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It's every network marketer's dream. Getting signups on autopilot for their business. But how many are actually able to put a system like this in place?
For me, I do have one. One that will get me sales, affiliates joining, and even brings me repeat customers. So it is possible. And today, I will share with you the formula to create such a system in your own network marketing business.
It Starts With Landing Pages
First thing you must have in order to produce network marketing automation, is a landing page. This is not a website your company gave you to share with your friends or to place orders from. It is a landing page, capture page, or squeeze page that collects a visitor's information such as their name, email, and phone number.
Without this in place, you are not able to know who was interested in your network marketing business or products. Most replicated websites given to affiliates for their business, tells everything about the company and gives no reason for the visitor to give their information. So, you never get any leads from these type websites.
Here is the formula for a successful landing page that will generate you leads for your network marketing automation formula:
- Nice looking page, modern looking
- Has something of interest to the reader on the other page
- Tells just a small amount of what the visitor will learn, or get when they give their contact info
- Has name, email, and an optional phone form as well. Phones need to be optional as the ones who put their numbers in, are letting you know you can call them.
Follow Up Process Is Next
Once a person opts in to your landing page, they need to be placed on an email list to get a lot of follow up emails. Most people do not purchase on their first contact with anything, so your network marketing business is no different.
Not following up allows those who do not buy on their first visit, to forget and become interested in something else later. But a good follow up series of emails (And a phone call or two if they leave their number) will be the way in which you turn leads into sales.
The Benefit
Another important factor that will help create more success in your network marketing automation formula, is adding a benefit on top of the products and opportunity. This can be an offer of something valuable to get along with their purchase, or perhaps getting placed in the team in a good position to get more spillover.
The benefit of your product or service was enough to get them to look, but the extra benefit of joining is what can tilt them off the fence. Find a good benefit to include in your network marketing automation process, and you will see a small increase of signups.
The Deadline
The most effective method I know of since I have been in network marketing. A deadline to join has been more beneficial to my business then any other strategy.
Having a deadline to make a decision, and a loss that they will endure if they miss it, is important. Yes, some will miss it who wanted it, but a few others will join because they are interested in the network marketing automation system, the benefit, and they may as well try while their is extra value added.
Best part is, deadlines can be used over and over again if the benefit that will be lost is something that can be reset. In my personal network marketing automation process, this is reset every week. So each week you miss the deadline, you stand to lose more and more. Get in as soon as you can, you gain more and more.
How Do I Make My Network Marketing Automation Formula Work From Here?
If you are able to build the 4 main factors mentioned above in your automation process, then all you need to have a successful business, is generate leads.
Leads come in all types of quality, usually the least converting are the easiest to get. While the opposite is the case with high converting leads.
Let's look at some ideas (and my personal strategies I use) to push more people through your network marketing automation system, and begin getting signups and sales.
Blogging - Blogging will bring the highest quality leads most of the time. But, it is not something that brings a lot of leads. So using a blog is something to work on when you are not following up or speaking to people. My blog you are visiting now, has brought me more signups and sales then anything else, so it is wise to put the upfront work into it.
Articles - Article marketing is another strategy to get more leads with. Similar to blogging, one article can do a little on lead generation. But, that little it does is better quality then the easy routes. Use other websites to write content on, and appear to more people through their member base. Linkedin and MLM Gateway are 2 good places to start writing articles for.
Videos - Another way to create content and get leads. Videos are a powerful way to generate new leads, and the quality is much higher than most strategies. A video converts well, but it usually takes several views to get a lead. However, it's sometimes easy to get several views. Begin creating videos and adding to your online blogs and articles to increase their lead generation as well.
Craigslist - Here is where we get into paid advertising, and craigslist is one easy way to not only get leads, but find team members as well. I use craigslist often, and have seen great results with it when I have a network marketing automation system in place. Before using such a system, the results were not good. Play around with some ads on craigslist, and create a template of your best converting ad. Then you can get team members posting as well for duplication and team building.
Solo Ads - Another paid advertising strategy to generate leads for your network marketing automation system. Solos can be tricky, as you need to place a few of them to find your best converting vendor. But, find one that gets a lot of leads, or few leads but sales, and you have a way to get business moving until the list gets saturated. Udimi and Traffic For Me are the best places to find good solos that actually can convert into network marketing sales.
Word Of Mouth - Free strategy that gets actual buyers into the game. For me, word of mouth has got me my most duplicating team members and most sales. However, it's not something that brings in a lot of people in general. But, anytime I meet someone I know or are meeting for the first time, I find out quickly if they are a possibility for my business or product. So learn to prospect in person, and you can get results for no investment.
Social Media - Another way to generate leads for your network marketing automation system, and even get sales. Using social media and meeting new people is a great way to get the ball rolling. By posting things that get people asking questions, you are able to point them to your landing page. Best part is, you already have an advantage with these type leads as they know who is behind the offer. The more people know who you are, the better the sales convert.
Genealogy Leads - Using leads that are people who are already network marketers, does very well at converting cold lead to team member. Reason is, they understand network marketing, and for the most part, love the concept of it. Genealogy leads have brought the most signups the fastest in my career. Even a few that could duplicate a little. The best way to get genealogy leads, and the most affordable, is by using the MLM Recruit On Demand system that generates these leads for you. This gets you plenty of prospects for the rest of your life, for just a one time payment of $15.
Free Programs - Believe it or not, using free programs online like traffic exchanges, safelists, etc has gotten me signups as well. But most of these are not good at doing it and are a waste of time for the most part. But, there are some that can get you results such as LeadsLeap, a free or low cost optional program that is used to generate traffic through exchanges and reviews. I have seen a few signups in my network marketing business using this platform, and highly recommend it for other reasons as well.
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Essential hypertension is one of the most damaging health risk factors; however, its underlying mechanisms of pathogeneses continue to be undeciphered. To assist this endeavour, investigations utilising human populations and rodent models have revealed numerous genetic building blocks known as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for blood pressure (BP). Although BP is a quantitatively measured trait manifesting in a continuous variation in heterogeneous populations, each QTL governing it appears to functionally behave as an independent and 'monogenic' Mendelian determinant. Mechanistically, multiple QTLs are functionally modularised by epistasis that implies a common pathway or cascade among them, whereas others belong to parallel epistatic modules/pathways. These insights suggest that similar genetic mechanisms probably shepherd the genetic architectures in physiological functions for essential hypertension. Translations of gene discovery to therapeutic targets and diagnostic tools will require biology‐based function validations of specific genes constituting BP QTLs in appropriate animal models.
Key Concepts
- There is a regulatory hierarchy in the genetic architecture governing the functional biology of BP determination.
- When a master control is removed, modularity and epistatic hierarchy, not a cumulation of minuscule effects, determine the functionality of multiple QTLs on BP.
- Mechanistically, separate epistatic modules integrating BP QTLs are best explained by independent pathways, each consisting of multiple components that act in sequential cascades in a pathway.
- As there are fewer pathways than the components comprising them, a defective protein product per se encoded by a mutated QTL, either qualitatively or quantitatively, can lead to a deficient BP‐regulating pathway of pathogenesis and does not have to directly act on BP as a physiological agent.
Keywords: quantitative trait loci; blood pressure; modularity; epistatic hierarchy; mechanism

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Since 2016, Developh has been constantly growing and evolving from a small club of 40 to an international nonprofit serving 80,000 students. We're an online, design-first organization that has grown tremendously.
Developh exists in the interesting tech space of the Philippines: we're amidst an unprecedented time of growth in interest in Southeast Asian tech, but this isn't reflected in local recruiting or startups. Our lives are undeniably intertwined in the consumption of technology, not really the creation of it.
From our start as a casual development organization in a high school in the Philippines to our evolution as a remote international nonprofit servicing tens of thousands of students across our programming, here are some of our workings and learnings across design.
Currently, we have a 7-person design team (including me) producing initiatives and materials for over 4 chapters, 50+ student communities, and tens of thousands of students.
For nearly four years have we been working at breaking apart and reinventing tech's systems at Developh, and communicating these efforts and building on it. Here's a snippet of what we do.
This video was made in 2016, the first year of our then-club.
This video was made for our 2018 recruitment and rebranding by member Cali Santillan, voiced by our Design Head Bianca.
In 2016, we began as a casual game development and technology organization known as Developers' Society, off a video game motif. A year later, we rebranded to a somewhat generic circuit icon to reflect our expansion as a general tech organization with a fascination for startups. In 2018, we changed our name to Developh—accompanying our expanded goals across innovation, startups, and technology. the new logo is adapted from the connectivity symbol.
Our website has gone through three main evolutions, with the latest one deployed in 2020. Things are simplified and cleaned as we've streamlined our operations, and have years of web analytics. We focus on two streams for direct conversions (for students/volunteers and for other supporters), highlighting all need-to-knows.
I designed and coded all iterations of our organization website.
I didn't build a lot of mocks for our platforms: I refined things with the team in code. I'm most comfortable making UI changes this way.
Over the years, we've gone from casually introducing our organization to member aspirants to being crowded into Manila skyrises to get a chance at an event partnership or some funding. As we grew, I designed our decks focused more on highlighting entrypoints for potential stakeholders (students, companies), weaving our narrative and thesis as an organization into numbers, and always highlighting the work we've done. Good practice I always like to do is extra slides at the end to flip to if needed for any complex, anticipated questions.
After expanding outside of our school, we began establishing an online digital process. We regularly evaluate our most frequent post types and formats to build our own templates for these announcements. Common posts include scholarships, upcoming events and conferences, giveaways, announcements, and more.
To cater to different teams, we have sets of templates with varying degrees of flexibility.
Production—along with the templates we have produced, we follow a loose style guideline for sharing our initiatives. Our designs follow a blue to purple color palette, are largely solid and use familiar designs. Different divisions of our organization are also represented symbolically.Icon system used to represent our regular programming
Facebook is the primary space where we operate and share info; it's a top place for communication in Southeast Asia. Previously publishing everything manually, we now use Buffer (free plan) to schedule posts.
Our design team schedules meetings for brainstorming guided by our content guidelines. As we've gotten more cohesive, streamlined, and output more consistently, onboarding new designers or coming up with completely new materials is more difficult.
Combined, we have 16,000+ Facebook likes, 400+ Instagram followers, and 300+ Twitter followers.
We look carefully into page insights and analytics, and run A/B tests with different strategies—moving forward with winning variants.
Developh sends a newsletter once or twice a month, distributed to our student members and also advocates and other supporters. We add event highlights, calls to action, and ways to support our work—usually averaging an open rate of 60-70%. We tend to rotate on how we design information and calls to see what works more effectively.
From its founding in 2016, Developh has taught me copious amounts about managing and hiring for student teams, remote communication, project management, and more. Here's a glimpse of some of the systems we have in place.
There are more detailed projects in the initiatives section, but this chart provides a high-level view of how we organize, launch, maintain, and handoff different projects in our teams. Ownership and continuous mentorship and technical growth are key within Developh. At the same time, we value transparency and meticulous documentation—while thinking of ways to make space for everyone to breathe, think, and contribute; especially as a distributed team.
Developh is a design-driven organization. We have grown and pivoted our organization's goals because of key gaps we saw the student tech ecosystem: we're conscious and unafraid to iterate for the students we serve. Our principles are as much as possible: to be intentional, radical, experiential, and beautiful.
Developh is nothing without its community—these are the members that it supports, those that back its initiatives, and are how we interface and build the tech ecosystem. Since going remote, a challenge is constant strategizaiton on how to continuously acquire more members—our main metric, and how to engage them in programs be it education or innovation ones. It's key for members to be in our pipeline.We maintain a members-only group and an open group for public announcements that helps us engage with industry professionals and advocates of our work
Until 2019, we conducted recruitment cycles: three-week periods of intense marketing and campaigning to gather users on a limited-time signup form. We would onboard them through a series of tasks (posting on the group, sharing a DevEd material, or signing up for a mentor/activity) and have them on our group and mailing list loop.
Recruitment cycles were too isolating in reach; we noticed students finding us through yearly programming and inquiring to join—who we couldn't make wait another 8 or so months to onboard.
Our new community system with Developh establishes a consistent entrypoint (the group/member mailing list) whenever we run projects, gives us new funnels through existing tech groups in high schools and universities, and allows us to meet more students to bring into leadership roles.
Developh core team members who intentionally source and outreach organizations, initiatives, and events in their region of operation to run programming (workshops, roundtables) in their area, and get more members for Developh while understanding their region.
High school, college, or community-level technical groups that we work on collaborative programming with. We provide these groups funding, event delegation opportunities, and more in exchange of manpower, shared events, outreach, etc.
We accomplish our Community Program with these key partners, but are constantly looking to reevaluate their relationships and how we can maximize potential.An overview of metrics, factors we look at for members
We have communities that operate to serve broader regions. Our design team helps create their brand assets, providing templates and identity guidelines—and working with their own volunteer designers for the right materials to be put out.
Other spaces where we engage might be on social media conducting chats, hosting weekly posts, community roundtables on Hangouts, and more.
Bianca, my Design VP and I have come into the practice of pushing for more press and coverage for Developh. Part of how we maintain this beyond our multimedia campaigns is through writing articles and reflections on a Medium blog for Developh.
Along with our organization's own systems, we've released over a dozen ventures and projects as part of our work to build more pathways in technology. These range from career and mentorship services, entertaining web experiences, and more.
Since the start of quarantine, we've been running a variety of talks and workshops featuring students and speakers from all walks of life. I invite, organize, and oversee the process of our events—and usually create the designs that go along with it.
Our education initiative is known as DevEd, where we produce courseware as well as short bytes of educational information and content. I did design for most DevEd materials and managed the project management and creation of the materials, with our former Technology Head Keith Leonardo reviewing and writing a lot of our material. These resources have been shared thousands of times online, used in dozens of classrooms.
I also designed the websites and promotional materials in addition to the DevEd materials itself. I wrote a good amount of tutorials on web development and other emerging media topics, too!
For large, one-off events we enjoy going a bit more independent on designs. For Collab—a mission-based acceleration we launched in 2019, I led the design of a mini-identity for the event and program.
In January 2020 we launched a compensation database for the Philippines, giving students the ability to know how they might be compensated at a company and what to expect. This product release falls in line with our Career Immersion programming and Summer Internship matching, programs we've been running since 2018. To date, we have over 400+ reports on hundreds of companies and startups.
Intern.ph is an example of a tool we've released that goes into constant use and reach. It's important for us to watch on how these materials get distributed to ensure the data is relevant to all; most submissions are referred to from outside of Developh.
One of our earliest major online events in 2017 was Mental Health Hacks, an online hackathon that welcomed over 100 participants from around the world to tell stories or offer solutions around the mental health space. I designed the branding and all materials for the event.
We received an incredible amount of entries and support. During the duration of the event, about 10 core members went on rotation to provide engineering, design, or simply accompaniment on a Discord server we put up to discuss the hackathon.
I was able to secure partnerships with the largest mental health advocacy groups in the Philippines who helped framed possible problem spaces and guiding material for participants, along with judging in a points system we organized.
Since founding Developh in 2016, I've been taken to speak across three continents, have talked with dozens of student teams and learned from hundreds of students about what makes innovation work, and what doesn't. I've shaped my perspective of the tech industry and look at all I do with intent and empathy shaped by the experiences of over 75,000 students we've touched. This is the most important work I do today.
This organization would not be possible with the work of over 40 core members and volunteers who have helped shaped our work and advocacy. We're constantly aligning our principles with beliefs shaped by all involved and all we try to fight for, plot events and campaigns, and more.
It's always a challenge to stand up against an ecosystem as teenagers, building new entrypoints to the technology scene out of our own. We knew nothing about networking, startups, technology, design, code, or anything at the beginning of Developh. In four years, I had grown with 40-something passionate friends and volunteers in countless ways. Somehow, this is still only the beginning.
How do your student-run organizations think about design and execute? I'd love to hear your thoughts.


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To do anything correctly, you need a pattern to follow. Not only is this a wise practice, it's also explicitly Biblical! In this broadcast, Pastor Ben Winslett draws our attention back to the book of Acts, where we find the pattern of New Testament preaching and practice.
Radio broadcast for January 7, 2018


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Comprehensive application of Western medicine, Chinese medicine, natural medicine, large modern hospital
Dr. Huang Wurui has practiced clinical care for over 20 years. He specializes in maintaining balance of Yin and Yang with TCM approaches and providing personalized treatment for medical and gynecological diseases, subhealth state, and spinal diseases caused by internal imbalance. These diseases include menstrual disorders, painful menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, menopausal syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexal inflammation, infertility, depression syndrome, insomnia, palpitation, pharyngitis, gastrointestinal dysfunction, stroke sequela, facial paralysis, prostatic syndrome, cervical and lumbar spondylosis, neck and lumbar pain, joint pain, acne, and chloasma.


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Call us: 01595 860271
All photographs on the website were taken in the local area and are our own (except the ariel photography by John Coutts, Lerwick).
Time lapse video taken from the Glebe garden. See if you can spot the oyster catcher!
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An article in my local paper this morning was about central Ohio Boy Scouts. The headline read, "Region's Boy Scouts not seeing ranks thin." That made me curious. What about the Girl Scouts? How are they faring these days?
Not well, it seems. Time magazine reported in an article on November 29, 2008 that the Girl Scouts' membership is down by 250,000 over the past five years. That has caused the merging of hundreds of councils and the sale of dozens of properties, including camps. Cookie sales are down and apparently the Girl Scouts don't want to be known for cookies and camping anymore anyway.
I can see downgrading the cookie sales–they've become more of a nuisance these days than a cherished tradition. Instead of going door-to-door, the scouts' parents drag the order forms to work and pester their co-workers for orders (and of course have to drag the cookies back a few weeks later to distribute them). You can buy the cookies directly from the council, but who's going to go to the trouble of doing that? (And yet I admit I do love their Thin Mints and usually find a way to get my fix!)
But I'm not writing this post to dissect the Girl Scout movement. What I want to know is why have the Girl Scouts never been as popular as the Boy Scouts? Everyone has heard of the Boy Scouts' Eagle Scout award; few people know that the Girls Scouts have the equivalent (since 1980 it's been called the Gold Award–part of the problem may be because its name has been changed several times over the years). And the Girl Scouts have always been a smaller organization (presently by about 200,000 members.) (See information about both organizations here.) Of course, the Girl Scouts have always had competition from the Campfire Girls, while the Boy Scouts has been the all-male scouting organization in the U.S. since 1910.
Basically, less print is devoted to stories about the Girl Scouts, as if they don't merit the attention that Boy Scouts do. Being a Scout doesn't carry the same prestige for a girl as it does for a boy. Other than the cookie sales, Girl Scouts haven't been as visible. They are not considered to be the American institution that Boy Scouts always have been.
I was a Girl Scout from the second grade to the seventh. Except for the fact that my mother was one of my troop leaders, I loved it. Girl Scouting probably did more for my self-esteem than any other thing in my childhood. Not that every experience was positive (group showers at camp were excruciating for a chubby pre-teen), but but there was enough positive to outweigh the negative. I was introduced to photography and architecture through the badges I earned, interests that have stayed with me all my life. Camping skills like building a fire and cooking in the outdoors have made me feel competent in ways that I never could on the basketball court or baseball field.
Given all the above, I've always been surprised that feminists haven't been more involved in the Girl Scouting movement. That may be because the Girls Scouts wanted to stay away from controversy. Unfortunately, given the way that many people view feminism, that might be a smart move. But it seems to me that the two are naturally complementary.
I checked out the official GSUSA (Girl Scouts of the USA) website and discovered that the program has become very progressive about how to build self-esteem, leadership qualities and a service mentality. But when I did a search of the word "feminism," I found zero results. Not surprising, I guess, but disappointing.
At the same time, I don't think any program that betters the lives of women should be overlooked just because it doesn't associate itself with feminism. I understand the prejudice against feminism that makes people back off from the term for fear that they'll be associated with the movement. That prejudice needs to be confronted and revealed to be unfounded. That's one purpose of this blog.
But I feel that feminism has been remiss in not promoting organizations like the Girl Scouts, even if the Scouts don't want to be associated with feminism. Anything that fosters self-reliance and broadens horizons for girls and women the way the Girl Scouts do should be given the feminist seal of approval.


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This authentic Pad Thai recipe from King Cook is hiding a secret. A delicious secret.
• Sauce:
• 100g Tamarind block (not from concentrate)
• 250g Warm water
• 300g Raw Coconut Sugar
• 50g Tamari
• 20g Rice Vinegar
• 10g Paprika
• 1 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
• Vegan fish sauce:
• 300g Tamari
• 1 sheet of Nori Seaweed
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Tofu egg:
• 200g Fresh Firm Tofu
• 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 Tsp Kalanamak Salt
• 280g of dry Pad Thai noodles
• 2 Tbsp olive oil for stir-fry
• Handful of beansprouts
• Bunch of chopped Chinese chives
• 1 sliced shallot
• 1 clove of sliced garlic
• 250g mix veggies
• 1 Tbsp crushed peanuts
• 1 Tsp dry chilli flakes
• 1 wedge of lime
• Coriander to garnish
1. In a bowl add the tamarind block with tepid water and mash with hand separating the pips and pushing it through a sieve.
2. Now whisk the sugar, salt, paprika, tamari and vinegar with the tamarind.
3. Blend Tamari Nori Seaweed and salt together to make 'fish sauce'.
4. In a mixing bowl break up the firm tofu with hands and crumble. Then add turmeric, salt and mix.
5. Soak the pad Thai noodles for 10-15 minutes in warm water.
6. In a hot wok add oil, shallots, garlic, 'Tofu Egg' and veggies. Cook for a few minutes then add noodles, Pad Thai sauce, fish sauce and stir fry for a few more minutes.
7. Finally, add in the beansprouts and chives for some extra crunch.
8. Serve on a plate and garnish with crushed peanuts, dry chilli flakes, coriander and a wedge of lime.


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Bone Marrow Transplantation vs Standard of Care in Patients With Severe Sickle Cell Disease (BMT CTN 1503)
This is a clinical trial that will compare survival and sickle related outcomes in adolescents and young adults with severe sickle cell disease after bone marrow transplantation and standard of care. The primary outcome is 2-year overall survival.
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Eligible Ages
- Between 15 Years and 40 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Age ≥ 15 and < 41 years
- Severe sickle cell disease [Hemoglobin SS (Hb SS), Hemoglobin SC (Hb SC) or Hemoglobin SBeta thalassemia (Hb Sβ) genotype] with at least 1 of the following manifestations (a-e):
- Clinically significant neurologic event (stroke) or any neurological deficit lasting > 24 hours;
- History of two or more episodes of acute chest syndrome (ACS) in the 2-year period preceding enrollment despite the institution of supportive care measures (i.e. asthma therapy);
- An average of three or more pain crises per year in the 2-year period preceding enrollment (required intravenous pain management in the outpatient or inpatient hospital setting). Clinical documentation of pain management in the inpatient or outpatient setting is required.
- Administration of regular RBC transfusion therapy, defined as receiving 8 or more transfusion events per year (in the 12 months before enrollment) to prevent vaso-occlusive clinical complications (i.e. pain, stroke, and acute chest syndrome)
- An echocardiographic finding of tricuspid valve regurgitant jet (TRJ) velocity ≥ 2.7 m/sec.
- Ongoing high impact chronic pain on a majority of days per month for ≥ 6 months as defined as ONE or more of the following: Chronic pain without contributory SCD complications, OR Mixed pain type in which chronic pain is occurring at site(s) (arms, back, chest, or abdominal pain) unrelated to any sites associated with Contributory SCD complications (e.g. leg ulcers and/or avascular necrosis).
i. High impact chronic pain is identified as those reporting "severe interference" with life activities OR "usually or always" experiencing a limitation of their life or work activities including household chores. (See guidelines for identifying HICP in the BMT CTN 1503 Manual of Procedures) ii. Contributory SCD complications are defined as clinical signs (e.g. presence of leg ulcers) or clinical assessments (e.g. imaging confirmation of splenic infarct or avascular necrosis). Chronic pain attributed solely to contributory SCD complications is excluded.
3. Adequate physical function as measured by all of the following:
1. Karnofsky/Lansky performance score ≥ 60
2. Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) > 40%; or LV shortening fraction > 26% by cardiac echocardiogram or by Multi Gated Acquisition Scan (MUGA).
3. Pulmonary function:
a. Pulse oximetry with a baseline O2 saturation of ≥ 85% b. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) > 40% (corrected for hemoglobin) d. Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal for age as per local laboratory and 24 hour urine creatinine clearance >70 mL/min; or GFR > 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 by radionuclide Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR).
e. Hepatic function:
1. Serum conjugated (direct) bilirubin < 2x upper limit of normal for age as per local laboratory. Participants are not excluded if the serum conjugated (direct) bilirubin is >2x the upper limit of normal for age as per local laboratory and: There is evidence of a hyperhemolytic reaction after a recent RBC transfusion, OR there is evidence of moderate direct hyperbilirubinemia defined as direct serum bilirubin < 5 times ULN and not caused by underlying hepatic diseasePatients
2. alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 5 times upper limit of normal as per local laboratory.
Additional inclusion required for donor arm participants to proceed with transplant
1. Liver MRI (≤ 90 days prior to initiation of transplant conditioning) to document hepatic iron content is required for participants who are currently receiving ≥8 packed red blood cell transfusions for ≥1 year or have received ≥20 packed red blood cell transfusions (cumulative). Participants who have hepatic iron content ≥7 mg Fe/ g liver dry weight by liver MRI must have a liver biopsy and histological examination/documentation of the absence of cirrhosis, bridging fibrosis and active hepatitis (≤ 90 days prior to initiation of transplant conditioning).
2. Lack of clinical or radiologic evidence of a recent neurologic event (such as stroke or transient ischemic attack) by Cerebral MRI/MRA within 30 days prior to initiating transplant conditioning. Subjects with clinical or radiologic evidence of a recent neurologic event will be deferred for ≥ 6 months with repeat cerebral MRI/MRA to ensure stabilization of the neurologic event prior to proceeding to transplantation
3. Documentation of participant's willingness to use approved contraception method until discontinuation of all immunosuppressive medications is to be documented in the medical record corresponding with the consent conference.
Exclusion Criteria
- HLA typing with a donor search prior to referral (consultation with HCT physician).
- If a subject has had HLA typing and a related donor search that did not identify a suitably matched relative (i.e., sibling) at any time, and also did not have an unrelated donor search, the patient will be considered eligible.
- If a subject has had HLA typing and a related donor search that did not identify a suitably matched relative (i.e., sibling) at any time and had an unrelated donor search that did not identify a suitably matched unrelated donor ≥ 1 year prior to enrollment, the patient will be considered eligible.
- If a subject has had HLA typing with no related donor search and had an unrelated donor search that did not identify a suitably matched unrelated donor ≥ 1 year prior to enrollment, the patient will be considered eligible.
- Subjects with a known HLA-identical sibling or HLA-matched unrelated donor are excluded
- Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infection in the 6 weeks before enrollment.
- Seropositivity for HIV.
- Previous HCT or solid organ transplant.
- Participation in a clinical trial in which the patient received an investigational drug or device must be discontinued at enrollment.
- A history of substance abuse as defined by version IV of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV).
- Demonstrated lack of compliance with prior medical care as determined by referring physician.
- Pregnant or breast feeding females.
- Inability to receive HCT due to alloimmunization, defined as the inability to receive packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion therapy.
Study Design
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non-Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Intervention Model Description
- Patients are enrolled without a known donor. All patients have 180 days from confirmation of eligibility to confirm a donor. Patients with a donor will be assigned to the Donor Arm and receive HCT; patients without a donor will be assigned to the no donor arm and continue receiving standard of care for their SCD.
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
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Donor Arm
|Donor Arm patients will undergo hematopoietic cell transplant. Patients with a matched unrelated donor will receive a bone marrow transplant (unless PBSC graft is pre-approved per section 2.5.1 using a preparative regimen with Busulfan, Fludarabine and rabbit ATG. Patients with an HLA-identical sibling donor can receive a transplant using one of three regimens: A. Busulfan, Fludarabine, and rabbit ATG using a bone marrow graft (preferred regimen) B. Alemtuzumab/TBI 300 cGy using a peripheral blood graft C. Alemtuzumab, fludarabine, melphalan using a bone marrow graft
Active Comparator
No-Donor Arm
|No-donor arm patients will continue with standard of care per their SCD physician.
Recruiting Locations
Children's National and nearby locations
Washington, District of Columbia 20010
Allistair Abraham
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- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Study ContactDinma Ahaiwe
Detailed Description
This is a prospective phase II multi-center trial of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or standard of care based on availability of HLA-matched related or unrelated donor after confirmation of clinical eligibility. In order to minimize bias assignment to either treatment arm, clinical eligibility to both treatment arms are similar and donor availability is not known at referral. HLA typing and donor search is initiated upon confirmation of clinical eligibility for the study. Additionally, all analyses of primary and secondary endpoints will follow the Intent-to-Treat principle to address potential bias introduced by participants with donors not proceeding to transplantation or those without a matched donor receiving transplantation with less well-matched donors.
The primary outcome is 2-year overall survival. Our hypothesis is that patients who receive bone marrow transplantation will experience early deaths but that this will plateau by 2 years after transplantation. Patients who receive standard of care will not experience early death but will succumb to their disease at a rate much higher than the general population. Therefore, the goal of the study is to establish that the difference in the proportion of patients surviving is not significantly more than 15% lower in the donor arm at 2-years after assignment to treatment arm.
Secondary endpoints will compare changes in sickle cell disease related events (pulmonary hypertension, cerebrovascular events, renal function, avascular necrosis, leg ulcer) and functional outcomes [6-minute walk distance (6MWD), health-related quality of life, cardiac function, pulmonary function, and mean pain intensity as assessed by a multidimensional electronic pain diary] from baseline to 2-years after assignment to treatment arms.
Additionally for patients assigned to the donor arm and expected to undergo transplantation, hematopoietic recovery, graft rejection, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease, other significant transplant-related complications and disease-free survival will be reported.


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I have mixed feelings about "teething". The research that is available today doesn't support many of the teething complaints that parents have. The most common finding when a baby is actually teething is an elevated temperature, maybe 99 degrees, for a day or two before the tooth breaks through the gums and lasting for a day or two afterward. Most times this goes completely undetected by parents. Any fever over that temperature (99 is not considered a fever) is not likely to be dental in origin. If you have concerns about a fever, it is best to contact your pediatrician.
What about other symptoms?
The other symptoms related to teething simply aren't supported by any research. I am not saying that they do or don't exist, but I do feel that they are often overstated. If your baby seems to be having a difficult time with teething, I recommend one of those teething rings that you can keep in the freezer. If you feel that your baby needs more comfort than that, ask your pediatrician if you can use Tylenol. Don't give your baby any topical anesthetic such as Orajel. It's a drug, just like Tylenol, except it isn't dosed by weight. Although rare, there have been cases of babies having too much Orajel and getting sick. Not to mention it doesn't seem to be an effective treatment anyway.


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New York Times: A Reimagined Library, Are the Changes Good? in response to previous NYTimes articles.
To the Editor:
Like innumerable writers and researchers over the years, I have experienced the joy (many times) of entering the New York Public Library with a near-hopeless citation in hand only to find the very material I was looking for in just minutes. It is a euphoric moment to which many writers can attest, and it has enriched the quality and content of books beyond counting.
That which gets put off to tomorrow rarely gets done, yet the library administration, under its new plan, would move a huge chunk of its research collection off site, ostensibly available some other day, when a researcher makes a request. The splendor of the library is not only the vastness of its collection but also the immediacy of it.
If there remain any wonders of the world, the New York Public Library is one of them. Please don't change it.
New York, April 16, 2012
The writer is vice president and editor in chief at Tarcher/Penguin.
To the Editor:
There's a comfort level in keeping the status quo, yet the 21st century offers us so many new ways of doing research. Without looking at possibilities for the future, we deny ourselves those opportunities.
As an information specialist-librarian, I became interested in computers in the 1970s, and it allowed my knowledge and career to grow into areas far beyond the basics that I had previously used.
Kudos to the New York Public Library board for recognizing that the 42nd Street library is more than a repository for research. Making it into an active knowledge workplace makes sense. Think of the potential of future scholars finding inspiration there.
(I hope the plan for the cafe is downstairs away from the functioning library.)
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. April 16, 2012
To the Editor:
Reading about the New York Public Library's $300 million proposed renovation to the historic 42nd Street building, I must agree with Anthony W. Marx, the library's president, and not with his detractors. Why not a circulating collection, and why not a cafe (museums have them)? And bravo to more Internet access for the public. Serious scholars certainly have other work to fill their time while they wait 24 hours for a requested book from off-site storage.
A "glorified Starbucks"? So be it: before libraries can accomplish their vaunted educational and cultural mission, they must lure their patrons in.
New York, April 18, 2012
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- Highest Average Cost: $60 per bundle
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A bundle of shingles contains approximately 33 square feet of coverage. Material and labor for roofing is most often priced by the "square," which is a 10' by 10' area of roofing coverage. A bundle of shingles will constitute approximately three squares. These costs only include dimensional shingles. Many other materials are required for a complete roofing job.
Differences in cost come from shingle composition and source. Shingles intended to provide a distinctive look by emulating slate or specific rich woods or by offsetting their material patterns will generally cost more. Most shingles are laminated for durability. While it is possible to purchase unlaminated shingles, they will require some form of sealant to protect them from the elements. Purchasing shingles on your own in bulk will usually allow you to claim a bulk discount from your supplier. Shingles will tend to cost more if purchased directly from a roofer.
Cost is considered a disadvantage of dimensional shingles over standard shingles. Dimensional shingles cost between 20% and 40% more than standard shingles.
Shingles are made from a variety of materials, including pressed paper and wood fibers, but they gain most of their weather-resistant properties from a layer of asphalt. Many different wood types are mimicked by dimensional shingles. Different varieties of shingles will provide different aesthetics and differing warranties, but all should be equivalent in function if the roof is installed correctly.
From an aesthetic perspective, genuine cedar shingles are considered an ideal luxury item. Dimensional shingles are intended to mimic the look of cedar shingles by being layered on the roof in the same fashion, but they use modern asphalt and laminate materials to remain weatherproof. The highest-quality shingles are designed to resemble cedar as much as possible in keeping with this tradition. Slate is a more modern choice. Some shingles are designed or painted to be different in shade in a varied pattern when installed, which can give a roof a more distinctive look. However, all of these shingles will be materially the same, distinguished only on their top layers from one another.
Most frequently, shingles imitate woods and slate with a top layer of laminate. This will only rarely be composed of real wood, and it will sit just atop the asphalt layer, which will provide the primary weather protection. Luxury shingles of this type will sometimes require minor repairs for aesthetic purposes, but they are entirely functional from a weatherproofing perspective and should be no less durable than plain asphalt shingles, assuming correct installation.
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The look doesn't come at any disadvantage of function, unlike some luxury items for homes, meaning it can be achieved with less overall upkeep. They can also be used to mask irregularities in the roofing structure, making them a great renovation for homes beginning to show their age.
Their durability is notable as a result of their construction and longevity. Regular shingles are prone to warping as a result of heat, moisture and sun exposure, and this is the primary reason they need to be replaced. Dimensional shingles resist warping as a result of their increased weight and their interlocking construction. They can have lifespans of up to 50 years if installed correctly and not exposed to freak weather. It is not uncommon for established roofers to offer warranties on them as an upsell though these are primarily beneficial in edge cases that cause extensive and unusual damage to the roof rather than in the context of regular wear and tear.
Dimensional shingles can be applied to nearly any home regardless of its construction. While a square of dimensional shingles is more complicated to put together, they aren't any more difficult to make compatible than regular shingles. They're suitable for a wide variety of roof slopes. This versatility means there is a variety of different styles on the market at any given time. You can distinguish your home from your neighbors' with relative ease by changing the style of shingle you use on your roof.
Because they are so popular, dimensional shingles can be found anywhere. They're just as plentiful as regular shingles. More expensive areas may have them almost exclusively. This contributes to their overall versatility, but it also means that they will be much more varied in cost. You will probably want to pursue multiple quotes for materials if possible as the market will be able to support shingle suppliers at a variety of price points.
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The primary disadvantages of dimensional shingles are the requirements sometimes associated with them by municipal housing guidelines.
Some municipal areas have steeper requirements for dimensional shingles than they do for traditional shingles. Your roofers will be aware of these, but it can be important for you to understand them as well if you are purchasing the materials on your own. When in doubt, it is best to speak with your contractor.
There are reports that dimensional shingles are more prone to mold and mildew than standard shingles. These are factors that can undo a dimensional shingle roof in a much shorter span of time than standard weathering. Because dimensional shingles have more gaps between them, there are hypothetically more locations for mold and mildew to take root and begin to grow. The organic materials used in shingles are ideal for colonies of these things. However, your risks for mold and mildew will vary much more wildly in response to environmental factors. A home in an arid climate will always be at much lower risk for mold in its roofing than a home in a damp climate. Thus, concerns about mold and mildew are best handled in upkeep, rather than prior to construction.
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Tallinn Tuesday gallery night during Tallinn Music Week
TMW Arts, organized by the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC), will host a gallery evening called Tallinn Tuesday with a special programme and extended opening hours on April 3rd. Participating galleries are Gallery Positiiv, Okapi Gallery, EAA Gallery, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery and Vaal Gallery. The programme includes a variety of exhibitions introducing new projects by both Estonian and international artists and offers a great opportunity to learn more about the exhibitions, meet the gallerists and artists. In addition, there will be musical events at Gallery Positiiv and Okapi Gallery.
5pm Gallery Positiiv (Roo 21a)
Andres Teiss' exhibition "Being. Coming. Going"
Andres Teiss' (EE) street photography exhibition "Being. Coming. Going" is on view at Gallery Positiiv. The artist, mainly know as a press photographer, describes his relationship to photography as follows: "Pictures from different moments of life have been following me my whole conscious life. Walking on the streets, I often see pictures around me, quite frequently I also think and talk in pictures and through pictures. Maybe it is my way to cope with the surrounding chaos".
During Tallinn Tuesday, there will be a sound installation by Taavi Tulev at the gallery.
6pm Okapi Gallery (Niguliste 2)
Anonymus Boh's & Taje Tross' exhibition "Multiverse Realities"
The joint exhibition by Anonymus Boh and Taje Tross shows large scale photographic panoramas from the series "Multiverse realities". The works in the series are a combination of digital and silk screen printing, the works address the subcultures and communities that parallel the mainstream of our society, and the aims and behavioural patterns of which create a basis for completely new communities – fighters, amazons, women as future leaders, changed world order, rebirth on apocalyptic fields.
During Tallinn Tuesday, there will be a live show at the gallery by Finnish alternative musician Risto Puurunen.
7pm EAA Gallery (Freedom square 6/8)
Anna Slamova's & Marek Delong's exhibition "Sticky Moment"
"I'm just so anxious, it's never going to stop, I'm sure about that. I can't stop staring at it, constantly touching it, is this right, do I follow what is supposed to be followed? There are parts of me falling apart, please help me. Help me to hold it together, I'm highly uncertain, just show me your love…"
Anna Slamova (CZ), active in Stockholm, and Marek Delong (CZ), based in Prague, have been collaborating since 2016. The works of the duo mainly address different emotional expressions and their acceptability in art.
During Tallinn Tuesday, EAA gallerist Keiu Krikmann will introduce the exhibition.
8pm Temnikova & Kasela Gallery (Lastekodu 1)
International group exhibition "Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation", curator Margot Samel
The exhibition "Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation" explores the language of cartoons in the context of contemporary art trends and trans-media identity policy. Since the 20th century futurists and dadaists, several generations of artists have used the comic book as a gesture of social critique and this also applies to the present moment. The exhibition is curated by Margot Samel, participating artists are Rhys Coren (GB), Jonathan Ehrenberg (US), Ella Kruglyanskaya (LV), Kris Lemsalu (EE), Priit Pärn (EE), Emily Mae Smith (US) ja Ken Tisa (US).
During Tallinn Tuesday, Lilian Hiob from Temnikova & Kasela Gallery will introduce the exhibition.
9pm Vaal Gallery (Tartu road 80d)
Mauri Gross' exhibition "Mercy"
"Mercy" is painter Mauri Gross' (EE) second solo exhibition at Vaal Gallery. The artist describes the exhibition and the title as follows: "The word mercy is so all-embracing that talking about it would take the force from it – the fig leaf falls from the loins and the remaining does not matter. Rather, the focus should be on fine-tuning, to support the inner monologue of the exhibition and to get a visual experience through minimalism and the overly narrative title".
During Tallinn Tuesday, the artist will be present and there will be a guided tour of the exhibition.
Tallinn Tuesday gallery night is part of the 2018 Tallinn Music Week Arts program.
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My daughter participated in the the Maryland NAM Pageant in Reston, VA and I have several complaints.
1. NAM allowed girls older than the *** age range to compete. Why are they breaking their own rules. Very deceptive to say the least.
2. The Maryland Talent Competition did not award any singers, but only dancers. A fair judge panel would have categorized the talent to ensure that an award was issued for each. On the other hand, the Virginia talent competition did award singers and my daughter can out sing them with or without music. These same judges even awarded a Virginia contestant who sang along with the artist. When my daughter pursues her music career, she will be sure to publicly expose NAM as deceptive.
3. The Do's and Don'ts that the Pageant Staff told the girls were not adhered to by the judges. There was nothing natural about the walk of the girls who won and placed in the top 10. They were strutting and bouncing like grown women trying catch a man'a attention. This is past deceptive; it's distasteful.
4. The Best Resume competition is a joke. My daughter stated in her resume that she received the Gold President's Academic Award. If they had bothered looking it up they would have realized that it was signed by the President of the United States and Secretary of Education. She has maintained an A average since she's been in school. I challenge NAM to reveal how those girls were chosen. Again, a deceptive business.
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This training is Hands-on training on pentesting and exploiting corporate infrastructure.
Training follows CTF approach to compromise the machines. This training intended for people, who wants to start their career in penetration testing.
Training has module on python scripting. Because automation of tools is essential due to time constraints also it is helps to automate the testing of systems, services, and applications. Multiple python Modules, libraries, and debugging tools have been already written to help simplify and automate fuzzing and research. In order to reach the next level in penetration testing, one must embrace the idea of adding programming into their penetration testing toolkit. Once obtaining this power, tools can be written and shared, allowing you to build up an arsenal for reconnaissance, scanning, fuzzing, and exploitation.
As a pentester you need to be familiar with how to edit, modify and execute shellcodes and be able to understand how exploit works. There are few scripts on internet which causes harm to your system, so you need to how that script works. Metasploit's XOR, shikata_ga_gai encoders are quite well detectable by AntiVirus so we will write our own custom encoders to evade Antivirus and we will use polymorphic engines which is quite difficult to detect and fingerprint.
This training contains over 50 labs and 30+ challenges which are inspired by real world vulnerabilities and case studies.
If you want to learn pentesting end to end, then it is recommended to take both our Basics and Advanced classes In a 4-day format.
PREREQUISITE WARNING Each class has prerequisites for software loads and a laptop is mandatory. These individual class guides will list material the students are expected have knowledge about coming in and software tools that need to be pre-installed before attending so you get the maximum benefit from the focused intermediate or advanced level course. Please pay particular attention to the prerequisites, as the material listed there will not be reviewed in the courses, and will be necessary to get the maximum benefit out of these educational programs.
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- Python Scripting - Scanning, Fuzzing, Keylogging etc.
- PowerShell Basics
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- Lateral Movement
- Advanced Cross Site Scripting
- Advanced SQL Injection
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On the Trailspace forum I was asked a question "Had your tests been performed with a GCS pot, I think you would have seen very different results. The GCS's heat exchanger is fully exposed and therefore far more vulnerable to wind."
So on the weekend I ran some wind tests on the Jet Boil Group Cooking System (GCS).
Testing method
These test were done slightly different than the PCS tests as I ran the remote canister in upright configuration, I decided to do this to try and get better consistency in the tests, to do this I put a adjustable valve on the canister and ran the JetBoil stove until the flame at a high level and was stable I then only used the valve on the canister to turn the stove on and off. My STD 0.5 liters of water were used. The wind speed measured was around 12-15 kph.
Test 1, GCS pot and remote canister JetBoil stove, no wind and no windscreen/
Fuel used in grams per 80ºC = 5.0g
Test 2, wind with windscreen, stove was lit then windscreen placed around stove, then fan turned on.
Fuel used in grams per 80ºC = 5.5g
Test 3, wind, no windscreen, During this test it was obvious that it this system is greatly effected by wind and to raise the water to 95ºC was going to take some considerable time and fuel, I stopped the tests at the same time as the no wind test and as the heating rate is usually linear I extrapolate the results.
Fuel used in grams per 80ºC = 25.4g
Heating rate graph, pink line no wind/ no windscreen, blue line, wind/windscreen, yellow line wind/no windscreen
Discussion of results.
As can be seen from the fuel used in the wind/no windscreen test the GCS stove efficiency is affected quite a lot by wind but the use of a windscreen does improve the efficiency and possibly if the windscreen is setup properly wind may have no effect, the difference between the results of the no wind and wind/windscreen tests is very small this difference could be considered in normal testing error.
Unlike the PCS stove the GCS stove system efficiency is greatly affected by wind but the use of a good fitting windscreen can greatly improve efficiency to the point that the wind may have little or no effect.


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University of Wales Trinity Saint David is proud to be the main sponsor of Wales's first city centre triathlon, The Swansea Triathlon, taking place on Sunday, June 5
University of Wales Trinity Saint David is working in close partnership with the organisers of Wales's first city centre triathlon, Activity Wales Events, as the main sponsor, to stage the Swansea Triathlon, with around 2,000 competitors, in the city centre on Sunday, June 5.
University of Wales Trinity Saint David is working in close partnership with the organisers of Wales's first city centre triathlon, Activity Wales Events, as the main sponsor, to stage the Swansea Triathlon, with around 2,000 competitors, in the city centre on Sunday, June 5.
The event, will take place in safe, enclosed open water for the 750m swim and on fully closed roads for the 20km bike and 5km run, right in the heart of the city.
UWTSD Professor Medwin Hughes, DL, Vice-Chancellor said: "We are delighted to be the main sponsor of the Swansea Triathlon. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a major new sporting event in the heart of the city centre where we are developing our SA1 Swansea Waterfront development – to create a learning-centred neighbourhood for the University and for our academic, business and cultural partners.
"The University is keen to act as an engine for growth and prosperity across the region aiming to attract through its activities at SA1, both inward investment and collaboration with commercial enterprise and creative industry partners."
The partnership between UWTSD and Activity Wales Events also gives opportunities to students across all of its campuses to get involved with planning, staging and taking part in the event, giving them hands-on experience in the fields in which they are training.
Dr Nalda Wainwright, Director of the Wales institute for Physical Literacy UWTSD, said: "The University is highly committed to supporting Health and Wellbeing and in 2014 established the Wales Institute for Physical Literacy. The Institute works across many sectors offering professional development and training and conducting research. Staff from the Institute have been working closely with Activity Wales Events developing research projects and ways to support growing participation in a range of physical activity for people of all ages and all abilities."
Scott Powell, Activity Wales Events Race Director said: "We are delighted to be working alongside the University of Wales Trinity Saint David to bring this event to Swansea. The partnership creates a vast number of opportunities for students from a range of disciplines to get involved, and gives them first-hand experience in the fields which they're training.
We have TV coverage confirmed for the event, meaning both the University and Swansea will get global exposure, and help to bring greater numbers to the city across the board.
It's an exciting partnership to be involved with."
Activity Wales Events who brought Ironman to Wales and are founders of the largest multi-sport event in the country - Long Course Weekend – said they are looking to deliver a race experience in the city that is unparalleled in UK racing.
The triathlon, which will start at 4pm and finish in Castle Square, will be a sprint distance race, with elite, age groupers, first timers and multiple waves.
UWTSD lecturer in Outdoor Education, Geraint Foster is taking part in the triathlon with five of his Outdoor Fitness Degree students, for four of whom it will be their first triathlon. This year, as part of their degree, they have been practising open-water swimming, road cycling and running alongside some other activities.
Geraint said: "We have also done some sessions in the swimming pool on analysing swimming technique. And we will be heading to Normandy in May for a week's training camp in preparation for the Swansea Triathlon. During this week we will do a lot of cycling, some swimming in the river, running and also practising the transitions.
The students have also studied theoretical modules such as 'anatomy and physiology', 'personal training' and 'assessing health and functional fitness' which will give them some of the knowledge they need to be able to prepare for this type of event."
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After announcing he was taking a sabbatical from activism, Matthew Heimbach, the co-founder white supremacist Traditionalist Youth Network (TYN), returned to racist activities during the month of June. Heimbach attended three events in June organized by the white Southern nationalist group League of the South (LOS).
Despite the fact that Heimbach was previously banned from the organization for attending neo-Nazi events, Heimbach not only attended the recent LOS annual conference but also took part in LOS demonstrations in Kentucky and Alabama.
On Saturday, June 1, Heimbach attended demonstrations organized by the Kentucky chapter of the League which took place in the towns of Carrollton, and Warsaw, Kentucky. At the demonstrations, Heimbach held a sign that read, "Feds out of Kentucky." Another LOS protest is scheduled to take place in the town of Pikeville, Kentucky, on July 19. According to LOS, the demonstration will be in support of coal miners in the state "whose industry is being destroyed by the feds."
Over the past two years, LOS changed tactics, focusing more on street activism in an attempt to attract new members and raise awareness about the organization and Southern nationalism. Brad Griffin, aka Hunter Wallace, the founder of the racist blog Occidental Dissent is the main promoter of this tactic. The theme of this year's LOS national conference was "Hitting the Streets: Taking the Southern Nationalist Message to the Public."
Griffin joined LOS two years ago and is responsible for bringing the organization closer to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), another racist organization with chapters around the South. Griffin is married to Renee Baum, the daughter of Gordon Baum, the head of CofCC. LOS and CofCC held demonstrations together for the first time during the past year. Griffin spoke about the issue of street activism and the media attention it garners at the LOS national conference last Saturday, June 28.
After their national conference ended on June 28, LOS held a demonstration in Wetumpka, Alabama, where the group is headquartered. Heimbach and many other conference attendees joined the event, which focused on supporting Southern workers who LOS claims are losing their jobs to immigrants. Many of the LOS protests are anti-immigrant but others focus on issues such as marriage equality. A similar demonstration is scheduled to take place in Gainesville, Georgia, on August 23.
Heimbach's return to racist activism appears only to be with LOS for the time being. One possible reason for this is the LOS's promotion of a racist version of Christian values, which Heimbach also embraces. It remains to be seen whether Heimbach will organize again with other racist organizations, but it's clear that his sabbatical from racist activity is over.


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Sardelac Sanitarium
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Description[edit | edit source]
Once an abbey dedicated to Dwayna, Sardelac Sanitarium is now used to house those who have suffered serious mental harm during the Searing.
Getting there[edit | edit source]
From Ascalon City, follow the road southwest.
Exits[edit | edit source]
- Old Ascalon (northeast)
NPCs[edit | edit source]
- Henchmen (level 3):
- Merchants and Traders:
- Vencel (Merchant)
- Storage:
- Xunlai Agent (Storage)
- Various:
- Avatar of Dwayna (with favor, found next to the statue of Dwayna)
- Fadden Hathorn
- Horace
- Kasha Blackblood
- Necromancer Munne
- Vassar
- Warmaster Tharan
Quests[edit | edit source]
Sardelac Sanitarium[edit | edit source]
- Avatar of Dwayna: Family Ties
- Kasha Blackblood: Death in the Ruins
- Kasha Blackblood: Oberan's Rage
- Necromancer Munne: The Stolen Artifact
- Vassar: Trying Times
- Vassar: Mesmerizing the Enemy
- Vassar: A Cure for Ralena
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Sardelac Sanitarium was Ashford Abbey before the Searing.