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Health Ministry & PAHO Launch Publication on Blood Transfusion Guidelines, Principles & Practice
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On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, the Jamaica Ministry of Health and Pan American Health Organization will be launching its publication "Transfusion: Basic Guidelines, Principles and Practice". The launch of the publication will take place at the Head office of the Ministry on King Street in Down Town, Kingston at 10:00a.m. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer invites all point of care medical personnel to become familiar with and support full implementation of this publication. It has been developed to provide guidance in the practice of transfusion medicine in accordance with good clinical practice. As such, better outcome in patient care and greater efficiency in blood and component use is anticipated in-keeping with implementation of improved clinical use of blood.
Dr. Hugo Prado, the Acting Representative in the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Jamaica, says that "Whatever the degree of development of the health care system, blood transfusion is the only option for survival for many patients. Provision of safe and adequate blood should be an integral part of each country's national health care policy and health care infrastructure. Every country should put in place policies, systems and structures to ensure the safety, quality, accessibility and timely availability of blood and blood products to meet the needs of all patients who require transfusion."
The life-sustaining role of blood or blood component transfusion extends beyond medical emergencies to routine surgical procedures and prolonged quality-of-life therapies. Transfusion is a unique technology in that its collection, processing and use are scientifically based, but its availability depends on the extraordinary generosity of people who donate it as the most precious of gifts – the gift of life. Therein lies the fundamental challenge: safe transfusion requires not only the application of science and technology to blood processing and testing. It also requires social mobilization to promote voluntary blood donation by sufficient numbers of people who have no infectious diseases that can be transmitted to the recipients of their blood.
"Conservative estimates based on the number of injury cases seen each year put the country's very immediate needs at approximately 45,000 units of blood annually but we only collect an average 25,000 units. The collection at most of our ten centres across the island is far below the usage in those regions. This inevitably means that medical and surgical care could be seriously compromised. This is particularly significant in a country like ours where we see a number of trauma and accident related injuries each year. Over 25,000 patients visited health centres for injuries between 2007 and 2008. This does not even include the numbers that come to our accident and emergency units at public hospitals. These figures underscore our need to increase blood collection urgently and in particular to increase voluntary donations so that we can have a steady, adequate and safe supply of blood," said Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
Dr. Jose Ramiro Cruz, Senior Advisor in Health Technologies for Quality of Care, at PAHO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. adds that "Today, 62 countries have blood transfusion services based entirely on voluntary blood donation, up from 39 in 2002. In the Region of the Americas only Canada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Suriname and the United States have 100% voluntary blood donation. PAHO/WHO has supported a large number of countries, including Jamaica, in developing their national blood services through its Blood Transfusion Safety programme, providing policy guidance and technical assistance on working towards equitable access to safe blood and blood products and their safe and rational use."
Appreciation is extended to all those who contributed to this publication especially the National Blood Transfusion Service, the National Public Health Laboratory, University Hospital of the West Indies, Regional Health Authorities, members of the National Advisory Committee on Blood, and PAHO/WHO.
For more information please contact:
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Very basic but value for money. Great location near such a beautiful beach.
we only really use the site as a base, but it dose a bar and restaurant that we can us should not want to go out in the evenings. always enjoy our stay.
the apartment was good, tidy and clean on arrival we had a summersea7 which had a double, twin, and double with a single, beware the double beds our a 4 ft bed not even a standard double, we used aout £5 in electric. The entertainment venue could of done with being bigger as everyone was squashed together to watch the shows, and the kids club was very small no good for parents that were meant to stay in the room with under 8s as only 5 chairs available, about a 1/4 of the machines were out of order all the time, the food was good,the security guards and kids entertainers were fab so happy and cheerful, swimming pool not good for kids tiny area at front for non swimmers very crowded and then slopes really deep for others, only 3 changing rooms on pool side and no lockers to keep stuff in just shelves with boxes near the pool. would not recommend if you like to stay on camp all week but great for a base while exploring the area
Stayed here with my family for a week over the October half term. We did have a good holiday but some of the facilities are very disappointing. Most of the machines in the arcade don't work, I found myself constantly calling someone over for help. Machines were very outdated and in need of getting rid of! The crazy golf is ridiculous.. I could probably make a better one in my own back garden, and charging for it for what it is, is ridiculous.
The air hockey table barely worked and the bar man had to be called over several times to bash it to get the disc out... Very annoying. The bowling also didn't work properly and the balls kept getting stuck inside it. All of which had to be paid for on top so it was pretty annoying.
The swimming pool was nice, not too big and not too small. My kids loved it! And the lifeguards were brilliant, we even saw one dive in to save a woman who was too busy flaunting herself to notice she was in the deep end!
We found Bobby's diner to be fairly pricey for what it was so therefore, chose not to have anything from there other than a box of chips and the kids Ellie breakfasts.
The staff were all polite, not overly friendly but polite and we had no issues with them. The entertainments team were fantastic, they absolutely worked their socks off and they put on some brilliant shows. The Halloween party and the Day Glo puppets were amazing. Also the two members of staff that did the face painting and balloon animals were absolutely lovely, and hilarious! They both went out of their way to make our kids happy and we really appreciated it. All in all it isn't a bad place, just the facilities need updating.
The reception smelt bad as did the surrounding area. Their were kids as young as 3years walking around on their own with no parental supervision and on our first night there were kids in the playground throwing fire crackers at the floor therefore this was not an area that I could safely let my children use. The disco starting at 11pm until.... Whatever time was ridiculous! Music still going and very loud in the early hours of the morning.
Pretty basic camp. Bit tired looking and in need of a revamp. Nice area though with plenty to do close by.
Absolutely awful
Excellent location value for money park lovely rooms clean
Entertainment in evening for adults dreadful
Had a lovely girlie wkend .
Maybe additional play park facilities and bike hire would be good.
This was our second visit. The only problem was that half of the arcade machines were out of use the whole week we were there.
A short needed break that fitted my needs at that time . Peaceful location
nothing around the outside of the site, the site is basic on entertainment, the amenity's are good, pool, sauna, jacuzzi
3rd visit. All the family love it there. Basic & great value for money

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October 3rd, 2008, 03:13 PM #1
The New and Improved Recommendation - Fantasy / Horror
Ground rules:
This thread will be open for discussion
If you have a question about an author or book, you can ask it here
If you recommend a book, please give the author's full name and the full title
Popular Authors such as George R.R. Martin, Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jim Butcher, David Eddings, Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, Scott Bakker, Raymond Feist and David Gemmell have quite a few threads dedicated to them, so plunk their name in the SEARCH function to see what others have said about these popular authors.
Fantasy/horror authors often write different types of fantasy, as well as SF, mystery and other types of fiction. Fantasy encompasses every thing from magic realism to media tie-ins, and we encourage members to discuss any sort of fantasy that interests them, not just those works from genre publishers. Horror sometimes is not fantastic fiction, but this is also a forum for all horror fiction of any kind.
Here are some interesting threads that have remain fairly active over the years here at SFFWorld:
Supernatural/Urban Fantasy: Ghosts, Vampires, Werefolk and Wizards
What Can You Tell Me About....
YA Fantasy – not just for kids
What did you read as a kid that got you started in this genre? / into fantasy?
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Forgotten Classic Fantasy
Best Anthologies
Some of our Moderators are also "Official" book reviewers for the site, so check out SFFWorld's Official Reviews Page, updated at least once a week with a new review
Our Book Clubs
Fantasy Book Club
Science Fiction Book Club
We often keep a tally of annual releases:
2008 and 2008, 2007, 2006 and Huge array of new books in 2006!, 2005
We do a poll every year for favorite book
2007 winner and 2007 Voting Thread, 2006 Winner, 2006 Voting Thread, 2005 Winner and 2005 Voting Thread
We also do a Monthly Tally what members read as well as books members have Just Bought (in its 5th iteration as of this posting)
Additionally, we have several fantasy authors who have been given their own forums on SFFWorld, in which you can discuss their works or any other topic you like, as long as it's okay with the author.
Again, this is an OPEN thread, so come here to find and provide recommendations! Also, please don't hesitate to start up new threads on particular subjects or authors in the Fantasy/Horror forum or just add to existing threads you find interesting. We want this thread to be active, lively, and un-daunting. Basically, the opposite of what the Old Recommendation Thread became. We'll keep this initial post relatively brief and continually update as we see fit.
Here's the Old Recommendation Thread
Here's the Horror Recommendations thread
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October 16th, 2008, 11:30 AM #2
It seems we've got a few recent request for recommendations, so here are those threads:
Book Suggestions
Which next series: Erikson, Martin, Hobb's liveship, Abercrombie, Lynch or Marco???
We've also got the ever-popular anticipation thread for 2009:
Looking forward to 2009
That said, I'll try to throw some general recommendations here.
One of the first authors I often recommend is Matthew Stover. His latest novel, Caine Black Knife published this past week and I reviewed it for SFFWorld here. Matt was also the Big Idea guest this week at John Scalzi's popular blog, The Whatever. The first two books in that sequence are Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle. Matt has contributed some of the best-received Star Wars books including the novelization of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the New Jedi Order novel Traitor and the Clone Wars novel Shatterpoint. Matt also has an Official Author Forum here at SFFWorld. Matt is one of the top writers in the genre and really deserves more recognition.
Another author I often recommend, or have been lately, is Sean Williams. His Books of the Change series starts with The Crooked Letter, which I thought was a great amalgamation of Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and China Mieville in an apocalypic/Epic Horror situation. The series is four books long and three have been published in the US by Pyr. He crosses the fence and writes pretty solid Space Opera. His latest, though, hit the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller list - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Yes it is a Star Wars book; yes it is a video game adaptation, but Sean is a terrific writer and I've no doubt this is a solid novel which as of this post is on my to-read pile.
So other folks, don't hesitate to give little author recommendations like I did above. I'll be adding to the thread regularly with similar author blurb/summaries as well as updated links.
Lastly, if you are asking for a recommendation, give us a hint of what you like so we have something with which to work.
November 4th, 2008, 01:55 PM #3
Some recent threads to look into for recommendations.
We haven't had a Epic Fantasy specific thread in a while (though many of the threads are implied to discuss EP), so this one is fairly timely:
Just started in Epic Fantasy - What to read?
Often when a new author hits the scene, people want to know more about him or her. Well, Brent Weeks is new and causing something of a buzz, so check out this thread: Brent Weeks, new talent!
With Guy Gavriel Kay recently winning the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel, people may be curious about his other works.
The Fionavar Tapestry is his first major work, which has some heavy Tolkien influences. This is not too surprising since he helped Christopher Tolkien in editing some of J.R.R.'s notes and work. Essentially, Fionavar tells the story of some college pals who get swept away to a fantastical land, each becoming the avatar of a legendary hero. The story is fairly straightforward, but very dark in some spots as well.
Many of Kay's fans consider Tigana his defining and best work. The novel can rightfully be considered a modern classic and tells of a familiar land that has been all but removed from people's memory. Tigana, was in fact, our May 2003 Fantasy Book Club selection.
Kay's A Song for Arbonne is also a very good novel. The primary character, the mercenary Blaise is a man at odds with himself, his family and what his position means to the world at large. Blaises native land, Gorhaut, is ruled by the amoral King Ademar and the even less scrupulous High Elder and Chief Counsellor, Galbert, who also happens to be Blaises father. Blaise is a mercenary on a self-imposed exile besmirching his fathers name and place in Gorhaut due to a treaty Galbert set up prior to the events of the novel.
In opposition to the male dominated Gorhaut is the female ruled Arbonne. While Arbonne does not overtly oppose Gorhaut, rather Galbert has a vendetta against the woman ruled land. Arbonne has echoes of Avalon in that it is surrounded by mystery and ruled by the Goddess. The novel begins with Blaise arriving at to the courts of Arbonne in his attempt to secure the troubadour Evrard as part of his job for a local duke. Blaise becomes involved in the eventual struggle between Arbonne and his once home nation of Garhaut. As the novel progresses, Blaise and the reader learn more about Arbonne, each characters ultimate connection to Arbonne and how they will play a role in Arbonnes destiny.
The strengths in this novel are Kays magnificent descriptions of all things chivalric. From Blaises contemplations and declarations of his honor, to the battles fought, the sword fights, and the inner dialogue characters such as Rosala has with herself, Kay instills each scene, each interaction with a depth of respect and display of veneration that ultimately brings them from page to inner eye with great flair and reverence. Kay also evokes vivid imagery and settings through the songs his troubadours sing. In all Kay displays a talent for writing these scenes and interactions as if he lived during the time period (France in the years 1000 to 1200) in which this novel is based.
Here are the threads in our forum where you might be able to find some more about Guy Gavriel Kay:
Just Finished Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
GGK's Fionavar versus Hobb?
Kay-esk novels
Like Rassan then like Arbonne?
April 05 BOTM: Sailing to Sarantium by GGK
Again, don't hesitate to add to those above-linked threads or to add some suggestions to this thread as well.*
* Of course if you are just posting to advertise your own work, that is considered spam and will be removed.
November 27th, 2008, 06:03 PM #4
Can someone recommend an author whose writing style may be compared to that of Simon R. Green and Jim Butcher? I was just kind of curious. Thanks.
November 28th, 2008, 02:53 PM #5
One of the threads I linked at the very top may be of assistance: Supernatural Fantasy: Ghosts, Vampires, Werefolk and Wizards
Charlie Huston is similar to Jim Butcher, in that he writes from a first person perspective and tackles vampires (or as they are called in his books, vampyres).
Mike Resnick, at least his first John Justin Mallory novel, Stalking the Unicorn has the same hard-boiled sensibilities.
November 28th, 2008, 05:23 PM #6
Much appreciated. I'll take a look. Thanks
December 28th, 2008, 08:45 PM #7
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Hey all, I've been reading fantasy books for a year or so now, but don't really have a large amount of experience/ idea of what good authors are out there, so I was wondering what authors you guys could recommend?
As a guideline to my taste I suppose it would be a good idea to let you know what I have read. I greatly enjoyed most of the Wheel of Time series, probably more than some since I only read it last year and didn't have to wait the almost 2 decades for the (hopefully soon to be released) ending, though I did find Winters Heart rather tedious. Knife of Dreams was good though.
I've also read all the books from Brandon Sanderson, including what he has released on his website for Warbreaker. While Elantris mostly failed to capture my interest, I quite enjoyed his Mistborn series and Warbreaker.
I've also read George RR Martins Song of Ice and Fire series, and greatly enjoyed it. I'll have to re-read it again when he releases A Dance With Dragons (though who really knows when that will be...)
Other authors I have read and enjoyed include: Ted Dekker, Elizabeth Haydon, Tolkien (of course), and I suppose I might as well admit that I enjoyed the Harry Potter series as well.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
December 28th, 2008, 09:15 PM #8
First of all, why not try some oldies in addition to Tolkien? Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle and The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny are two of my favs. The latter is especially very original.
December 28th, 2008, 09:26 PM #9
Hi Darksbane, welcome to the forums. Sounds like you've gone through some of the big names on the shelves. Here are some authors who might connect with you based on what you said you read and enjoyed:
Greg Keyes, particularly his Kingdom of Thorn and Bone trilogy. Many people call this series Martin-lite, but the series is solid, has some great characters, and is perhaps one of the most fully realized secondary worlds in Fantasy. The series is four books long and all four books are available - the series is completed. Check out these threads to get a better idea about his writing:
Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
I'd also Highly recommend Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, the first book of which is Gardens of the Moon. Erikson is very popular around here and with our tag function, you can see all (or a great many) of the threads dedicated to his Malazan saga HERE.
I'm in the middle of Joshua Palmatier's Throne of Amenkor trilogy (The Skewed Throne being the first) and enjoying it quite a bit. It takes place in a secondary world, subtle magic like Martin and solid characterization.
December 28th, 2008, 10:55 PM #10
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Thanks for the suggestions. I've taken note of your recommendations and I'm going to go check out the bookstore in my area tomorrow and see what they have. It is a rather small store, so they might not have much, but hopefully they'll have one or more of the authors you've listed.
December 29th, 2008, 03:34 PM #11
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So I went to the store today (I'm not really one to buy books online) and all they had out of what you guys recommended was the Malazan series, so I picked up Gardens of the Moon. The clerk at the bookstore recommended Patrick Rothfuss to me, so I picked up his book The Name of the Wind, which is what I'll probably read first since it is the only one released from the series right now, and if I like Gardens I'll want to continue with that series.
Anyways, thanks again for the suggestions, I'll have to keep an eye out for the others in future trips.
December 31st, 2008, 04:24 PM #12
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I apologize for making this the third post of mine in a row, but I have finished Name of the Wind and absolutely loved it. I was wondering if there was anything that would be comparable to this for me to read? Rothfuss is an excellent writer, and truthfully the book was much better than I expected it to be. I can't wait for the next book now, it should be quite good.
January 13th, 2009, 10:29 PM #13
Alright so as a new member who doesnt really know anyone here or their tastes I was wondering if anyone can help me.
I'm looking for something new to read in the fantasy or sci fi genres. I dont really care if it's standalone or part of a series so long as it's of a reasonable length to keep me busy for a bit.
For some insight into what kind of things I've liked in the past for comparison:
I just read Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I also just finished Christopher Golden's "Veil" trilogy which I also found excellent.
I'm a big fan of Authors such as David Gemmel (sp? the Legend of Deathwalker and Waylander guy), Terry Pratchet, Terry Goodkind, Stephen R Donaldson, Larry Niven, Peter Hamilton and Neil Gaiman and have thus already read most of their respective titles.
I've tried Stephen Erikson's books and havent been able to get into them and I'm not a fan of the Wheel of Time series.
off the top of my head thats everything I can think of by way of relevant information.
If anyone can give me any good suggestions for either fantasy or sci-fi that fit in with the info i've given it'd be greatly appreciated.
Likewise i'd be happy to elaborate on why I liked any of the above books/authors if anyone is interested in picking them up or anything.
Edit: Also I forgot to mention S M Stirling under the list of authors whom i'm a fan of.
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February 1st, 2009, 04:01 PM #14
Onomatapeon, have you tried The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny? They always seem to go down well.
February 2nd, 2009, 10:36 AM #15
I'll second Chronicles of Amber. I just finished the first 5 books and they're amazing. I loved every one of them.


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ROCHESTER — Police have identified the victim of the home invasion shooting in Lebanon, Maine, early Tuesday afternoon as Richard Potorski, 42.
In Rochester, a police official said the recovered vehicle, which was spotted around 2:30 p.m. and towed just before 4 p.m. from the business parking lot, would be towed back to Maine for processing. Area departments were asked to "be on the lookout" for a black F-150 pickup truck but later recovered the dark SUV.
The vehicle recovered in Rochester is believed to be that of the shooting victim.
Police Lt. Gary Boudreau declined to comment as a K9 unit from Portsmouth combed the area behind the plaza for evidence.
The York County Sheriff's Office could not be reached Tuesday evening for further comment, but the Middleton Police Department posted on Facebook public should be wary of a subject reportedly last seen at the Rochester Market Basket, next door to the Big Lots location, wanted in connection with a shooting. The posting described the white male suspect as wearing a "Cargill jacket and camo hat" and noted the subject could be violent if approached.
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I think you're getting memory bandwidth confused with DMA bandwidth on your PCI-E bus. Not the same thing.
My test code is really basic but if anyone is interested I can post it. I posted an EGL version to the mesa list. Add it to the PTS perhaps? :-)
However, we're fighting a battle we can't win. S3TC textures need 4x to 8x less memory and would help a lot with this problem. Any driver with S3TC support has a great advantage over a driver without one.
We could also cheat by using the BC7 format for plain RGBA8 textures. That would be a win if we implemented the BC7 encoding on the GPU.
This problem reminds me of a similar problem with r300g. Hopefully a way to improve performance without regressions will be found.
And anyway thanks Marek for all this endless work on the radeon drivers .
i think current distros already preinstall s2tc - ubuntu 12.10 as well (not sure for 32 bit however). in a trial image kanotix dragonfire has it preinstalled as well (32+64 bit lib).


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All participants of the blood pressure clinics will also receive a "Know Your Numbers" card from the NH Heart Association as well as informational materials regarding heart health."
"Each day, on our Facebook page, The Homemakers will post a picture of our "Amazing Heart" with a clue pointing to where we provided blood pressure screenings that day," says Philpott. "The person to guess the most correct places The Homemakers' Amazing Heart has been throughout the month will win a heart healthy prize."


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Source or gtfo.
MorphOS is irrelevant proprietary software.
Release source code or stfu.
Phoronix: MorphOS Still Being Toyed With For PowerPC
MorphOS, the Amiga-compatible PowerPC operating system, is still being experimented with on PowerPC hardware. The latest effort out of the MorphOS camp is to make the operating system work on the IBM PowerPC G5...
Source or gtfo.
MorphOS is irrelevant proprietary software.
Release source code or stfu.
Proprietary software have ruined enough of computing with their proprietary software, formats, and protocols. Their theft from open source, their patents and trademarks, their lawsuits and litigations. Their draconian restriction of user freedom and software freedom.
Free software is the only fair, just, moral way of software.
Proprietary software developers should be hanged by their balls!
These "developers" are the traitors of the computing era!
Interesting. I keep my ear to the ground with Amiga developments and checked out AROS not so long ago but I never seem to hear much from the MorphOS camp, maybe because I've never wandered in that direction. I don't know why but OS4 and AROS are closer to my heart. Anyway, good to hear there's still life in it.
Oh, and I spend most of my free hobby time working on open-source software. So, am I a traitor, or a patriot? Hmm?
I write software to pay the bills, and I need a way to get paid for that. Custom software applications for a niche industry is one way that I can do it. And then I can take those skills that I hone on a daily basis, and apply them to improving free software at home.
Out of curiosity are there any PowerPC machines a commoner (read dont cost an arm and a leg) can actually buy? Not old macs of course.


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Washington, D.C., 12 April 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Aging populations in the Americas and around the world are creating major challenges for health systems, economies, and entire societies. Meeting these challenges will require new investments in health and social protection systems but also a re-evaluation of the role of older adults in society and the economy, said experts at a World Health Day panel on "healthy aging," sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).
"In the Region of the Americas, during the next decade more than half of those born will live beyond 80 years," said PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago. "Healthy aging can help us break the stereotype that older people are passive consumers of social and health services. If they remain healthy and independent, they are an invaluable resource for society and can contribute enormously to the well-being of their families and communities."
The number of older adults in the Americas is expected to reach 200 million by 2020, nearly twice the figure for 2006. More than half of them will be in Latin America and the Caribbean. By 2025, 69 percent of people born in North America and 50 percent of those born in Latin America are expected to live beyond 80.
These trends are the result of major public health successes over the past century. But with them come higher costs associated with aging, including an increase in noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, as well as in disabilities and other age-related conditions. In developing countries, where population aging is occurring most rapidly, coping with these demographic and epidemiological changes can be especially challenging.
Experts said that promoting "healthy aging" can help countries meet the challenges by maximizing the number of years older people remain healthy, delaying the onset of disease or disability, and enabling seniors to continue to play productive roles in society and the economy.
"The good news is that we know what it takes to build communities where older citizens are not seen as a burden, but as experienced and engaged partners," said Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. "The work we do to support healthy aging also presents us with an opportunity to reshape our communities to promote better health at every age."
In the United States and more than a dozen other countries, community-based programs that promote "self-management" or "self-care" have shown success in promoting healthy aging among seniors from different social and cultural backgrounds, said Dr. Nancy Whitelaw, President of the Gerontological Society of America and a Senior Fellow at the National Council on Aging. She said self-management should be embraced as "a broader component of a wider social agenda," adding, "we must be certain that older people are fully engaged in this process."
Full integration of seniors will require major changes in the way they are perceived and treated, said Dr. Linda Fried, Dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. "We have to embrace the aging population as a basis for future development, recognizing that older people are an asset in the growth of productive, sustainable societies. We need to create new kinds of opportunities for men and women as they get older."
Dr. Michael Hodin, Executive Director of the Global Coalition on Aging, said the increased numbers of older people represent "a profound transformational change we have never seen before in the history of the world." This means "we have to rethink how we define aging: who is young, middle-aged or old, which will have an impact on our social and economic policies."
"For the first time in human history, four generations are alive at the same time," said Dr. Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Director-General of the Institute of Geriatrics at Mexico's National Institute of Health. "We need to ensure social space for all four and take advantage of the social capital represented by older people, and make sure that younger people benefit from their knowledge and experience."
Integrating seniors into social and economic life is equally important for their own well-being, said Dr. Luciano Di Césare, Executive Director of the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners of Argentina. "Seniors thrive in multidimensional societies where they are visible and participate fully in society. We need to move from individualism to solidarity and integration."
"Older people today are pioneers," said Monsignor Charles Fahey, Professor Emeritus of aging studies at Fordham University and a program officer at the Milbank Memorial Fund. "How to integrate older persons into society in a meaningful way—this is uncharted territory."
World Health Day is held each year on 7 April to commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948.
PAHO was established in 1902 and is the longest functioning public health organization in the world. It works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of their peoples. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of WHO.
- PAHO World Health Day site
- PAHO Fact Sheets on Aging
- WHO World Health Day site
- Message from PAHO Director, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
- Message from Don Francisco
- WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities


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Parliamentary elections in Egypt
Egypt's parliamentary elections leave the nation's web users divided. A Bahraini activist hailed by web users after she defies security forces. And explore real crime scenes with The New York Times.
Parliamentary elections in Egypt
Voting in Egypt's parliamentary elections began on Monday and will continue until January. Many of the nation's web users are wondering whether or not they should cast their vote. Some of the activists remaining in Tahrir Square are indeed calling for a boycott of the ballot.
Blogger Ismail Naguib for example says he will not be voting as this would 'legitimize' the ruling military. He does not believe the elected parliament will have any authority as long as the army remains in control.
Many other cyber activists, aware of the historic nature of these elections, have been urging web users to fulfill their duty as a citizen. In this video one of the icons of the revolution, Wael Ghonim, explains the elected representatives will play a vital role in the political transition.
Blogger Zeinobia thinks it's now too late to call for boycotting as many Egyptians have already decided to cast their vote. Long queues have indeed been forming in front of polling stations across the country, as we can see here in the suburbs of Cairo.
And so despite the doubts, the electoral process is now well underway. Cyber activists have been busy campaigning against prominent figures of the former regime. This site is trying to identify all the officials from Hosni Mubarak's dissolved party that are running for a seat in parliament.
Bahraini activist defies security forces
These images were filmed on Saturday in A'ali in Bahrain and have been circulated all over the web. We see activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, better known online as "Angry Arabiya", standing defiantly before riot police as they chased after protesters following the funeral of a man killed by security forces the previous day. Her act of bravery has sparked an avalanche of commentary online.
Zainab Al-Khawaja herself has taken to social networks to explain why she acted in this way. Through a series of Twitter posts she says it was not premeditated, and was almost a natural reaction when faced with the brutality of the riot police, who as we can see in this amateur video footage, fired tear gas at protesters. She adds that to her great surprise, she was neither arrested nor beaten for her actions.
The pictures of Zainab standing between police and protesters were soon posted onto sharing sites, and were met with widespread reaction. Messages have been pouring in from web users, hailing the activist's bravery, and describing her as veritable heroine, fighting for the good of the people of Bahrain.
Others like this Twitter user feel that with this courageous act, the young woman has proved herself to be a worthy successor to her father Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, a prominent Bahraini blogger and human rights activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment in June for organizing anti-government demonstrations.
She has been widely praised, but the new icon of Bahrain's protest movement has her feet firmly on the ground. Zainab has posted a message online saying the real heroes are all the unknown anti-government protesters who have been facing the riot police for months.
Real crime scene panoramas
Since 2009, the New York City Police Department has been using a camera called "Panoscan" to create 360° panoramic images of crime scenes. The New York Times has uploaded some of these interactive shots, which come with an audio commentary from a police officer so web users can explore these crimes scenes. Please be warned some of the scenes are not for the faint hearted.
Now trending on social networks
British film director Ken Russell died on Sunday at the age of 84, and on social networks many have been paying tribute to the filmmaker, best known for the films "Tommy, "Women in Love" and also "Altered States, hailing his extravagant inimitable style, and mourning the loss of one of the true greats of British cinema.
Video of the day
Artists Joe Hill and Max Lowry teamed up with a famous sportswear brand to break the world record for the largest piece of 3D "Street art" ever. You can see the painting for yourself in this video, it was unveiled in London, and has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.


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The Lost Symbol
Waiting for The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown's latest blockbuster, "The Lost Symbol", shows every sign of generating the same public fascination with themes of conspiracy, secret societies and rituals that "The Da Vinci Code" did. All six print copies in the Library's collection have a waiting list of readers eager to take a whirlwind ride with symbologist Robert Langdon.
So what is a reader whose heart is set on reading this book to do until his turn arrives?
Take heart, dear reader. Dan Brown may know a thing or two about writing an entertaining page turner, but he certainly is not the first or only one to do so. There is an entire genre devoted to thrilling heroes seeking to uncover conspiracies, to break codes and ciphers to discover hidden treasure and find the rightful heirs before the enemy beats them to it.
"Daughter of God" by Lewis Perdue tells a story so similar to "The Da Vinci Code" that Brown was accused of plagiarizing it.
Steve Berry has written a series of thrillers starring Cotton Malone, former secret agent for the U.S. Justice Department, delving into ancient treasures and mysteries. In "The Charlemagne Pursuit", a mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton on a dangerous international quest from an ancient German cathedral to the harsh Antarctic chasing the truth about the death of his father on a classified sub mission beneath the Antarctic. Also try "The Templar Legacy", "The Venetian Betrayal", and "The Alexandria Link".
The Charlegmagne concept also figures into Katherine Neville's "The Eight". Here, eighteenth century novices and a 1970s computer wiz search ciphers and clues to locate the pieces of Charlemagne's chess set that possess enormous powers. The sequel is "The Fire".
In "The Rule of Four", two Ivy League students search for the location of a treasure-filled crypt which has been hidden in a cipher within the pages of an obscure Renaissance manuscript. This brilliant tale by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.
Receiving a mysterious box from her eccentric mentor, who claims it contains a newly found work by Shakespeare, theater director and scholar Kate Shelton is horrified when her theater is burned to the ground and her mentor killed in "Interred with Their Bones" by Jennifer Lee Carrell.
The lost literature of Shakespeare is also the theme of "The Book of Air and Shadows" by Michael Gruber. Another by Gruber is "The Forgery of Venus". Lost literature and lost writers make for a very mysterious experience in "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Several thrillers by Raymond Khoury should appeal to Dan Brown readers. In "The Last Templar", an archaeologist discovers that a missing ancient decoder is linked to the Knights Templar, and together with the help of a FBI agent, tries to find the stolen artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. More than 250 years after a pretender marquis escapes the palazzo of his vengeful prince, an American Army unit discovers a secret lab in Baghdad where victims have been subjected to torturous experiments, a finding that places two women on the trail of an ancient mystery in "The Sanctuary". Khoury's latest is "The Sign". In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in Boston, Matt Sherwood learns that his brother's death may have been actually murder related to this erupting worldwide controversy over the meaning of this "sign" in the sky.
Kate Mosse's "Labyrinth" weaves elements of religion, archaeology, and setting found in "The Da Vinci Code". In 2005, Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons and a labyrinth pattern engraved on the wall and on a ring hidden in a cave while on an archeological dig in southwest France. They trigger visions of the past and propel her into a dangerous race against those who want the mystery of the cave for themselves. In 1209 Alaïs is entrusted, by her father, with a book that is part of a sacred trilogy connected to the Holy Grail. Guardians of the trilogy are operating against evil forces.
Other writers include Matt Bondurant, Umberto Eco, Linda A. Fairstein, Thomas Gifford, Lev Grossman, David Hewson, Enrique Joven, Matthew Pearl, Iain Pears, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Douglas Preston, James Rollins, Richard Sapir, and Daniel Silva.
Many more thrillers revolve around ancient treasure, history, art, religion, science, puzzles, ciphers, and manuscripts. For more reading suggestions, visit the Library at www.tcplweb.org or call 988-2541. "The Lost Symbol" can wait!


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GNOME2 is ok, when you want to have got at least a few shortcuts on the desktop Compared to KDE it does not allow more than 1 command, KDE can execute something like: command1;command2 and so on in one shortcut without writing an extra script. Also I do not really like that F10 is used to show the menu by default, makes it harder to use mc in a terminal, my favorite terminal app for copy/move. mc is definitely more stable than nautilus or dolphin and easy to use. The new GNOME shell or Unity seems to be optimizied for noobs or tablet users compared to KDE 4 whic is much better. Well i still like KDE 3, but not so much that i would use Trinity by default. The problem with KDE 4 is that when a noob plays around he easyly manages to remove/modifiy toolbars as long as they are not locked but basically it does what it should do. I do not need any special effects, those where fun about 3 weeks when compiz was new, but nobody really needs wobbling windows and other animations. Animations are ok, when they dont take too much time, but thats no killer feature. When i read that a new effect was added as new feature i am sure that 90% or more users do not care at all. When you look at older releases of U then compiz was always enabled, but with so minimalistic features enabled that it was hard to see a difference. But at least it shows that a few effects are fully enough...
In this regard proprietary is mariginally better, at least you aren't told to STFU because you got it for free. The price tag at least gives you a little legitimacy when you dare to complain.
Really, though, wanting the old experience back is not that great. The old experience _was_ tried, and dried up, and kind of at a dead-end.
The problem that I and many others have with GNOME 3 is not even so much the big redesign, but just that the new design sucks. There's a bazillion things in GNOME 2 that drove me up a wall and I wished I had the time to just gut and replace to be less retarded, but at the end of the day, GNOME 2 never got in my way the way GNOME 3 does.
Just maintaining GNOME 2 is kinda worthless. Taking Fallback Mode components and continuing heavy development on them is more interesting, assuming you don't butt heads with the GNOME 3 designers trying to gut said components. Really, though, the old panel sucked (way over-configurable, confusing, and missing several really awesome features like a window list design that didn't come straight out of the 90s -- take a hint from Win7 or OS X at the very least), Metacity got left behind (no real compositor, and compositing is important for basic desktop apps to actually work in many cases these days), Nautilus is clunky and missing most useful features a good filemanager should have (by design, according to all the WONTFIX bug reports I filed, unfortunately), the Control Center was always ugly and missing a ton of options and hard to navigate, etc.
A new GNOME was a great idea. A new GNOME that makes window management impossible and which is written in JavaScript, however, is not at all a good idea.
I don't think that this project is necessary. Fallback mode is more-or-less gnome-2, albeit with a few bits of horribleness. They should focus on fixing the horribleness rather than maintaining something that is obsolete.
I would say that my biggest complaint about gnome-shell is its unnecessary dependency on compositing. There is no reason for it. It doesn't actually *do* anything particularly special.
The nice thing about gnome-shell is that its entirely themable, so you really could make it look totally like gnome-2 while still being gnome-shell. The default theme is just death though, in my opinion. Its bad to make the user chase all over the whole screen several times to start a new program. Its bad to force the user into squinty-eyes mode to switch to buried windows. There doesn't seem to be any provision for multiple monitors! I.e., with gnome-panel, you can put panels on every monitor with a separate window list for each monitor. With gnome-shell, one of the two monitors basically becomes USELESS.
So.... ditch the compositing, make it so you can see what's actually running without having to jump through hoops, and make it so you don't have to chase several times across your monitors to do 1 simple thing.
Oh, and quite emulating apple with the settings menus. Every time I see that, I barf a little bit.
That said, Plasma can easily be configured to work the same as Gnome 2, while being technologicaly better. I'd say you need a 'whopping' 2 months to hack and slash KDE4 into a Gnome 2-panel desktop, but with way better technology. In fact: the very purpose of Plasma was to be a canvas for desktops. I don't mean changing panel behavior; I mean creating new ones. Then strip away various options related to KDE4 and you have Gnome 2 classic. Because what exactly is Gnome 2? A couple of menu's, panels and tiny config widgets. That's pretty much it...
And FYI: similar reason to something I mentioned in my previous post... I don't want to make gnome-shell look like gnome-panel (even if it can be done) because it depends on mutter (compositing bloat nonsense). I don't want that compositing.


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Cinnamon Bread
Cinnamon had been on my mind a lot and I knew that the only way ease my thoughts would be to indulge in it. I went through my bookmarks looking far a recipe that was full of cinnamon and found this one for a cinnamon loaf that sounded really good. This loaf is a plain quick bread with layers of cinnamon and a cinnamon topping. The recipe called for a full two heaping tablespoons of cinnamon which is more that I have ever used at once. This quick bread was a bit more work than most as it called for mixing the ingredients a bit at a time and pouring the ingredients into the loaf pan in layers. Despite the extra effort required it was still really easy to do. The smell of baking cinnamon is just amazing! The cinnamon bread turned out really good. It was light and fluffy and moist. The cinnamon layers were thick and full of cinnamon flavour and the cinnamon top was nice and fragrant and crumbly. Though the thoughts of cinnamon have receded for the moment, I am thinking that a rolled yeast based cinnamon bread is in my future.
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup brown sugar
2 heaping tablespoons ground cinnamon
1. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
2. Cream the butter and sugar in another bowl.
3. Beat in the eggs, salt, vanilla and lemon zest.
4. Mix 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
5. Mix 1/2 of the buttermilk into the wet ingredients.
6. Mix 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
7. Mix the remaining buttermilk into the wet ingredients.
8. Mix 1/3 the remaining dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
9. Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
10. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.
11. Pour 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture on top.
12. Pour 1/3 of the batter on top.
13. Pour 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture on top.
14. Pour the remaining batter on top.
15. Pour the remaining cinnamon mixture on top.
16. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about an hour.
Similar Recipes:
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Maple Oat Bread


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Strawberry and Nutella Crepes
There were fewer strawberries at the farmers market this weekend. It would seem that strawberry season is coming to a close. I am a bit sad to see the strawberries going, but they are making way for other good things. There were still a few strawberry recipes on my to do list though. On the top of the list was strawberry and Nutella (a chocolate hazelnut spread) crepes. I have been enjoying crepes every since I first made them and they are fairly easy to make. They are perfect for a weekend breakfast, being as simple as making some crepes and stuffing them with some goodies. The strawberry and nutella crepes turned out really good. I enjoyed the strawberry and nutella combo! Though, I can't think of a fruit that wouldn't go with nutella. I sprinkled the crepes with some chopped pistachios for some colour and a bit of texture.
chocolate hazelnut spread (Nutella)
strawberries (sliced)
pistachios (chopped, optional)
1. Assemble.
Similar Recipes:
Mango and Nutella Crepes
Nutella and Banana Crepes
Peanut Butter, Banana and Honey Crepes
Strawberry Cheesecake Crepes
Nutella and Banana Sandwich
Strawberry and Mascarpone Crepes with Strawberry Syrup
Raspberry and Nutella Crepes
Ham, Egg and Gruyere Crepes with Maple Syrup
Take a look at the Weekend Breakfast Blogging: Summer Feast roundup at Monsoon Spice.


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|Symplectic Lie-Rinehart-Jacobi Algebras and Contact Manifolds
We give a characterization of contact manifolds in terms of symplectic Lie-Rinehart-Jacobi algebras. We also give a sufficient condition for a Jacobi manifold to be a contact manifold.
Keywords:Lie-Rinehart algebras, differential operators, Jacobi manifolds, symplectic manifolds, contact manifolds
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39-2021.00 - Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise care for pets and other nonfarm animals, such as dogs, cats, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice. Work in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, zoos, circuses, and aquariums. May keep records of feedings, treatments, and animals received or discharged. May clean, disinfect, and repair cages, pens, or fish tanks.
Sample of reported job titles: Animal Care Giver (ACG), Animal Care Technician, Aquarist, Dog Groomer, Groomer, Kennel Attendant, Kennel Manager, Kennel Technician, Pet Groomer, Pet Stylist
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Feed and water animals according to schedules and feeding instructions.
- Mix food, liquid formulas, medications, or food supplements according to instructions, prescriptions, and knowledge of animal species.
- Examine and observe animals to detect signs of illness, disease, or injury.
- Provide treatment to sick or injured animals, or contact veterinarians to secure treatment.
- Do facility laundry and clean, organize, maintain, and disinfect animal quarters, such as pens and stables, and equipment, such as saddles and bridles.
- Perform animal grooming duties such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, cutting nails, and cleaning ears.
- Answer telephones and schedule appointments.
- Respond to questions from patrons, and provide information about animals, such as behavior, habitat, breeding habits, or facility activities.
- Order, unload, and store feed and supplies.
- Collect and record animal information such as weight, size, physical condition, treatments received, medications given, and food intake.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Electric hair clipper — Animal clippers; Cordless animal trimmers
|Laboratory ultraviolet UV sterilizers — Aquarium ultraviolet UV sterilizers
|Pet grooming products — Pet bathing brushes; Pin brushes; Shedding blades; Slicker brushes
|Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters — Animal nail clippers; Animal nail files; Animal nail grinders
|Water testing and sampling kits — Ammonia test kits; Carbonate hardness test kits; Nitrite test kits; pH test kits
Technology used in this occupation:
|Calendar and scheduling software — Appointment-Plus; Groom Pro; Mobile Dog Grooming Software mGroomer; Petschedule
|Data base user interface and query software — CEEJS The Pet Groomer's Secretary; Kennel Link; Microsoft Access; The Groomer's Write Hand
|Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
|Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
|Word processing software — Microsoft Word
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Work Activities
|Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
|Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
|Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
|Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Work Context
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 84% responded "Every day."
|Telephone — 78% responded "Every day."
|Contact With Others — 62% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 46% responded "Every day."
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — 66% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Frequency of Decision Making — 72% responded "Every day."
|Spend Time Standing — 47% responded "More than half the time."
|Freedom to Make Decisions — 53% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 62% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Deal With External Customers — 55% responded "Extremely important."
Job Zone
|Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
|Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
|Related Experience
|Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include taxi drivers, amusement and recreation attendants, counter and rental clerks, nonfarm animal caretakers, continuous mining machine operators, and waiters/waitresses.
|SVP Range
|(Below 4.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Less than high school diploma
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Bachelor's degree
Interest code: RC
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
|Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Work Values
|Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
|Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
|Cooks, Fast Food
|Food Preparation Workers
|Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
|Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
|Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Bright Outlook
|Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
|Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
|Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
|Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
|Nursery Workers
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$9.78 hourly, $20,340 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|191,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
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The Big Android BBQ is the world's preeminent mobile technology conference for Android developers, hackers and enthusiasts. This year, the Big Android BBQ will return to the well-liked Hurst Convention Center in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas. NVIDIA's Lars M. Bishop and Seth Williams will be presenting on "Beyond Phones and Tablets: Developing for Dedicated Android Gaming Systems". Be sure to check it out.
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Android gaming has come into its own as the Android ecosystem has expanded to include not only tablets and smartphones, but also dedicated gaming handhelds like NVIDIA's SHIELD and consoles like OUYA. This session will cover a host of topics designed to illustrate the opportunities and challenges encountered when targeting games to the new generation of dedicated Android gaming systems. This will include: Game controller support in Java and NDK code, interaction design for external display-based platforms, supporting a wide range of display sizes and multiple simultaneous displays. In addition, the session will introduce Regal; a comprehensive, cross-platform, open source support library that makes it easy to handle the range of OpenGL ES extensions available on Android systems. The session will close with a demonstration of how to debug and optimize games using NVIDIA's Android-based graphical tools environment.
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A moving Israeli drama about a family who discover that their son was switched at at birth with a Palestinian
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BiographyDr Antonarakis received his medical degree in 2003 from the University Of Wales College Of Medicine, Cardiff. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in 2007, and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in 2010. During his fellowship, Dr Antonarakis received an ASCO Young Investigator Award for his translational clinical trial exploring itraconazole in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. He is currently a member of the Kimmel Cancer Center faculty as an Assistant Professor of Oncology.
His research focuses primarily on GU cancers, with a particular emphasis on prostate cancer, clinical trial development, and immunotherapy. As a clinical investigator with a priority on translational drug development, Dr Antonarakis uses prognostic models of prostate cancer progression to design more informative and personalized clinical trials in men with localized or early relapsed prostate cancer, including validating much needed clinical trial endpoints unique to prostate cancer. He currently serves as Principal Investigator on several clinical trials available to patients at the Kimmel Cancer Center.
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Dr. Antonarakis is an Assistant Professor of Oncology with an interest in genitourinary cancers and a particular focus on prostate cancer. He is an expert in the clinical management of patients with prostate cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, and other urological malignancies.
His principal research activities consist of designing and conducting clinical trials that test investigational new drugs in the treatment of prostate cancer. More specifically, he is interested in expanding treatment options for men with early prostate cancer who experience a recurrence of their disease (evidenced only by a rising PSA level) after prostate surgery or radiotherapy. In addition, he is interested in testing immunological therapies (e.g. cancer vaccines) in the treatment of prostate cancer. As a clinical investigator with a priority on translational drug development, he plans to use prognostic models of prostate cancer progression to design more informative and tailored clinical trials, and to validate clinical trial endpoints that are unique to prostate cancer.
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Antonarakis, E.S.; Blackford, A.L.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Eisenberger, M.A. Survival in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer treated with hormone therapy: a quantitative systematic review. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Nov 1;25(31):4998-5008.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Eisenberger, M.A. Does short-term ADT before and during radiation therapy improve outcomes in locally advanced prostate cancer? Nature clinical practice. 2008 Sep;5(9):480-481.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Eisenberger, M.A. Is abiraterone acetate well tolerated and effective in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer? Nature clinical practice. 2009 Jan;6(1):12-13.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Heath, E.I.; Walczak, J.R.; Nelson, W.G.; Fedor, H.; De Marzo, A.M.; Zahurak, M.L.; Piantadosi, S.; Dannenberg, A.J.; Gurganus, R.T.; Baker, S.D.; Parnes, H.L.; DeWeese, T.L.; Partin, A.W.; Carducci, M.A. Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of neoadjuvant celecoxib in men with clinically localized prostate cancer: evaluation of drug-specific biomarkers. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct 20;27(30):4986-4993.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Carducci, M.A. Future directions in castrate-resistant prostate cancer therapy. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;8(1):37-46.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Carducci, M.A. Combining low-dose cyclophosphamide with GM-CSF-secreting prostate cancer immunotherapy enhances antitumor immune effects. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Feb;19(2):311-314.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Carducci, M.A.; Eisenberger, M.A. Novel targeted therapeutics for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Lett. 2010 May 1;291(1):1-13.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Chen, Y.; Elsamanoudi, S.I.; Brassell, S.A.; Da Rocha, M.V.; Eisenberger, M.A.; McLeod, D.G. Long-term overall survival and metastasis-free survival for men with prostate-specific antigen-recurrent prostate cancer after prostatectomy: analysis of the Center for Prostate Disease Research National Database. BJU Int. 2010 Nov 23.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Drake, C.G. Current status of immunological therapies for prostate cancer. Curr Opin Urol. 2010 May;20(3):241-246.
Antonarakis, E.S.; Emadi, A. Ruthenium-based chemotherapeutics: are they ready for prime time? Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2010 May;66(1):1-9.
Drake, C.G.; Antonarakis, E.S. Update: immunological strategies for prostate cancer. Curr Urol Rep. 2010 May;11(3):202-207.
Keizman, D.; Zahurak, M.; Sinibaldi, V.; Carducci, M.; Denmeade, S.; Drake, C.; Pili, R.; Antonarakis, E.S.; Hudock, S.; Eisenberger, M. Lenalidomide in nonmetastatic biochemically relapsed prostate cancer: results of a phase I/II double-blinded, randomized study. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Nov 1;16(21):5269-5276.
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