If for some reason
refresh does not cut it, you can just do the task manually (as in the log-file snippet above).
Likewise, shutdown of a zone with SMF is simply:
:; svcadm disable build-ss12sun :; tail /var/svc/log/*build-ss12sun*log [ Nov 18 05:30:50 Stopping because service disabled. ] [ Nov 18 05:30:50 Executing stop method ("zoneadm -z build-ss12sun list -p | awk -F: '{print $3}' | egrep -vi 'CONFIGURED|INCOMPLETE' || exit; while : ; do zoneadm -z build-ss12sun list -p | awk -F: '{print $3}' | egrep -i 'INSTALLED' && exit 0; tail -15 `svcprop -p restarter/logfile build-ss12sun` | grep Method | grep -v Executing | tail -2 | egrep 'Method or service exit timed out|Method .stop. failed due to signal KILL' | wc -l | grep -w 2 > /dev/null && ( echo HALT ; zoneadm -z build-ss12sun halt ) || zlogin -S build-ss12sun 'eval init\ 5; eval svcadm\ disable\ -ts\ svc:/system/svc/restarter:default' ; sleep 3; done"). ] running svcadm: Restarter for instance "svc:/system/svc/restarter:default" is unavailable. svcadm: Restarter for instance "svc:/system/svc/restarter:default" is unavailable. installed [ Nov 18 05:30:57 Method "stop" exited with status 0. ]
This logic is not so simple: Verify that the zone is in the
installed or higher state, and loop until the zone reaches the
installed state; if not there yet – verify the instance's log file to see if the last
stop attempt had timed out and in this case try the rude
zoneadm halt; for the first attempt try the requested shutdown and verification commands. During this time the service instance is in
online* SMF state and its dependencies, like the
zone-group and then system-wide
zones services, should not be stopping just yet.
The service defines the following overridables:
Dependency on
zone-group:default – this can be replaced with another group (of course, you can also add dependency on several groups at once – not detailed here):
:; DEPPG=zone-group :; DEPINST=zones-dummies :; ZONE=zone1 :; svccfg -s zone-group add "$DEPINST" :; svcs -d zone:$ZONE STATE STIME FMRI online 6:18:10 svc:/system/zone-group:default :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg $DEPPG dependency && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/grouping = astring: require_all && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/restart_on = astring: restart && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/type = astring: service && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/entities = fmri: "svc:/system/zone-group:$DEPINST" && \ svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE :; svcs -d zone:$ZONE STATE STIME FMRI uninitialized 7:02:21 svc:/system/zone-group:zones-dummies
As can be verified by some
disable and
enable actions, the service
zone1 no longer reacts to enablement and disablement of
zone-group:default, but does start and stop in line with the new grouping instance.
Of course, dependencies on any other FMRIs, including resources like files, SMF services, service-wrapped zones and VMs (via vboxsvc) can be set up similarly, each in its property-group, or as a list of FMRIs in one group (usually if you require not all of some resource instances, but any one on the list).
Variables for startup (
zone/check_start) and shutdown (
zone/check_stop) verification routines, as well as the shutdown method (
### Revise defaults inherited from common service :; svcprop zone1 | egrep '^zone/' zone/check_start astring svcadm\ enable\ -ts\ svc:/milestone/multi-user-server:default zone/check_stop astring svcadm\ disable\ -ts\ svc:/system/svc/restarter:default zone/init_stop astring init\ 5
For my example,
zone1 is an unconfigured zone used as a template for cloning. It never reaches the
multi-user-server milestone, because it is stuck on console waiting for user input regarding system settings. Its startup as an SMF service with these settings never completes, so it can not be stopped either. Also,
init 5 or graceful
shutdown -y -g 0 -i 5 never complete either, but the rude
halt works in this zone as expected. So let's fix it up:
:; ZONE=zone1 :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg zone application :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop zone/check_start="/bin/true" :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop zone/init_stop=halt :; svcadm refresh $ZONE
I don't bother about
check_stop here, because
halt does the job, and the SMF service will loop until the zone is merely
While the default
zone/check_start value does allow to track a generic zone to the end of its startup, including legacy init-scripts, you might want to customize some zones with scripts that would be called from this method which do the proper verification of the services you need (i.e.
ldapsearch -h localhost ... returns an expected answer, for an LDAP server zone). For heavy services like some Java application servers or some databases, startup of "useful" state may be many minutes after the services' processes have all started and naive initialization methods have reported that everything is okay now. Quite often, it is not.
Also remember that SMF attributes with whitespaces must be passed as double-quoted strings; on command-line this means encasing that with single quotes (
'"/myscript test"').
As discussed above, the default timeouts in this service are not enforced, which may be undesirable for your production installation. If you want a particular zone's shutdown attempts to abort after a while (then the
system/zones service takes over and may be more "rude" in its methods), do set a instance-level timeout, i.e.:
:; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg stop method :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop stop/timeout_seconds = count: 300 :; svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE
And note that a timed-out shutdown (where even two
zoneadm halt attempts did not help) would place the service instance into
maintenance state which, until cleared (by an admin who would revise or ensure that the zone has stopped, or would otherwise fix the problem), would block subsequent startup of this zone and those instances which depend on it.
Restarting zones
I found that
svcadm restart can allow the dependency zone (such as a DBMS one) to stop first, and then it initiates shutdown and restart of dependents (appservers), which is not good.
svcadm disable -ts mysql; svcadm enable -s mysql is processed correctly – the appservers stop (given a
restart or
refresh requirement in
restart_on), then the database stops, then vice-versa.
So this solution should work properly during OS startup and shutdown, but service maintenance during the lifetime requires some care.
SMFizing all zones
All zones in this setup depend on different instances of
zone-group service, which in turn depend on
svc:/system/zones:default, for backwards compatibility at least (disabling or enabling the system service is still a single point of command to toggle the zones' boot-states). If any zones are not "SMFized" and remain under control of
zones, they will start first and block startup of the dependent
zone-group instances and ultimately of the "SMFized" zones.
To ensure predictability in the system startup-shutdown, and that some of your "higher priority" zones do indeed start up ASAP, you might want to move all defined zones under the SMF umbrella. This would mark them with
autoboot="false" and thus out of
zones management; start-up of the system service would essentially become a quick no-op (shutdown would still process and stop all zones which might remain after the SMF wrappers complete).
One trick is to place your normally disabled zones ("golden" templates, etc.) under a
zone-group which stays disabled. This still allows you to boot them manually (
zoneadm -z zonename boot), but they won't autostart with the global zone. The snippet below finds all zones with
autoboot="false" set which are not yet SMF instances, and makes them SMF instances which depend on a new
:; DEPINST=zones-disabled :; DEPFMRI="svc:/system/zone-group:$DEPINST" :; DEPPG=zone-group :; svccfg -s zone-group add "$DEPINST" && \ svcadm disable "$DEPINST" && \ svcadm refresh "$DEPINST" :; zoneadm list -cv | awk '{print $3" "$2}' | egrep -v 'NAME|global' | \ while read ZSTATE ZONE; do \ echo "=== $ZONE ($ZSTATE)"; \ svcs -H -o state "svc:/system/zone:$ZONE" 2>/dev/null && \ echo "SKIP zone $ZONE: already SMFized" && continue; \ if zonecfg -z "$ZONE" info autoboot | grep true; then \ echo "Zone $ZONE: autobooting"; \ svccfg -s zone add $ZONE && \ if [ x"$ZSTATE" = xconfigured -o x"$ZSTATE" = xincomplete ]; \ then svcadm disable "$ZONE"; else svcadm enable "$ZONE"; fi && \ sleep 3 && zonecfg -z $ZONE set autoboot=false && svcadm refresh "$ZONE"; \ continue; \ fi; \ echo "Zone $ZONE: disabled"; \ svccfg -s zone add $ZONE && svcadm disable zone:$ZONE && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg $DEPPG dependency && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/grouping = astring: require_all && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/restart_on = astring: restart && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/type = astring: service && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/entities = fmri: "$DEPFMRI" && \ zonecfg -z $ZONE set autoboot=false; \ svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE; \ done :; svcs -a | grep zone: :; svcs -D "$DEPFMRI"
This slab of code should find all of your zones, filter out those already put under SMF control, and for remaining ones it will create SMF instances, further filtering based on the
autoboot flag value:
autoboot=true and a state other than
configured or
incomplete will be enabled (WARNING: zones which are not currently running will be booted in the process – unless their dependency such as the main
svc:/system/zones:default service is
disabled and
offline at this moment) and refreshed to set
autoboot=false (just in case the
refresh does not to as asked, the code includes an explicit disablement of the zone's
autoboot=true and in
configured or
incomplete state will be disabled and refreshed to set
autoboot=false (as well as explicit command);
autoboot=false will be set to depend on the newly created (and disabled)
zone-group:zones-disabled grouping instead of
zone-group:default, and explicitly disabled, just in case.
To summarize this page, a cheat-sheet for copy-pasting
:; DEPINST=zones-dummies :; DEPFMRI="svc:/system/zone-group:$DEPINST" :; DEPPG=zone-group ### For additional zone-group dependencies, other than overriding the default: #:; DEPPG=zone-group_$DEPINST :; ZONE=zone1 ### Put an existing autobooting zone under SMF control :; svccfg -s zone add $ZONE :; svcadm enable -s zone:$ZONE :; svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE ### Change dependency from default to another zone-group #:; svccfg -s zone-group add "$DEPINST" :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg $DEPPG dependency && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/grouping = astring: require_all && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/restart_on = astring: restart && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/type = astring: service && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/entities = fmri: "$DEPFMRI" && \ svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE ### Add some other dependency, i.e. on another SMFized local zone :; DEPZONE=mysql :; DEPPG=zone_$DEPZONE :; DEPFMRI="svc:/system/zone:$DEPZONE" :; DEPGROUPING=require_all :; DEPRESTART_ON=restart ### Note that depending on the nature of your systems, you might want other restart_on ### values, including "none" for appserver-pooled reconnections to database services. :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg $DEPPG dependency && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/grouping = astring: "$DEPGROUPING" && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/restart_on = astring: "$DEPRESTART_ON" && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/type = astring: service && \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop $DEPPG/entities = fmri: "$DEPFMRI" && \ svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE ### Change startup monitoring method :; svccfg -s zone:$ZONE addpg zone application; \ svccfg -s zone:$ZONE setprop zone/check_start='"/mytestscript.sh test"' && \ svcadm refresh zone:$ZONE ### Review states of all zone-related services, and zone states :; svcs -a | grep zone; zoneadm list -cv
Hope this helps,
//Jim Klimov
FYI: Public development of the scripts referenced in this article has moved to https://github.com/jimklimov/illumos-smf-zones and over time the URLs in this article would be updated to refer to those copies instead – attachments are not exactly an SCM However, at this moment (2015-02-02) there is no divergence to worry about
Note of changes in GITHUB version: manifests and the script are now licensed under CDDL Oh, now there is a script to automate the snippets above into a handy CLI utility which wraps the registration of local zones as SMF instances, helps set up dependencies, etc


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3 Ways Couples Get Stuck and How to Move Through It
Every couple gets stuck. After all, relationships take work, and conflict is inevitable. Sometimes, we might be on different pages. Sometimes, we might unwittingly do things that keep us and our partners spinning our wheels.
Below, Ashley Thorn, a licensed marriage and family therapist, shared three ways couples commonly get stuck and how you can move forward when it happens to you. Because that's the great thing: You aren't stuck forever. You can use certain techniques to help you reconnect to your partner and enhance your relationship.
Struggling with Perpetual Problems
According to John Gottman, every couple has two types of problems: With solvable problems, a couple reaches an effective solution without needing to rehash the issue. For instance, mom wants a clean house, while dad wants to spend more time as a family. They budget for a cleaning service, and enjoy special family outings on those days, explained Thorn, who practices at Wasatch Family Therapy in Salt Lake City, Utah.
With perpetual problems, a couple keeps coming back to the same issue over and over again. These problems "center [around] fundamental differences in either your personalities or lifestyle needs," she said. Thorn shared this example: A wife wants to spend extra money on travel and vacations, while the husband wants to spend it on toys and long-term entertainment.
Getting unstuck: According to Thorn, Gottman calls it "moving from gridlock to dialogue." That involves partners talking to each other in a friendly and understanding way, so they can discover the dreams that underlie each problem, she said. Because these problems do hold deeper meanings.
For instance, when the above couple delves deeper, he and she discover that for the wife, vacations represent freedom and family closeness. When she was a child, the only times her family seemed to get along was on vacation. For the husband, toys represent connection and success. While he was growing up, he and his brothers bonded over toys. Today, buying an item he's been working toward means he has something to show for his hard work. It also inspires him to work even harder.
"Once a couple really understands the meaning behind these arguments, it tends to soften the discussion, and compromise generally becomes easier to establish." For instance, the above couple decides to budget enough money so that both the husband and the wife get to have a bit of what they want — "instead of spending all their time trying to convince the other person that their idea of how money should be spent is 'stupid' or 'frivolous.'"
Being Passive Aggressive
Does the following sound familiar? It's your spouse's turn to wash the dishes, but the dirty plates, pots and pans have been in the sink for days. You look at the dishes, look at your spouse, sigh and roll your eyes. You make statements like: "Wow! These dishes are turning colors. Am I the only one who cleans up around here?" Later in the week, you've absolutely had it, and start yelling: "You're so lazy! Do you even care about what our house looks like? What's wrong with you?"
Couples regularly come to Thorn complaining about something their partner is or isn't doing. But when she asks if they've shared these feelings, they say: "I've practically told them," or "They should know by now by the signals I've been giving…" or "when I say/do (enter any type of passive/aggressive behavior) how could they not know?"
Getting unstuck: The key is to express yourself clearly and to directly tell your partner what you want or what you're concerned about. "Now, that doesn't mean we're always going to get exactly what we ask for, but at least we can open up a productive discussion," Thorn said.
With the above example, as soon as you get annoyed about the dirty dishes, you might say: "Honey, I'm feeling frustrated that you haven't washed the dishes for a few days. We agreed that you would take that on, and when you don't do it, I feel like more work is being put on my plate. I would like it if you could get them done by tomorrow. Will that work?"
When we're indirect with our partners, we let problems that actually have solutions drag on and on. This only creates resentment and misunderstanding and lots of frustration.
Missing Underlying Emotions
Couples also tend to get stuck when they miss a problem's underlying emotions. "[W]hen an argument is becoming passionate, emotional and heated, then the issue is never about what it looks like at face value; it's almost always being driven by some type of underlying emotion the couple is feeling," Thorn said. If couples don't express these emotions, they'll stay stuck, she explained.
Thorn once saw a couple that argued about everything from the style of the nightstands to the art on the wall. The wife had moved into the husband's home, and he wouldn't let her change anything. As they began exploring the issue, they realized that it had zero to do with furnishings.
While the husband was secure and comfortable in his tastes, change made him feel the complete opposite. For the wife, adding personal touches represented the merging of their lives. Because she wasn't able to do this, she felt undervalued and shut out of her husband's life.
Getting unstuck: It's important for both partners to regularly check in with themselves about their feelings and to express these feelings out loud, Thorn said, without attacking or blaming.
Writing down your thoughts can help. After you're done, "further analyze to identify what emotions are present." When both partners share their thoughts, try to understand and validate each other's feelings — "before ever trying to solve the problem."
Even when you're sharing your dreams and emotions and being direct, focus on negotiation, Thorn said. "The only way to continue moving forward with each other is to constantly leave room for compromise and flexibility in communication."
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Mangaluru, July 23,2017: Prohibitory orders in Bantwal taluk has been extended till 9 a.m. on July 26. A.C. Renuka Prasad, Assistant Commissioner, Mangaluru Sub-division, issued an order to this effect.
The orders have been extended to maintain law and order in view of the recent communal attacks.
According to C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, prohibitory orders imposed in Belthangady, Sullia and Puttur taluks by the Deputy Commissioner have not been extended. The orders ended on July 21 midnight.
Ban orders imposed by T.R. Suresh, Mangaluru Police Commissioner, covering the jurisdiction of Mangaluru Police Commissionerate is in force till July 30 midnight.
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We all need powerful motivating images and words to surround us and build our vibration! I love the above and below and remember these in those moments my body or mind fades in training…
Well I am "slightly excited and pumped" NOT more "jumping out of my skin – happy to be on board my new chapter to make Top 10 of the 'Women's Health and Fitness Magazine Cover Model 2014′ !!!"
Fitness is NOW a lifestyle and life is beyond good as I am learning so much every day in training as well as the challenges presented to me whilst training my clients. My Personal Trainer and Business Partner George has been elevated to "COACH GEORGE" for the next year of POSTS.
This week we both were like "Ahh thank God – finally!!!", after all these weeks of training with the 11 weeks of my first transformation we never quite had my energy system challenged to the point of excess lactic acid buildup to hit the ultimate fat burn rate and subsequent accelerated muscle growth. Well yesterday was my mid-week HIIT personal training session. Coach George had me complete longer intervals Tabata training as below:
HIIT LONGER INTERVAL TABATA TRAINING PROGRAM – Wednesday 10 April 2014
*Tabata Sprints Bike level 8 x 90 seconds, Rest level 4 x 30 seconds x 4 Sets
*Superset – 45 seconds, Rest 15 seconds x 3 Sets in the following order:
Thrusters 5kg dumbbells, Deep Squat Double Ropes, Man Push-ups
*Tabata Sprints Row 90 seconds @ my current speed 250m per 1:05 minutes, Rest 30 seconds x 3 Sets
Mmm the lactic acid burn hit its peak for me now and almost did puke – as I say this is "All good!"
In my last set of Rows I had to put MIND over the PAIN and as my Coach George says "The pain is there anyway so move past the reaction to it!"
Now beyond the activity "I see the body under the skin – I like to visualise the organs in the skeletal frame and the various flow of nutrients, amino acids, blood, oxygen etc… so in this moment I am visualising as well as feeling the intense toxic buildup of lactic acid overload to a point that every cell in my body was wanting to reject this" – this is good as we have hit a new level of stamina as we break this threshold and in doing so increase fat burn now and after the training session.
In detail:
For me I want to get lean, and need to generate physiological stress to produce as much lactic acid and growth hormone as possible.
Lactic acid buildup is associated with a subsequent growth hormone release, which has the ability to significantly increase the body's ability to burn fat for energy, while turning off its fat-storage mechanisms.
Research shows there is a dose-response relationship between exercise intensity and growth hormone after exercise. For example, a recent study found that in response to 30 minutes of exercise, athletes who ran at the highest intensity experienced the greatest increase in growth hormone, which was the strongest marker for the body's ability to burn fat after the workout.
Now if you refuel your body with amino acids and some carbohydrates (depending on your macronutrient requirements specific to your fitness goal) within 15-30 minutes of training you will then assist the muscle fibres in their recovery as well as growth. For me I always have 1 scoop of Be Fit Hub Pure Whey Protein with 1 tablespoon honey and 500ml water as I am within 5kg of my goal weight and training to grow lean muscle.
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It's a good time of year to sit down and review your budget and spending habits. Figure out what should be devoted to recurring expenses, expenditures, loans, pay-offs, and free cash monthly.
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Adverb: An adverb is a word used to modify any part of speech except noun or pronoun. (J.C. Nesfield) Classification of Adverb: i) Adverb of time, ii) Adverb of place, iii) Adverb of manner, iv) Adverb of degree, v) Adverb of reason or purpose, vi) Adverb of affirmation and negation, vii) Intensifiers and viii) Downtoners
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Late last year Singapore Airlines announced they'd be discontinuing the two longest flights in the world, operating between Singapore and Newark/Los Angeles. The service will terminate later this year, and the reason for the flights being axed is that Singapore is retiring their A340-500 aircraft, the only ones in their fleet capable of operating those flights nonstop.
Via AsiaOne, it looks like Delta wants to jump in and take over the nonstop flights at some point in the near future:
TOKYO – American carrier Delta Air Lines is ready to move in when Singapore Airlines pulls the plug on its non-stop flights to the United States later this year.
"Our main focus is to win and secure the corporate business class market," said Delta's managing director for Asia Pacific, Mr Jeffrey S. Bernier.
Speaking to The Straits Times at the airline's Tokyo hub recently, he added: "Corporate business travellers want non-stops so historically, SIA has had the lion's share of the business in two of the largest US markets – Los Angeles and New York."
Now, the way this article is written (or at least the way I read it) doesn't make it totally clear that they intend to pursue nonstop service to Singapore. They instead note that business travelers like nonstop flights and that they want to secure corporate business contracts between those cities, which doesn't necessarily have to translate to nonstop service.
I think Delta is a bit naive to think they have a product that's competitive with Singapore's, though:
"We have clearly differentiated ourselves from other US carriers. We want to compete head to head with the Asian carriers.
"We're investing not only in the product but also staff training so we can take care of our customers."
I'm not sure in which way they think they've differentiated themselves from other US carriers, especially as far as their Singapore service goes, given that they operate their Singapore to Tokyo Narita service with a 777, which features herringbone seats in business class. Meanwhile their 747s feature reverse herringbone seats similar to those on American and Cathay Pacific, which are much more competitive, in my opinion.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if Delta tries to step in and replace the nonstop flights. Short of some serious corporate discounts I doubt Delta will be able to secure much of the market share that previously went to the nonstop flights with a single daily 777 to Tokyo Narita that leaves early in the morning.
If they do plan on offering nonstop service to the US out of Singapore they'd have a much better chance at securing the market share, though I still have to wonder about the economics of operating the service. Singapore just couldn't make the service work, both when they had a two cabin configuration and also when they had an all business class configuration. Yes, admittedly the A340-500 is a gas guzzler, though if they thought the service could work long term something tells me they would have picked up a few 777-200LRs to operate the service.
It's just so expensive to operate an ultra longhaul flight given the added weight of all the extra fuel that has to be carried and the limited potential to carry cargo. If Delta were to start the route I also have to wonder whether they'd reconfigure their 777-200LRs in a configuration with more business class seats, or if they would operate it in the same configuration they have now.
What do you guys think? Could Delta make this service work?
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Losartan Effects on Emphysema Progression
A randomized, parallel, placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effect of 100mg/day losartan on the progression of emphysema as measured by quantitative HRCT compared to placebo .
- Emphysema
- Eligible Ages
- Over 40 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Mild to severe COPD: Ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) less than or equal to 0.70, FEV1 20-80% of predicted
- Current or former smoker
- HRCT scan with 5-35% of voxels with density less than -950 Hounsfield Units (HU)
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign consent documents
Exclusion Criteria
- Current therapy with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)
- Known intolerance to ACE inhibitor or ARB
- History of angioedema
- Conventional indication for ACE inhibitor or ARB (e.g., history of myocardial infarction, known cardiomyopathy)
- Renal insufficiency (GFR <30 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault calculation)
- Current regular use of NSAIDs defined as daily use 5 or more days of the week for more than one month
- Potassium supplementation or serum potassium level of 5.0 milliequivalents (mEq)/dL or higher at V1
- Current use of a potassium sparing diuretic
- COPD exacerbation requiring treatment within 6 weeks at V1
- Chronic systemic corticosteroid use of more than 10mg/day of prednisone
- Resting SpO2 <89% on 2 L nasal cannula continuous flow; unless at altitude > 4,000 feet, then resting oxygen saturation (SpO2) <89% on 4 L N C continuous flow
- Untreated arterial hypertension (systolic blood pressure greater than140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mm Hg)
- Blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg systolic or 60 mm Hg diastolic while standing or sitting
- Known unilateral or bilateral renal artery stenosis higher than 70%
- Previous lung resection surgery
- Evidence of interstitial, occupational or chronic infectious lung disease
- Changes to chest that preclude adequate HRCT imaging (e.g. Metallic objects in the chest such as shrapnel or pacemaker leads)
- For women of child bearing potential, positive pregnancy test or unwillingness to use two methods of birth control or abstinence for the duration of the study
- Major chronic illnesses which in the judgment of the study physician would interfere with participation in the study e.g. including but not limited to: cardiac, renal, hepatic (LFTs more than 2.5x normal upper limit), neurological, psychiatric, endocrine or neoplastic diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled HIV infection or other immune system disorder, hyperthyroidism, seizure disorders, non-skin cancer, rheumatic diseases
- Failure to keep screening appointments or other indicators of non-adherence
- Inability to be contacted by telephone
- Intention to leave area within 12 months
Study Design
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Arm Groups
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Active Comparator
|At randomization participants will start with a dose of 50mg (one capsule) once a day for 2 weeks. If this dose is well tolerated and systolic BP is >90 mm Hg and diastolic BP is > 60 mm Hg, the dose will be increased to 100 mg (2 capsules) once a day for the remaining 46 weeks.
Placebo Comparator
|At randomization participants will start with a dose of one capsule (inactive) once a day for 2 weeks. After two weeks, if systolic BP is >90 mm Hg and diastolic BP is > 60 mm Hg, the dose will be increased to 2 capsules once a day for the remaining 46 weeks.
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- Sponsor
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Detailed Description
This is a trial designed to test if a treatment, losartan, may decrease the progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Losartan is an angiotensin receptor blocking agent, commonly used as an antihypertensive agent, which has been shown to alter cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction and renovascular remodeling in diabetes-mellitus. In this trial participants with mild to severe COPD, with Computed Tomography (CT) evidence of emphysema (5-35% of voxels with < -950 Hounsfield Units), will be randomly assigned to receive 100mg/day of losartan or placebo for 48 weeks. The primary outcome measure will be the rate of progression of emphysema, quantified as the percent of lung voxels with a density less than -950 HU as measured by High Resolution CT (HRCT, from baseline to 48 weeks.


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Soaring cosmic circles in new museum show
To say Boca artist and professor Carol Prusa has a national following would be an understatement. Her work has been shown in museums from New York to Miami.
And more than 400 people turned out at Boca Raton Museum of Art's opening for her solo exhibit, on view through Jan. 19. The crowd included her FAU students.
"Dark Light" presents Prusa's famous orbs, LED lighted dome sculptures and silverpoint drawings done specifically for this show, she said. They're so precise, one piece took nearly a year to complete.
Her art is presented as an ode to the mysteries of the cosmos and 50th moonwalk anniversary. But they're really Prusa's take on two awe-inspiring eclipse trips and an homage to unsung women astronomers.
"They depict my memories of the [solar] eclipse from the banks of the North Platte River," she said.
She knew hordes of people wouldn't go to that spot on the trajectory. So she flew to Omaha with a professor of sculpture for 24 hours. She even traveled to Chile last month to come to terms with "why this eclipse gripped me," she said. "Did I really feel what I thought? I felt it was a poetic closure. I came full circle."
Each meticulously painted circle on Plexiglass and acrylic shows stages an eclipse goes through. "They're a portal to the unknown," she said.
Her borders honor women "all trying to map our universe," she said.
To hear more details, she'll talk about the research that went into these works at 6 p.m. Sept. 5 at the museum on the north end of Mizner Park. She's a regular lecturer at Carnegie-Mellon University and Parsons School of Art and Design among others.
This isn't her first solo show or recognition, either. Her art was shown alongside works by Louise Nevelson, Nick Cave, Julian Opie, and George Segal.
She was nominated for a MacArthur Fellowship "Genius Grant."
Being recognized in her own town and by her own museum is "deeply meaningful to me," she said. "That my community would appreciate me in this way."
"When we get too distracted by the details in our daily lives, that is when we particularly need artists like Carol Prusa to expand our horizons into the solar system, into the deeper unknown of dark space," concluded museum executive director Irvin Lippman.
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Cover Story: How Fast Is Your Fulfillment?
At its most basic level, the Web is an inquiry management environment. Consumers and businesspeople head online almost every day to source products and solutions that fit their needs. Depending on the urgency of their needs, they might request some sales literature or samples, or locate nearby retail outlets to check out the items in person. All the while, they have a host of competitive options at their fingertips—and then possibly just a phone call or short drive away. To hold on to leads today, marketers must embrace speed and relevance throughout the entire lead management cycle. So, from a fulfillment perspective, it pays to tighten up your best practices with respect to inventory management, kitting, data feedback cycles and digital delivery methods.
Without continuous assessment and improvement to keep program performance on track, you risk losing your hard-won leads to competitors or even potential customers' changes of heart. Or you overspend on fulfillment, reducing return on investment and the profits that support growth of your lead generation efforts.
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Last week, in the pursuit of the frugal life, I entered unchartered territory. Frankly, it's something I should have engaged in long ago but, surprisingly enough, the opportunity had never really arisen until now. I was walking home after meeting a friend for a coffee in town and, typically, it was pouring with rain. As I wandered past a row of houses, carrying my dripping umbrella, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. It was an enormous hardback copy of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and it was sitting in a large skip in somebody's front garden.
Often when I walk past skips, I have a quick look inside them out of sheer nosiness. Friends and relatives have been telling me for years that they have harvested all manner of things from skips in their neighbourhoods. One couple I know pretty much furnished their home with reclaimed tables and chairs. But until now, I've never spotted anything worth nabbing, besides broken filing cabinets and random pieces of wood from building sites. Plus I have always felt a bit awkward about taking things from them. From a legal standpoint, you must ask the permission of the person hiring the skip before you help yourself to anything – someone DJ knows was once arrested and bundled into a police van for helping himself to a kid's colouring book from one – and I guess there is also a bit of social stigma attached, although it's ridiculous really when all you are doing is recycling something that somebody else has discarded.
But next to the copy of Jurassic Park I noticed something I did want for a change – a copy of The Victorian Flower Garden by Jennifer Davies. It's the book from a lovely BBC series which was broadcast in the 1980s/1990s featuring the late gardener Harry Dodson. DJ and I loved the DVD series, along with the other ones – The Victorian Kitchen Garden and The Victorian Garden. He managed to track down the books from the series in various charity shops and this was the only one missing from his collection. Next to it in the skip were at least twenty other books which had been thrown away, despite all being in perfectly good nick, and were now being ruined in the rain.
I was torn between anger that these books which could have been taken to a charity shop were now destined for landfill, and a terribly British feeling of awkwardness about pilfering from a skip in broad daylight. I tried knocking on the door of the house but there was no answer, so in the end I just helped myself and went on my way. By the time I got home, both myself and the book were pretty soggy. However, after a spell in the airing cupboard it recovered and DJ was really chuffed when I presented it to him, so I have no regrets and just might get up the courage to do it again some time!
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Are you a Master's student, PhD student or postdoctoral fellow interested in pursuing a career in industry? Many highly-educated graduates have been reporting difficulty obtaining their first job due to the requirement for experience outside of academia, something many graduates lack. For the second year running, LSCDS is teaming up with the Science Career Impact Project to offer graduate students and post-docs a unique opportunity to gain industry-related experience that can help them stand out in this competitive job environment: the Industry Team Case Study (ITCS).
What does the program entail?
Over the course of four months, teams work under the guidance of an industry professional to complete projects mirroring those you would see on the job in a variety of biomedical-related industries. These projects are meant to provide hands-on experience working on industry problems from start to finish. Last year, projects included a cross-study comparison of the efficacy and safety of drugs in a therapeutic area, and an investigation of the likelihood of regulatory approval in Canada of a new drug. In general, all projects involve exploring an area of interest, developing a thesis, conducting in-depth research, and presenting a final report to an industry panel.
When does the program take place?
Applications from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are currently being accepted, and the program will begin its four-month cycle in February 2017.
What are the benefits of participating?
Participants in ITCS gain practical industry-related experience and develop skills needed to tackle real-world scenarios, all while enhancing their resumes. The program is also a great networking opportunity. One past participant said: "Having completed this case study, I feel better prepared for my future career in the pharmaceutical industry…I would highly recommend this experience to other PhD students if they wish to pursue a non-academic career. It not only opened my eyes, but also expanded my network."
How to apply?
Applications for participation are due at 11:59PM on January 27, 2017. Applications can be made as individuals or in teams of 3-4. To apply, complete a Trainee Registration Form (found on the LSCDS website: /events/industry-team-case-study/) and submit a 1- to 2-page resume. Applicants are expected to devote significant time and energy to this project and should display a strong interest in industry-related careers. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the ITCS team at [email protected].
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Thank goodness! It's Friday (finally).. Err okay, who am I kidding? My work-week isn't over until tomorrow so, goodbye warm, fuzzy, book-night for now. Just thought you'd want to know how awesome this night would be for you (and boring for me #sadlife). Oh, well, I just have a bunch of unread ebooks and I haven't really been spending more hours off-work. I really miss reading as I have been a work-from-home mom for a few years now.
It's awesome to be able to just hop-off the bed and start working without fussing over what to wear (one of the many perks of having an online job) for the day. But then, working from home means there's no "real" boundary between work and personal/family life. It's really just a "virtual" boundary. Haha. I ain't complaining. It's just that I've been longing for a quiet time for myself for quite a while now. I guess this is where my previous "drama" spawned from, albeit that's how things were.
Now, you might wonder how come I've been posting for the past few days, without palya. Those posts were actually on my drafts (I'm a hoarder) and it's only been this week that I was able to polish them up (except for the blog updates, of course). I usually edit drafts once I get off from work, then post them right away so I won't wait until I find another "timeslot" (the reason for some typos that you may have encountered on a few of my blog entries).
Okay, this is just another boring narrative. I just want to keep the fire burning even though I'm getting less and less time (again, not complaining--just tired, you know). Good night!


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Sorry Guys..this post is for the ladies today- however it may be a great gift if you have an occasion coming up!
Ladies- isn't it such an annoyance that sports bras are so expensive? It drives me crazy and therefore keeps me wearing sports bras until they break. (My friends know this very well)
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April 26th, 2008, 01:53 PM
Hi, I'm looking for a swimming partner to do swim workouts at the downtown ECC after work. My pace right now is around 1:30 for the 100 but I want to get that down as low as possible. My workouts tend to go for around an hour and I try to do in the neighborhood of 2k yards.
If interested, respond back on here,
If interested, respond back on here,


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The main goal of modern dentistry is to restore patient to normal function, comfort,
aesthetics, and speech and of course health without negotiating any loss to the tissues may
be hard or soft which are already in a state of physiologic health. The ability to achieve the
goal irrespective of the disease, etiology and severity has lead dentistry to a unique and
individualized speciality.
Fixed prosthodontic treatment involves the replacement and restoration of teeth by
artificial substitutes that are not readily removable from the mouth. Its focus is to restore
function, esthetics and comfort. Successfully treating a patient by means of fixed
prosthodontics require a thoughtful combination of many aspects of dental treatment:
patient education and the prevention of further dental disease, sound diagnosis,
periodontal therapy, operative skills, occlusal considerations, and sometimes, placement
of removable complete or partial prosthesis and endodontic treatment.