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A few years ago, we announced Rest.li 2.x and a Protocol Upgrade Story. Today, we are excited to share another major milestone: the release of Unstructured Data Reactive! The source code is available on GitHub and documented in the user guide. Give it a try and let us know what you think. Why Rest.li? Rest.li is an open source REST framework for building robust,...
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Editor's note: This blog has been updated. When we recently launched the new job detail page, we introduced new insights for job seekers to know their "In," meet the team, and get the inside scoop about working at the company. Since launch, the page is driving a double-digit lift in job applications. While it is exciting to see the page's popularity and its rich...
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LinkedIn started in 2003 with the goal of connecting to your network for better job opportunities. It had only 2,700 members the first week. Fast forward many years, and LinkedIn's product portfolio, member base, and server load has grown tremendously. Today, LinkedIn operates globally with more than 350 million members. We serve tens of thousands of web pages...
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Talent is LinkedIn's number one operating priority and we have no shortage of talented individuals in technical roles across the...
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A few months ago we announced that LinkedIn had hit its Rest.li moment. Today we are excited to share another major milestone - the...
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Slightly over a year ago LinkedIn announced the open source release of Rest.li, a framework we created for developing RESTful services...
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DE La Salle-Zobel extended the UAAP Season 78 juniors basketball finals series after handing National University its first loss of the season, 71-60, on Friday at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
Season MVP Aljun Melecio got timely support from Marco Sario and MR Romero as the Junior Archers took Game Two of the finals, in the process ruining the Bullpups' quest for a perfect season.
The Junior Archers thus stretched the series to a Game Three next Friday at the Filoil Arena, with the thrice-to-beat Bullpups needing only a win to wrap up their second UAAP title in three years.
"I think we just make non-believers believers," said La Salle coach Boris Aldeguer. "Everybody wrote us off after Game One. We are out to prove that we are a worthy challenger."
Melecio had 14 points and nine assists while scoring nine in the pivotal third quarter when the Junior Archers stormed ahead for good entering the fourth quarter, 57-51.
Melecio also got a lot of help, with Sario scoring a team-high 16 points and Romero contributing a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Junior Archers.
John Lloyd Clemente had 25 points while Justine Baltazar added 15 points and 20 rebounds for the Bullpups, who entered the finals with a thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.
The Junior Archers opened the third period with an 11-2 run to take a 41-32 lead which swelled to 51-39 on a layup by Melecio.
The scores:
DLSZ (71) — Sario 16, Melecio 14, Romero 14, Fortuna 8, Mariano 6, Sobrevega 5, Tongco 4, Paraiso 2, Cabarrus 2, Salafranca 0.
NU (60) — Clemente 25, Baltazar 15, Amsali 7, Penano 4, Coyoca 4, Atienza 2, Sarip 2, Jugar 1, Tolentino 0, Callejo 0, Manalang 0.
Quarters: 14-17, 30-30, 57-51, 71-60.


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Everton shareholder Farhad Moshiri massively increases stake to take further control at Goodison Park
Iranian billionaire purchases extra 18.7 per cent share in Blues taking his total holding up to 68.6 per cent
EVERTON supremo Farhad Moshiri has massively increased his shares in the club - taking his total holding up to 68.6 per cent.
The Iranian billionaire purchased an extra 18.7 per cent share, the club announced this morning.
Moshiri is also expected to further increase his shareholding in the club to 77.2% no later than July 2019.
Goodison ever-present Moshiri, 63, first invested in the club in February 2016 having sold his stake in Arsenal to business partner Alisher Usmanov.
He bought a 49.9 per cent share that year to become major shareholder before today officially becoming the majority shareholder.
A club statement read: "Everton Football Club today announces that major shareholder Farhad Moshiri has further committed to and increased his shareholding in the Club.
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"Farhad Moshiri previously owned 49.9 per cent of the Club and in line with the agreement made at the time of his original investment, he has purchased 18.7 per cent through Blue Heaven Holdings Ltd, giving him a total holding of 68.6 per cent, which is expected to increase to 77.2 per cent no later than July 2019."
Moshiri will be boosted by the Toffees unbeaten start to the season.
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Sylvette is a shy little girl, but her neighbor happens to be the artist Pablo Picasso. Attracted by Sylvette's classical facial profile and her lovely ponytail hair style, Picasso convinces her to overcome her shyness and pose for a series of artworks. These drawings, paintings, and sculptures soon become world famous, and encouraged to abandon her shyness, Sylvette herself begins a career as a f [read more]
Looks at Picasso's life and work and discusses the techniques he used to create many of his famous works
Did you know that the great Pablo Picasso had many pets, including a white mouse and a goat? And that Andy Warhol loved his dachshunds, Salvador Dalí liked ocelots and anteaters, and Georgia O'Keeffe had a passion for chows and Siamese cats? Artists and Their Pets tells these stories and many more with full-color illustrations and a chirpy narrative that will delight both art buffs and pet enth [read more]
Art critic and scholar Philippe Dagen approaches Picasso as a subject through a series of questions. What does it mean to be an artist in the twentieth century? What does it mean to be an artist in the time of newspapers and museums, in a time when the art market has expanded to reach the entire western world? Is modern civilization so different that it gives an artist a new attitude and causes hi [read more]
A lively and deeply researched group biography of the vibrant figures who invented modernist art in bohemian Paris at the dawn of the twentieth century When the young Pablo Picasso first arrived in Paris in 1900, the most progressive young artists all lived and worked in the seedy hillside quarter of Montmartre, in the shade of the old windmills. Over the next decade, among the studios, salons, [read more]
A brief look at the famous artist traces his passage from an imaginative and devilish boy to a mature artist
As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work. 800 photos.
Pablo Picasso : The Most Famous Artist of the 20th Century (A Short Biography for Children)Spanish expatriate Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, and the co-creator of Cubism.Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child would enjoy learning about a person, covering important achievements, creating an out [read more]
Booker Prize-winning author John Berger gives us a stunning critical assessment of Pablo Picasso: At the height of his powers, Picasso was the artist as revolutionary: breaking through the niceties of form in order to mount a direct challenge to the values of his time. At the height of his fame, he was the artist as royalty: incalculably wealthy, universally idolized—and wholly isolated. Berge [read more]
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Before joining Plante, van Pelt was head of advisory marketing for KPMG from October 2012 through last month. He was also president of advertising firm, Young & Rubicam Korea from April 2008 through October 2012.


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Open Houses | September 27th – 29th
Here are our Open Houses for this weekend, September 27th – 29nd.
It is officially FALL! Time to prepare those pumpkin spice lattes, gourds, and in no time, spooky costumes for Halloween! We think this is a really fun time of year, especially for kids. We just love the chill in the air, the shorter days, and the leaves changing colors. It's a beautiful time of year, especially, for Open Houses!
Swing by any of the following locations this weekend to view some of some of our beautiful homes. And the weather is supposed to be gorgeous!
If you'd like more information on the listing, just give it a click (opens in a new tab)!
Or if you'd like to speak with the agent holding the Open House, just click on the Realtor's picture or name — your phone will prompt you to call!
See you this weekend!
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Saturday, September 28th
Time: 12 – 3
8268 Doncaster, Sterling Heights
Experience a Mediterranean vibe upon entering this charming home, with Italian Bistro decor in the kitchen and dining area. Host family gatheringsaround the beautiful stone fireplace in the large great room. The great room also offers a breakfast nook, wet bar and lots of built in cabinets. The backyard brick paverpatio is covered with a retractable awning. The basement is partially finished. Licensed agent must be present for all showings.
Realtor: Jackie Calhoun, 586-713-9900
Sunday, September 29th
Time: 1 – 4
7224 Harbor, Algonac
Are you in search of a home on the water with an over sized boat well? Then STOP..look no further, you have found your next home!! This amazingend unit has a 40′ boat well on a flowing canal with direct access to St. Clair River. No need to even worry about furniture as this comes completely furnished! Even theupstairs TV's are included (not including downstairs TV) and all appliances, which includes a space maker toaster oven and coffee maker. Each bedroom even has itsown full bath along with walk-in closets. This wonderful condo is all READY for you, but the question is are you READY to put your boat in the water and call it home!? Ithink YES, so don't let it float on by, ACT NOW!
Realtor: Janice Cass, 248-802-7289
Sunday, September 29th
Time: 2 – 5
614 Gardenia, Royal Oak
The Royal Oak home you have been looking for! Just minutes away from Downtown Royal Oak, this ranch was completely re-done in 2015. New Roofin 2014. Beautiful new paved porch and walkway. Bedroom converted into walk in closet. Open concept basement finished in 2018. Includes storage room, laundry roomand bar. Backyard features a patio, large fenced in yard, and a massive garage. NEW AC Unit in 2018. Brand NEW furnace in 2017. Home includes all appliances.Refrigerator and Gas Oven purchased in 2015. Washer/Dryer included.
Realtor: Steve Smith, 248-499-4464
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Experience The Art of the Brick, the world's largest display of LEGO® art! Discover over one million LEGO bricks transformed into more than 100 sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya.
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Our IMAX films are projected onto a 7-story tall, 90 foot wide screen, and we use a network of 44 speakers to immerse the audience into the film experience.
Ecology Cliff Climb, High Wire Bicycle and the red, Motion-Based Simulator. A $9.00 Attraction Pack is available at Box Office when purchasing all three.
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Ex Fabula StorySlam: Maps
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Ex Fabula StorySlam: Maps
March 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm$12
StorySlam 'Maps'
Stories of directions, getting lost or finding yourself.
Friday, March 20th 2020 7:30 – 9:45 pm
Velobahn Coffee 3618 W Pierce St
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Ticket Price: $12 at the door
Ex Fabula StorySlams connect Milwaukee through true, personal stories. No props, no notes – just real stories told by real people. This StorySlam will feature stories related to the theme of 'Maps' stories of directions, getting lost or finding yourself.
You can come just to listen – or, if you have a story related to the night's theme and can share it in 5 minutes or less, throw your name in the hat for a chance to take the stage. Another way to share stories is via UltraShorts, which are brief, true personal stories written on slips of paper and then read onstage by the emcee. This is noncompetitive slam!
Please note that for Ex Fabula's monthly StorySlams, doors open at 6:30 and seating is General Admission. Stories may contain adult content and some venues are 21+.
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A fifth-grade Pell City teacher was arrested today on a charge that she had sexual intercourse with a high school boy.
Ashli Gilley, 32, turned herself into authorities shortly after noon today, said Pell City police spokesman Sgt. Don Newton. She is being held in the St. Clair County Jail with bond set at $100,000.
Gilley is charged with a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19. That is a felony under Alabama law.
Authorities said the sexual conduct happened over a period of time. School officials learned of the incident and summoned lawmen. Newton said the St. Clair County District Attorney's Office and Pell City Schools Superintendent Michael Barber worked closely with detectives.
The reported sex act didn't happen during school hours or on school property, Newton said.
The warrant against Gilley was issued today. Once notified of the warrant, Gilley surrendered at the Pell City Police Department.
Judge Alan Furr set Gilley's bond. A family member is in the process of trying to post that bond, authorities said.
Gilley taught language arts at Williams Intermediate School. Her victim is a student at Pell City High School. She resigned from her teaching position this morning.
The wife and mother taught at Williams for six years. She has been a teacher for eight years.
It was the second teacher arrest in St. Clair County this week. An Ashville High School teacher and coach was arrested after lawmen say he had a sexual relationship with a student.
Anthony Dwight Rice, 47, was taken into custody on Monday. Authorities said the school's principal notified the sheriff's office Monday of a possible sexual relationship between a student and a teacher. After an investigation by the sheriff's office, Rice was taken into custody.
Rice, who taught PE, driver's education and coached several sports, is charged with three counts of violation of the school employee sex act with a student.


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Requirements checklist¶
- Ensure you have a Windows server running Windows Server 2008 or newer
- Ensure your server has the .NET Framework version 4.0 or newer installed
- Confirm that you can create a new Web site in IIS on this server
- Confirm that you will be permitted to configure it so that Web site files can be writable by the Windows user who owns the IIS process (typically the
- Ensure you have access to a Microsoft SQL Server version 2008 or newer
- Ensure that you'll be able to authenticate in SQL Server authentication mode
- Confirm that you'll be able to create a database
- Ensure that you have a mail server with an accessible SMTP port or the ability to deliver mail from a service running on the Web server
- The latest release of the GRA software downloaded from GitHub.
Configuration information you'll need¶
Configuration step 1: database configuration¶
- Database server name or IP address
- Database/catalog name
- Database owner user login (the user in the
- Database owner user password
- Database regular user login (the user in the
- Database regular user password
Configuration step 2: mail server configuration¶
- The administrator's email address - you may want to set up a role address ahead of time so that system emails don't appear to come from your personal address
- Mail server (optional) - SMTP server to handle emails. If you do not specify one, it will leave them on the server (in
c:\inetpub\smtp\by default) to be picked up by mail delivery software
- Mail server port (optional) - by default 25 will be used
- Mail server login (optional) - if you need to authenticate to send email
- Mail server password (optional)
Configuration step 3: select an initial program configuration¶
Your final decision is which initial program configuration to choose:
- You can opt to set up with a single reading program
- You can opt to set up with four age-specific reading programs.
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This small berry is native to mountainous regions of Asia and Europe. It is believed that currants were already eaten by Palaeolithic humans who obtained most of their food from wild plants and animals.
Currants contain fibre, which facilitates intestinal passage, and minerals such as potassium, iron and calcium. However, the most characteristic trait of these berries is their high concentration of natural pigments (anthocyanins and carotenoids) which have powerful antioxidant action.
Currants are also known for their laxative properties, and their role in cholesterol reduction and fat burning.
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Your first appointment with your hematologist, oncologist or surgeon is an important first step in your cancer journey. Below are some tips to make your first appointment as helpful and successful as possible.
Being told you have cancer can be scary and stressful. You probably have a lot of questions and concerns. It's important for you to be able to talk frankly and openly with your doctor and all the providers on your cancer team. They want to answer all of your questions, no matter how minor they might seem to you. But it helps if you know what to ask. Here are some questions you can use to help you better understand your cancer and your options. Don't be afraid to take notes and tell the doctors or nurses when you don't understand what they're saying.
The questions below are grouped by where you are in the process of cancer treatment. Not all of these questions will apply to you, but they should help get you started.
When you're told you have cancer
During your first appointment, the doctor will often review a lot of information about your disease and the type of treatment that is best recommended. Many patients bring a family member or friend as a "second set of ears" to listen and ask questions you may not think of. Family or friends can also take notes while the doctor is discussing your care, so you can focus on the conversation.
M Health is committed to ensuring effective communication between patients and their medical providers by providing qualified interpretation services for our patients. We provide medical interpreters free of charge for limited English proficiency and deaf or hard-of-hearing patients. Please ask your Cancer Care team to assist in arranging for an interpreter, or contact Interpreter Services directly.
We are committed to provide a safe and healing environment for all our patients receiving care in our infusion areas, as well as ensuring the safety of all our visitors.
If you need help with day care during your infusion appointments, please let your nurse care coordinator, or a social worker know, so that we can help you find support.


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10 Things You Should Know About George H.W. Bush, But You Probably Don't
The great American memory hole has a way of swallowing up inconvenient facts like Hungry, Hungry Hippos swallow little white marbles.
But thankfully, not everything stays hidden. Here—in order of chronology—are ten facts about George HW Bush that have been salvaged from the dank recesses of the memory hole.
1. Prescott Bush, Adolph Hitler, and an Unsuccessful American Coup D'état (1933 and 1942)
George HW Bush's father, Prescott Bush, was one of the financial backers of the 1933 attempted coup d'état of a United States president.
The plan, known as "The Business Plot," was a bonafide conspiracy to take down President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The plot was foiled, however, when retired USMC Major General Smedley Butler refused to go along with the plan and, instead, exposed it.
Remarkably, Prescott Bush avoided any repercussions for his treason and continued his business as usual until 1942 when some of his assets were seized under the Trading With the Enemy Act for his profiting from dealings with companies that directly funded Adolph Hitler and his war machine.
The fact that you probably never heard of these things before is a staggering indictment of our public education system.
2. Skull & Bones (Class of 1948) and Bohemian Grove (1973)
George HW Bush became a member of the secretive Skull and Bones Society while he was attending Yale. He later joined the Bohemian Grove in 1973.
3. Operation Zapata (1961)
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA regime-changing operation codenamed Operation Zapata. And, although the official historical narrative claims George HW Bush was not an employee of the CIA at that time, it just so happens that the codename Zapata was also the name of Bush's petroleum company.
And if that isn't enough of a coincidence, two of the ships used in the Operation Zapata invasion were named the Houston (where Bush lived at the time) and the Barbra (his wife's name).
Internal FBI memos confirm George HW Bush was indeed part of the CIA long before he become the director in 1976.
4. George HW Bush and a Successful American Coup D'état (1963)
Unlike most people alive at the time (who can tell you with absolute assurance where they were and what they were doing when they heard about JFK's murder), there remains a cloud of uncertainty about George HW Bush's whereabouts.
This includes whether or not he remembers where he was that day, and his phone call to the FBI after the assassination, advising them he was in Tyler Texas. It is nothing less than suspicious that there's so much mystery to where Bush was on that day.
And the suspicions surrounding the obscurity of his whereabouts on 11/22/63 is further fueled by this photo taken moments after JFK was shot, showing a man in front of the Texas School Book Depository bearing a striking resemblance to the 39-year old George HW Bush.
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Not every disability is visible8th of June 2017 Article by Paul Wonnacott
Paul Wonnacott is managing director and president of Vectair Systems, specialist in washroom hygiene and aircare systems. Here he talks about Vectair's involvement with Crohn's and Colitis UK.
In January, UK supermarket giant Tesco announced new toilet signage for 'invisible' conditions. The new signage is to be rolled out to over 700 stores, using the tagline that "not all disabilities are visible". This follows a successful campaign by the charity Crohn's and Colitis UK. Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and other forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) affect more than 300,000 people in the UK.
Tesco is following in the footsteps of Asda and Morrisons, who have already adopted new signage to reflect the invisible nature of some health conditions. According to Dan McLean at Crohn's and Colitis UK: "This announcement is a great step by Tesco towards reducing stigma and raising awareness that not every disability is visible and everyone is grateful to them for making this change. People living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be very disadvantaged by the impact of their condition.
"They may not look unwell but are often profoundly affected by debilitating and unseen symptoms that affect all aspects of their lives. The experience or fear of unpredictable incontinence is very undermining to a person's confidence and self-esteem and can lead in some cases to the person affected becoming too anxious to leave their home."
For any of us, and not only those living with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease, using a toilet outside of our own home isn't always a pleasant experience, even if it is spotlessly clean. Toilet anxiety and embarrassment is widespread amongst the UK population - a recent research study carried out by Vectair Systems shows that 56 per cent of people in the UK feel embarrassed or awkward doing a 'number 2' in a toilet other than their own. Toilet embarrassment is indeed so high that 41 per cent of people try not to go at work unless they absolutely have to.
At Vectair, we know about the great work of Crohn's and Colitis UK as we are the 2017 official toilet sponsor of the Crohn's and Colitis UK Walk It Campaign for our toilet spray Phew!®. According to Sam Afhim at Crohn's and Colitis UK, "The experience or fear of unpredictably having to use the bathroom is very undermining to a person's confidence and self-esteem and can lead in some cases to the person affected becoming too anxious to leave their home. They may not look unwell, but are often profoundly affected by debilitating and unseen symptoms that affect all aspects of their lives."
Thankfully, toilets around the world are becoming more and more accessible - we can only look at examples like the 'Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation (BABIES) Act' that was recently passed in the USA. The law now states that baby changing tables are to be mandatory in all male and female restrooms in federal buildings. The act came from a petition started back in 2014 by TV and movie star Ashton Kutcher, aiming to get large shopping chains Costco and Target to install baby changing tables and facilities into all of their stores in both female and male toilets. The petition attracted widespread publicity and gained over 104,000 signatures.
Our toilet and baby changing facilities are now starting to reflect modern life, with more mothers returning to work or indeed being the household breadwinner and more male figures caring for children on a daily basis, not to mention grandparents and single sex couples.
However we still have a way to go. Currently, parents of disabled children and adults are campaigning for 'Changing Places' toilets to be available in all town centres and large public places in the UK - such as cinemas and shopping centres. These toilets provide height adjustable, adult-sized changing benches, hoist systems and space for disabled users and up to two carers.
Parents whose children are too big for a standard baby change unit say they are forced to change their children on "smelly" and "dirty" floors because of the lack of suitable facilities. This leads to embarrassment for the child, and parents who are scared to go out for more than a few hours at a time. A number of petitions have been set up, including this one https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/177423 which has received a response from the UK Government. They say they have commissioned research to evaluate how well the current guidance is working in meeting the needs of disabled people, including consideration of toilet provision.
So what we can we do as hygiene providers? We can continue to innovate, and create outstanding and affordable solutions to problems like this. We can put pressure on facilities managers and venues to ensure that they are listening to their customers and adequately servicing their needs. And, we can provide support to the charities that day in and day out do the hard work to make sanitary changes for both children and adults around the world.
To learn more about the Crohn's and Colitis UK and / or get involved in a Walk It event, visit: www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk.


text: This is Brandan. He was named, of course, after Punky Brewster's dog. He was my family's first Golden Retriever and he was quite a dog. When he got older all the hair around his face turned white and he became a very talkative dog. He would ask for dinner with a long drawn out howling noise, and if you talked back to him he would get all riled up and howl some more. For a dog who had never made much noise it was quite a display. Brandan had this great habit of walking an exact route around our house in Connecticut such that it wore away all the plants leaving a little trail around the perimeter. He did a few laps every day. Brandan also had the softest hair just behind his ears and feet that smelled like love - a comforting mix of warmth, dirt, grass and dog. He was a great listener, a loyal friend, and I guess you could say he's the reason I decided to become a vet. A college counselor once told me that when he was in high school he thought he wanted to be a vet, but then he realized that he actually just loved his dog. Sometimes I think that I too have confused these feelings, but either way, Brandan was a great dog and I sure have learned a lot because of him.


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Predisposition to Atopic Symptoms to Inhaled Antigens May Protect From Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
OBJECTIVE—To assess the inverse association between type 1 diabetes and asthma to establish whether environmental and/or genetic factors predisposing to asthma or to atopic symptoms to inhaled antigens protect from diabetes.
RESEACH DESIGN AND METHODS—Questionnaires were returned by 306 probands with childhood type 1 diabetes, their 506 nonaffected siblings, and 406 age- and sex-matched unaffected population control subjects. The main outcome measures were self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma and atopic symptoms to animal dust and pollen.
RESULTS—Risk of diabetes was inversely associated with asthma (odds ratio 0.49 [95% CI 0.24–1.00]), allergy to animal dust (0.67 [0.45–0.99]), and to a lesser degree to pollen (0.74 [0.51–1.07]) when the probands were compared with the population control subjects. Among the children of the families of an affected proband, the risk of diabetes appeared to be inversely associated with asthma (0.54 [0.27–1.09]) but not with allergy to animal dust (0.99 [0.66–1.47]) nor allergy to pollen (0.88 [0.62–1.27]).
CONCLUSIONS—The frequency of asthma and atopic symptoms to some inhaled antigens is decreased in individuals with childhood type 1 diabetes. Factors predisposing to atopic symptoms to inhaled antigens may protect from childhood type 1 diabetes.
Childhood type 1 diabetes results from immune-mediated destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing cells (1). The immune response leading to this destruction is thought to be of the Th1 type (2), whereas the type of immune response in asthma and atopy is thought to be of the Th2 type (3). This has raised questions as to whether a decreased risk of asthma and atopy among children with type 1 diabetes is due to the reciprocal effect of Th1 and Th2 immune responses (4,5). This would further suggest that factors predisposing to either diabetes or asthma might result in a decrease in the frequency of asthma in diabetes. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the diabetic phenotype per se with hyperglycemia and endocrine abnormality may contribute to an inverse association between asthma and diabetes (6). The above reports indicate an inverse association between the risk of asthma and childhood type 1 diabetes. The occurrence of these diseases have, however, been reported to have a positive association when the incidences of asthma and type 1 diabetes have been compared between different countries in an ecological analysis (7). This suggests that there are also factors that increase the risk of both asthma and type 1 diabetes.
To assess the association between diabetes and asthma, the frequency of asthma and atopy was evaluated among individuals with childhood type 1 diabetes and among sex- and age-matched unaffected population control subjects. To establish whether genetic and/or environmental factors predisposing to asthma and atopy contribute to the association between asthma and diabetes, the siblings of the diabetic individuals were also studied. In addition, since results of our preliminary study showed that adenoidectomy at an early age was strongly associated with asthma (P.S.M., J.T., H.S., J.P., M.K., J.T., unpublished observations), adenoidectomy status was included in the analysis as an independent variable.
A questionnaire was sent to 819 probands with type 1 childhood diabetes (aged ≤14 years at the time of diagnosis), their 1,082 siblings, and 819 age- and sex-matched unaffected population control subjects in 1998. They had previously served as a study cohort in another study on diabetes epidemiology (8). The ages of the probands and unaffected population control subjects ranged from 10 to 27 years at the time the questionnaire was mailed. Altogether, 347 (42%) probands, 620 (57%) siblings of the probands, and 483 (59%) unaffected population control subjects returned completed questionnaires. At the time of the survey, the mean age of the probands was 18.4 years (ranging from 11 to 26 years), and the mean age of the siblings and control subjects was 19.2 years (ranging from 2 to 43 years) and 18.3 years (ranging from 10 to 27 years), respectively. In the analysis, those siblings (n = 19) who had been diagnosed to have diabetes later than the proband, as verified by the records of the National Diabetes Registry, were included in the analysis as a proband.
The following questions on asthma, allergy to inhaled antigens, and adenoidectomy were asked: 1) Have you been diagnosed to have asthma by a physician? 2) At what age was your asthma diagnosed? 3) Have you ever been diagnosed to have any allergy to the following airborne allergens: a) animal dust (dog, cat, horse, etc.) and b) pollen? 4) Have your adenoids been removed (adenoidectomy)? and 5) If adenoidectomy was performed, at what age was it done?
The questions were followed by multiple-choice answer fields including "no," "yes," and "do not know" choices in applicable places. The questionnaire also included a picture with explanatory text showing the anatomical location of the adenoids and tonsils to help the respondent understand the questions concerning adenoidectomy. The survey was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of the Finnish National Health Institute, Helsinki. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate independent risk factors for diabetes.
The frequencies of asthma and allergy to the inhaled antigens, animal dust and pollen, among the probands, siblings, and unaffected population control subjects are given in Table 1. In addition, the frequencies of asthma and allergy to inhaled antigens are given separately for those study subjects who had undergone adenoidectomy before the age of 4 years and for those who had not undergone adenoidectomy (Table 1). The frequency of asthma and allergy was somewhat lower among the probands than among the unaffected control population. It was higher among those who had undergone adenoidectomy at an early age (Table 1).
To test risk factors for diabetes (dependent variable), an analysis was performed, first, among the probands as compared with the population control subjects and, second, among the probands as compared with the unaffected siblings, with asthma, sex, and adenoidectomy status entered as independent variables (Table 2). Another set of analyses was carried out, with sex, allergy to animal dust, and adenoidectomy status entered as independent variables. Yet another set of analyses was carried out, with sex, allergy to pollen, and adenoidectomy status entered as independent variables (Table 2). These three sets of analyses, each with three independent variables, were performed instead of one with all of the five variables (i.e., asthma, allergy to animal dust, allergy to pollen, sex, and adenoidectomy status). Asthma and allergy to animal dust were very strongly associated with each other (odds ratio [OR] 17.6) as well as asthma and allergy to pollen (8.9) and allergy to pollen and animal dust (36.2).
The analysis revealed that the risk of diabetes was inversely associated with allergy to animal dust when the probands were compared with the population control subjects (OR 0.67 [95% CI] 0.45–0.99, P = 0.0450) (Table 2) but not when the probands were compared with their siblings (0.99 [0.66–1.47]) (Table 2). On the other hand, the risk of diabetes was inversely associated with asthma when the probands were compared with the population control subjects (0.49 [0.24–1.00], P = 0.0505) (Table 2), and there was also a tendency for the diabetic probands to have a lower frequency of asthma than their unaffected siblings (0.54 [0.27–1.09], P = 0.0862) (Table 2).
The analysis showed an association between sex and diabetes when the probands were compared with their siblings, because the female siblings of the probands returned the questionnaire more often than the male ones (data not shown).
In the current study, the diagnosis of diabetes or no diabetes was verified by the records of the National Diabetes Registry (8), which allowed an objective diagnosis. The frequency of asthma was evaluated by the question "Have you been diagnosed as having asthma by a physician?" Such an approach presumably results in a rather specific and sensitive diagnosis of asthma because self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma has been shown to correlate well with objective findings of asthma diagnosis (9,10). Furthermore, the diagnosis of asthma by physicians in Finland is made by uniform criteria because it entitles the patient to a reimbursement for asthma medication granted by the Finnish Social Insurance Institute. The criteria for asthma diagnosis are based on the recommendations of the American Thoracic Society.
Self-reported atopic symptoms may not always have a good correlation with objective findings of atopy, such as skin-prick tests or serum allergen specific or total IgE (9). Although symptoms of respiratory allergy have been shown to have a better correlation with serum allergen specific or total IgE than symptoms of atopic dermatitis (11), the evaluation of self-reported symptoms of allergy to inhaled antigens is restricted in that it may reflect a broader range of hypersensitivity reactions that may not completely parallel atopy confirmed by skin-prick tests or specific IgE measurements. We attempted to minimize this bias in the self-reported atopic symptoms in the present survey by asking the participants whether they had ever been "diagnosed" as having an allergy to animal dust or pollen.
We have previously found that adenoidectomy at early age is strongly associated with asthma (P.S.M., J.T., H.S., J.P., M.K., J.T., unpublished observations). This could be seen primarily among the unaffected control population. To account for the possible confounding effect of adenoidectomy status, it was entered as an independent variable in the multiple logistic regression analysis. The analysis revealed that diabetes was inversely associated with asthma independently of adenoidectomy status or sex.
Our observation of the decreased frequency of asthma and respiratory allergic symptoms among diabetic children is in keeping with the results of the two previous reports (4,5). In a multicenter study involving eight European centers with 1,028 diabetic and 2,744 nondiabetic individuals, the risk of self-reported asthma (OR 0.66 [95% CI 0.49–0.90]) and self-reported eczema or allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (0.79 [0.64–0.97]) was decreased among children with type 1 diabetes (5). In another study involving 157 diabetic children, 173 siblings of the diabetic children, and 2,324 control children, the history of ever wheezing was decreased among diabetic subjects as compared with the control subjects (0.36 [0.25–0.52]) (4). However, there was no difference between the groups in response to the question "Have you ever been told that you have asthma?" (4), which is in contrast to the results of the above multicenter study (5) and to our results.
In this survey, complete information was available from 306 probands, 506 unaffected siblings, and 406 unaffected control subjects. Thus far, this study is the largest on asthma and diabetes that also involves the unaffected siblings. As compared with the unaffected population control subjects, many, though not all, unaffected siblings of the probands presumably have genetic predisposition to type 1 diabetes and/or have been exposed to environmental factors that may trigger type 1 diabetes. Therefore, the analysis using the unaffected siblings as a reference enabled us to indirectly estimate the contribution of these risk factors. The analysis revealed that although the risk of diabetes was inversely associated with asthma when the probands were compared with the population control subjects, it also appeared to be decreased when the probands were compared with their unaffected siblings. However, the risk of diabetes was inversely associated with atopic symptoms to animal dust when the probands were compared with the population control subjects but not when the probands were compared with their siblings; moreover, the OR between the probands and their siblings was close to 1. This suggests that the probands and their unaffected siblings apparently share a genetic and/or environmental background that reduces the risk of developing animal dust allergy.
The results suggest that the risk of type 1 diabetes is inversely associated with asthma and atopic symptoms to inhaled antigens. Factors predisposing to atopic symptoms to inhaled antigens may protect against type 1 diabetes.
This work received financial support from the Paulo Foundation, Helsinki, Finland; Research Funds of Helsinki University Central Hospital; and the Academy of Finland grants 3837 and 46558.
Members of the Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group are listed in reference 8.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Petri S. Mattila, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4 E, FIN-00290 Helsinki, Finland. E-mail: petri.mattila{at}hus.fi.
Received for publication 18 October 2001 and accepted in revised form 16 February 2002.
A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances.


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A Pharmacist's Guide to Cultural Competence
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Cultural competence is essential to effective patient care. Our expert will share strategies for tailoring your practice to each patient's unique values, beliefs, behaviors, and linguistic needs.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, the pharmacist and pharmacy technician will be able to:
- Discuss the significance of cultural competence
tothe practice of pharmacy.
- Identify barriers to culturally competent care.
- Discuss strategies pharmacists can use to improve cultural competence in various pharmacy practice settings.
Activity type: Knowledge-based
Learning level: 2
Audience: Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians
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The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours of CPE credit (0.10 CEUs). The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers for this activity is 0202-0000-18-024-H04-P/T.
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I have written this post in my head about 93 times. At least. It's hard to start, hard to finish. The middle part isn't super easy either. I decided to just go for it! Start writing! I still haven't decided what I am going to write in the middle or end… so, I'm actually pretty excited to see how that goes. You?
There are a few things to know here. First, I have been a software developer my entire life. I got my first computer in 1982 and to this day… really enjoy writing software. I worked across various teams at Microsoft from 1997 till I left in 2010. I have written very little software professionally since then. Sometimes I miss it – but the reality is close to 30 years was enough. I was ready to do other things, and fortunately I have been able to do that.
Second thing to know – I somehow got on a project that required a LOT of measures. Over 1000. The majority of these are minor variations of each other. Given a few measures, say { Sales, Sales YTD, Sales Growth }, if you want to slice up your transactions in various ways like : { Small Customers, Large Customers, International Customers }, { High $ Transactions, Low $ Transactions }, { Online Sale, Brick and Mortar Sale }… if you are crazy enough to enumerate the combinations of these dimensions, you end up with measures like : [Sales YTD – Small Customers – Low $ Trans – B&M]. And you end up with A LOT of these measures.
I should also mention that once you get that many measures, the model starts acting pretty darn slow. Power Pivot doesn't enjoy that many measures… and starts taking a few minutes just to save a change to the measure.
So… here I am. I have a customer that wants a thousand measures, and… I have a master's degree in computer science. It seems like there should be a reasonable solution here somewhere… no?
Attempt 1
I had messed around a bit in the past with using VBA to connect to the data model. For example, you can use VBA to find the memory used by your model. So, I turned on the SQL tracing in the power pivot options, added a measure… and looked at what madness happened. I have to admit… it was way more madness than I expected.
But, I did try to plug away at this for awhile. Sending XMLA commands to add measures. I never quite got that to work, and I was always assuming I would be in a weird "out of sync" state between the underlying database and what was displayed in the UI.
<Alter AllowCreate="true" ObjectExpansion="ExpandFull" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine"> <Object> <DatabaseID>MyDatabaseId</DatabaseID> <CubeID>Model</CubeID> <MdxScriptID>MdxScript</MdxScriptID> </Object> <ObjectDefinition> <MdxScript> <ID>MDXScript</ID> <Name>MDXScript</Name> <Commands> <Command> <Text> CREATE MEASURE 'Table1'[DaCount]=COUNTROWS(Table1); </Text> </Command> </Commands> ...
Attempt 2
So… I asked myself… "Scott, how do you think the addin actually does this?". Then, cuz I have no fear, I pulled out a disassembler. Back in the good old days, that would have been Reflector, but I'm cheap… so I used the free IL Spy. What I was looking for was code that did the XMLA commands to add a measure… figuring I could then do the same thing in VBA, and hopefully avoid corrupting my model (which was my current state of affairs). However, along the way I found code that looks like this:
using (SandboxTransaction sandboxTransaction = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.SandBox.CreateTransaction())
DataModelingUserMeasure dataModelingUserMeasure = new DataModelingUserMeasure();
dataModelingUserMeasure.Name = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.MeasureName;
dataModelingUserMeasure.Table = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.AssociatedTable;
dataModelingUserMeasure.Formula = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.Formula;
dataModelingUserMeasure.FormatInformation = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.FormatInformation;
dataModelingUserMeasure.Description = userCalculationsSettingsDialog.Description;
Which, if you are aren't fluent is Geek… is code that adds a new measure to the data model. And I said to myself… "Scott, why are you trying to write XMLA… when the code in the addin already does that? Can't you just use the code sitting in the Power Pivot assemblies?". You might be thinking… "Ya, Scott… good thinking". You would be right! Arent't we super smart!?
There are two hurdles to overcome. The first is that I still need to write code… that calls the code in the Power Pivot libraries. The second is that the code needs to run inside the same Excel process. Neither of these are super fun to deal with… but aren't the end of the world either. To make sure we are running in the same process, we just need to create an Excel addin. Actually calling the libraries… well, that would be some trial and error.
The Hand Clap, Jump and Yell
To write an addin, I used NetOffice . I honestly have no idea if that was good or bad. It seems to server my purposes though. I added a cute button on my Excel ribbon, and it responds to the click event by trying to add measures. I will skip a level of code geek that nobody wants to read about – but basically…
var wb = GeminiWorkbookManager.FromWorkbook(activeWorkbook) var sandbox = wb.Sandbox
and once I had a sandbox, I could replicate the code above to create a transaction and measure, and add the measure to the models measure collection. Sinchy
Okay… It was actually a total pain in the butt – but with great effort comes … well, sometimes not a disaster. The first time that this actually added a measure to my model I certainly had an epic rush of excitement and cheering
Realize that I am operating on fairly limited info. It's not like I am reading the original source code or talking to a developer. I am using a tool that attempts to re-create the source code for a huge project, and understand enough to use some functionality. From what I could tell… I had two options. Create a transaction, add one measure, close the transaction… and, if there is an error in the measure, I can get some info about it. Or, I could create a transaction, add LOTS of measures, then close the transaction. In which case… it runs way way faster, but I wouldn't know if adding the measures was successful.
In theory, you shouldn't actually care about this. Oh, who am I kidding… you stopped reading 9 paragraphs ago. Did you know that if you took all the veins, arteries and capillaries out a man's body… and stretched them end to end… that man would die? wait, what? where was I? Oh ya – flavors. I suspect there is a way I could code it up to… try the bulk method… and if no measures get added, flip to 1 at a time? But I'm telling you … adding 1 measure at a time for 1000 measures it gonna leave a mark! So, I probably need to expose both methods in the UI.
Cool Story, Bro
I know what you are thinking. "Why are you talking so much? JUST GIVE ME THE ADDIN!". Not only am I not ready to give you the addin, I'm not willing to give you the source code yet, either.
If I released the addin, I would feel compelled to actually support it… and I just don't have the bandwidth for that. And… honestly, it's just not "ready" for a packaged up release like that. Hell, the addin crashes each time I launch Excel… so I have to re-enable it each time. And there is no UI to choose the measures to add… it just grabs a file from c:\import.txt.
The source… well, it is closer. I mean, clearly there is useful stuff there… since it works. (Trust me, I did not manually create 1000 measures in a single model). However, I was actually working on two addins at once (the other was to expose a generic oData feed from the addin, and allow folks to "plug in" new generic data sources, like say… a power shell provider). So, my poorly commented and structured code ALSO has remnants of some other dead project. Icky! I need time to clean it up before I release it as open source.
Seriously, Scott. Just wrap it up.
I know you stopped reading a long time ago. I understand. I did, too. Alllllll this writing was to say "Ya, I got this thing… it's kinda cool… but you can't have it yet". I'm a tease.
But I will be releasing it. Mostly, because I want Marco to write an addin that magically reformats ALL measures in my model via daxformatter.com. That will be awesome when reviewing a client model that is ugly!
Maybe the most important use might be as a measure "backup", in case your model gets corrupted – which does happen once in awhile. Most folks don't really need to write 1000 measures, I hope.
So – coming soon! Promise.
In the mean time… if you are using Excel 2016 like a total boss… you don't care. First, you are too busy dancing (because dax code completion is so much better!), but also… you have VBA! That can add measures! You don't need my silly addin for 2016! For 2013 users… just wait a bit longer.


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Sonifex, manufacturer of audio and video products for radio and TV studios, has acquired Australian broadcast manufacturer and distributor Innes Corporation. This is the UK company's first international acquisition.
Innes Corporation manufactures a range of PCIe PC cards which include professional analogue and digital audio cards, AM, FM and DAB+ radio capture cards together with Flashlog, a multichannel audio logger.
Managing director of Sonifex Marcus Brooke, comments: "We've been involved with Innes Corporation for some time, recently acting as a manufacturer for their audio cards. I was so impressed with the quality and versatility of the audio cards that when we discussed further collaboration, we realised that there was a great opportunity for us to leverage our international marketing skills to sell the Innes PCIe cards to a larger market. In addition, we can combine our R&D departments to work in partnership on some interesting new products."
General manager of Innes Corporation Karen Olliver, says: "Between Sonifex, John Innes and Innes Corporation we have over 70 years of combined experience in the broadcast industry. We'll still be offering our customers and suppliers the exceptional level of service and support that they've come to expect from us while drawing on a greater pool of technical resources."


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Glyn Rediscovers His Drawing - Nearly Thirty Years On!
"I was recently invited to a reception on campus and I thought it would be nice to track down the drawing I did in the Summer of 1990. It was a commision from the then Dean of County College. I remember drawing the tree from what was then a common room spending around an hour a day for about a week. The drawing is very detailed and I had developed a technique of using ball point pen! I remember putting a lot of effort into the drawing because it was one of the first artworks I ever sold. A few years later I heard that the Dean had died and I wondered what had happened to the drawing. I stayed in Lancaster and made a career in Art teaching and developing my art at Luneside Artist Studios in Lancaster. I did, in fact, try to find my drawing a few years ago . A Porter at County around the year 2000 told me that he knew of the drawing, but wasn't sure where it had ended up. .He even said it had inspired him to take up art! I recently came across Mathew the Assistant Dean of County and a friend of my girlfriend at a social gathering on campus and purely by chance he told me that he knew where my drawing was. So after 28 years we were reunited!"


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9 June 2015
[WCC] We are entering an era in which the public has a broader awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples, said Bishop Mark MacDonald, WCC president for North America and the National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The full article can be found here
2 June 2015
Recent flooding in Aotearoa New Zealand has caused devastation to many places including two marae that are used for Maori Anglican church services. See the video below which was taken not long after the floods struck, for the stories pertaining to the marae.
5 May 2015
The last of a small delegation of Kiwi Anglicans who've been in New York speaking up for the concerns of indigenous people – both within the Communion and the world at large – are returning this week to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bishop Kito Pikaahu led a delegation of seven from Te Pihopatanga to the biennial Anglican Indigenous Network (AIN) conference which was held in The Big Apple from April 14-18.
And on April 14, the eve of that conference, the Pihopatanga team met with the person who is, arguably, the most significant Kiwi on the world stage – former Prime Minister Helen Clark, who took time out from her tasks as Head of the United Nations Development Programme to welcome them to the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The delegation briefed Ms Clark on the purpose of the AIN conference – and spoke of its significance in strengthening people-to-people links among indigenous Anglicans throughout the Communion.
Later that same day, the delegation (which included former diplomat turned St John's College ordinand Kerry Davis) also met with New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the former Deputy Prime Minister, Jim McLay.
13 April 2015
Delegates from the Māori Anglican Church are off to New York following an invite from the United Nations. Māori still lead the way on many issues faced by indigenous cultures from around the world, but Bishop Kito Pikaahu says there are still some unresolved matters facing Māori that could benefit immensely from a UN endorsement.
6 February 2015
When I was a university student… a number of Maori were arguing that we were colonised by Christianity: that these (foreign) thoughts were put in our head.
I want to say… that I do not believe that that was the case, at all.
The Christian message had a natural appeal to Maori – and Maori were active in seeking it out and promoting it themselves.
Let me refer, then, to Ruatara. Ruatara went over to London to hunt out what it was that gave strength to the British people.
He came to the view that it was their spirituality and their religion.
He went to Australia to hunt out someone who could bring that message to New Zealand, and brought over Marsden.


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Secrets of service
They're unfair terms if you don't at least make an attempt at informing your users what they're all about.
If a couple of your pages say "cancel within 24 hours and get a full refund", then that's what your users are expecting. It's nice and simple, a clear-cut deal. But then later it turns out there's a bunch of fine print, stating conditions your payment has to adhere to in order to be eligible for such a refund. You tell your users this, but of course, "what the fuck, I didn't know that".
This kind of screwed me over. I now have a return flight ticket for mid August, and it will cost me €150 if not more to change that. I don't actually know when I'll be returning yet, but part of the freedom of that choice has been taken from me. And that sucks. The last thing I want to feel is like I'm forced to be here, in that sense.
Not that I'm not doing good so far, it's been really fun, but I thought canceling my return ticket would be an easy way to retain that freedom of choice. Apparently not.
It is what it is.
~ Fang


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Why Patient's are Seeking Sleep Treatment from Dentists
When people think about their dentist, they generally think about the general and cosmetic care they provide for your smile. It's not often that patients seek treatment from their dentist for snoring and sleep apnea. Dentists have extensive knowledge and training on the region of your body where sleep apnea and snoring occur. In fact, dentists are frequently the first medical practitioners to notice signs of sleep apnea in their patients.
Nearly 22 millions of Americans are suffering from sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which your breathing constantly stops several times throughout the night. Dr. Van Gordon at Elevate Dental Wellness has special training in sleep dentistry. If you think your heavy snoring might be a symptom of sleep apnea, he'll make sure you get the correct diagnosis and the care that's right for you.
Physicians typically recommend a CPAP machine for sleep apnea sufferers, and for many of them, it works. However, half or more of these patients stop using their CPAP due to its discomfort and that means they're not getting any treatment at all.
An oral appliances is a custom-designed mouth guard that's used to treat obstructive sleep apnea. It works by gently moving your jaw forward to clear the obstruction in your airway that can cause both sleep apnea and heavy snoring. Due to its level of personalization, many patients are more likely to comply with and overall prefer oral appliances over CPAP.
Advantages of an Oral Appliance
At Elevate Dental Wellness, Dr. Van Gorden and Dr. Steinbach want to help our patients who suffer from severe snoring or obstructive sleep apnea obtain a restful, uninterrupted night's sleep. Oral appliances, also known as a dental mouthpiece or a snore guard, offer many benefits, including a full night's rest for both you and your partner.
The advantages that our local Aspen and Basalt patients will receive with an oral appliance include:
- Custom-made for you
- Easy-to-use
- Comfortable
- Small and portable
- Don't require a power source
- Silent
- Convenient
- Affordable
Improve Your Quality of Life
Both your physical and psychological health are extremely important for your wellbeing. Sleep apnea reduces the amount of quality sleep you're getting every night and it also reduces the oxygen in your bloodstream. This results in serious health issues, including weight gain, depression, mood swings, irritability, fatigue, and increased blood pressure. Once you've been officially diagnosed, treatment provided by Dr. Van Gordon will alleviate your symptoms and protect your health.
As a highly-trained sleep dentist, Dr. Van Gorden is here to treat your condition. Here are five ways these dental devices can change your life:
- Improved health: Oral appliances reduce the risk of serious health problems such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and liver problems.
- Better weight management: Sleep apnea reduces your metabolism, and this makes you more susceptible to weight gain. Sleep apnea also triggers the release of a chemical called ghrelin, which makes people crave carbohydrates. Getting effective treatment for your sleep apnea makes it much easier to manage your weight.
- Clears your mind: The oxygen deprivation caused by obstructive sleep apnea can impact your memory and intellectual function. Oral devices allow you to breathe freely throughout the night and provide you with a refreshed mind in the morning.
- Repairs relationships: Seeking proper treatment for your sleep complications can vastly improve your relationship. Your partner will no longer be irritated by your snoring, and you both will be capable of receiving quality sleep, which can also enhance intimacy in a relationship.
- Positive energy: An oral appliance will boost your energy and make you feel happier overall because of your improved sleep. When people aren't tired, they feel rejuvenated and excited to face the day ahead of them.
Visit Elevate Dental Wellness in Basalt
If your snoring and unwanted emotional and physical symptoms have damaged your health, wellbeing, and your relationship, call 970-279-5647 to schedule a consultation or learn more about our sleep dentistry treatments and services online at elevatewillits.com.


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The joys of self-employment are many, but so are the stressors. High among those is the need to plan for retirement entirely on your own. You are in charge of creating a satisfying quality of life post-retirement. When it comes to building that life, the earlier you start, the better.
Key Takeaways
- For self-employed workers, setting up a retirement plan is a do-it-yourself job.
- There are four available plans tailored for the self-employed: one-participant 401(k), SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, and Keogh plan.
- Health savings plans (HSAs) and traditional and Roth IRAs are two more supplemental options.
Growth in Self-Employment
According to a 2018 study by FreshBooks, a developer of financial software for freelancers, by the year 2020, 42 million Americans may choose to be self-employed professionals, which is roughly a third of all working Americans. While the spirit of entrepreneurialism is to be applauded, less laudable is the fact that a substantial 40% of self-employed workers save for retirement only sporadically.
By contrast, just 12% of traditionally employed workers are sporadic savers. Scarier still, 28% of the self-employed, versus 10% of traditionally employed workers, say they aren't saving for retirement at all.
And that's unfortunate. If you are self-employed, you are busy—crazy busy, probably—but retirement savings must be a priority. Luckily, there are several retirement plans for those who run their own businesses. They aren't quite as obvious or automatic as they are for corporate employees, but they do exist. Not only do they offer tax-sheltered earnings, but you can also potentially save a higher dollar amount or a higher percentage of your income than you could as a staff worker.
Why Saving Is Hard for the Self-Employed
The reasons given for not saving toward retirement won't be a surprise to any self-employed person. The most common include:
- Lack of Steady Income
- Paying Off Major Debts
- Health Care Expenses
- Education Expenses
- Costs of Running the Business
In addition, setting up a retirement plan—like just about everything an entrepreneur undertakes—is a do-it-yourself job. No handy human resources staffer is walking you through a 401(k) plan application, or whatever the company-sponsored retirement program is. No matching contributions, no shares of company stock, and no automatic paycheck deductions.
You'll have to be highly disciplined in contributing to the plan, and because the amount you can put in your retirement accounts depends on how much you earn, you won't really know until the end of the year how much you can contribute.
Still, if freelancers have unique challenges when it comes to saving for retirement, they have unique opportunities too. Funding your retirement account can be considered part of your business expenses, as is any time or money you spend on establishing and administering the plan. Even more important, a retirement account allows you to contribute pretax dollars, which lowers your taxable income. And many of these plans allow you, as a business owner, to contribute more money annually than you could to an individual IRA.
Self-Employed Retirement Saving Plans
There are four retirement savings options favored by the self-employed. Some are basically single-player 401(k) plans, while others are based on individual retirement accounts (IRAs). They are:
- One-participant 401(k)
- Keogh Plan
With all four of these options, your contributions are tax-deductible, and you won't pay taxes as they grow over the years (until you cash out at retirement). To avoid penalties, you'll need to leave your savings in the account until you are 59½—early withdrawals carry penalties—although there are certain hardship exemptions.
Their complexity and suitability varies, depending on the size of your business, both in terms of personnel and earnings. Let's look at each in more depth (full details are delineated in IRS Publication 560).
One-Participant 401(k)
A one-participant 401(k), as it's officially dubbed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), also goes by the names solo 401(k), solo-k, uni-k or individual 401(k). It is reserved for sole proprietors with no employees, other than a spouse working for the business.
With a one-participant IRA, you can contribute both as an employer and an employee.
How It Works
The one-participant plan closely mirrors the 401(k)s offered by many larger companies, down to the amounts you can contribute each year. The big difference is that you get to contribute as the employee and the employer, giving you a higher limit than many other tax-advantaged plans.
To elaborate, if you participate in a standard corporate 401(k), you would make investments as a pretax payroll deduction from your paycheck, and your employer would have the option of matching those contributions up to certain amounts. You get a tax break for your contribution, and the employer gets a tax break for its match. With a one-participant 401(k) plan, as you're both the boss and the worker, you can contribute in each capacity, as an employee (called an elective deferral) and as a business owner (an employee nonelective contribution).
Elective deferrals for 2021 can be up to $19,500, or $26,000 if age 50 or older. Total contributions to the plan cannot exceed $58,000, or $64,000 for people age 50 or older as of 2021. If your spouse is working for you, they can also make contributions up to the same amount, and then you can match those. So you see why the solo 401(k) offers the most generous contribution limits of the plans.
Setting It Up
"Generally, 401(k)s are complex plans, with significant accounting, administration, and filing requirements," says James B. Twining, CFP®, founder and wealth manager of Financial Plan, Inc., in Bellingham, Wash. "However, a solo 401(k) is quite simple. Until the assets exceed $250,000, there is no filing required at all. Yet a solo 401(k) has all the major tax advantages of a multiple-participant 401(k) plan: The before-tax contribution limits and tax treatment are identical."
Some paperwork is required, but it's not too onerous. To establish an individual 401(k), a business owner has to work with a financial institution, and that institution may impose fees and certain limits as to what investments are available in the plan. Some plans, for instance, may limit you to a fixed list of mutual funds (typically sponsored by that institution), but a little bit of shopping will turn up many reputable and well-known firms that offer low-cost plans with a great deal of flexibility.
Officially known as a simplified employee pension, a SEP IRA—as the name implies—is a variation on a traditional IRA. As the easiest plan to establish and operate, it's an excellent option for sole proprietors, though it allows for one or more employees too.
The amount of your earnings you can contribute annually to a SEP IRA (with a maximum limit of $58,000)
How It Works
In a SEP IRA, the employer alone contributes to the fund, not the employees. So, unlike the solo 401(k), you'd only contribute wearing your employer hat. You can contribute up to 25% of your net earnings (defined as your annual profit less half of your self-employment taxes), up to a maximum of $58,000 in 2021.
The plan also offers flexibility to vary contributions, make them in a lump sum at the end of the year, or skip them altogether. There is no annual funding requirement.
Its simplicity and flexibility make the plan most desirable for one-person businesses, but there's a catch if you have people working for you. Although you do not have to contribute to the plan each year, when you do contribute, you will need to do so for all of your eligible employees—up to 25% of their compensation, limited to $290,000 annually.
While SEP IRAs are simple, they are not necessarily the most effective means of saving for retirement. "You can contribute more to a SEP IRA than a solo 401(k), excluding the profit-sharing, but you must make enough money, since it's based on the percentage of profits," says Joseph Anderson, CFP®, president of Pure Financial Advisors, Inc., based in San Diego, Calif.
Setting It Up
The account is simpler to set up than a solo 401(k). You can easily open a SEP IRA online, at brokerages such as TD Ameritrade or Fidelity Investments.
Officially known as the savings incentive match plan for employees, a SIMPLE IRA is kind of a cross between an IRA and a 401(k) plan. Although available for sole proprietors, it works best for small businesses: companies with 100 or fewer employees that might find other sorts of plans too expensive.
A SIMPLE IRA works best for small businesses with 100 or fewer employees.
How It Works
The SIMPLE IRA follows the same investment, rollover, and distribution rules as a traditional or SEP IRA, except for its lower contribution thresholds. You can put all your net earnings from self-employment in the plan, up to a maximum of $13,500 in 2021, plus an additional $3,000 if you are 50 or older.
Employees can contribute along with employers, in the same annual amounts. As the employer, however, you are required to contribute dollar for dollar up to 3% of each participating employee's income to the plan each year or a fixed 2% contribution to every eligible employee's income (whether he or she contributes or not).
So, as with a 401(k) plan, the SIMPLE IRA is funded by tax‑deductible employer contributions and pretax employee contributions. In a way, the obligation of the employer is less—because employees make contributions—but there is that mandated matching. And the amount you the employer can contribute for yourself is subject to the same contribution limit as the employees. Also, early withdrawal penalties are particularly heavy: 25% within the first two years of the plan.
Setting It Up
As with other IRAs, these accounts or plans must be opened with a financial institution, and that institution will have rules as to what sorts of investments can be bought under the plan and may charge fees for plan administration and participation. The process is similar to a SEP IRA, but the paperwork load is a little heavier.
Keogh Plan
The Keogh plan or HR 10 plan (more commonly referred to today as a qualified or profit-sharing plan) is arguably the most complex of the plans intended for self-employed workers, but it is also the option that allows for the most potential retirement savings.
A Keogh plan is the most complex of the four plans but potentially allows for the most retirement savings.
How It Works
Keogh plans usually can take the form of a defined-contribution plan, in which a fixed sum or percentage is contributed every pay period. In 2020, these plans cap total contributions in a year at $58,000. Another option, though, allows them to be structured as defined-benefit plans. In 2021, the maximum annual benefit was set at $230,000 or 100% of the employee's compensation, whichever is lower.
A business must be unincorporated and set up as a sole proprietorship, limited liability company (LLC), or partnership to use a Keogh. Although all contributions are made on a pretax basis, there can be a vesting requirement.
As you might imagine, these plans are mainly beneficial to high earners, especially the defined-benefit version, which allows greater contributions than any other plan. A Keogh is best suited for firms with a single high-earning boss or two and several lower-earning employees—as in the case of a medical or legal practice.
Setting It Up
Keogh Plans have federal filing requirements, and the paperwork and complexity often mean that professional help (be it from an accountant, investment advisor, or a financial institution) is necessary. Your options for custodians may be more limited than with other retirement plans—you'll probably need a brick-and-mortar institution rather than an online-only service. Charles Schwab is one brokerage that offers and services these sort of plans.
Health Savings Account (HSA)
As a freelancer, you might well have to pay for your own health insurance, and the deductibles for individual medical plans tend to be high. If that's your situation, consider opening a health savings account (HSA). Though created for medical expenses rather than one's golden years, an HSA can function as a de facto retirement account.
HSAs were created to pay for medical expenses but can also be used as a de facto retirement account.
HSAs are funded with pretax dollars, and the money within them grows tax-deferred—as with an IRA or a 401(k). While the funds are meant to be withdrawn for out-of-pocket medical costs, they don't have to be—you can let them accumulate year after year. Once you reach age 65, you can withdraw them for any reason. If it's a medical one (either current or to reimburse yourself for old costs), it's still tax-free. If it's a nonmedical expense, you will owe income tax at your current rate.
To open an HSA, you have to be covered by a high-deductible health insurance plan (HDHP). For 2020, the IRS defines a high deductible as $1,400 per individual and $2,800 per family. Not all plans allow for HSAs. If yours does, in 2020 you're allowed to contribute up to $3,550 for an individual plan or $7,100 for a family plan. People over 50 are allowed a $1,000 catch-up contribution.
Traditional or Roth IRA
If none of the above plans seems a good fit, you can start your own individual IRA. Both Roth and traditional IRAs are available to anyone with employment income, and that includes freelancers. Roth IRAs let you contribute after-tax dollars, while traditional IRAs let you contribute pretax dollars. In 2021, the maximum annual contribution is $6,000, $7,000 if you are age 50 or older, or your total earned income, whichever is less.
Most freelancers work for someone else before striking out on their own. If you had a retirement plan such as a 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) with a former employer, the best way to manage the accumulated savings is often to transfer them to a rollover IRA or, alternatively, a one-participant 401(k).
Rolling over allows you to choose how to invest the money, rather than being limited by the choices in an employee plan. Also, the transferred sum can jump-start you into saving in your new entrepreneurial career.
Managing Your Retirement Funds
Make no mistake, you need to start saving for retirement as soon as you start earning income, even if you can't afford much at the beginning. The sooner you start, the more you'll accumulate, thanks to the miracle of compounding.
Let's say you save $40 per month and invest that money at 4.65%, which is what the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund earned across a recent 10-year period. Using an online savings calculator, an initial amount of $40 plus $40 per month for 30 years adds up to $31,550. Raise the interest rate to 8.79%, the average yield of the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund over the same period, and the number rises to more than $70,000.
As your savings build, you may want to get the help of a financial advisor to determine the best way to apportion your funds. Some companies even offer free or low-cost retirement planning advice to clients. Robo-advisors such as Betterment and Wealthfront provide automated planning and portfolio building as a low-cost alternative to human financial advisors.
The Bottom Line
Creating a retirement strategy is vitally important when you are a freelancer because there's no one looking out for your retirement but you. That's why your mantra should be "Pay yourself first."
Many people think of retirement money as the money they put away if there is any cash left at the end of the month or year. "That's paying yourself last," says David Blaylock, CFP, director of financial planning at Kindur, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. "Paying yourself first means saving before you do anything else. Try and set aside a certain portion of your income the day you get paid before you spend any discretionary money."


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Store-Operated Ca(2+) Entry (SOCE) Contributes to Normal Skeletal Muscle Contractility in Young but Not in Aged Skeletal Muscle
Muscle atrophy alone is insufficient to explain the significant decline in contractile force of skeletal muscle during normal aging. One contributing factor to decreased contractile force in aging skeletal muscle could be compromised excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling, without sufficient available Ca(2+) to allow for repetitive muscle contractility, skeletal muscles naturally become weaker. Using biophysical approaches, we previously showed that store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) is compromised in aged skeletal muscle but not in young ones. While important, a missing component from previous studies is whether or not SOCE function correlates with contractile function during aging. Here we test the contribution of extracellular Ca(2+) to contractile function of skeletal muscle during aging. First, we demonstrate graded coupling between SR Ca(2+) release channel-mediated Ca(2+) release and activation of SOCE. Inhibition of SOCE produced significant reduction of contractile force in young skeletal muscle, particularly at high frequency stimulation, and such effects were completely absent in aged skeletal muscle. Our data indicate that SOCE contributes to the normal physiological contractile response of young healthy skeletal muscle and that defective extracellular Ca(2+) entry through SOCE contributes to the reduced contractile force characteristic of aged skeletal muscle.
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Published in Aging, v. 3, issue. 6, 621-634.
Impact Journals LLC, New York State, USA, 2008-2014
Repository Citation
Thornton, Angela M.; Zhao, Xiaoli; Weisleder, Noah; Brotto, Leticia S.; Bougoin, Sylvain; Nosek, Thomas M.; Reid, Michael B.; Hardin, Brian; Pan, Zui; Ma, Jianjie; Parness, Jerome; and Brotto, Marco, "Store-Operated Ca(2+) Entry (SOCE) Contributes to Normal Skeletal Muscle Contractility in Young but Not in Aged Skeletal Muscle" (2011). Physiology Faculty Publications. 42.


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After many years of planning and anticipation, construction on the three Santa Clara Unified School District campuses at the Agnews site began November 2018. Since then, crews have been working as quickly as possible on this colossal project to reach our original goal of an August 2020 opening for the elementary and middle schools.
Unfortunately, we have faced several complications that have impacted our schedule. First, the extraordinarily wet winter with over 80 days of rain caused a slow-down in grading and site preparation. Next, inspections and the state agency approval processes took much longer than anticipated. Finally, the unprecedented amount of local construction has stretched the resources of contractors and their ability to meet our timeline.
Due to these issues, Santa Clara Unified School District and our Board of Trustees have discussed the impacts to the construction timeline and when the school sites will be fully ready for our students and families. After meeting with and surveying the Mayne, Montague, and Hughes elementary school communities, Superintendent Stella M. Kemp recommended to the Board of Trustees that they approve postponing the opening of the elementary and middle schools to August 2021, after all construction on the two campuses is complete. The board unanimously approved the recommendation.
Enrollment grade-level options will be determined by the Board of Trustees in 2020.
Agnews Community Meetings
For those of you who could join us in person, thank you! If you could not, we hope the information in this section is helpful and we hope you will participate in our survey once you've had the opportunity to review the details of the two options being considered by the district and Board of Trustees.
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Agnews Community Meetings Presentation in English
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Meet the Principals!
Shehnaz Wadhwania, Elementary School
Shehnaz Wadhwania joins the Santa Clara Unified team from Bellevue School District in Washington. She was recently appointed as the director of teaching and learning after four years as the assistant principal of Stevenson Elementary School. During the course of her career, Shehnaz has worked on or been a part of paperless, fine arts focused, and one and two-way dual immersion schools. Her strengths are in project management and team trust-building.
Shehnaz received her Bachelor of Arts in labor law and her teaching credential from the University of Mumbai. She also received her master's in English teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dawnel Sonntag, Middle School
Dawnel Sonntag first came to SCUSD in 1998 as an English teacher at Santa Clara High School where she stayed for seven years before being promoted as the vice principal at Cabrillo Middle School in 2005. In 2008, Dawnel left our district to take a position as the principal of Monroe Middle School in Campbell Union School District. She spent ten years as the principal of Monroe Middle School before becoming the principal liaison for special education for the last year.
Dawnel received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara in sociology, her teaching credential from National University, and her master's in educational leadership from San Jose State University.


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These luxurious apartments for sale sit right by the sea in the popular seaside town of Mudanya, on the southern shores of the Marmara sea.
Mudanya is commonly known as the gateway to Istanbul, as it hosts a ferry port with ferries carrying cars and passengers across the sea to Istanbul. Making theses apartments an ideal option for investment in Turkey with these excellent connections to Istanbul.
The beachlife apartments sit in a small complex with just 36 units of either two, three or three-bed duplex apartments, all offering an exclusive lifestyle to residents. The complex hosts a number of facilities for exclusive use of residents including and outdoor swimming pool, an indoor heated pool, sauna, children's play area and a fitness centre/gym which is safely protected by a 24hr security service.
Apartment Features
Open the door to these wonderful apartments and the luxury will have you taking a deep breath. Though all brand new the design has brought in some wonderful features from the Yali style housing from the Ottoman period, with ornate covings, white panelled ceilings and decorative room dividers giving each apartment a superior and rich look.
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Full-length windows and doors allow you to take full advantage of the most amazing panoramic sea views together with allowing all of the natural sunlight to filter through in each room.
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Mudanya is a stunning lively seaside town in the district of Bursa, it sits on the southern coastline of the Marmara sea to the south of Istanbul, and around 30km from the centre of Bursa.
It is mostly known as Bursa's gateway to Istanbul, with the ferry that crosses the Marmara sea to the city. The shore is lined with tea gardens and restaurants. Further along the shore are classic style Mudanya houses, which are mirror images of the Istanbul Yali Mansions that line the shores of the Bosphorus.
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A symbol of faith, that represents Jesus and his undying love for us. The new redesigned Jesus fish is comprised of three very meaningful components, with one additional and essential detail, that was preserved to honor the original design and use of the Ichthys (Fish), symbol.
1. The Heart represents the unparalleled Love that God has for us all, for God is Love.
2. The Seven is the biblical number of Perfection and Completion.
3. The Cross represents the Gift that was given to us, by way of Jesus being sent to die for our sins.
4. The additional detail that was preserved to honor the original design is the use of the two intersecting arcs, with the ends of the right side, extending beyond the meeting point, to resemble the profile of a fish. This simple design outline was quickly used by believers to determine, friend or foe, which meant, life or death.
Love's Perfect Gift, is excited to welcome you to a new, creative and trendy Faith-Based clothing experience, with an understood meaning. Our garments are well-made, quality crafted and fashionably eye-catching. L.P.G., stands behind the quality of our clothing line, and also our accessories and gifts.
Join us on our mission to bring unity, fellowship and love, back to the body of believers. This is a movement to be celebrated, and with your support, that can be achieved.
God has created good in this world, let's find it in each other. We all carry God's love in our hearts on the inside, let's not be afraid to show his love, on the outside. Are you ready to take The Jesus Fish symbol to the next level?
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Rock the symbol. It is the symbol of your faith.
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