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Azealia Banks is in a remorseful mood.
The unpredictable rapper has slammed many an artist with reckless abandon – ultimately leading to the burning of countless bridges.
Perhaps in a bid to repair them, the New Yorker has been publicly expressing regret. And now, Beyonce is her latest focus.
While at one time it appeared a collaboration between the two was nigh (anyone remember 'Ratchet'?), recent times have seen Banks brandish Bey a "thief" following the release of 'Lemonade.'
What does she have to say now? Find out below…
From the desk of Azealia Banks:
@beyonce, I apologize for throwing tantrums in the past. They totally came from a place of feeling left out.. you've inspired so much of the way I think about/value you myself as a performer and I ADORE you. Your presence in the art world and on earth is supernatural and and am so so so inspired by you. YOU DESERVE THE BEST. You deserve the finest things in life AND FINEST ART the art world has to offer. What's mine is yours… anything you want of my art, etc YOU CAN HAVE. I would give you the clothes off of my back girl!! Thank you for always making the little black girl in me smile?. You've truly always been a beacon of light for me and I'm so so humbled by this.
The letter came after Bey posted a pic with the caption CHICHI GET LLELLO.
See, the line is a popular one from the movie 'Scarface' — but is also a lyric from Banks' song 'Chi Chi.'
What Bey was referring to is unknown. Yet, what is is certain is that it prompted the femcee to try and make amends.
As we enter the New Year, our hope for Azealia is that she lets her music do the talking.
It remains to be seen whether she can salvage any of her earlier buzz, but she can still enjoy a respectable presence should she proceed without self-baked controversy.


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Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adolescent Muslim girls attending a school in the UK, which adheres to a conservative dress code.
Methods: Fifty-six (31%) out of 180 girls attending a Muslim High School for Girls (median age 13.2years, (IQR 12.513.8 years)) took part in this cross-sectional study. Seventy-nine percent (n=45) were of South Asian origin, 3.5% were Black African origin (n=2), 1.8% was Middle Eastern origin (n=1), and 15.8% were other ethnic origin (n=9). The participants serum concentration of calcium (Ca), phosphate (P), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) were measured. Dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D were also estimated.
Results: Fifty-one out of 56 (91%) (95% CI 8695) girls were found to be vitamin D deficient (25OHD <25 nmol/l) and 4 out of 56 (7%) (95% CI 517) were vitamin D insufficient (25 nmol/l<25OHD <50 nmol/l). The median serum concentration of 25OHD was 12.8 nmol/l (IQR 1017 nmol/l). Serum concentration of Ca, P, ALP, and PTH were all within the normal limits. The median vitamin D intake was 69 IU/day (IQR 29122 IU/day), which is 17% of the recommended daily intake (400 IU). The median dietary calcium intake was 662 mg (IQR 456860 mg), which is four-fifth of the recommended daily intake (800 mg). The median serum 25OHD of subjects taken multivitamin (MV) supplements (median=17.3 nmol/l (IQR 1326.3)) was (P<0.01) higher than that of subjects not taking MV supplements (11.3 nmol/l (IQR 8.814)).
Conclusions: All subjects (98%) bar one had vitamin D deficiency (91%) and vitamin D insufficiency (7%). Those taking MV supplements had higher serum 25OHD concentrations, although optimum serum concentrations of >50 nmol/l were not achieved. Further studies are needed to determine the dose of vitamin D supplementation needed to optimise the vitamin D status of these groups of adolescent girls.
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The Morning Wake Up Home Group with Strahan: Should We Practice Silence?
Leanna, Bjorn and Josh on the Morning Wake Up discuss with Strahan; Silence - our world is noisy and technology has only made it more so. Should we practice silence? And how does it make space for God in our daily lives?


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Harlem native MoMo Jones has chosen to transfer to Iona over Seton Hall and UMass, the former Arizona guard announced Wednesday.
Jones, who said he was leaving the Wildcats to be closer to his maternal grandfather who has taken ill, wanted to go to St. John's but was prohibited under NCAA rules (Red Storm staff member Moe Hicks coached Jones at Rice High School).
Jones looked hard at Seton Hall, Hofstra, Marquette, South Florida and Massachusetts.
The powerfully built point guard helped Arizona to the West Region title game it lost to eventual NCAA champion Connecticut. He has two years of eligibility remaining.


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THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 23, 1945
* Buchenwald concentration camp
* Atrocities and inhuman conditions revealed
Page 5 has one column headings: "BUCHENWALD TOUR SHOCKING TO M. P.'S", "Congressmen Are Stunned--British Group Hears Details of Horrors at Oswiecim" Tells of the horrors that were happening in the Buchenwald Nazi death camp. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
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2011 Chevy Aveo Interior Revealed
Set to debut at the Paris Auto Show, Chevy has already given us a look at the all-new 2011 Aveo – but these leaked photos are our first glimpse at the sub-compact car's interior.
Taking design cues from the rest of the Chevy lineup and retaining some of the features from the Aveo RS Show Car, the new Aveo looks to be a tremendous step forward for Chevy in the small car segment. Of particular note is the final version of the motorcycle-inspired instruments with an analogue tachometer and digital speedometer.
Longer and wider than the current Aveo, Chevy promises more interior space that will but the Aveo "among" the best in class. Also promised is "involved handling" while all models will get electric power steering, stability control and ABS brakes.
As for what's under the hood, Chevy will offer both a 70-hp and 86-hp 1.2-liter engine, a 100-hp 1.4-liter and a 115-hp 1.6-liter in Europe. (Sorry, no 1.4T…. not yet anyway). Both of the larger engines will, however, be available with a 6-speed automatic, while a 6-speed manual is standard. Also available (in Europe) are two 1.3-liter diesels making 75-hp and 95-hp respectively.
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Here are a few examples of good writing.
We were taken to a fast-food café where our order was fed into a computer. Our hamburger, made from the flesh of chemically impregnated cattle, had been broiled over counterfeit charcoal, placed between slices of artificially flavored cardboard and served to us by recycled juvenile delinquents. Jean Michel Chapereau
The human language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out a tune for a dancing bear, when we hope with our music to move the stars. Gustave Flaubert.
Somewhere there was once a Flower, a Stone, a Crystal, a Queen, a King, a Palace, a Lover and his Beloved, and this was long ago, on an Island somewhere in the ocean 5,000 years ago … Such is Love, the Mystic Flower of the Soul. This is the Center, the Self. Carl Jung
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Jack London
Has this ever happened to you? Summer vacation has started, you've just settled in to your cabin on the lake, when suddenly you remember: You have a contract to write an introduction to SLA, and the manuscript is due next week. What do you do?
Well, if you decide not to go back to the office and actually work, you might try to write down as many of the standard topics as come to mind—learning versus acquisition, performance versus competence, morpheme acquisition, processability, critical period, UG, connectionism, and so forth—and scribble a few anodyne lines about each, without actually providing any details about any. If you did that, you might wind up with something not too different from Saville-Troike's truly embarrassing new book. Kevin Gregg
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.
I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky. W. H. Auden
Why are they good? Because they're rhythmic. They all set up a rhythm, they flow, they lead you on. That's the first and most important criterion of good writing: it leads you on by getting you in the groove. But it leads you on in different ways, though: rhythm in writing is created by the stress patterns of the words in a sentence, and sentences are hugely variable. It's almost impossible, in my opinion, to lay out the declarative knowledge required to write rhythmically, and here we are again with the declarative versus procedural knowledge conundrum. Is writing a skill? Yes it is. Is it best taught by explaining the rules? No, it isn't, at least it isn't if we want to go beyond the rules of a particular genre like academic writing, where the current conventions of citing sources and not using contractions are easily explained. The trick is to concentrate on actually producing texts. Write a few paragraphs. Read them out loud. How do they sound? Not good? Why not? Sentence one too hurried? Sentence two too long? You could say, for example, that different rhythms can be got by using long sentences (fluid, easy, smooth) or short sentences (crisp, snappy, up-beat), but it never really gets to the heart of the matter, does it? Because you have to feel it, and, like Auden's love poem, you know when you've got it right. Actually, that's an interesting example because Auden tried on so many hats you never knew what he "really" felt, least of all if you were unlucky enough to be one of his lovers. I'm losing you – the rhythm's gone!
There's this mixture of trusting your instinct and being aware of what you're doing: you have to trust your feel for the rhythm of what you write, but you also have to check time and time again that you've got the right effect. Bach swings seemingly without effort, but we know he sweated buckets to keep that rhythmic flow and keep it fresh. Charlie Parker was the master: he could keep the rhythm going no matter what. He could let the band go, catch it up and grab the rhythm by the scruff of its neck when you felt it was far too late, and Sinatra could do the same. Both Parker and Sinatra had rhythm in their bones; their genius was the way they bent it. I've lost the rhythm again. The point is that they felt and understood rhythm; they knew about it, they used it knowingly.
In writing, Dickens was a master of rhythm (the first page of Bleak House, for example), and so, in my opinion, was Kingsley Amis, who wrote splendid essays about writing, as has his son more recently (see Martin Amis' The War Against Clichés). In non-fiction, examples of great rhythmic prose are George Orwell's essays, Alan Bennett 's diaries, and the journalistic pieces of Christopher Hitchens, Gore Vidal and Clive James. All these great writers had a natural "don" for swing, for rhythm, but they all combined it with enormous amounts of work honing their craft.
Attention to rhythm goes hand in hand with attention to fresh and lively prose. You need to do exactly the opposite of what those who peddle the "Lexical Approach" advise their students to do, namely to step off the well-trodden path and stop using worn out language. Take a look again at the examples above: all of them swing, and all of them sing too – they use inventive, lively language – none of them uses clichés without thinking twice (geddit). The rhythm of good writing swings and its fresh use of words sings. Even when you write a 3,000 word assignment for an MA module on pronunciation, you can make it swing and sing. You can combine coherence and cohesion with grace and delight, and if you don't believe me, read any article published by Kevin Gregg (who, just by the way, manages, through unusual scholarship and critical acumen, to do more than most to advance our understanding of SLA) .
As so often in literary appreciation, it's easier to give a list of "Don'ts" than "Dos". George Orwell's great essay "Politics and the English Language" is often cited for its list of "Don'ts", but the famous six rules strike me as very thin soup. I think Charlie Parker has the best advice:
"When in doubt, leave it out!"
Parker was of course advising against the temptation to gild the lily, but no doubt those who disapprove of my latest post on Harmer wish that I hadn't bothered to start.


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scheda film], making its way into the First Feature Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (15 November-1 December), Dathai Keane tells the oddest bedtime story of the year by focusing on a musician (Dara Devaney) who, after a serious accident on his way to Scotland, ends up in a wheelchair. Only to then join a circus troupe. Naturally.
Cineuropa: It's such an unusual character you have here, embarking on this adventure. Frankly, everyone in the film seems a bit off, as shown in the scene riffing on Tod Browning's Freaks.
Dathai Keane: I suppose I was trying to come up with the idea that would suit a particular actor. I had already worked with Dara before so I knew he was very musical, he also does puppetry. People always say: "Don't work with children and animals." To which I would add: and puppets. They are the worst.
Finky is like any of us. He is not perfect, none of them are, but I have a lot of love for characters who are ordinary yet noble. You can find that in American literature, in Augie March, for example [from The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow]. It's not that they are unlikeable, but they don't go out of their way to seem heroic. Even though at the end of the day, especially for someone like Finky, there is heroism to it.
The way he changes, visually at least, is almost absurd. He actually comments on it as well, asking: "Are you trying to make a pirate out of me?"
He is doing that to himself, you know? He is punishing himself. In a way, he ends up looking the way he feels inside. He looks grotesque because that's how he feels. In English, we say that someone has a sense of "crippling guilt". It can cripple you and that's what he is suffering from. He goes nowhere in his life and that ends up manifesting itself as a form of paralysis.
You wait until the end to explain why he is behaving like this. But there is some nastiness to Finky that you are not afraid of showing.
If you have a person who is so filled with self-loathing, that eventually manifests itself in how they interact with the world. The scene when he is molesting a woman who is trying to help him, that's him pushing everything away. Before he does that, he looks at himself while he is rolling down the street and he sees what he has become. That was a big challenge and that scene was something I had to fight for. It's not an easy film and the Hollywood version would probably be a bit watered down. Once the audience finds him repellent, can you then get them back by showing why he is like that? Hopefully, you are still rooting for him by the end.
Did you always want to shoot in Irish?
It was funded by the scheme Cine4, which is all about making films in the Irish language and I was keen to try it. Some of the inspiration for the film came from Pádraic Ó Conaire's novel Deoraíocht – he is one of the pillars of Irish literature but he only ever wrote one novel. I was amazed by how modern it was. To me, he was doing what Joyce was doing – before Joyce was actually doing it. The title means 'exile' and it's based in London, with an Irishman who ends up on the streets. Finky goes to Scotland and although it might not be apparent from an outsider's perspective, there are two versions of Irish spoken in the film, including Scots Gaelic. It's such a common story, so many of us go away and just fall through the cracks. The Irish tend to form their own little ghettos of Irishness. I lived in New York for a while, in a house full of men – the cheapest place you could find. One was going through his third divorce, another working as a clown. When you go abroad and find yourself in these situations that are slightly absurd, it all becomes very normal very quickly. I thought that was an interesting idea. When you are out of your comfort zone, you accept things that are a bit abnormal. You have to.
For these more absurd moments, what did you have in mind? There are neon lights, post-apocalyptic costumes. It feels like you made a fairy tale for adults.
I grew up in Galway and there is a festival every year, you can see big spectacles from Europe or circus troupes with flames, motorbikes and people dressed like Mad Max. A little bit of that was an inspiration for that circus in the film, which is very anarchic and chaotic. That's what Finky comes up against. I always liked going to the circus when I was young, there is something scary about it. The theatre too – there is electricity between you and the stage.
It's all very mythical, I think. We would always talk about myths and archetypal characters when writing, like the circus ringmaster who is this malevolent force. A lot of them are larger than life, but it's a classic hero's journey at the end. Even though he is not a typical hero.
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Julia library for 1-d and 2-d splines
This is a Julia wrapper for the dierckx Fortran library, the same library underlying the spline classes in scipy.interpolate. Some of the functionality here overlaps with Interpolations.jl, a pure-Julia interpolation package. Take a look at it if you have a use case not covered here.
All new development on
Dierckx.jl will be for Julia v1.0 and above.
master branch is therefore incompatible with earlier versions
of Julia.
(v1.0) pkg> add Dierckx
] to enter package mode.) No Fortran compiler is required on
any platform.
The Fortran library source code is distributed with the package, so
you need a Fortran compiler on OSX or Linux. On Ubuntu,
sudo apt-get install gfortran will do it.
On Darwin,
gfortran comes bundled with
gcc, so after installing Homebrew,
brew install gcc should install
On Windows, a compiled dll will be downloaded.
using Dierckx
Fit a 1-d spline to some input data (points can be unevenly spaced):
x = [0., 1., 2., 3., 4.]
y = [-1., 0., 7., 26., 63.] # x.^3 - 1.
spl = Spline1D(x, y)
Evaluate the spline at some new points:
spl([1.5, 2.5]) # result = [2.375, 14.625]
spl(1.5) # result = 2.375
Equivalent to the above:
evaluate(spl, [1.5, 2.5])
evaluate(spl, 1.5)
Evaluate derivative, integral, or roots:
derivative(spl, 1.5) # derivate at x=1.5; result is 5.75
integrate(spl, 0., 4.) # integrate from x=0 to x=4; result is 60.0
roots(spl) # result is [1.0]
Note that
roots() only works for cubic splines (k=3).
Fit a 2-d spline to data on a (possibly irregular) grid:
x = [0.5, 2., 3., 4., 5.5, 8.]
y = [0.5, 2., 3., 4.]
z = [1. 2. 1. 2.; # size is (length(x), length(y))
1. 2. 1. 2.;
1. 2. 3. 2.;
1. 2. 2. 2.;
1. 2. 1. 2.;
1. 2. 3. 1.]
spline = Spline2D(x, y, z)
Note that if you consider
z as a matrix,
x refers to row
coordinates and
y refers to column coordinates.
Evaluate at element-wise points:
xi = [1., 1.5, 2.3, 4.5, 3.3, 3.2, 3.]
yi = [1., 2.3, 5.3, 0.5, 3.3, 1.2, 3.]
zi = spline(xi, yi) # 1-d array of length 7
zi = evaluate(spline, xi, yi) # equivalent to previous line
Evaluate at grid spanned by input arrays:
xi = [1., 1.5, 2.3, 4.5]
yi = [1., 2.3, 5.3]
zi = evalgrid(spline, xi, yi) # 2-d array of size (4, 3)
Spline1D(x, y; w=ones(length(x)), k=3, bc="nearest", s=0.0)
Spline1D(x, y, xknots; w=ones(length(x)), k=3, bc="nearest")
k (1 = linear, 2 = quadratic, 3 = cubic,
up to 5) from 1-d arrays
x and
y. The parameter
bc specifies
the behavior when evaluating the spline outside the support domain,
which is
(minimum(x), maximum(x)). The allowed values are
In the first form, the number and positions of knots are chosen
automatically. The smoothness of the spline is then achieved by
minimizing the discontinuity jumps of the
kth derivative of the
spline at the knots. The amount of smoothness is determined by the
condition that
sum((w[i]*(y[i]-spline(x[i])))**2) <= s, with
s a
given non-negative constant, called the smoothing factor. The number
of knots is increased until the condition is satisfied. By means of
this parameter, the user can control the tradeoff between closeness
of fit and smoothness of fit of the approximation. if
s is too
large, the spline will be too smooth and signal will be lost ; if
s is too small the spline will pick up too much noise. in the
extreme cases the program will return an interpolating spline if
s=0.0 and the weighted least-squares polynomial of degree
k if
s is very large.
In the second form, the knots are supplied by the user. There is no
smoothing parameter in this form. The program simply minimizes the
discontinuity jumps of the
kth derivative of the spline at the
given knots.
evaluate(spl, x)
Evaluate the 1-d spline
spl at points given in
x, which can be a
1-d array or scalar. If a 1-d array, the values must be monotonically
derivative(spl, x; nu=1)
Evaluate the
nu-th derivative of the spline at points in
integrate(spl, a, b)
Definite integral of spline between
x=a and
roots(spl; maxn=8)
For cubic splines (
k=3) only, find roots. Only up to
maxn roots
are returned. A warning is issued if the spline has more roots than
the number returned.
These are the B-spline representation of a curve through N-dimensional space.
ParametricSpline(X; s=0.0, ...)
ParametricSpline(u, X; s=0.0, ...)
ParametricSpline(X, knots, ...)
ParametricSpline(u, X, knots, ...)
X is a 2-d array with size
(N, m):
N is the number of dimensions
of the space (must be between 1 and 10) and
m is the number of points.
X[:, i] gives the coordinates of the
ith point.
u is a 1-d array giving parameter values at each of the
m points. If not
given, values are calculated automatically.
knots is a 1-d array giving user-specified knots, if desired.
Keyword arguments common to all constructor methods:
w: weight applied to each point (length
m 1-d array).
k: Spline order (between 1 and 5; default 3).
bc: Boundary condition (default
periodic: Treat curve as periodic? (Default is
Spline2D(x, y, z; w=ones(length(x)), kx=3, ky=3, s=0.0)
Spline2D(x, y, z; kx=3, ky=3, s=0.0)
x and
y must be 1-d arrays.
z is also a 1-d array, the inputs are assumed to represent
unstructured data, with
z[i] being the function value at point
(x[i], y[i]). In this case, the lengths of all inputs must match.
z is a 2-d array, the data are assumed to be gridded:
z[i, j]
is the function value at
(x[i], y[j]). In this case, it is
required that
size(z) == (length(x), length(y)). (Note that when
z as a matrix,
x gives the row coordinates and
gives the column coordinates.)
evaluate(spl, x, y)
Evaluate the 2-d spline
spl at points
(x[i], y[i]). Inputs can be
Vectors or scalars. Points outside the domain of the spline are set to
the values at the boundary.
evalgrid(spl, x, y)
Evaluate the 2-d spline
spl at the grid points spanned by the
coordinate arrays
x and
y. The input arrays must be
monotonically increasing. The output is a 2-d array with size
(length(x), length(y)):
output[i, j] is the function value at
(x[i], y[j]). In other words, when interpreting the result as a
x gives the row coordinates and
y gives the column
integral of a 2-d spline over the domain
[x0, x1]*[y0, y1]
integrate(spl, x0, x1, y0, y1)
Spline classes in scipy.interpolate are also thin wrappers
for the Dierckx Fortran library. The performance of Dierckx.jl should
be similar or better than the scipy.interpolate classes. (Better for
small arrays where Python overhead is more significant.) The
equivalent of a specific classes in scipy.interpolate:
|scipy.interpolate class
|Dierckx.jl constructor method
Spline1D(x, y; s=length(x))
Spline1D(x, y; s=0.0)
Spline1D(x, y, xknots)
Spline2D(x, y, z; s=length(x))
Spline2D(x, y, z; s=0.0) (z = 2-d array)
Parametric splines:
|scipy.interpolate function
|Dierckx.jl constructor method
splprep(X, u=...)
ParametricSpline(u, X)
splprep(X, t=...)
ParametricSpline(X, t) (t = knots)
splprep(X, u=..., t=...)
ParametricSpline(u, X, t)
Dierckx.jl is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license. See LICENSE.md for details. The real*8 version of the Dierckx Fortran library as well as some test cases and error messages are copied from the scipy package, which is distributed under this license.
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All Friends members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings which are usually the last Monday of the month at 7 pm.
For more information about the Tenafly Library Friends, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Date:
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- Time:
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It's official: I'm an empty nester. It's true. Happened on Tuesday when Andrew moved into his dorm. Rich flew out to LA Monday for the week, so it's really empty!
Who knew in June, when I made this little quilt how soon it would be true.
My machine is STILL at the shop. It's been about 7 weeks.
Ask more questions than I did. How long will it take? What if it needs a part? Can I have while you wait for the part? When did you order the part? Are they making the part? You get the idea. All they tell me is "We're waiting for the part, there's nothing we can do.....". I could tell them what to do.
Question #1 - Hand Quilting:
How do you handle flowers and other stems off the main stem when outline stitching?
Skip it like this:
Or stitch it like this:
I've tried studying old quilts, but it's just too hard to see. It's probably an opinion question, but I'd love to know your opinion. My Mother's Garden Quilt is half and half now.
Questions #2 - Machine Applique'
After fusing:
What do you use? invisible thread? matching thread?
Do you use a zig zag, hem stitch, or button hole?
Do you stabilize. With what?
When I get my machine back I need to get going applique' my elephants down on my Passage to India quilt.
When I say empty nest, well not quite, coco is here for company. She looks thrilled, doesn't she?
So, is this my fault because I left my open sewing box unattended? Or coco's because she couldn't help herself?
Have a Fun Weekend Everyone! Thanks for any suggestions!


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Fresh or processed, white or red – how does meat measure up? It's been getting a lot of bad press recently with new links to cancer and heart disease. But 98 per cent of us in the UK are still meat eaters. Chris Bavin, a greengrocer by trade and a carnivore by nature, wants to know if he can keep meat in his diet and stay healthy.
He teams up with top scientists to put meat under the microscope and examine it as never before. They follow 40 volunteers on a groundbreaking study to find out exactly how much meat is good for us, test whether paying more for chicken makes it any better for us, discover a way to dramatically reduce the health risks associated with processed meats and reveal an unlikely lean supermeat that won't break the bank.


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When the spring comes, most of us like to celebrate the Easter holiday with neighbors and friends where foods are served, crafts are made and candy baskets are gifted to kids.
Easter baskets for kids are so special indeed, not only in the toys and candy they hold, but also in the way they are usually made and decorated. Preparing these beautiful baskets depend on the amount of gifts that you are going to spread, and hence the number of baskets that you should make or decorate.
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Stinky Sneaker a Stinkin' Success ($2500 raised!)
The Stinky Sneaker event, held at Skyline High School in a joint effort between the Skyline and Issaquah High School Strong4Sam clubs, was a fun, successful event raising $2500 for pediatric cancer research. Skyline's boys and girls basketball teams won the contests on the court but all teams can agree that the real success was making a dent in the fight against pediatric cancer. Thanks to our Sammamish and Issaquah community for the support of Strong4Sam.
We've all heard It's better to give than receive ...
We've all heard It's better to give than receive and Ava, Claire, Lisette and Logan all put this idea into action at a combined Sweet 16 birthday recently. These young ladies asked their party guests to consider a donation to Strong4Sam rather than birthday gifts for themselves. And their friends listened and responded with an amazing donation total of over $1400.00 to Strong4Sam to help in our mission of finding more effective and less toxic therapies for pediatric cancer. It's unexpected gifts like this from amazing young people (raised by really cool parents) that energizes all of the Strong4Sam board...
A Tribute to Team Scorpion
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Argentinian artist Mariano Arellano makes a statement with an album of seven tracks of all original work and no features. Something most artists might run away from.
Fittingly titled Day and Night, it instantly shows the amount of work that goes in to completing an album. We premiere 1930 from the LP.
It's a shy production with gentle synth harmonies and soft, yet weighted drum sounds, wrapped up in a melancholic arrangement, this one is a track for the afterhours.
Mariano Arellano's Day and Night LP is available 23rd October on Tentacles Recordings.


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Journalism examiners have issued a strong warning about what they see as declining standards of shorthand among would-be seniors.
Steve Nelson, left, chief examiner for the National Council for the Training of Journalists, said weak shorthand had left some candidates "guessing" at quotes rather than reporting them verbatim.
His comments came in his report on the March NQJ exam, published today.
Despite the examiners' concerns, the thrice-yearly exam resulted in a record pass rate of 74pc with 43 candidates qualifying as seniors.
Wrote Steve: "Weak shorthand continues to pose problems with errors in transcription, missed phrases and key words, or leaving the candidate guessing when trying to read back what they have taken down.
"There was a distinct tendency in March for candidates to guess at direct quotes, keeping a similar meaning, but definitely not verbatim. This is a bad habit which will eventually lead to a major mistake on the job. There is no excuse for not keeping shorthand up to speed.
"In recent years shorthand has become steadily weaker. A speed of 100wpm when passing the diploma has tailed off during 18 months on-the-job and too many candidates are not picking up on this, presenting themselves for the NQJ with abilities well below the speed needed.
"With the news report speech varying between 90 and 120wpm it is essential trainees work on their shorthand during their on-the-job period, not just maintaining their speed, but improving it."
Candidates had to pass each of the four sections in the exam – media law and practice, news report, news interview and logbook.
Here is a summary of Steve's report on how the candidates performed in each section.
Candidates: 59
Passed: 53
Pass rate: 90pc
The media law question was designed to highlight the dangers of retweeting defamatory inferences and was based on the infamous Twitter scenario between Sally Bercow and Lord McAlpine.
Examiners praised "a good set of results with a very worthy award-winning paper" from Luke Sproule of the Oxford Mail.
Their report said it was "pleasing" that many candidates were aware of the new Editor's Code of Practice published at the beginning of the year.
However they also highlighted some "confused thinking" in the answers to a question based on the Lincolnshire Echo's coverage of a couple killed in the Tunisian terror attack, testing knowledge of the clauses on accuracy and intrusion into grief and shock.
Candidates: 66
Passed: 52
Pass rate: 79pc
The section featured a story about a top girls' school poised to open its doors to boys, in a bid to solve the country's shortage of scientists and engineers.
Although the pass rate increased, the examiners cited "carelessness, laziness and weak shorthand" as the main problems encountered by markers.
"Weak shorthand continues to pose problems with errors in transcription, missed phrases and key words, or leaving the candidate guessing when trying to read back what they have taken down," said the report.
"In recent years shorthand has become steadily weaker. A speed of 100wpm when passing the diploma has tailed off during 18 months on-the-job and too many candidates are not picking up on this, presenting themselves for the NQJ with abilities well below the speed needed."
Candidates: 61
Passed: 47
Pass rate: 77pc
The news interview concerned a dramatic story about an attack on a train. Three men punched a female conductor when she asked for their tickets, took her ticket machine and then beat up a male passenger, who went to intervene.
Examiners were looking for candidates with "good chronology and a readable writing style" who caught the drama and had strong quotes.
However, several interview assessors noted that some candidates' questioning was haphazard, leading to "unstructured." copy.
The report said: "Overall, some candidates just did not seem to be able to picture the story before they put the words on the page, ending with a disjointed attempt at what was a dramatic story."
Candidates: 55
Passed: 50
Pass rate: 91pc
Examiners praised the e-logbook submissions as "generally good" and described award winner Rachel Conner of The Northern Echo as "a worthy recipient in a cohort which had strong entries."
However they also highlighted some issues with candidates failing to upload the necessary examples of their work.
The report said: "While almost all candidates had a clear understanding of what was required in the compilation of this category, there are still some who failed both because content was missing and because their submissions did not match the criteria of the key task.
"Once again there was also the problem of a number of candidates failing to upload either a published story or original copy for their key tasks."


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Don't Be On The Losing Side
Successful groups die when they're on the wrong side of trends.
Imagine you run a photography community.
This group knows everything about expensive cameras.
Then Instagram appears. Members unite in hate against it. They declare this isn't 'real' photography. It doesn't take much skill. They belittle any member that talks about it.
Sadly, the Instagram community grows steadily and membership of the photography community plummets. Eventually, even the most diehard member switches over.
This isn't an exception. It's core reason why most successful communities die.
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Terry Uyarak: "And I don't believe when they say "We have the most, efficient, cleanest mining in modern days" because I don't think there are any clean mines." Click more for transcription
- I heard they are making a road for this mining project. Did they start already? From where to where?
- In Mary River, near this big lake. That's where the story of Ataguttaaluk took place. The mine is somewhere there, maybe it is closer to the other side but people from Pond Inlet wanted them to go this way.
- What do you think of the mining project?
- For sure I disagree with them to be there because they are going to make roads all over eventually but if it is also giving jobs to people I don't mind. I disagree because they are going to take all our land eventually. This is the beginning for them. And I don't believe when they say "We have the most, efficient, cleanest mining in modern days because I don't think there are any clean mines.
Everybody voted no but they still mine. There was a little protest outside here before and nothing, nothing happens, we don't own the land apparently.
Why do they even ask people to go say something about the project if they don't let us have like a say, even though they give us a chance. They don't really care about our culture.
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Gyptian & RDX Replace Beenie Man At SvR
Due to travel restrictions in the US and Canada, Beenie Man will not be able to travel to Bermuda to perform at the Soca versus Reggae event, however the SVR organisers have secured reggae stars Gyptian and RDX to represent the Reggae Team at this year's event.
Saying that they do understand some patrons were very much looking forward to seeing Beenie Man, they are offering anyone who has purchased early bird tickets a full refund.
The organisers said, "The SVR Organizing Committee regrets to announce that, due to unforeseen travel restrictions in the US and Canada, and despite the assiduous efforts of the SVR Team, Beenie Man will not be able to travel to Bermuda and perform for Soca versus Reggae: The Cloud 9 Edition.
"This is a setback, as Beenie Man is a very popular artist amongst Reggae fans in Bermuda, but SVR is a celebration of all things Caribbean and spectacular; as such, we guarantee that the SVR experience will not be dampened in any way by this unfortunate development.
"To ensure that our valued patrons and supporters are thoroughly satisfied when they end their Cup Match revelry, the SVR Team has secured singing sensation Gyptian and reggae energy merchants RDX to represent the Reggae Team at this year's essential summer event.
"With international super hits like 'Bring It On [Beautiful Lady]' and 'Hold You' [Gyptian], and 'Kotch' [RDX] in their collective catalogue, we are confident that this lineup will bring every ounce of star power necessary to defend the SVR crown for the Reggae Team; and defend it well.
Gyptian's hit song "Hold You"
"International DJ Coppershot has also been removed from the Reggae roster in order to keep the teams evenly matched. Local sound system King Jyrus will handle the DJ battle for the Reggae Team, while D'General, DJ Rusty G, and Giselle will team up to deliver the energy for Soca. The Soca Team will be led by international artists Shal Marshall and 5 Star Akil.
"We feel that this new line-up promises an extremely dynamic, entertaining, and exciting show. We do, however, understand that many of our patrons and supporters were very much looking forward to seeing Beenie Man [as were we], so we'd like to offer anyone who has purchased Early Bird tickets with hopes of seeing him live on stage a full refund. If a patron requires a refund due to these developments, then he or she should contact us directly on email@example.com.
"Finally, the focus this year is the Cloud Nine VIP, which will be even better than last year, and features an open bar and catered cuisine. If you've been to an SVR event in the past, expect that level of sheer delight and more."
The Soca Versus Reggae Cup Match After Party will take place at Tiger Bay in St. George's on Friday, July 31st. For more information please see their website.
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Bait and switch…been going on in BDA for years!
How is it "Bait and switch" if you are offered a full refund? Baits are used for traps, and traps are (in most cases) inescapable. The team has offered a way out to those who want it. If you don't want to go, don't go. When I mentioned the new lineup to several females, they were extremely excited. So you can stay there and complain about being baited and switched. I'll be in the mix with the ladies!
By the way, did you even purchase an early bird ticket? Didn't think so…
REALLY? From Beenieman to this? What a joke!
Are you serious, do you even know who RDX are!!! clearly you are old school, This will surely pull the younger crowd! DAGGA MASTA!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I think we all saw this coming… disappointing. Don't advertise for an artist if you don't even know how you're going to get him here. ONLY in Bermuda.
Shut the heck up. It is not only in Bermuda. They had him secured it's the visa that was the issue for one. Two it happens all the time with the best of the best concert in Miami along with others so shut up.
you don't like it don't go point blank.
Actually, several shows were advertised and subsequently cancelled throughout North Ametuca due to these same developments … So … NOT only in Bermuda … I guess ….
And before that he had shows cancelled in the UK, NZ, and Belgium. He was also removed from the MTV VMAs for songs inciting the murder of homosexuals. What a loser. Good riddance.
North Ametuca? Gotta visit this mysterious place you speak of!
I think this went from being a potentially great show to mediocre at best.
Gyption is played way out he ant made anything since a decade ago lol
SVR should check with some of our high end residents to see if Beenie Man can 'bum a ride' and come direct – via private jet!!
If he's not welcome in the US and Canada, he ought not be welcomed here either.
If anyone knows anything about Soca Vs Reggae, it is never about the artist it is about the raw organic competition and the community love of both art forms. The local organizers are very committed in bringing Bermuda the best in entertainment period and they have some of the best marketing campaigns we have seen in years.
Soca vs Reggae is now a staple on the Cup Match Weekend scene and it draws thousands yearly to their events both local and overseas for the last 10 years.
Those who are making unfounded comments have no idea about Bermuda's landscape and I challenge you to find any organization that has been committed to providing quality entertainment for Bermudians and their guest for the last 10 years consistantly.
Who the hell is coming from overseas to see this bummy lineup and mediocre shows they put on in Bermuda? If people didn't come to see Beyonce and Alicia Keys, you know, people with actual talent and fame, what makes you think they care to come see Gypyian and whoever the other one is? Puhlease. You clearly work for the promoters.
I would have gone to see Beenie Man as he is somewhat of a household name and has hits but Gyptian? No thanks. Low rank talent that probably only get paid $5,000 a show. Bring in some actual stars for once.
Ur point is?
Hush it You went off the path if that's the case bring in artist that people want to see and hear li
its cool, im still going..its Cupmatch, but I wish a promoter would bring in Jah Cure!
Not much of a realist. Beenie might be a homosexual basher but ge is notva convicted rapist like Jah Cure. Please….
Can't even catch a flight from Europe to here huh? Bummer
well well I would like to see Jah Cure come here to bermy but that's not gonna happin no time soon as he has serious conviction just goggle him, & b man is not one of my favorite's… i dont support him & that's my choice. read up about b man
Convicted rapist….duh…..
GYPTION is better i like his songs and he a nice voice
Played out. Latest hit? Never mind. Barely got 1000 mm people last time he came. Not current.
you only replace beenie with bounty, every one knows that
Bounty Killa
gyptian been played out…still got nice tune tho. gonna get that refund lmfao…
I got soca running through my blood as I type this but with Beenie on de reggae side, soca had lil chance of winning this year if it came down to artist vs artist. Beenie a great entertainer, Machel one of the few soca artist that can compete with Beenie, entertainment wise. The soca artist that are coming down many Bermudians I bet can't tell you 5 of his hits top of their head. This show is now only worth $40 tops. Regardless, for those that go I'm sure they will have a blast. Team Soca!
Not a real competition. Just a pary and thats OK.


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Geraldine Swimming Club's registered colours are red and black. Club tracksuits and kit bags are issued on loan at the beginning of each season to swimmers who express an interest in competitive swimming. The Uniforms Officer will do their best to provide these to swimmers during the season should a swimmer decide to swim competitively. Swimmers are responsible for returning these at the end of season in a good condition.
The Club also has a logoed polo shirt and a logoed singlet which are purchased or hired by the swimmer. Either of these form part of the uniform and are available through the Uniforms Officer. Plain black shorts complete the uniform.
Tracksuit and logoed shirts with black shorts form the official swimmer uniform and any combination must be worn at meets and during podium ceremonies when receiving medals.
Swim Caps are available through the Uniforms Officer and swimmers must wear the official cap at Meets. It is advisable to have a spare uniform cap in your bag.
Goggles are not available through the Club. There are a range of options for purchase on-line or through retail outlets. As different brands suit different face shapes, consider asking another swimmer if you can briefly trial theirs before you purchase your own.
Togs are not available through the Club. Togs are available through usual retail outlets or on-line. It is recommended that girls train in a one piece tog; they race in a one piece tog. Boys should train in togs not board shorts and must race in togs. Boy's swimsuits shall not extend above the navel or below the knee. Girl's swimsuits shall not cover the neck or extend past the shoulders, or below the knee. There are to be no zips or fastenings or wearing of 2 pairs of togs.
Senior swimmers should consider using FINA approved togs/swimsuits for racing. These are available on-line. Please be aware that when purchasing togs/swimsuits on-line there is a difference between "Training Togs/Swimsuits" and FINA approved logoed swimsuits.
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Poll shows many ADs would not hire Lane Kiffin
The general perception is that Lane Kiffin has done a lot to bolster his reputation after a successful season at Florida Atlantic, but to many of the people whose opinions matter most, he'd still be a no-go as a coaching candidate.
Yahoo Sports recently polled 15 college athletic directors on whether they would consider hiring Kiffin at their school, and the feedback was quite resounding: 11 said no, some emphatically by adding several exclamation marks, while two said yes and two said maybe.
"Can he get a job? Sure," one source said, via Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports. "He's a world-class play caller, knows the game and can recruit. Do I think we're at a moment in time with off-field issues and the FBI probe that people are less apt to take that risk? Yes."
In general, the athletic directors cited his propensity for drama and perception of immaturity as reasons against even considering him.
"Not a chance," one AD said. "Too much smoke/drama around him. And he'll probably think he's Vince Lombardi if he wins another season."
"Not if it's the same immature Lane," added another. "I have no idea if he's grown up and is ready to be a leader of all things of a program, not just a coordinator and play caller."
One athletic director was a bit more charitable, saying "I do think he's rehabilitated his image, so to speak, and is an attractive candidate should he have a great year this year and keep his nose clean."
But that's the thing. Kiffin's schtick works at a school like Florida Atlantic, which wouldn't get a lot of attention otherwise and likes the publicity he single-handedly brings to the program. If you're a more established program that doesn't need to be constantly putting yourselves in the headlines for off-field reasons, the sniping with his ex-boss and the blunt, unapologetic nature won't fly. Just look at this athletic director's reasoning for passing up the chance to hire Kiffin and you have the same reason that a lot of his contemporaries would likely give, too.


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Mowgli's MAX 2016 band poster
Event poster for the live performance by the Mowgli's at Adobe MAX 2016. I collaborated with fellow Adobe designers Lidia Lukianova and Erica Larson on this poster. We worked on concept and color ideas as well as even sharing some of the final illustration duties in Adobe Draw.
This poster was created using Adobe Sketch, Adobe Draw on the iPad Pro and Adobe Illustrator on a desktop mac. It was printed by the uber talented shop - Mama Sauce
final artwork
Used a few techniques to get the sketch to look the way I wanted in Adobe Sketch. It was based on some early conceptual ideas Erica put together and collided perfectly with finding some rad reference on the nasa.gov site.
Adobe Draw part of Illustration, you can see we were working in random color scheme at first and planning to change later.
Quick video showing Lidia's process in Adobe Draw
Original color scheme, thanks Erica for saving me from going kinda blah on that one. But I did a quick side by side effect of what it should look like in the dark just to make sure the effect still conveyed the illustration.
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The Unknown Charm of Finnish : Exploring how Finland as a country of origin and Finnish country image effects on purchase intentions
Abstract: Today when the global competition is getting fiercer and the world can be seen as a one big market, the countries of origin and country images have a significant role when consumers are evaluating products and services. Therefore, this research will focus on Finland as a COO and on Finnish country image. The purpose of this thesis is to find out how foreign consumers perceive Finland as a COO and Finnish country image. Which attitudes they have towards it and how they affect purchase intentions. In addition, the purpose is to provide valuable knowledge for the stakeholders, in order to improve the promotion of Finland. The method used in this study is qualitative included with a few quantitative elements. Methods were chosen in order to understand what kind of attitudes and perception foreign consumers have about Finland and why. General perception and attitudes towards Finland and Finnish country are rather good, but general atmosphere is that foreign consumers are lacking knowledge and base their perception on neighboring countries.
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1st Foreign Policy 'Emerging Voices' Reception with British High Commissioner, Sir Dominic Asquith
Brookings India organised the first meeting of the Foreign Policy 'Emerging Voices' Network Reception. This informal network is meant to facilitate interactions between the next generation of leaders in Indian foreign policy, including from the Indian government, private sector, universities, think tanks, non-profit organisations, and media. To be held roughly every month at different venues in New Delhi, the Emerging Voices meetings will offer the opportunity for participants to interact and network with one another and with members of the foreign diplomatic community.
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Nearly all brick buildings in Downtown Santa Monica have been cleared from a list of properties that could be vulnerable to collapse or suffer significant damage in a major earthquake, according to records provided by City officials.
The deadline to complete seismic retrofit work for unreinforced masonry buildings is at the end of August and of the 92 structures identified by the City of Santa Monica as being potentially vulnerable, only four in downtown are in a state of limbo. The others have either completed work in the past and provided proof, are currently under construction or have submitted plans and are awaiting approval. Others have submitted appeals to be reclassified as another type of structure. If approved those property owners would have more time to complete seismic upgrades.
In March 2017 the City Council approved the most extensive seismic retrofit program in the nation by requiring not only wood apartments and concrete buildings to be retrofitted, but also steel-frame structures. The City's move followed a report by the LA Times that said Santa Monica quietly stopped enforcing earthquake safety regulations. Santa Monica passed laws in the 1990s requiring retrofits, but enforcement faded in the early 2000s.
(A map of buildings in Santa Monica damaged during the 1994 Northridge quake.)
(St. Monica Catholic Church following the Northridge Quake.)
By 2013, the City could not find its old list of possibly vulnerable buildings. That has led to some confusion as property owners say they've already completed seismic enhancements years ago, but have no documentation to prove it.
Santa Monica is at a particular risk of earthquakes. The Santa Monica fault runs through the northern half of the city. Santa Monica was also hard-hit by the Northridge quake, which badly damaged several landmark buildings, including the St. Monica Catholic Church, and caused the loss of 1,500 apartments, or about 5 percent of the city's total stock.
"If a building is on the list it doesn't necessarily mean you absolutely have to do the work. It means we think you may, " said Kevin Purcell, a senior administrative analyst in the City's Building and Safety Division who is overseeing the seismic retrofit program.
Purcell has been urging property owners to submit an evaluation report by an engineer to show that improvements have been completed. If not, the City can issue financial penalties. So far code enforcement officers have opened more than 20 cases and have taken action on seven as of July.
Owners of other types of buildings like steel frame, soft-story or concrete tilt-up, have more time to submit evaluation reports and complete construction, some as many as 20 years from the time the program was adopted by the Council. However, City officials and engineers in the private sector are urging them to act now to avoid catastrophic losses in case a quake like the two that hit California in July strikes the Los Angeles region.
Property owners can be held liable if someone dies while working or living in their building during a quake, even if under the law they have years to complete their seismic upgrades.
"While different building types are on different timelines for the retrofit program, the City of Santa Monica encourages property owners of potentially vulnerable buildings of all types to begin the work as soon as is feasible to protect their asset and for the overall safety of the community," said Constance Farrell, the City's public information officer. "Santa Monica's retrofit program is one of the most comprehensive because the public's safety is paramount as is our ability to recover quickly."
During a meeting with business leaders and emergency management experts in early August to discuss how to recover from an earthquake, it was said that 40 percent of small businesses never reopen after a natural disaster. Of those that do, 25 percent fail within a year of reopening.
Retrofitting a structure can cost anywhere from $15,000 to $220,000 or more depending on the structure.
"It's one of those rare occasions where you are doing good business by protecting your investment, while at the same time you are doing a good deed by protecting your tenants and the community," said Ali Sahabi, chief operating officer for Optimum Seismic, which has worked on several buildings in Santa Monica since the 1980s.
(A seismic retrofit in progress on a soft-story building in Santa Monica)
Next up on the seismic retrofit list are concrete tilt-up buildings. By far the building type with the most structures identified as potentially vulnerable is soft-story. These are mainly apartment buildings made of wood with flimsy ground floors, usually held up above carports by skinny columns that can snap during shaking. Owners of those buildings have until September of 2023 to complete their upgrades.
"We started with over 1,700 soft-story apartments and condos," Purcell said. "We have been pretty lucky. Most [property owners] have been proactive. We're doing well."
For more information about the seismic retrofit program, please visit www.smgov.net/seismic


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@article {73, title = {Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Second Year Medical Students of Government Medical College, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh}, journal = {International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences}, volume = {6}, year = {2017}, month = {October 2017}, pages = {15-19}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {15}, abstract = {
Background: Self medication practice especially using antibiotics has tremendously increased in the society that leads to unwanted consequences such as drug resistance. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the self-medication practices with antibiotics among the second year medical students of Government Medical College, Raigarh. Materials and Methods: It was a questionnaire based descriptive study. A prevalidated questionnaire, which contained both open and close ended questions were given to the second year medical students. Data were analyzed using Excel sheet and results were expressed as counts and percentages. Results: Females outnumber males in this study, 27 versus 20. The most common indication for which self-medication was opted was fever with cough and cold. The information about the antibiotic was obtained from a past prescription from a physician. The most common antibiotic that was used by most of students was azithromycin. Conclusion: There was a high level of self-medication with antibiotics in our study, but this high level of self-prescription seen is also having some disadvantages, as improper duration of use might lead to development of resistance.}, keywords = {Antibiotics, Azithromycin, Co-Prescription, Drug Resistance, Self-medication}, doi = {10.5530/ijpcs.6.1.3}, author = {Pramood Kumar Gupta and Presenjit Raut} }


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- Art of the Sales Professional
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The REAL ABCs of Selling: The Art of the Sales Professional
Introduces the salesperson to the top attributes, habits, and known-successful actions top sales professionals have used across all industries to consistently look down at quota.
The Art of the Sales Professional is designed so the most important components found in the sales approach used by top sales professionals are quickly introduced in order to then incorporate in real-world situations. Salespeople and their leaders will learn the Role of a Sales Pro in order for the salesperson to build a game plan for getting to the top of their game in sales which always drives increases in revenue for their organization. Additionally, the Workshop is built on the understanding that when coaching accompanies facilitation, significant sales improvements can be expected.
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The Art of the Proposal Workshop is designed so that salespeople can provide a clear and compelling business case for the proposal in order to help the client immediately see how the proposed solution directly addresses their short-, mid-, and long-term needs while also helping them more quickly achieve top business goals.
Through the continual use of coaching, salespeople will be held accountable for ensuring all proposals are scrutinized in order to eliminate weaknesses and gaps, find missed opportunities, and most importantly to ensure the solution is directly tied to the top business goals of the client.
The sales rep and sales leader will leave with a strong, applicable level of understanding and tools they can use to employ the knowledge collected throughout the sales process, both strategically and tactically, to help their clients gain an advantage over their business objectives.