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Which habits make you likeable? What attracts you to another person? Develop essential social skills that will enhance your personality to build new relationships and sustain them.
Smile and Stay Cheerful – When you see someone, smile because that makes you look cheerful and helps in making a first impression. It also makes the other person feel comfortable. Be enthusiastic!
Handshake – A firm handshake conveys confidence. It shouldn't be too weak or display too much dominance. It helps in establishing the second step to your relationship.
Call people by their name – When you call your friend/colleague by their name it affirms that you remember them and it conveys respect. It also shows affection and makes you more friendly.
Tone of voice – Your tone matters a lot! Avoid authoritative tones. A soft tone that radiates confidence and sounds welcoming is key to the other person listening to you. Avoid harsh and rude tones, you could hurt others feelings. Even if mean behavior has been dished out to you, the way you respond determines the rest of the situation. You don't have to win every argument. Keep the conversation in control. Be polite.
Eye Contact – During the course of a conversation it is important to maintain eye contact to show the other person that you're engaged in the conversation, but don't stare a lot.
Avoid using the phone – This is a huge turn off. How many times have you been messaging when someone has been saying something important to you? How many times have you attended a call when you could have avoided it?
Not only does it look disrespectful, it also makes you look like you're not interested in listening to what the other person has to say. Your friend/family member/ colleague talks to you because they value your time and enjoy your company. Don't spoil your time with them by being distracted by gadgets. It can kill a relationship. Put your phone away!
Listen attentively – The most irritating line you could have stated to someone "Please can you repeat that again, I wasn't listening." Because you were browsing your phone or your mind slowly drifted away to other worlds and you tuned off. Being attentive and present in a conversation is essential to keep your bond strong. Develop listening skills by hearing audio tracks and improve your focus by watching videos or reading books for a certain period of time. By showing them that you paid full attention they know you care about what they say.
Positive posture – When speaking sit up straight and look at the other person indicating you're present. When the other person is speaking, bend forward a little and listen with interest with your hands on your lap, don't cross your hands as that indicates you're not open to ideas. Avoid body language that comes across as snobbish or distracted. Example: Blinking too much, making faces, looking nervous, fidgeting etc
Say positive things – Don't complain often, negative statements are a sign that your outlook is not optimistic. Cribbing endlessly even if you have an agony aunt is not going to help you to say positive statements. Negative topics will dampen their spirit. When you talk about positive things in your life, it influences the other person to steer the conversation in a positive direction. Keep the conversation light, happy and interesting! Positivity has the power to change one's outlook on a certain issue they're facing or undergoing.
Compliment genuinely – Compliment only if you mean it. Avoid flattery – it will make you look artificial. The way a compliment is conveyed is an indicator whether you're being genuine or not. Tone of voice is key to appreciating what you like about the person or their belongings. Plus, it makes someone's day – it makes them feel upbeat and it can change their mood for that day. It could spark a chain of complimenting and they will appreciate someone else!
Drop your ego – Admit it, we all make mistakes. But we don't like it when others criticize us. Everything cannot be hunky dory all the time. Be nice – apologize and mean it. Sit down and have a peaceful, open conversation with other person and avoid speaking in angry tones. Once the issue is sorted it, make sure you don't repeat the mistake. What you said could have been hurtful – find out where you were wrong and how you can speak in a diplomatic tone.
Don't judge – I do this a lot and many times I have been proven wrong. Even if you find some habit unbearable about the other person give them a chance. No one is perfect. Everyone has flaws. Accepting other's weakness/drawback is kindness on your part and important to keep the relationship going. A small misunderstanding shouldn't spoil a long-term relationship.
Give space to the other person – As soon you've made a new friend, give them their space. Contact them after few days to say hello. Don't get obsessed and bombard them with calls/messages. Take your time to add them on social networks after getting to know them and seek their permission. Avoid being nosy and clingy. Find out when you should contact them to avoid disturbing them at odd times and keep their time zone in mind. Don't ask too many questions, limit your curiosity! Take it one step at a time. Respect their privacy and need to keep some pieces of information a secret. Giving space in existing relationships is important too. Whether it's your family or an old friend keeping a certain amount of distance is important for any relationship to flourish and grow.
Master these super easy social skills and maintain your relationships with charm and ease!
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In this study, we investigated the presence of long-range correlation effects in the electrocortical activity of rats using the Hurst exponent (H) calculated by dispersion analysis (DA) and an aggregated variance method (AGV). A slow decline of the autocorrelation function during time expansion and the existence of a correlation between distant time points of electrocorticograms (ECoGs) were shown to be typical of various pathophysiological states. In these cases, the H values were within a 0.5 < H < 1 range. A particularly slow decay of the autocorrelation function is typical of a long-range dependence (LRD). We found that ECoGs after i.p. administrations of camphor essential oil or its main constituent, 1,8-cineole, included attacks of uncontrolled electrical discharges and showed the presence of long-range correlation effects. Such findings are in agreement with recent data obtained by other authors and suggest that initiation of seizures can be predicted by certain ECoG indices. We estimated the critical period where the H values for ECoGs containing uncontrolled electrical discharges continuously increased within a few minutes before the attack. We believe that the AGV demonstrates certain advantages over DA in calculations of the H.
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February 17, 2015
PAULINE R. HALL, Plaintiffv.RITA SHIFF, PA-C, BROWN UNIVERSITY in Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, LLC Defendants
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For Plaintiff: Yvette M. Boisclair, Esq. Mark S. Mandell, Esq.
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Before this Court is Third-Party Defendant Quest Diagnostics, LLC's (Quest) Motion to Compel Deposition Testimony (Motion). This Motion is made pursuant to Super. R. Civ. P. 26, 30, and 37 (Rules 26, 30 and 37). See Rules 26, 30 and 37. Third-Party Plaintiff Brown University (Brown) objects to Quest's Motion. For the reasons set forth below, Quest's Motion is granted.
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The basic facts of this matter were previously recounted by this Court in its Decision of May 23, 2013 regarding Quest's Motions to Compel.[1] Accordingly, the Court will supplement the facts as necessary to decide the instant Motion.
On March 24, 2008, Pauline Hall (Ms. Hall) filed suit alleging, among other things, that Quest was negligent in the performance and processing of laboratory testing when Ms. Hall presented to Brown University Health Services in May of 2006. At that time, Quest provided laboratory testing services at Brown University Health Services pursuant to a Professional Services Agreement.
On December 10, 2010, Brown filed a cross-complaint against Quest alleging negligence, breach of contract, indemnity, and contribution. Brown alleges that Quest was negligent in the provision of laboratory services to Ms. Hall and, furthermore, that Quest's negligence was a proximate cause of Ms. Hall's injuries. The underlying litigation was resolved in 2011. Brown settled the case for $6.5 million and now seeks contribution from Quest.
This Court issued a scheduling order requiring the parties to disclose experts. Both Brown and Quest have served answers to interrogatories disclosing expert witnesses and are presently in the process of deposing each other's experts. Brown disclosed Daniel J. Sullivan, M.D. (Dr. Sullivan) as an expert witness in the field of internal medicine. In response, Quest disclosed Mark D. Aronson, M.D. (Dr. Aronson), who is also a specialist in internal medicine. Generally, both Dr. Sullivan and Dr. Aronson are expected to testify regarding whether Brown's physician's assistant, Rita Shiff (Ms. Shiff), performed her duties within the applicable standard of care.
Dr. Sullivan is a member of the Health Care Associates Practice Group and a member of the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Sullivan is also an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Aronson is also a member of the Health Care Associates Practice Group and the Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine and Interim Chief of the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Aronson is a Full Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Accordingly, Dr. Aronson holds certain positions at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School superior to those held by Dr. Sullivan.
Dr. Sullivan was deposed by Quest on December 18, 2014. During the deposition, Quest's attorney, Mark Dolan (Mr. Dolan), inquired as to whether Dr. Sullivan disagreed with some of Dr. Aronson's medical opinions and conclusions. Brown's attorney, William Dailey (Mr. Dailey), objected to this line of questioning and instructed Dr. Sullivan not to answer. The pertinent portions of the deposition transcript read:
"Q: Okay. Now, the fourth paragraph says, 'Doctor Aronson will testify that Ms. Hall's history and signs and symptoms required further work-up.' Do you see that?
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Note to Families: Parents often ask "How can my family serve together?" Many of the organizations listed below have opportunities to serve. A unique way to "serve and learn" is to pick a local ministry or organization and look over their "Most Needed" list. As a family, learn about the organization and the people they serve. Purchase or donate the items they need and deliver them as a family. Pray for the organization and permanent workers. Ask God how He can further use your family.
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Snack Pack Program Shepherd partners with Afton Lakeland Elementary to provide food packs to children each Friday. Picking up food at Valley Outreach and placing Snack Packs in designated backpacks. Be part of our 2019-2020 team. Email Amy for more information.
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Meals from the Heart: Based in Stillwater, Minnesota, they bring people together to serve their neighbors through easy-to-execute, energized and fun meal-packing events. Events build relationships and strengthen communities while providing flavorful, fortified meals to local food shelves.
Hope for the Journey Home: A ministry for families who are experiencing homelessness for the first time. HJH is a ministry of Guardian Angels Catholic Church along with St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi and more than 30 churches in Washington and suburban Ramsey counties.
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At camp Jake Schuchardt will be our camp speaker for the weekend. He is the Student Pastor at Quest church in Chesterfield. The Missouri Baptist Worship Band will be leading us in worship at each session. If you don't know how exciting and life changing this camp is be sure to check out the video from last year below!


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Before we get to actually cross-compiling something for release, it would be good to get cross-compilers into Fedora. Making a cross-binutils package isn't hard; it's a relatively modification to our existing binutils package to make it build for multiple %targets. Making a cross-gcc package which targets linux-elf is harder, because of the evil recursive dependencies to which you refer above. It would be good if we could get that working though.
Hi,Yep, we've been through this a few times. Having discussed this with you a number of times before, I know where you're coming from. We really should be able to build gcc without having to build parts of glibc in the process. That said, this is really only an exercise in bootstrapping which doesn't happen very often.
Let us, for example, pretend we're just discussing cross compilation for existing archs. Because of the iterative nature of these builds, everything we need is already there to build the cross compiler. We have kernel headers and we have a glibc rpm for the target arch. All that we need in some machinery to pull in files from a different arch and extract them into a sys-root.
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Day 2: Random Photo of My Day
Claire's OT brought some new toys over for her. My favorite thing about new toys is to see which parts she really enjoys and picks up right away. This is a toy where you hit the ball from the top, it rolls through the toy and comes out the bottom.
Right away Claire has figured out that the pink ball is the easiest to drop down and she goes for it right away. Her other favorite part of the toy is the first ball. It's clear ball, with smaller ball inside and makes quite a racket when she shakes it. She takes all of the balls off the top of the toy, shakes them, and throws them aside until she finds the one she wants. It's a small thing, but I love seeing how her mind works. She is one smart cookie!
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I think my kids had something like that as well. I think I had just as much fun with it as they did. It is great to see them figuring stuff out...she is a smart cookie!ReplyDelete
Claire ROCKS! we love that toy...and that one sure is pleasing to the eye! I am amazed at Maddie and her naps...it has to be the same time and location...smilesReplyDelete
Okay,this little 30 day journey you and Kelly have decided to do,is so fun.Can't wait to follow along.ReplyDelete
Claire is looking like such a toddler lately.so darn cute!
That toy looks fantastic! Arina would love it, and she would play so cute with sweet Claire!ReplyDelete
That does look like a fun toy. Well anything with balls has to be fun! She is too cute in that last photo. I like your close up shot too, at first I thought they were Easter eggs, lol.ReplyDelete
What a fun toy....Landon is a little stinker too, always taking the easy route first.....well actually, that pretty clever of them!!!! Love the pic of Claire at the end....she's getting so big!!!ReplyDelete
Matthew's Developmental Therapist brought a similar toy too and Matthew loved it. This was when he was in Early Intervention. It's funny, he also figured out which ball when through the easiest. He also always went for the shaker balls, not the boring quiet ones. LOL!ReplyDelete


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Hyundai motors has announced plans to show-off a brand new concept at this years' Geneva Motor Show. Dubbed the HED-5, the 5 has little to do with the number of seats as it will seat six.
Hyundai is calling it a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) with excellent practicality and fuel economy, but from the concept art photos we see here, it looks like a cross between a Mazda CX-7 and an i30.
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The facelifted Nissan Sunny sedan gets a bunch of cosmetic changes, both on the outside and inside. The front grille and bumper are new items on the facelifted car while the headlamps get more angular lines, a departure from the curvy design of the current version.
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The steering wheel is also a new item. In the Thai market, Nissan has revised prices of the Sunny Facelift upwards. A similar approach is likely in the Indian car market as well, given the additional kit added to the car in the form of the new infotainment module.
Mechanically, the facelifted Nissan Sunny sedan is likely to continue unchanged with petrol (1.5 liter HR15DE 99 Bhp-134 Nm) and turbo diesel (1.5 liter K9K 85 Bhp-200 Nm) engines. A 5 speed manual gearbox is standard across both engine options while the petrol engined model can also be specified with a CVT automatic gearbox.
Until the launch of the Terrano SUV last year, the Sunny was Nissan India's best selling product. In the last year or so, sales of the Sunny sedan – which started off quite strongly – have tapered down. Nissan India will be hoping that the facelifted model adds some much-needed zing to the Sunny sedan's sales.


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Is it fair to have different rules for workers depending on the size of the work place?
The Executive Committee by the Service Union United PAM decided on 5 November to call off all industrial actions in connextion to the draft law weakening protections against dismissal.
The decision became clear when Prime Minister Sipilä's government had drawn up a new proposal on dismissal praxis in order to secure public peace within the wage-earner's alliances. The new proposal included many of the points, that the unions themselves have pursued, such as removal of the amount of employees in the company as a ground for dismissal, the shortening of the qualifying period in the unemployment security and preparation based on a tripartite agreement. According to PAM's Executive Committee the processing has been fulfilled in a benefical manner, and therefore all industrial actions announced earlier will be cancelled.
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What is the proposal of the Sipilä government?
Why PAM wants to stop the draft amendment?
- The government's reasoning does not hold
- Insecurity and anxiety in workplaces would rise
- Inequality would increase
- Employees have already shown flexibility
What is the proposal of the Sipilä government?
In the spring, the Sipilä government announced that it will start preparations for amending the Employment Contracts Act, aimed at easing the dismissal criteria in small companies. In the original draft amendment, new rules were being planned for individual dismissals in businesses employing 20 people or less.
At the moment, an employee may be legally dismissed if he or she violates or neglects the essential duties of the employment relationship, or if there is a significant change in the employee's ability to work so that the employee no longer copes with his or her duties.
On 2 October, Minister of Employment Jari Lindström announced that the government will change the draft amendment so that the grounds for dismissal would be amended only for enterprises employing fewer than 10 persons.
Now the government envisages that "less than substantive negligence and inappropriate behaviour would be enough if such behaviour destabilises the trust relationship between the employer and the employee or complicates the activities of the employer or the working community". Another condition would be that continuing the employment relationship would not be seen as reasonable, from the point of view of the employer.
At the beginning of October, the issue concerning trust relationship had been deleted from the draft amendment. According to minister Lindström, grounds for dismissal could yet be an employee's inappropriate behaviour affecting a small company's working functions.
On 17 October the government sent the Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis a draft of the government proposal relaxing the reasons for dismissal in companies with less than 10 employees. In this, the reason for dismissal could be "a breach or neglect of obligations or a change in the employee's working circumstances that is more minor than at present but significant enough that the employer, taking into account the company's size, cannot reasonably be expected to continue the employment relationship."
The government's draft amendment submitted to the consultation round can be consulted here (in Finnish).
The news release and other materials from the press conference 2 October.
You can find the news release of 17 October and the link to the draft law here (in Finnish).
Why PAM wants to stop the draft amendment?
The government's reasoning does not hold
The government justified its proposal by stating that dismissing an employee is difficult, and therefore especially small companies do not dare to employ staff. if it were easier to remove employees, companies would find it easier to hire staff and employment would improve.
You can get rid of an employee
A trial period may be used in the beginning of the employment relationship. During this period both the employer and the employee may cancel the employment relationship with immediate effect if it turns out that either the employee or the workplace is not suitable.
According to current legislation, an employee may be dismissed for neglect of duty or disobedience. It is not a problem. Small companies may just have lack of knowledge.
PAM questions how easy dismissals in small businesses should be, in the opinion of the Sipilä government?
Economists have estimated that the draft amendment has barely any, or at best very modest, effect on employment.
Insecurity and anxiety in workplaces would rise
Employees would feel more insecure
It is crystal clear that if employees can be dismissed easier than before, it results in uncertainty, raises fear in working life and weakens people's well-being.
The government's intentions on dismissal grounds are unclear. How to define less than substantive negligence or when does inappropriate behaviour affect a small company's working functions? According to government's reasoning, if the employee's inappropriate behaviour leads to poisoning of the working community's working athmosphere, it can justify the termination of the employment contract as well.
Who defines poisoning or trust and its destabilisation? – The employer.
In practice, the proposal enables dismissals on ambiguous grounds. The physical appearance of the employee easily steps in.
It is very likely that the employee accepts almost anything and will not, for the fear of sacking, take up any workplace issues, for example. In service sectors, many employees work part-time and the wish for additional working hours is likely to keep the employees quiet, too. The employee's trial period would never end.
Insecurity in companies would increase
Small companies already have relatively more disputes than bigger companies. One reason may be the lack of knowledge in small companies.
The limits of application of law are always determined by case law. It would take years before any case law on this exists, and the boundaries of legislation could be defined. This would increase the number of legal disputes. A small company would remain on an insecure ground in dismissal issues and would have to wait for years for the possible court decision.
Making dismissal easier in small companies would be a risk: Already many disputes
Inequality would increase
Employees would be put in an unequal situation
It is not right that the employee's level of employment relationship protection depends on the size of the company he or she works at.
An employee dismissed on personal grounds is often hit by a long suspension period before the unemployment benefits kick in. As a consequence, employees of small companies would have a weaker employment relationship protection and a weaker unemployment protection as well.
Companies would be put in an unequal position
It is not right that companies should adhere to different legislation in dismissal situations, depending on their size.
The amendment would create new recruitment problems in small companies. If the employee can choose between companies employing less or more than 20 people, the employee probably chooses the employer with better employment relationship protection, as provided by law.
The amendment could also hamper companies' growth – it's less attractive to let companies grow above the 20 employees threshold.
Employees have already shown flexibility
The government has already, for example, lengthened the trial period, shortened the reinstatement requirement of the dismissed and allowed ungrounded fixed-term employment relationships for the long-term unemployed. It has also weakened the job alternation leave arrangement. As a result of the Competitiveness Pact, the employees' working hours were extended. The list goes on.
Read more on why the proposition should not be approved.
* www.sak.fi/viimeinenniitti
* The government's planned severance act will silence women – PAM's Ann Selin and JHL's Päivi Niemi-Laine call for an impact of the gender impacts
* PAM decides to impose comprehensive overtime ban and other industrial action
* Making dismissal easier in small companies would be a risk: Already many disputes
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We are wishing President Donald J. Trump a happy birthday today!
The President turns 73 June 14. He does not appear to be taking it easy on his special day. President Trump has a full schedule lined up. He appeared on Fox and Friends Friday morning.
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Prophet Yunus (Peace be upon Him) also known as Dhan-Nun. His English name is Jonah. He is referred in ahadith and tafseer as Yunus bin Matta. Prophet Jonah was sent to a community in Iraq, in the city of Mosul. Renowned Islamic scholar, ibn Kathir calls it Nineveh. There is surah in the Quran, sunah number 10 which is named after Prophet Yunus.
The inhabitants of the town of Nineveh(Naynawa) lived a life worshiping idols. Prophet Jonah (pbuh) was sent to teach them the worship of Allah. The people disliked his interference in their way of worship, so they argued. "We and our forefathers have worshipped these gods for many years and no harm has come to us."
About his people Almighty Allah said: "Was there any town community that believed after seeing the punishment, and its Faith at that moment, saved it from the punishment? (the answer is none)--except the people of Jonah; when they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the present world, and permitted them to enjoy for a while. Quran Surah Yunus 10:98
Jonah Leaves His People
Try as he might to convince them of the foolishness of idolatry and of the goodness of Allah's laws, the ignored him. He warned them that if they kept on with their foolishness, Allah's punishment would soon follow. Instead of fearing Allah, they told Jonah that they were not afraid of his threats. "Let it happen," they told him. Jonah was disheartened. "in that case, I will leave you to your misery!" so saying, he left Nineveh, fearing that Allah's anger would soon follow.
"Remember Dhan Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (the calamities which had befallen him)! Quran Surah Anbiya 21:87
The People are Forgiven
"And remember when he (Jonah) went off in anger." Quran Surah Anbiya 21:87
Ibn Kathir describes the scene in Nineveh immediately after Jonah left. The sky began to change colour, it turned as red as fire. The people were filled with fear and understood that they were only moments from destruction. They recalled the destruction of the people of 'Ad, Thamud and Nuh(Noah). Was theirs to be a similar fate? Slowly faith penetrated their hearts. The entire population of Nineveh gathered on a mountaintop and begged for God's forgiveness.
Allah said: When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment for a time. Quran Surah Yunus 10:98
God accepted their repentance and removed the wrath that was hanging ominously over their heads. The sky returned to normal, and the people returned to their homes. They prayed that Jonah would come back to them and guide them to the straight path.
The Storm at Sea
Meanwhile, Jonah had boarded a small ship in the company of other passengers. It sailed all day in calm waters with a good wind blowing at the sails. When night came, the sea suddenly changed. A horrible storm blew as if it were going to split the ship into pieces. The waves looked wild. They rose up as high as mountains then plunged down like valleys, tossing the ship and sweeping over the deck.
Behind the ship, a large whale was splitting the water and opening its mouth. A command had been issued from Almighty Allah to one of the greatest whales of the sea to surface. It obeyed. The whale hurried to the surface of the sea and followed the ship as it had been commanded.
The tempest continued and the chief crewman asked the crew to lighten the ship's heavy load. They threw their baggage overboard, but this was not enough. Their safety lay in reducing the weight further, so they decided among themselves to lighten their load by removing at least one person.
Jonah Jumps into the Sea
The captain directed: We will make lots with all of the travelers' names. The one whose name is drawn will be thrown into the sea." Jonah knew this was one of the seamen's traditions when facing a tempest(Storm). It was a strange polytheistic tradition, but it was practiced at that time. Jonah's affliction and crisis began.
Here was the prophet, subjected to polytheistic rules that considered the sea and the wind to have gods that riot. The captain had to please these gods. Jonah unwillingly participated in the lot, and his name was added to the other travelers' names. The lot was drawn and "Jonah" appeared.
Since they knew him to be the most honorable among them, they did not wish to throw him into the angry sea. Therefore, they decided to draw a second lot. Again Jonah's name was drawn. They gave him a final chance and drew a third lot. Unfortunately for Jonah, his name came up again.
Jonah realized that Allah's hand was in all this, for he had abandoned his mission without Allah's consent. The matter was over, and it was decided that Jonah should throw himself into the water. Jonah stood at the edge of the ship looking at the furious sea. It was night and there was no moon. The stars were hidden behind a black fog. But before he could be thrown overboard, Jonah kept mentioning Allah's name as he jumped into the raging sea and disappeared beneath the huge waves.
Drawn of Lots
And, verily, Yunus (Jonah) was one of the Messengers. When he ran to the laden ship, He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers, Then a (big) fish swallowed him and he had done an act worthy of blame. Had he not been of them who glorify Allah, He would have indeed remained inside its belly (the fish) till the Day of Resurrection. But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill. Quran Surah saffath 37: 145
Allah said regarding Maryam: This is a part of the news of the Ghaib (unseen, i.e. the news of the past nations of which you have no knowledge) which We inspire you with (O Muhammad). You were not with them, when they cast lots with their pens as to which of them should be charged with the care of Maryam (Mary); nor were you with them when they disputed. Quran Surah Al'e Imran 3:44
The Whale Swallows Jonah
Allah commanded a large fish from the Green Sea (i.e., Mediterranean Sea) to cleave the oceans and come and swallow Yunus, peace be upon him, without cutting his flesh or breaking his bones.Prophet Yunus fell into the water to be scooped up in the enormous jaws of a giant fish. When Jonah awoke from unconsciousness, he thought that he was dead and was lying in the darkness of his grave. He felt around him and realized that this was not a grave but the belly of the giant fish. He was afraid. He felt his heart beating deep in his chest and lurching towards his throat with every ragged breath he took. Jonah was sitting in strong, acidic, digestive juices that were eating away at his skin and he cried out to God.
Three layers of darkness enveloped him, one above the other; the darkness of the whale's stomach, the darkness of the bottom of the sea, the darkness of the night. Jonah imaged himself to be dead, but his senses became alert when he found he could move. He knew that he was alive and imprisoned in the midst of three layers of darkness. His heart was moved by remembering Allah.
Number of days in belly of fish
They differed as to how long he spent in the belly of the fish.
Dua of Jonah
When Jonah awoke from unconsciousness, he thought that he was dead and was lying in the darkness of his grave. He felt around him and realised that this was not a grave but the belly of the giant fish. He was afraid. He felt his heart beating deep in his chest and lurching towards his throat with every ragged breath he took. Jonah was sitting in strong, acidic, digestive juices that were eating away at his skin and he cried out to God. In the darkness of the fish, in the darkness of the sea and in the darkness of the night, Jonah raised his voice and called out his distress to God.
لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Allah said: And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." Quran surah Anbiya 21:87
Allah Forgives Yunus
Jonah continued praying to Allah, repeating this invocation. While Yunus (AS) was in the belly of the whale, the animals of the sea heard his dhikr. So the sea creatures gathered around the whale; This call went and hovered around the (mighty) Throne, and the angels said, O Allah, who is that calling You from deep inside the sea. Allah replied that it is My servant Yunus (AS) He ran away from his commandments so I made the whale swallow him.
The angels interceded for Yunus (AS) and Allah (SWT) accepted their intercession. They said, "O Lord, will You not have mercy on him for what he did during his time of ease, and save him from this trial and tribulation?'' He said, "Of course.''
Allah Almighty saw the sincere repentance of Jonah and heard his invocation in the whale's stomach. Allah commanded the whale to surface and ejects Jonah onto an island. The whale obeyed and swam to the farthest side of the ocean. Allah commanded it to rise towards the warm, refreshing sun and the pleasant earth.
The whale ejected Jonah onto a remote island. His body was inflamed because of the acids inside the whale's stomach. He was ill, and when the sun rose, its ray burned his inflamed body so that he was on the verge of screaming for the pain. However, he endured the pain and continued to repeat his invocation to Allah.
Almighty Allah caused a vine to grow to considerable length over him for protection. Then Allah Exalted caused Jonah to recover and forgave him. Allah told Jonah that if it had not been for his praying to Him, he would have stayed in the whale's stomach till the Day of Judgment, as mentioned in Quran Surah saffath 37: 141-148
Summary of Jonah's Story
And, verily, Yunus (Jonah) was one of the Messengers. When he ran to the laden ship, He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers, Then a (big) fish swallowed him and he had done an act worthy of blame. Had he not been of them who glorify Allah, He would have indeed remained inside its belly (the fish) till the Day of Resurrection. But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill. And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine. And We sent him to a hundred thousand people or even more, and they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a while." Quran Surah saffath 37: 139-148
Jonah's People - Changed
Gradually he regained his strength and found his way to his hometown, Nineveh. When Jonah recovered he returned to Nineveh and was amazed at the change in his people. They informed Jonah of their fear when the sky had turned blood red and how they had gathered on the mountain to beg God's forgiveness. They informed him that they had turned to believe in Allah. And more than 100,000 or more people living in Nineveh lived in tranquility. Jonah lived amongst his people and taught them to worship One God and to live lives of piety and righteousness.
Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Sa'd narrated from his father, from Sa'd that the Messenger of Allah said: "The supplication of Dhun-Nun (Prophet Yunus) when he supplicated, while in the belly of the whale was: 'There is none worthy of worship except You, Glory to You, Indeed, I have been of the transgressors. (La Ilaha Illa Anta Subhanaka Inni Kuntu Minaz-Zalimeen)' So indeed, no Muslim man supplicated with it for anything, ever, except Allah responds to him." Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol'6: 3505
Narrated `Abdullah ibn Abbas(R):The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should say that I am better than Yunus (i.e. Jonah)." Musadded added, "Jonah bin Matta." Sahih al Bukhari 3412 (Vol4. 624)
See also
Prophets in Islam; Prophet Aadam, Prophet Nuh; Prophet Muhammadﷺ; Prophet Ibraheem; Prophet Eesa;
Stories of the prophets by Ibn kathir


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Message to Supporters
Yesterday, as New Hampshire voters headed to the polls, The New Republic published an article carefully timed to hurt Ron Paul.
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – In response to an article published by The New Republic, Ron Paul issued the following statement:
"The quotations in The New Republic article are not mine and do not represent what I believe or have ever believed. I have never uttered such words and denounce such small-minded thoughts.
"In fact, I have always agreed with Martin Luther King, Jr. that we should only be concerned with the content of a person's character, not the color of their skin. As I stated on the floor of the U.S. House on April 20, 1999: 'I rise in great respect for the courage and high ideals of Rosa Parks who stood steadfastly for the rights of individuals against unjust laws and oppressive governmental policies.'
"This story is old news and has been rehashed for over a decade. It's once again being resurrected for obvious political reasons on the day of the New Hampshire primary.
"When I was out of Congress and practicing medicine full-time, a newsletter was published under my name that I did not edit. Several writers contributed to the product. For over a decade, I have publicly taken moral responsibility for not paying closer attention to what went out under my name."
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Taunton Lights on Mrs. Claus Event
The GFWC Taunton and Raynham Jr. Woman's Club joined the performers for Taunton's Lights On celebration on Saturday at Hometown Furnishing on Main Street where club members brought Santa's Elves and Mrs. Claus to town.
Nancy Brown as Mrs. Claus read The Night Before Christmas to visiting children while The elves, Cheryl Carlos, Brenda Saben, Kathy Sampson, Nancy Martin and Cindy Leonard handed out candy canes,cookies and letters for Santa. Jingle Bells was the favorite song sung throughout the night, and parents took advantage of a photo OP with Mrs. Claus and the elves.
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IQ4Hire.com, prepping for an official launch later this summer, is backed by a list of marquee investors, including Oracle president and chief operating officer Ray Lane and PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, and recently closed its first round of funding for $3.5 million. The Chicago-based start-up is expected to close its second financing round next month for about $12 million.
Former Andersen Consulting partner Brian Sommer, who is the chief executive and founder of IQ4Hire, said the marketplace will serve as a facilitator and negotiator between buyers and sellers for massive software installations or other major systems integration projects. Larger computer services deals typically range from $500,000 to $1 million.
John Hagerty, an industry analyst at AMR Research, said the marketplace is different from some of the recently announced online marketplaces in that it acts more like a facilitator or a liaison to help close a deal. He said IQ4Hire may help to alter the way services firms have typically conducted negotiations with clients.
"Consulting organizations do spend a lot of time and money chasing business," said Hagerty. "(IQ4Hire) is taking on the broker mentality...It acts as a middle person to direct business (to the firms). It acts as a middle person to find out who best suits" the customer's needs.
Hagerty added that this type of marketplace can help "ease negotiations" and help customers "shop around" for the most qualified consulting teams.
A growing number of industry marketplaces have popped up, as more and more companies begin to eye the lucrative business of helping connect companies with their suppliers, partners and customers over the Net. Leading research firms have the business-to-business market pegged between $2.7 trillion and $7.3 trillion by 2004, up from about $131 billion in 1999.
Other marketplaces that target the professional services industry, such as SkillsVillage.com, Guru.com, FreeAgent.com and SolutionCentral.net, already exist, but for the most part, they link individual consultants to small projects. Sommer said he sees his company competing more with Web sites such as Niku's iNiku.com portal marketplace and ITSquare.com, which both help link buyers and sellers involved in customized computer systems projects.
Companies looking to staff a computer systems project can use the marketplace as a resource pool to help them figure out exactly what type of work they need done, and then they can bid for consulting teams from leading professional services firms that are qualified to meet their specific needs, the company said.
Sommer said the new marketplace will "dramatically reduce" the amount of time it takes to educate a client on the specific capabilities of each professional services firm by as much as 80 percent. Additionally, the site will help cut down the time it takes to finalize negotiations between a consulting team and a customer to 8 to 10 days from the more typical 3 to 6 months, he claims.
IQ4Hire, whose management team consists of former partners from Andersen Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as other brand-name professional services firms such as Scient and Cambridge Technology Partners, said it does not plan to completely eliminate the human element in the online transaction.
"Unlike one-click buying like other e-commerce sites, there is more human interaction (when it comes to professional services)," said Sommer. "We still need customers and consultants to physically meet. We're not trying to capture the whole essence of every consultant electronically. We want them to be comfortable with the fit."
"They are trying to change the existing model," said AMR's Hagerty. "(The marketplace isn't) the end-all, be-all. An open market auction online is the be-all. There's still a large amount of human element in this."
Without disclosing any names, Sommer said he expects to unveil marketplace participants in the coming weeks. Hagerty said he expects all the major players in the professional services market to join, including some of the Big Five management consultants and services giants IBM Global Services and EDS.
The company, which currently has about 43 employees, said it plans to charge both buyers and sellers fees based on each transaction.


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ATTENTION: Due to laryngitis, Elisabeth has had to cancel this event! We will keep you posted if and when this event is rescheduled.
We're honored to host the Chicaog stop on Elisabeth Rosenthal's paperback tour for American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.
At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system--and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems.
In only a few decades, the national healthcare system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit vulnerable and sick Americans. Too many politicians have proven themselves either unwilling or incapable of reining in the increasingly outrageous costs faced by patients, and market-based solutions only seem to funnel larger and larger sums of our money into the hands of corporations. Impossibly high insurance premiums and inexplicably large bills have become facts of life; fatalism has set in. How did things get so bad so fast? Breaking down this monolithic business into the individual industries--the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and drug manufacturers--that together constitute our healthcare system, Rosenthal exposes the recent evolution of American medicine as never before. She also spells out exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate the maze that is American healthcare and also to demand far-reaching reform.
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal was for twenty-two years a reporter, correspondent, and senior writer at The New York Times before becoming the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News, an independent journalism newsroom focusing on health and health policy. She holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, trained in internal medicine, and has worked as an ER physician. She lives in New York City and Washington, DC.


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Senator Dino Melaye Bags 'Man Of The Year' Award 2019
As the Year 2019 comes to an end in a matter of weeks, iconic politician and two-time member of the National Assembly, and People's Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Kogi West senatorial district in the just concluded elections in the State, Senator Dino Melaye, will today and other Nigerians be honoured with the prestigious 'MAN OF THE YEAR' Award by a leading online newspaper – Kwararafa Reporters, for his massive contribution for the development of his people and humanity.
According to the online news platform, the recognition is aimed at further spurring other Nigerians to engender good governance and ultimately a better society, through diligence, hard-7work, personal integrity and leadership as exemplified by Melaye and fellow Awardees.
Recall that Senator Dino Melaye is a recipient of numerous Awards from within Nigeria and abroad. At a point, he was a serial winner of the Senate Press Corps' coveted 'Senator of the Year' Award for 2016 and 2017 consecutively.
The most recent in the string of laurels in Senator Melaye's kitty is the 'Outstanding Personality of the Year' Award 2019 at the North-Central Service Awards held on Thursday, November 21 in Abuja.
It is, therefore, heartening that Senator Melaye will be honoured again, with the 'Man of the Year' Award 2019 alongside other prominent Awardees at the Kwararafa Reporters' Awards Night today to mark the Third Anniversary of the blossoming media outfit.
The event is slated for 5pm at NBC Century House, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.
Mr. Gideon Ayodele, is a Media Adviser to Senator Dino Melaye, who confirmed this development to the media.
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Plateau State Government Revokes 3 PW Roads Contracts, Says The Contracts Will Be Re-awarded.
Yahaya Idris, Jos.
Plateau state Government has approved the termination of three road projects awarded to a company PW Nigeria Limited, explaining that the contracts were revoked based on request by the company handling the projects.
PW Nigeria is one of the leading construction contractors of roads, bridges, airports, urban infrastructure, dams and water treatment.
Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dan Manjang, who spoke to newsmen after the State Executive Council Meeting in Jos said the contracts would be re-awarded.
He said the projects include Shinkwan-Tunkus-Shendan bypass, Mangu bypass and the Tahos-Ganwuri section one roads.
Mr. Manjang said council also approved the scaling down of the Lalong legacy projects by fifty percent.
He said that the state Executive also approved the engagement of a consultant to carry out review of the audit report by the federal inland revenue service on unremitted Tax and VAT by the state MDA's between 2016 and 2017 .
Commissioner for Finance in the state , Regina Soemlat ,who also spoke to newsmen said the state is set to obtain a loan of One hundred million naira from commercial banks to invest in the education and water sectors.
She said the loan is intended to finance counterpart fundings for the state Universal Basic Education Board and the Partnership for Expanding Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes that will benefit people at the grassroots.
The approval to obtain the bank facility which would be serviced within one year was made during the state executive council meeting presided by Governor Simon Lalong.
The council also approved the printing of booklets of vehicle licence, certificate of road worthiness and general receipts which the commissioner explained that they would be produced in a way that will check forgery.
Fire Guts PeeLinks Electronic Mall In Lokoja
Barely few days of Felele Tanker explosion that left several people dead, destruction of million worth of properties, popular electronic mall in Lokoja, Kogi state has been gutted by fire, razing down multi-million worth of electronic appliances.
According to eyewitness who spoke to Globaltimesnigeria, The incident was reported to have occurred at about 10:47 pm on Friday, The Mall which is located at about 100meters to the office of the fire service couldn't receive the appropriate attention of the fire service as at the time, the office has closed for its services.
All efforts to provide help by people living around the residence prove abortive.
The people who were greeted by confusion expressed dissatisfaction over the incident, describing it as evil.
The people living at the neighborhood angrily called on the Government to find permanent solution to prevent further occurrence, stating that they have lack of confidence in the present Adminstration, as the government is seen at all times failing in their primary responsibility of providing adequate security of lives and Properties.
It could be recalled that, Pastor Gideon Isah had call for severe prayer for Lokoja, and Kogi state.
BREAKING: FG Obtains Fresh Order To Stop Planned Labour Strike
The Global Times Nigeria reports that the Federal Government has obtained a fresh order stopping the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from embarking on their planned strike which is to start on Monday.
According to the reports, the restraining order was issued on Friday by Justice Ibrahim Galadima of the National Industrial Court in Abuja, following an ex parte application by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.
This came barely 24 hours after the same judge made a similar restraining ex parte order in favour of a group, Peace and Unity Ambassadors Association, on Thursday.
The duo of Acting Director of the Department Civil Litigation of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Maimuna Shiru, and Mr Tijjani Gazali, led the Federal Government's team, who moved the ex parte application that was later granted by Justice Galadima on Friday.
The NLC and TUC had jointly declared to embark on a nationwide strike on Monday to press for the reversal of the recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price.
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The Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay area during the 60's and 70's. Five murders were attributed to him although he has claimed many more. What really set him apart was his mysterious letters and ciphers that he sent to the local newspapers to taunt the police and the public. The first cipher was cracked by a couple of puzzle enthusiasts while the others remain unsolved. These cryptic messages have forever changed how we perceive the serial killer especially in fictional stories. Serial killers leave clues and codes for the police to follow and only the smartest detective is up to that task. Is it really that hard to make an unbreakable cipher though?
Even if someone has the key to break a cipher, it's still a rather tedious task especially without a computer. Without knowing the key, it takes a patient person to look for patterns in the letters and words. From there you can solve each letter one by one as you recognize certain words and phrases. The couple that solved the first Zodiac cipher, called the 408 cipher due to there being 408 letters, did just this by correctly assuming that the Zodiac would use "I" in the first sentence and the word "kill". Even then it took them about 20 hours to completely solve.
What they learned is that the Zodiac used a homophonic substitution cipher which suggests that he had at least studied cryptography. Homophonic substitution ciphers use more than one character for one or more letters for the message. The idea behind this is to hide certain patterns and trends in the encrypted message. E, T, A, O, I, and N are the most common letters used in the English language. By using more than one character to represent each of these, it can make frequency analysis useless. For the letter E alone, he had six characters.
It is believed that these messages were not truly meant to be decrypted. After his first message was solved, and relatively quickly, he probably felt that he needed to increase the difficulty of his cipher. Several factors can aid to really increase the difficulty and with minimal effort. His most famous cipher is the short 13 letter cipher that supposedly contains his name. By making the cipher so short and using a different key than previously, a lot of assumptions would have to be made and many mistakes or incorrect guesses have confused things. Did he actually give his name? Did he use his full name or middle name? The number of letters is roughly the average of most English names in the United States which leaves a lot of room for false matches. My name wouldn't work no matter what I tried. So, rest assured I'm definitely not the Zodiac.
Other factors can make it more and more difficult to solve. Using symbols makes it more challenging especially when you don't have a name in your head to associate with it. Not using spaces between words or punctuation for sentences really forces you to focus on common patterns in words. Misspellings can really mess with your confidence that what your solving is working. From what we see in the first cipher, all these tactics were employed.
So now we move on to the 340 cipher which was the last cipher sent to the press by the Zodiac. Many people claimed to have solved it but their decrypted messages is usually garbage. Even with powerful software designed to find the smallest patterns in codes and ciphers have failed to pick up any clues. For over fifty years it has gone unsolved, and in my opinion will never be solved. We cannot know if he even played fair in creating a cipher. He could have changed the key every line. He could have used a combination of ciphers on top of one another. He could have used a Vigenere cipher where the key word is also 408 characters long. He could have made a message out of complete gibberish.
One problem with making ciphers and codes is that you can quickly make it too difficult for other people to solve. The issue with this, is typically you want other people to solve it. During war you need to make your codes and cipher difficult enough so that the enemy cannot understand it but follow simple enough rules so that your ally can quickly get the message. So, intelligent and well-planned ciphers that are meant to be solved are where true skill and craft come into play. If you want to make something impossible to solve, all you have to do is make an impossible set of rules that follow no real logic, or make something so short that multiple solutions muddle the result.
To answer the question proposed in the title, I do not believe the Zodiac Killer was a genius. I believe he was egotistical, and it served his purposes to make it seem like he was smarter than the police. He clearly studied cryptography and purposefully used tactics that make it difficult or impossible to solve.
If you want to read more on the Zodiac ciphers, check out http://zodiackillerciphers.com and watch the videos presented by the American Cryptogram Association.
-J.C. Mystery Detective


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Role of colesevelam in managing heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in adolescents and children
Authors Sonnett T, Robinson J, Milani P, Campbell RK
Published 4 August 2010 Volume 2010:1 Pages 53—60
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/AHMT.S9272
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Travis Sonnett, Jennifer Robinson, Paul Milani, R Keith Campbell
Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Background: Colesevelam hydrochloride is a synthetic, nonsystemically absorbed polymer that functions as a bile acid sequestrant for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Recently, colesevelam was investigated for the treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) in the pediatric/adolescent population aged 10–17 years.
Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the disease state of HeFH in children and adolescents, review the pharmacologic mechanism of action, kinetics, and safety profile of colesevelam, analyze the results of a recent clinical trial of colesevelam in the pediatric/adolescent HeFH population, and discuss the role of colesevelam as a viable treatment option for HeFH.
Methods: A literature search using Medline (1966–03 May 2010), PubMed (1950–03 May 2010), Science Direct (1994–03 May 2010), and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (2004–2010) was performed using the search term colesevelam. English language, original research, and review articles were examined, and citations from these articles were also assessed. The manufacturer's prescribing information and the Food and Drug Administration review of the new drug application for the powder formulation were also examined.
Results: A 32-week trial was performed investigating the efficacy of colesevelam as monotherapy or combination therapy with a stable statin regimen. Upon completion of the trial, significant benefits were found in regard to the treatment of HeFH and the lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, and other secondary measures. Safety and tolerability were also examined throughout the duration of the clinical trial, with adverse drug reactions considered mild in severity.
Conclusion: Colesevelam has been shown to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels significantly in pediatric/adolescent patients with HeFH, while maintaining a mild side effect profile. Although further research would be beneficial for long-term effects in this population, colesevelam should be considered when developing a treatment regimen for HeFH in the pediatric/adolescent population.
Keywords: colesevelam, heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, bile acid sequestrant, hyperlipidemia, pediatric
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