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First stage begins when the cervix is dilated to 4 cm. From that point on, the sun should not set twice on the woman. This is the maxim that was used by obstetricians in the days before the hospital accountants started telling them they had to "turn the beds." When hospitals became industrial factories and fiscal efficiencies took precedence over patient watchfulness, the guidelines for progress changed accordingly. But women's bodies are still the same.
The best way for a woman to have a great birth nowadays is not to let anyone know when her sensations begin. She should spend the early part of her birth away from people, in the dark, private, and eating/drinking healthy foods (no MSG, no nitrates).
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A University of New Mexico study of a Zuni-Ramah Native American population found a 7.3% cesarean section delivery rate despite a high incidence of obstetrical risk factors among the group. In 1996, VBAC had been attempted 93% of the time compared with a 42% rate nationwide. The study revealed other significantly lower c-section delivery rates, including 11.5% vs. 35.4% for diabetes in pregnancy and 14.8% vs. 37.4% for preeclampsia. The c-section rate for indications including dystocia, breech, fetal distress, elective repeat cesarean and others was also significantly lower than among the general U.S. population. No increase in adverse outcomes was found. The researchers attribute the low cesarean rate to the "predominant involvement of family physicians and nurse-midwives…who have a significantly lower cesarean delivery rate and intervention rate; decreased use of cesarean for labor dystocia; almost universal acceptance of trial of labor after cesarean; an average birth weight of 118 grams less than the U.S. average; and a pronatalist cultural attitude toward childbirth and increased social support within the Zuni-Ramah community based on the reluctance of women to use obstetrical interventions."
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Most women with new HIV infections do not knowingly engage in high-risk behavior. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 75% of women are infected by heterosexual contact and 25% by drug use. Most contract HIV through unsafe sex with their male partners—many of whom, unbeknownst to the women, also have sex with men or are injection-drugs users. In a recent CDC study, 34% of African American HIV-positive men reported having had sex with both men and women, but only a very small proportion of HIV-positive African American women reported knowing that their partners also have sex with men. [African Americans comprise half of 40,000 new cases yearly. Sixty-four percent of newly infected women are black, 18% are Hispanic and 18% are white and other races.]
Many complex factors put a woman at risk of becoming infected with HIV. The power inequities and economic disadvantages of gender and race are huge contributors. The stigma against men who also have sex with men (and still define themselves as heterosexual) and the stigma against multiple partners and drug use lead to secrecy that results in women unknowingly putting themselves at risk. Additional factors are sexual violence and nonconsensual sex.
Two more issues that midwives can address directly with women and girls are the lack of knowledge about HIV risks and safer sex and the difficulties of accessing and negotiating condom use. As midwives we must bring the skills of meticulous, personalized care to issues around HIV/AIDS. "What do you do to protect yourself (and your baby) from HIV?" is the question we must ask women whether they are pregnant, desiring pregnancy, wanting contraception, coming for an annual physical and Pap smear, or seeking help for vaginal discharge or other gynecological problem.
"Are you or your partner at risk of being HIV infected?" is one of the questions we seek answers for in taking detailed sexual histories. "What can I offer this woman to help her keep herself (and her baby) safe from HIV?" is the question I ask myself.
But no one approach works with every woman. The woman who answers, "Who, me?" to the question, "What do you do to protect yourself from HIV?" needs a different approach than the one who looks worried in response to the same question. Another approach is needed for a woman who says she and her partner are usually consistent condom users, but the condom broke last night or they had both been drinking and somehow the condom never got out of the package. Just like each labor is an individual journey that we take with birthing women, listening and talking to a woman to help her find ways to keep herself (and her baby) safe from HIV may be an equally intimate, personalized process. It may evolve over several contacts. In my work setting, I also send women to very competent, sensitive HIV counselors. Not all midwives have that kind of support service available.
Taking a good sexual- and substance-abuse history is not easy to do—for midwives or the women we care for. We cannot make assumptions about a woman's sexual behaviors or the circumstances under which she has sex. We must ask sensitive, intimate questions and be able to talk about sex openly and frankly. We must learn not to act shocked if a woman discloses behaviors about which we have personal judgments. One of the hardest things for me to hear is teens telling me about the risks they take and their misconceptions about what is safe.
Many good sexual history and STD/HIV risk assessment tools are available. I introduce the assessment with a statement that goes something like this: "I am going to ask you some very personal questions about sex. I do this with everyone. I want to be sure you are protecting yourself against infections women can get through sex, including HIV. If you have an infection I want you to get the right care. I want you and your baby to be safe and healthy. Your answers will be kept confidential."
If a woman seems uncomfortable, I acknowledge that sometimes this is hard to talk about. If I sense that answering my questions is just too hard for a woman for cultural, religious, psychological, or other reasons, I may frame my teaching with phrases such as "Some women…," "This is safe, this is risky," "This is how you can protect yourself (and your baby)." My goal is that every woman I see leaves knowing how to protect herself (and her baby) against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
A profession of monogamy cannot always be trusted. Midwives cannot assume that a pregnant client is not at risk, even if her account of her partner's and her own sexual history seems to indicate she is. Education is still essential.
Likewise, women must take appropriate precautions, even with sexual partners who appear not to be at risk of infection. Relationships are complicated, sex is complicated. These very complex issues require creative approaches. It is ideal if a couple discusses and agrees on protection before starting to have sex.
The most important behavior to facilitate condom use is producing a condom easily at the right moment during sex, whether its use has been discussed previously or not. A psychiatrist from Baltimore who works with teens says there is a four-second window of opportunity to get the condom on, or it is too late. Women must know about the notch on the condom package to get it open quickly and smoothly. These are complex skills to develop—as hard as developing trust and safety between partners in a relationship. We midwives need to seek new and creative ways to openly and comfortably talk with women about this "hard stuff"—ways that fit our personal styles of relating and that can meet women wherever they are coming from.
Excerpted from "What More Can We Do about HIV?" by Nancy Miller, CNM, MSN, Midwifery Today Issue 70
The Partners Project conducted a program in Los Angeles to build an integrated approach to disease and pregnancy prevention within the context of a Hispanic community. It conducted all intervention sessions at a community-based clinic that provides affordable, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care services to the Hispanic community of East Los Angeles. It aimed to provide support that was culturally appropriate and specific to the needs and characteristics of that Hispanic community. Although traditionally Hispanic men not only are involved in decision-making about sexual issues, but also see their role as an important responsibility, the intervention was designed to engage both partners and included skill-building activities to improve communication between partners in terms of sexual needs, desires and safe-sex strategies. Skill-training components had previously been shown to be more effective in behavior change than purely informational interventions, so that strategy was implemented.
Sessions covered first, perceived vulnerability to unintended pregnancy, HIV and other STDs, transmission and prevention of HIV and other STDs, and strategies for safer sex; second, condom use skills and other strategies for safe sex; and third, preventing unwanted pregnancy.
Outcomes of the program were increased use of condoms and effective contraceptive use. Program leaders observed that bringing couples together for education about HIV and other STD prevention and contraception and focusing on the relationship context may have been enough to change their previous behaviors in these areas. Becker and Robinson [International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1998, 61(3):275–281] had previously shown that programs targeted at couples are more effective than those directed at only one partner.
Program leaders were guarded in their assessment of the positive outcomes and suggested various reasons, including that the culturally appropriate recruitment techniques and sites may in themselves have raised awareness of and desire for better HIV/STD and pregnancy prevention strategies; baseline interviews alone may have increased awareness before the training even began; the process of bringing couples together for education may have compelled them to change their behaviors. Caveats include the fact that the participants were a relatively homogenous group; the interventions may have different effects when adapted to other cultural or age groups; the participants may have been in relatively stable partnerships; and as in many studies about sexual behavior, self reporting may not have been accurate.
For a detailed description of the Partners Project and its outcomes: http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3616204.html
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What is advanced or essential midwifery knowledge may depend on who your authority is. Know to be humble, realizing we are a part of a miracle, but not allowing ourselves to believe by action or thought that we are the miracle maker. Know our place, much like the birthing woman: here, but not here. We may guide our clients to be the final decision makers, being artfully appropriate and bringing a gentle balance. Know how to facilitate empowerment by guidance and example. We need to exemplify faith, freedom, discretion, credibility and integrity, being careful with our own spirituality. Who we are is imparted. Strive for excellence; it shows. Know we teach by living example, not just words. And most of all, know to love, unconditionally, without judgment.
You can know the answers, get straight As in all your midwifery classes, know the right clinical maneuvers, details of a woman's history, community protocol, and on and on. Bu what is this to anyone without the warmth and love you give or the spirit you carry, helping women experience within themselves the transformation this rite of passage can give? It's such a holy time, unique unto itself!
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Washington • The slowly recovering U.S. job market has helped women rebound faster than men: They've now regained all the jobs they lost to the Great Recession. Men are still 2.1 million jobs short.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Arena Football League and the 2012 South Division Champion Jacksonville Sharks announced the team's 2013 schedule on Tuesday. Jacksonville will begin the 2013 season on the road against the Tampa Bay Storm, with the Sharks' home opener set for Friday, April 12 against the New Orleans VooDoo.
The season opener against Tampa Bay is part of a three-game, in-conference road trip that starts Jacksonville's 2013 slate. After traveling to Tampa, the Sharks will play road games against the Pittsburgh Power and Cleveland Gladiators before two straight home contests on Sea Best Field at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
One benefit to this early road trip is that the Sharks will play a large proportion of late-season games in front of the team's home crowd. Four of Jacksonville's last five games will be played in the Shark Tank.
Aaron Garcia, who quarterbacked the Sharks to ArenaBowl XXIV in 2011, will make his return to Sea Best Field as a member of the San Jose SaberCats on May 18. This will also be the first time that the SaberCats have played a game in Jacksonville.
In addition to home-and-home series against the division rival Storm, Orlando Predators and New Orleans VooDoo, the Sharks will play two games against each of the Philadelphia Soul, Cleveland Gladiators, Pittsburgh Power and Spokane Shock. The June 8 visit to Spokane will mark the Sharks' first trip to that city since playing a road game against the Shock during Jacksonville's inaugural 2010 season.
The Sharks will play against each of the participants in ArenaBowl XXV, as the defending champion Arizona Rattlers make their way to Sea Best Field on May 4. This will mark the first meeting between the Sharks and Rattlers since Jacksonville's 73-70 victory in ArenaBowl XXIV. It will also be the first time that Arizona has played a game in Jacksonville since 2010.
Other highlights of the schedule include the Sharks' first trip to Utah since 2010 and a game in the Superdome in New Orleans. The Sharks' road game against the New Orleans VooDoo falls on July 20, and the VooDoo previously announced that each of their final six home games will be played in the Superdome due to planned renovations to New Orleans Arena.
Jacksonville will finish the regular season at home for the third time in four seasons, as the team will host the Storm on July 27. This marks the first time that the Sharks will both open and close the regular season against the same team.
Jacksonville's full 18-game schedule is listed below, though dates and times are subject to change. All times listed are Eastern.
Jacksonville Sharks 2013 Schedule
Week 1: at Tampa Bay (Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.)
Week 2: at Pittsburgh (Friday, March 29, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 3: at Cleveland (Saturday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 4: vs. New Orleans (Friday, April 12, 8:00 p.m.)
Week 5: vs. Iowa (Friday, April 19, 8:00 p.m.)
Week 6: at Philadelphia (Saturday, April 27, 7:05 p.m.)
Week 7: vs. Arizona (Saturday, May 4, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 8: at San Antonio (Saturday, May 11, 8:30 p.m.)
Week 9: vs. San Jose (Saturday, May 18, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 10: at Orlando (Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.)
Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh (Saturday, June 1, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 12: at Spokane (Saturday, June 8, 10:00 p.m.)
Week 13: at Utah (Saturday, June 15, 9:00 p.m.)
Week 14: vs. Cleveland (Saturday, June 22, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 15: vs. Orlando (Saturday, June 29, 7:00 p.m.)
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Week 17: vs. Spokane (Saturday, July 13, 7:00 p.m.)
Week 18: at New Orleans (Saturday, July 20, 8:00 p.m.)
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I can't believe it's Friday again! On the other hand the weeks can't go fast enough, but on the other hand the weekends come around so fast. Have you noticed this too? I'm really looking forward to a couple of days off though!
I made this quinoa seed bread earlier this week and I was quite excited about how it turned out. I always have a variety of seeds in my pantry and I love sprinkling them on salads, breakfast porridge and other dishes. I also love seedy breads and I was desperately craving one the other day so decided to make my own version of it. This is such a simple loaf to make and if you haven't tried quinoa flour yet then now is the time! It's high in protein and adds a lovely nutty flavour to breads and cakes. I've used kinako (soy bean flour) to add to the nuttiness and it also gives this loaf a beautiful scent. Satisfaction guaranteed! :-)
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1 cup organic quinoa flour
1 cup organic white, unbleached spelt flour
2 tbsp kinako (soy bean flour)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
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1 tbsp black sesame seeds
4 large free-range eggs
1/2 cup milk
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URGENT action to protect Swindon's vulnerable children is to be taken after it emerged that 1,000 youngsters had been exposed to domestic abuse and violence in the last year alone.
A report presented to Swindon Council's Health and Wellbeing Board yesterday revealed that an alarming number of young people were affected by abuse within their home, usually between parents.
More than 40 per cent of them were under the age of five. A further 30 per cent were of primary school age. Many had witnessed domestic incidents on more than one occasion.
According to the review compiled by the council's public health team, more than 800 of them did not have any contact with social services.
Of those known to social services, less than two per cent had been placed on a child protection scheme and only one per cent were put in care. In order to tackle the issue and swiftly identify victims and youngsters at risk, the board voted to review its priorities and approved a series of measures yesterday, which will each be made the responsibility of a different agency or organisation in Swindon in March.
Senior public health manager Janet Janeway told members that it was becoming more apparent that domestic abuse and violence had to be seen as an issue affecting the whole family.
"It is a complex social problem that happens within families and children in a sense are the hidden victims of domestic abuse," she said. "The consultation we carried out showed that young people felt there was nobody for them to talk to. A lot of what we have to do is reprioritising. They need to know they can seek help."
The large number of children exposed to abuse in Swindon may seem high but she insisted there was no reason to believe it was worse than other parts of the UK.
The recommendations adopted by the board included additional training for relevant staff members to allow them to identify domestic abuse earlier, as well as increasing data sharing so relevant agencies, such as the police and social services, are able to communicate more easily to highlight problems.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference will be teaming with the Central Florida Sports Commission and Team Seminole to host the 2014 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Championship.
Last week, the NCAA named 73 sites to serve as hosts for championships from 2013 through 2015. Representing 18 sports, it was the largest single announcement of sites ever done by the NCAA. Central Florida was also awarded both the 2014 and 2015 Division III Women's Golf Championships in addition to the 2014 Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Championships.
"Being awarded these two championships is a testament to the wonderful facilities and partners that we are able to offer the NCAA here in Central Florida," said John Bisignano, president of the Central Florida Sports Commission. "We look forward to working with the NCAA, Oglethorpe University, the Sunshine State Conference, and our respective county partners to ensure the success of these prestigious events."
The Sunshine State Conference, Sports Commission and Team Seminole will join forces to host the Men's and Women's Tennis Championships at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs. Team Seminole last hosted the event at Sanlando in 2011, generating $617,000 in economic impact and over 1,500 room nights for Seminole County. The tournament dates for 2014 will be May 14-17.
"We are excited to welcome the Division II Tennis Championship and to be able to again utilize Sanlando Park for the event," said Jay Jones, Commissioner of the Sunshine State Conference. "The event will feature some of the nation's best collegiate tennis at what has proven in the past to be one of the nation's absolute best venues for hosting an event of this type."
"Seminole County is one of the best places for tennis competitions," said Brenda Carey, Seminole County Board of County Commissioners Chairman. "Being selected to host the NCAA Division II National Championships once again proves that we are a top destination for tennis. We look forward to welcoming all of the best NCAA men's and women's Division II teams in the country in 2014 and continuing to showcase Seminole County as a sports destination and a natural choice for all visitors."
The Central Florida Sports Commission strategically solicits, creates, and supports marquee sports-related events and businesses that enhance the community's economy. The Sports Commission represents the counties of Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia, as well as the City of Orlando. The Sports Commission also produces sports-related programs for the residents of Central Florida, including the Celebrity Mascot Games, the SPORTYS, Breakfast of Champions, Gridiron 5K Challenge and the Daytona Beach Half Marathon.
Located in the SunTrust Plaza off Winter Park's famous Park Avenue, the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) is the only NCAA conference headquartered in the state of Florida. Its nine member institutions, all private schools located within the state, are: Barry University (Miami Shores), Eckerd College (St. Petersburg), Florida Southern College (Lakeland), Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne), Lynn University (Boca Raton), Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale), Rollins College (Winter Park), Saint Leo University (Saint Leo), and the University of Tampa.
The SSC sponsors 16 intercollegiate sports that compete in NCAA Division II. More than 2,000 student-athletes participate in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, baseball, softball, and women's rowing. The conference will soon add men's and women's lacrosse.
SSC teams have won six NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championships and five DII women's national titles.


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Using PHP to search a MySQL database and return information.I am building a directory site with a Joomla component that has a Google Map facility but not up to the high standard and functionality of another map component I am using.
So, to save on work I ask this:
Within the map an info block pops up when you click the marker icon. As with Google Maps. I need information in these blocks. I have the information already in the directory database so do not want to duplicate it. To display the same information in the directory within the map block can I use the following code where it allows me to insert code and add in the relevant information:{source}<?php $query = $db->getQuery(true); $query->select($db->nameQuote('something')); $query->from('#__mydatabasetable'); $query->where($db->nameQuote('this').' = '.$db->quote('that')); $db->setQuery($query); $result = $database->loadResult();?>{/source}Does this mean I can display information from another table within the same database?
If so, I would like to do display the following:
If the ID of this Marker icon matches the ID of e.g.databaseXYZ, then enter information from databaseabc, column123.
If I can, what is the relevant information and where does it go?
I don't completely understand your question, but I'll give it a try. When you want to combine data from more than one table it is called a "join". Most tables should have a unique identifier called a "primary key". This is usually a number. This key can be referenced in another table. In this case it is called a "foreign key".
For example, you could have a table called "EVENTS":
EVENTSid | title | description | location_id
And a table called "LOCATIONS"
LOCATIONSid | city | state
The "location_id" in the EVENTS table is a foreign key referencing the primary key "id" of the LOCATIONS table.
These would be joined like this:
SELECT EVENTS.title, EVENTS.description, LOCATIONS.city, LOCATIONS.stateWHERE EVENTS.location_id=LOCATIONS.id
Using Joomla's setQuery the elements of the MYSQL above would be added in sections.I don't know Joomla well enough to provide you with the exact code.
Let me know if you have any questions.
your PK/FK explanation was great, but this query is poor, it's missing the FROM clause!
also, you should be using explicit JOIN syntax, not the WHERE clause
SELECT events.title
, events.description
, locations.city
, locations.state
FROM events
JOIN locations
ON locations.id = events.location_id
This is what I have now written:
<?php$query = $db->getQuery(true);$query->select('joomgalaxyentries,title')$query->from('_ joomgalaxy_entries ');$query->join('zhgooglemapsmarkers ').;$query->on('zhgooglemapsmarkers.id=joomgalaxyentries.id')$db->setQuery($query);$result = $database->loadResult();?>
And guess what ios displayed on my page?
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/sotonpla/public_html/placebookjoomla/plugins/system/sourcerer/helper.php(450) : runtime-created function on line 9
Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/sotonpla/public_html/placebookjoomla/plugins/system/sourcerer/helper.php on line 454.
Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/sotonpla/public_html/placebookjoomla/plugins/system/sourcerer/helper.php on line 454.
Could somebody please explain to me in basic, plain, "I know nothing about this" kind of language. Or even, write it for me. LOL.
Duh! Thank you for the correction
What is the advantage of the JOIN syntax over the WHERE syntax?
You really have two questions.
1) How do you query the database to get the results you want? MYSQL is making the query not PHP.2) How do you run the query within Joomla?
It might help you to study up on join queries to get a better sense of the query you are trying to run, and then study the Joomla setQuery documentation to see how you run it.You can test out queries in phpMyAdmin if you have that installed on the server.
I don't know Joomla well enough to tell you more than this.
Good luck
orders of magnitude improvement in clarity
also, you can't write an outer join without JOIN syntax
Thanks for your response. More clarity is always a good thing.


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A women's The Amazing Race t-shirt "Road Sign" in black says you like the challenge of the race to the finish line. The signs, now on t-shirts, are based on the award-winning reality series that pits teams against each other in an adventurous race around the world. This Amazing Race TV show t-shirt offers a slim fit, is made of 100% cotton and is available in sizes small to XL.
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MATT Ritchie was last night sold to Swindon Town's League One promotion rivals Bournemouth for a fee believed to be in the region of £500,000.
The winger agreed a three-and-a-half year deal at Dean Court after Town accepted the Cherries' third approach for the winger in two years. It remains unclear who sanctioned the move, with potential new owners closing in on completing their takeover of the club.
A consortium headed by Banbury United owner Jed McCrory has exchanged contracts to take control at the County Ground, but until they have been ratified by the Football League they are not believed to be in sole control of transfer activity.
Ritchie said of his switch to Dorset: "It has come very quickly. There was speculation last year and there has been a little bit this window.
"It's a great place to live, it's a good club and well run as well.
"The uncreatainty at Swindon player a big part.
"I had good times at Swindon. "I was at Portsmouth when there were uncertain times and it's not ideal and I felt like this was a great opportunity for me."
The Swindon Advertiser understands Ritchie's former club will benefit from a sell-on clause.
Elsewhere, Cheltenham manager Mark Yates has not ruled out a loan move for Town wide man Luke Rooney.
The ex-Gillingham midfielder has barely featured for Swindon under Paolo Di Canio in League One, and has previously spent time at Rotherham and Burton.
The Advertiser understands Bristol City are interested in the possibility of taking Robins striker Andy Williams to Ashton Gate. City boss Sean O'Driscoll is believed to be an admirer of the 26-year-old.
The deadline for players to agree to a move passes at 11pm tonight, and Swindon are hoping to be active during what is expected to be a busy day up and down the country.
Meetings are believed to have taken place with the new investors yesterday to discuss whether or not Di Canio will have funds at his disposal to launch a last-minute assault on the transfer market.
The Adver understands Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Madine remains a top target for the Italian.
The forward, whose proposed move to Swindon in the emergency loan window in November fell through, is also wanted by Coventry.


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Yoho critical of Obama in speech on House floor
Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 9:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 9:40 p.m.
Republican congressman Ted Yoho of Gainesville took to the floor of the U.S. House Wednesday afternoon to offer his take on sequestration.
Yoho, who unseated longtime North Florida congressman Cliff Stearns last fall, said sequestration "is not the answer" for cutting federal spending.
"With a federal government of this size and magnitude, Washington bureaucracy can afford to bear the brunt of these cuts, not our military, not communities like Lake City or Mayo or Newberry or Middleburg, Fla.," he said.
In his remarks to the House, Yoho blamed the sequestration on the Obama administration and the Democratic majority in the Senate. The White House, on the other hand, has placed the blame on congressional Republicans, saying they do not support a "balanced" plan for reduced spending and increased tax revenues.
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Q. Following are customer requirements for plating and powder coating on fluid-handling tubes, some of which are bent before powder coating and some after:
1. Rack alkaline zinc-nickel (8-16 microns) and trivalent clear passivate.
2. Customer bends some parts before powder coating.
3. Those parts bent before powder coating will have some forming oils/lubricant on the Zn-Ni plating.
Quality concerns include removal of oil from the plated tube prior to powder coating and powder coating adhesion to the plating. What pretreatment process would you recommend and why? What conversion coating (Zn phosphate, iron phosphate or zirconium) would you recommend and why? —A.B.
A. There are two significant problems with this process that could make it impractical:
1. The zinc-nickel electroplated coating is an alloy that could make adhesion difficult, especially if it is post-formed. Even if the part is formed first, there is a risk of corrosive attack at the cracks in the electroplated coating.
2. The chromate passivator used as a final rinse during the electroplating process could interfere with adhesion. That step would need to be eliminated from the electroplating process if you are going to try coating over the plating.
I would eliminate the plating process if at all possible. It has corrosion-resistant properties, but it is not a good surface for powder coating. I would consider the following process:
1. Alkaline cleaner
2. Water rinse
3. Water rinse
4. Zirconium oxide treatment
5. Pure water rinse.
This will give you a clean part and good corrosion resistance. The powder will bond to the treated surface, and if you use a post-formable powder, it will take the bend.


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A 20-year-old Australian Defence Force Academy cadet officer remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital with meningococcal disease.
Health authorities have used the young woman's case to urge people to be aware of the symptoms but they have indicated they do not expect to see more cases.
Acting ACT chief health officer Andrew Pengilley said meningococcal disease was rare and there had been just 40 cases in the ACT in the past decade.
"Meningococcal meningitis is serious in people who get it but it is not particularly infectious so we do not expect to see any secondary cases," he said.
"It does tend to happen in winter ... but most cases are just single sporadic cases."
The 20-year-old cadet officer remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. It could be weeks before it is known what strain of meningococcal disease she has.
There are five types of meningococcal disease and all ADFA cadets are routinely vaccinated against meningococcal C.
It is understood the cadet officer's family has travelled to Canberra to be by her bedside.
The cadet was taken to Canberra Hospital after she went to the Duntroon Health Centre on Saturday evening with a fever and a "flu-like illness over about 24 hours", Dr Pengilley said.
Seven cadets who lived on the same floor of the barracks as the young woman were given preventive antibiotics.
Rear Admiral Robyn Walker from Joint Health Command said although no other cadets had presented with similar symptoms, health authorities were on the look out for other cases but that risk was "very, very small".
She said information would be provided to the ADFA and defence communities about the symptoms and signs of meningococcal disease. She said support was being provided to the ill cadet and her family.
Meningococcal disease is a potentially deadly disease and, although rare, it is most common in children under the age of five and those aged 15 to 25.
Symptoms include fever, neck stiffness, severe headaches, sensitivity to bright lights, vomiting, joint or muscle pain, rash or coma.
Meningococcal Australia director Kirsten Baker said although analysis showed infection rates tended to peak between July and September, the recent case was a reminder of the importance of knowing what the symptoms of the potentially deadly disease were.
She had meningococcal septicaemia in 2005 and spent two weeks in hospital. Ms Baker believes if she had delayed seeking medical treatment by just an hour or two, she may not have survived.
Ms Baker reminded both parents and adults to check vaccinations against meningococcal disease were up to date.
"Don't just think about it for little children – [the vaccinations] are for adults as well," she said.
"The bacteria lives in the back of the mouth and throat and, in an unlucky few, it takes hold and that's why we caution people that apart from knowing the signs and symptoms and checking that your vaccinations are up to date, practise good hygiene."
Meningococcal Australia has launched a new online tool for parents showing the key signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease.
Dr Pengilley said anyone feeling unwell with symptoms such a high fever, headache or rash should see their doctor.
"I should stress it is extremely unlikely to be meningococcal meningitis. At this time of the year, it is more likely to be the flu but nonetheless if you are feeling unwell and are concerned, you should seek medical attention," he said.
For more information about meningococcal disease, visit health.act.gov.au/publications/fact-sheets/meningococcal.


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Tikolm wrote:Is it? I remember looking at several descriptions of what Irish vowel digraphs do and still being unsure of what actually went on. I'm pretty sure that ea is [_ja] and ai is [a_j] (palatalization goes on following consonant -- sorry, I'm being sloppy with transcriptions), but then some people seem to say that ea is actually [j_E], [j_æ] or something, and that confuses the heck out of me. Can't anyone make up her mind?!linguoboy wrote:choc_pud wrote:And one can tell how a word is pronounced from the spelling!
That's as true for Irish as it is for Welsh.
How fronted the vowel is in ea depends on the consonant that follows. You wouldn't get [ʲɛ] in any of the dialects I'm familiar with, but you would get [ʲæ] if the following consonant is also palatalised.
I generally find that if you're pronouncing the consonants correctly, then the vowel quality takes care of itself. In fact Ó Siadhail analyses the language as having just three stressed short vowels which are phonemically distinguished only by height with frontness/backness determined by context.
Tikolm wrote:And don't even ask me what ia and ae do; I thought I knew at one point, but I just couldn't get a clear picture from anything I ran into. Maybe I should do some more research on this subject, but I'd probably just get overwhelmed and run away making vague noises of consternation.
ia is [ʲiːə], regardless of what follows. ae is the spelling of /eː/ when flanked by velarised consonants. Phonetically, it's generally something like [ɰ̯ɛː] in the dialects I'm familiar with. (In Cork, ao is pronounced the same way, but in other dialects this is equivalent to uío.)
Tikolm wrote:And then, of course, just when you think you know what's going on with all those vowels and slender/broad consonants, you run smack up against the inevitable dialectal variation. I know, I know, dialects are so great and wonderful and we mustn't squash them because they show the character of the region or whatever, but they're so confusing if you don't know which is which or which one you're learning or reading about. They also result in countless variant spelling schemes, regardless of whether someone's already devised a unified orthography. Welsh and Irish both have lots of dialectal variation (yes it was hard for me at first with Welsh but soon I got it all straightened out), and I think Irish has some sort of unified orthography too, which Welsh doesn't seem to, but my impression was that whereas Welsh spelling varied slightly based on local pronunciation, Irish spelling varied greatly based on how the writer felt like spelling it. Admittedly both their spelling schemes probably vary based on both factors, but I think one is predominant for Irish and the other for Welsh. Correct me if you think I'm wrong, as I may well be.
Irish spelling is unified; that's part of the Official Standard (Caighdeán Oifigiúil) I've talked about elsewhere. I do occasionally see variant spellings to show dialectal peculiarities, but less often than I see with Welsh. (About the same frequency as I see with English, actually.)
About the only Irish texts I have which use dialect-specific spellings are Ó Siadhail's Learning Irish (which has the specific aim of teaching his native Connemara dialect) and Ó Cuív's The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork, which--as the title tells you--is concerned with the pronunciation of a specific Cork variety.


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U.S. corn futures are expected to fall early Thursday as weaker-than-expected export sales weigh on prices.
Traders predict corn for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, will start down three to four cents a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade. In overnight electronic trading, the contract lost 2 3/4 cents, or 0.4%, to $6.88 3/4 a bushel.
Pushing prices lower are weekly export sales of 484,900 tons that fell short of expectations of 550,000 tons to 950,000 tons. Sales were down sharply from the 901,500 tons sold the previous week, fueling concerns about declining demand.
Buying seems to have dried up as concerns have eased about poor weather hurting U.S. output, analysts said. That reduced the sense of urgency to secure grain. Increasing grain exports from Russia and Ukraine have heightened competition for export sales to Asia, as well, they said.
"Black Sea feed wheat [is] beginning to compete with U.S. corn in some Asian markets," said Bryce Knorr, analyst for Farm Futures, an agricultural publication.
Prices for U.S. corn remain historically high, pinching buyers of the grain who remain worried hot weather will reduce output. Prices have climbed 20% from a 2 1/2-month low at the beginning of July.
The market is "on high alert" for hot weather in August after underestimating the damage heat did to the crop last summer, said Rich Feltes, vice president of research for brokerage RJ O'Brien. The concerns will support the December corn contract around $6.60 a bushel, which is "high enough to keep Chinese buying sidelined but not high enough to choke off ethanol demand," he said. China made large purchases of corn after prices dropped earlier this month, boosting U.S. sales and prices.
In the near term, weather conditions look favorable for corn in the western Midwest. Scattered showers will continue to favor crop areas from Nebraska, Iowa and northern Illinois northward, while areas to the south will get less rain and experience hotter temperatures, according to private weather firm Telvent DTN.


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THE growing economy is boosting the finances of Winchester City Council, a meeting heard.
The Cabinet yesterday was told that income from parking and business rates was higher than expected.
Revenues from parking was up £319,000, five per cent higher than budgeted, land charges were up £92,000, and business rates collection was £1.7 million above what was expected.
Finance portfolio holder Stephen Godfrey said: "It has been another good year for finances. On parking that has been the trend for the last few years. We expect that to continue. Over the last three years we have not increased parking charges but income has continued to increase."
But chief executive Simon Eden warned austerity could last until 2020 and the council would continue to "not spend when we don't need to."


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CHIP has an available position as a full-time PhD student for the newly formed multi-cohort collaboration RESPOND.
RESPOND is aiming at investigating effects of HIV, viral hepatitis co-infection, adverse drug effects and comorbidities on morbidity and mortality outcomes among people living with HIV.
Join a 2 day short course on intro to Cost-effectiveness Analysis for Infectious Diseases at UCL.
Henceforth, CHIP will release newsletters on our homepage with regular intervals. Please find the first newsletter from May 2017 here! We hope you enjoy the read.
Please find link below for webcast on the press conference on D:A:D study results presented at CROI 2017.
Webcast of press conference
Please find link for both D:AD presentations at CROI 2017 below:
Association between Cardiovascular Disease & Contemporarily Used Protease Inhibitors. presented by Lene Ryom on behalf of the D:A:D. study
Cessation of cigarette smoking and the impact on cancer incidence in the D:A:D Study. presented by Leah Shepherd on behalf of the D:A:D study
The press review is based on this EuroSIDA publication from 2016:
Infection-related and -unrelated malignancies, HIV and the aging population. abstract
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 13-16 February 2017
CHIP was represented with 7 presentations, 2 oral presentations, 1 themed discussion and 4 posters
Please find all presentations here
HIV in Europe presents the 2nd HepHIV conference:
HepHIV 2017 Conference: HIV and Viral Hepatitis: Challenges of Timely Testing and Care
CHIP was represented with 10 presentations! 4 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations. Please find them all HERE
New publication from the TB:HIV study compares one-year mortality of HIV-TB patients treated for rifampicin- and isoniazid-susceptible tuberculosis in Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Latin America. Read it HERE
Please find vaccine recommendations from MATCH here
CHIP will be represented at Glasgow 2016 with 8 presentations! 4 oral presentations, 2 poster presentations and two thistle poster presentations.
Please find them HERE
EuroSIDA study finds shift in cancers as HIV-positive people age.
Article on
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Please find the presentations from TB2016 and AIDS2016 HERE
Registration for the upcoming TB2016 conference preceding IAS in Durban in July is now open.
Abstract submission deadline is 1 April 2016.
We hope to see many of you there!
Please find the 8 CHIP presentations from CROI 2016 HERE.
Read the latest TB:HIV publication accepted in The Lancet HIV
Tuberculosis-related mortality in people living with HIV in Europe and Latin America: an international cohort study.
D Podlekareva, AM Efsen et al.
CHIP will be represented at CROI 2016 with 8 presentations!
EuroSIDA (3 presentations)
D:A:D (3 presentations)
START (1 presentation)
NEAT001 (1 presentation)
Read the latest PERSIMUNE publication
Sustainable HIV treatment in Africa through viral-load-informed differentiated care.
A Phillips et al.
CHIP will be represented at EACS 2015 with 19 presentations!
EuroSIDA (3 oral, 6 posters)
TB:HIV (1 oral)
COHERE (1 oral)
HIDES 2 (1 poster)
OptTEST (5 posters)
INSIGHT (1 poster)
D:A:D (1 poster)
CHIP was represented at IAS 2015 with the following presentation: "Excess TB mortality in HIV patients in Eastern Europe: restructured approach to care needed". Find it HERE.
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Read all press coverage of the START Study results here
Read the article on the groundbreaking results of the START study on the benefits of early antiretroviral treatment. Now available online
The START study: Design, conduct and main results
Presented by Jens Lundgren, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Monday 20th July 11-12.30 Ballroom A, Session title: The Strategic Timing of Antiretroviral Treatment (START) Study: Results and their Implications.
Excess TB mortality in HIV patients in Eastern Europe: restructured approach to care needed. Presented by Anna Schultze on behalf of the TB:HIV study group in EuroCoord.
Monday 20th July 11:30-11:45 Ballroom C-D. Session Title: HIV and TB: Gaps and Opportunities. Abstract number MOAB0203.
Community-based HIV rapid testing and linkage to care. Efficacy of multi-country testing initiatives during European testing week 2014
Presented by Anna Zakowicz
Wednesday 22nd July 12.30-14, Exhibition located in Hall B on West Exhibition Level, Poster number: WEPEC672
START, one of the largest ongoing HIV studies, has announced early results regarding the long-debated question of when to start HIV-infected individuals on treatment.
Read the press release from the NIH here.
Have questions about the study results and what they mean for HIV patients? Find answers on the NIH Q & A page.
Go to CHIP's START news page or click on the links below to read what other news sources around the world are saying about the groundbreaking results of the START study:
The New York Times
BBC news
"The indications for Transplantation (TX) : a risk factor for ALT-flares and death during post-transplant follow up (FU)" . Presented by Louise Lundgren. Authors: Louise Lundgren*, Caspar Da Cunha-Bang, Amanda Mocroft, Lars Vindeløv, Finn Gustafsson, Martin Iversen, Nikolai Kirkby, Jens Dilling Lundgren, Allan Rasmussen, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Henrik Sengeløv – on behalf of the MATCH study group.
Saturday 25th April 15.30-16.30CET, Poster number: P0266, Poster session: Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients (P14)
"High Proportion of Symptomatic CMV Infection Despite Optimal Practice of a Preemptive CMV Strategy for Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)" Presented by Isabelle Lodding. Authors: I. Lodding, C. Da-Cunha Bang, H. Sengeløv, M. Iversen, A. Rasmussen, L. Vindeløv, F. Gustafsson, N. Kirkby, A. Mocroft, S. Schwartz Sørensen, J. Lundgren on the behalf of the MATCH programme study group.
Monday 27th of April 15:15CET. abstract
CHIP was represented at CROI 2015 with presentations from the EuroSIDA study, the D:A:D study and INSIGHT. Find them all HERE.
EuroSIDA will be represented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) with the following presentations:
"A Prognostic Score Estimating the Risk of Liver-Related Death Among HIV/HCV Coinfected Subjects", presented by Amanda Mocroft, submitting author: Daniel Grint. Session P-N1, February 24th 2.30-4.00 PM. Abstract number 637.
"New Marker of Standard-of-ART Care: Percentage of Time on cART With Suppressed HIV-RNA", presented by Kamilla Laut. Session P-K2, February 24th 2.30-4.00PM. Abstract number 561.
DR News explains how PERSIMUNE and 60 million danish kroners will help determine why some people can't tolerate chemotherapy or organ transplantations article (in Danish)


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THOUSANDS of potholes in the region's roads will be filled by next year as part of a "massive investment", the government has pledged.
Bradford Council has been handed almost £1m from a new "pothole repair fund" – enough to shore up 17,000 craters in the district, the Department for Transport (DfT) claimed, while LeedsCity Council has been awarded £1.57 million, enough to fill in 29,000 potholes.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "Potholes are the bane of all our lives and the funding announced today is an important step in ridding our roads of this menace.
"By building, repairing and renewing our key infrastructure we will ensure the future growth and prosperity of this county."
In total, councils across England are awarded £168m, including £819,691 for Calderdale and £769,661 for Kirklees.
Bradford Council - which put in a bid for the money - declined to say whether it believed its £949,043 allocation would plug 17,000 holes.
Councillor Val Slater, the executive member for transport in Bradford, said: "We are pleased that we have got this money. It will go with the amount we already put into repairing pot holes in the district.
"It will allow us to make a good start in tackling some of the problems but is not enough to repair all the pot holes."
Councillor Richard Lewis, Leeds City Council's executive member for transport and the economy, said: "We are pleased that, following a rigorous application process, our bid for a share of government funding designated for pothole repairs has been successful.
"Leeds has been allocated just under £1.6 million and, whilst delivering the additional work will put extra strain on resources we are confident we can meet the timescale set by the government of March 2015.
"Leeds has a total road network of around 3,000 kilometres and we currently estimate the backlog of repair work at over £90 million. Whilst this £1.6 million is welcome it falls a long way short of the investment required to bring our heavily used roads back into peak condition. Without continued and increased investment potholes will continue to appear."
The repair fund was set up after town halls warned the country was on the brink of a pothole crisis because of harsh government cuts and severe winters.
One estimate put the bill for bringing Britain's roads back up to scratch at a whopping £10.5 billion, with the risk of road closures rising.
A recent study found that the number of motorists claiming for pothole damage soared by 79 per cent last year.
And councils have paid £2.5m in compensation to drivers, settling 32,600 claims over the past financial year.
The DfT said the latest allocations were a slice of more than £24bn earmarked for the road network between 2010 and 2021 - the biggest investment since the 1970s.
Councils have been urged to bring in specialist machinery or set up dedicated crews to fix potholes quickly, or prevent them from appearing in the first place.


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ATLANTA - Georgia's supply of the drug it uses to perform executions is set to expire next month.
The state Department of Corrections says it has 17 vials of pentobarbital, or enough for six lethal injections. The state has two executions scheduled for this week:
- Warren Lee Hill, sentenced to death in Lee County for killing a fellow prison inmate in 1990, is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.
- Andrew Allen Cook, who convicted in Monroe County of shooting two Mercer University students in 1995, is to be executed on Thursday.
Corrections officials say no other executions are scheduled.
Denmark-based Lundbeck Inc., the only U.S.-licensed maker of pentobarbital, sold the product to another firm in 2011. Lundbeck said a distribution system meant to keep the drug out of the hands of prisons would remain in place after Lake Forest, Ill.-based Akorn Inc. acquired the drug.
Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan did not respond to questions about what the state might be doing to obtain more pentobarbital. But she said the state doesn't intend to change its execution method.
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text: Chris Lau, Kapitall: As Dell (DELL) continues to toy with buyout plans from founder Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake, the landscape for the PC market at large – something investors should note ahead of any actual privatization of the company. [Read more from Kapitall: 5 Stocks With Happy Employees After The Fast-Food Strike-Out] If Dell is taken private, shareholders will get $13.75, a special dividend of $0.13 per share, and a $0.08 dividend per share in the third quarter. With Dell out of the public eye, investors would have access to one less direct link to the fortunes of the PC market. The overall PC market is shrinking. IT research firm Gartner said that second quarter shipments dropped by 10.9%. PC Makers If Dell is no longer a publicly company, the firm can either improve the quality and design of its PC products, or reduce its focus to develop smartphones or tablets. Either way, the shift will give competitors like Hewlett Packard (HPQ) or Lenovo (OTC:LNVGY) a temporary boost in market share. While Dell experienced a 3.9% decline in PC shipments in the second quarter of 2013, Lenovo gained 1.7% in market share compared to the same period in the previous year. HP gained 1% in market share, although it too, experienced a 4.8% decline in growth. Looking to the long term, if Dell makes a concerted effort to improve the quality of its lineup, such as the Dell XPS13 or Alienware products, then HP could face some real competition for its premium PC products. Dell could be free again to try new things. The PC giant had once been free to test Android Phablet computers and thin Latitude laptops that could be charged wirelessly, back in 2009. Dell could once again redefine "ultrabooks" and the paradox in offering a tablet and laptop as a single solution.


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Habitat adds program: Brush With Kindness
By LARRY DEVINE
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Dan Renneke and his wife, Diane, are president and treasurer, respecitively, of Habitat for Humanity of West Central Iowa, which is adding Brush With Kindness home-improvement program. The Habitat affiliate serves Audubon, Carroll, Crawford and Shelby counties.
May 16, 2013
Small projects, too, can make big differences. With that thought, Habitat for Humanity of West Central Iowa has launched Brush With Kindness.
Habitat for Humanity is possibly most commonly known for building decent, affordable homes for low-income families.
But, according to West Central Iowa affiliate president Dan Renneke, in 1999, an affiliate in Minneapolis, Minn., expanded its services by helping people who already own their homes make improvements and repairs.
Habitat for Humanity International has given its affiliates the go-ahead for similar programs. Today, the Habitat affiliate for Iowa's Boone and Greene Counties has become a model for how a home-improvement program should work. The program is especially important for extending Habitat's reach into small communities.
Renneke, of Carroll, said the West Central Iowa Affiliate, which serves Audubon, Carroll, Crawford and Shelby counties, received an inquiry about whether the home-improvement program was offered here.
"We brought it up at a board of directors meeting, researched the program and decided it was something we wanted to get involved in," Renneke recounted.
The West Central Iowa Affiliate began in 1999 and has maintained a one-home-a-year building pace. The affiliate is beginning its 14th build this year for a family in Carroll and has received strong support from volunteers on its builds, Renneke said.
"We thought this would be a good opportunity for people who want just short-term involvement on housing projects," Renneke said. "A lot of these projects we could do in two or three weeks, whereas, with a house you're looking at six or seven months to complete."
The local affiliate has just begun accepting applications for improvement projects.
The application form lists a variety of work that may be done under Brush With Kindness - exterior painting/siding, exterior carpentry repairs, yard work and landscaping, general cleaning, accessibility modifications (such as wheelchair ramp, handrails, grab bars), and repair or replace doors and windows.
Renneke said applications will be accepted for just outside work. The affiliate decided not to do roof or inside work. Renneke said applicants' homes will be examined to make sure it's work that the affiliate can handle.
Brush With Kindness will operate the same as Habitat's home-building projects. Homeowners must meet income guidelines and will make monthly payments on a zero-percent loan. The Habitat for Humanity website says the organization "is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live." Habitat has more than 1,500 local affiliates in the United States and more than 80 national organizations around the world. Those affiliates have helped to build or repair over 600,000 houses and serve more than 3 million people worldwide.
Brush With Kindness applicants must be homeowners. The program is not intended for landlords or rental homes.
Renneke sees Brush With Kindness helping people who because of financial circumstances can't receive bank loans for repairs or improvements, yet they don't qualify for assistance from Region 12 or HUD programs.
"You look around town and realize there are a lot of houses where people could use a little help fixing up the outside to make them look nice," Renneke said. "A lot of people get caught in that situation where now they own a home but they don't have the money to fix it up nice. But they make too much to qualify for some of the other programs."
Habitat will provide applicants estimates based just on cost of materials. There's no labor charge. Applicants can consider the estimate and decide whether to go ahead with an entire project or just part of it.
"We let them pick and choose," Renneke said.
He noted that also like Habitat home builds, recipients also must put in "sweat equity" helping with the project.
"It's not a giveaway program," Renneke said. "It's something where you're going to put in some sweat equity hours to help with the project. They (recipients) learn something out of it too."
Anybody interested with Brush With Kindness application or volunteerism may contact Renneke at 830-2121 or his wife, Diane, Habitat affiliate treasurer, at 790-7443.
Brush With Kindness is modeled after a program started last year by Habitat for Humanity of Boone and Greene Counties.
In fact, that program, called Helping Hands, is so successful, that Habitat for Humanity International has made it a model for all other affiliates. Boone and Greene Counties' Habitat executive director Erich Kretzinger, who lives between Ogden and Boone, has given presentations on Helping Hands to affiliates in Iowa and across the U.S.
Habitat affiliates in urban areas have done neighborhood revitalizations, such as Rock the Block in Des Moines, Kretzinger said, "But Habitat has not had a lot of success in rural parts of the country because it just hadn't found the model that works that meets Habitat guidelines."
But the Boone and Greene affiliate apparently has found a way, and Kretzinger has been sharing his information with other affiliates.
"All are fashioning after what we did last year," Kretzinger said.
In Greene County last year, Habitat did not build a home, but refurbished four homes.
"It went so well, we're doing that exclusively in both our counties this year," Kretzinger said.
Kretzinger said Helping Hands particularly fits rural counties such as Greene. Since they were started in the mid-1990s, the Boone and Greene affiliates have built or rehabilitated 23 homes. The two combined as one affiliate in 2010.
With Helping Hands, Habitat can have a big impact in small communities where it may not be practical to build a new home, Kretzinger said.
"We were trying to get out of building just in Boone, Jefferson, the bigger towns," he said.
"You may not build a Habitat house in Breda, as an example," he said, "but you can go repair a house, and it's maybe a three- or four-weekend project instead of a nine- or 10-month building project.
"The nice thing is you can be doing one in Breda at the same time you're doing one in Coon Rapids and one in Manning and so forth. With a house it's linear. You have to do one thing then another. Whereas, with this you could have 10 projects going on the same day. People are doing all different things but getting the projects done."
Under Helping Hands, improvements may include roof work (just on single-story homes), siding, windows, paint, trim, landscaping spruce-up, and adding handicap accessibility.
Kretzinger cited a home done in Scranton last year for the dramatic difference such work can make.
That project included new siding, new roof, new doors, new windows, construction of front and back stoops, and repair and paint the foundation.
"They did all that, and it was less than $10,000 cost to the homeowner," Kretzinger said. "Before and after, it was quite amazing."
And all the workers on the project were first-time Habitat volunteers, Kretzinger noted.
The recipients paid for the materials, received an interest-free loan and were required to put in sweat equity. However, Kretzinger said, if recipients are senior citizens or unable to work for some reason, family and friends can work on their behalf.
The sweat-equity requirement, Kretzinger remarked, "is in keeping with the Habitat motto of a hand-up and not a handout."
"Boone and Greene Habitat directors are reviewing numerous applications for Helping Hands projects this year.
"One of the biggest challenges," Kretzinger said, "is that some houses are too-far-gone, and that's a tough conversation to have with someone. Their house is not worth the work, it just shouldn't be lived in."
Kretzinger said the Habitat financial model has succeeded because of its sustainability.
"Every year, you start with a good size amount of income that we know is coming in, that we can work from, to go back out to repair or build homes."
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The best way to beat the winter blues is to add light and color! Put another lamp in your living room and see how the added light brightens up the mood. Don't be afraid to add more lighting to your bedroom. Just make sure it's either on a dimmer, or the lamp has different settings. You always want the option for creating a soft mood in the bedroom.
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Finally, just rearrange your space. Change is good; move a chair to a different spot or change the placement of lamps or plants. For minimal effort and zero cost, you can easily shift the energy and create a whole new look!
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