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Scientists Warn of Lethal Shellfish in a Part of Alaska
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Public health officials are warning that toxic algae is contaminating some Alaskan shellfish and the toxin could kill humans. High concentrations of the poisonous compound have been found in the Southeastern tip of the state, near the town of Ketchikan. Find out what to look out for if you're a shellfish eater.Algae blooms are contributing to record high levels of a toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. The disease can cause paralyzing of the body's internal organs.
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The most poisonous shellfish discovered were baby mussels at a dock in Ketchikan with toxin levels of more than 30,000 micrograms per hundred grams of shellfish meat. This is well over the 80-microgram level considered toxic, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has warned.
Those levels are so high that a single mussel could kill several people, scientists at the University of Alaska Southeast said in a statement on Thursday.
Warnings about the deadly toxin have been posted throughout the area on beaches, docks, and in area stores. Symptoms of the disease start with tingling in the mouth which then spreads to the rest of the body.
"If it gets to your lungs, it shuts them down," said Greg Wilkinson, a spokesman for the state health department. Commercially caught fish are tested for the toxin by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation before hitting the market but the toxin is a huge scare for those that catch their own shellfish. Two people have already been hospitalized due to the toxin.
The toxin is due to the proliferation of a certain form of algae. Harmful algae blooms can be caused by coastal pollution from human sewage and agricultural runoff though it's unclear the cause of this bloom.
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The month of September is an exciting month for anyone following Ethereum. The development team behind Ethereum is working hard towards a much anticipated upgrade known as Metropolis. The Ethereum hard fork is poised to relieve a lot of stress on the Ethereum ecosystem, as well as, bring a little more convenient functionality for it's users. Metropolis will be split into 2 core releases: Byzantium & Constantinople. The Byzantium Hard Fork will hit the testnet on September 18th and is scheduled to go live on October 9th, 2017 ( dates not final ).
Although only the Byzantine hard fork will be tested on Ethereum's testnet, a successful testing process of the Byzantine hard fork will allow the Ethereum Foundation and its developers to streamline the integration of the second phase of the Metropolis hard fork. Once the Metropolis hard fork is completed, it would allow most of the decentralized applications to be commercialized and to be launched in a scalable and efficient ecosystem.
Many experts including Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam stated that scalability is a major issue for Ethereum if it intends to support large decentralized applications with millions of users. Metropolis is a major step towards scaling the Ethereum network efficiently.
Companies like JPMorgan, Microsoft, Intel and BBVA are actively developing applications on top of the Ethereum protocol to automate their operations and develop new infrastructures based on the immutable Blockchain network of Ethereum. For the Ethereum network to support all of the incoming large-scale dapps in the near future, especially many dapps that are set to be commercialized and implemented to larger platforms, developers will require a more robust protocol to work with.
Let's take a look at some of the planned upgrades being introduced in Byzantium.
- Foundations for ZK-SNARKs / Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Byzantium will include the building blocks to implement zero-knowledge proofs or ZK-SNARKs in the future. The implementation of ZK-SNARKs will allow a higher-level of anonymity for the Ethereum ecosystem. To learn more about ZK-SNARKs, read the paper by Solidity founder, Christian Reitwiebner: http://chriseth.github.io/notes/articles/zksnarks/zksnarks.pdf
- Abstraction – EIP 86
Account abstraction is another great feature planned for the upcoming fork. It will allow users to have more control over their private keys and the ability for contracts to pay the mining fees instead of having the sender always pay for the gas. Additionally, the account abstraction will reduce the risk of being hacked by quantum computing.
- Simplified Programming in Solidity
The Solidity programming language is undergoing an upgrade to allow novice programmers to easily work with smart contracts. New functionality and an easier hands-on approach will encourage new programmers to begin building their applications and smart contracts.
- Mining Difficulty Time-Bomb
According to the development team, the difficulty time-bomb will be delayed By 18 Months ( source: core dev meeting ), this will reduce the block times from 24.3s to 14.1s. However, it's implementation will increase difficulty for miners and make it less profitable in the future. The time bomb introduction is to slowly move Ethereum away from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The benefits of PoS versus PoW will be discussed in another post. Update: The number of ETH issued per block will drop from 5 to 3.

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Graduates of the Animation and Visual Effects programs will be hosting an event in the Harbour Centre lobby, downtown Vancouver to showcase their talent and artistic works for friends, family and industry. If you want to be included on our invite list please email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Industry Recruitment Night – April 17, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Representatives from local studios are welcome to attend this trade-show style event. Graduates will have their artwork, animation and visual effects portfolios on display for viewing and critique. This is a great opportunity to recruit some of the best talent available.
Friends, Family and General Public Show – April 18, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Join us for the friends and family show. Come see the work of this years graduating animation and visual effects students! Classical and computer animation, stunning designs, layouts, life drawing and other art work will be on display.
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In the days of sail when the ships were small the steering wheel was situated on the poop deck at the stern of the vessel almost immediately above the rudder. As the ships got bigger with the advent of steam, the watchkeepers and helmsmen found it difficult to see the front of the vessel. Consequently, the steering position was moved further forward and mounted on a raised platform to improve the visibility forward. As the structure resembled a bridge so the name stuck. In the early days the Bridge was open to the elements but nowadays is fully enclosed and well protected from the sea and weather.
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The mother of the playwright writes about how "Elliot" – a mother & son story – came to be.
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5 surprising reasons you should meditate with your animals
So you've bought your meditation cushion and chosen your favorite meditation position. You've contemplated and picked your mantra or visualization. You've found a quiet time of day to practice. You're ready to start meditating, right?
Maybe not. What if you were missing the most important piece that could improve your practice quickly and easily? I'm talking about animals, and why it's so important you invite your animals to sit with you while you meditate.
It may sound strange at first, but consider these five reasons why you should be meditating with your animals every day:
1. Animals are mindfulness masters. They teach us about embracing the present moment and living in gratitude.
2. Animals realize that joy and silliness is a big part of mindfulness. Sometimes we humans take our spiritual journey a bit too seriously!
3. Animals remind us to live simply and focus on the things that really matter in life: love, kindness and peace. Wouldn't it be nice to let go of all our material concerns for just a little while each day?
4. Animals help us to open our hearts and share compassion. They do this effortlessly, just by their presence. They model unconditional love. The best meditation is always done with an open heart.
5. Animals have much quieter minds than we do. They don't torture themselves with anger about yesterday or worries about tomorrow. They don't constantly multitask. Be honest: Are you multitasking right now as you read this article? The most successful meditation happens when we bring all of our awareness to the here and now.
It's really quite easy: Simply invite your animals into the room where you will practice, and set your intent to share all of the energy you create through your practice with your animals.
Often we think the main benefit of meditating is to de-stress and quiet our minds, but an even deeper benefit is to access our inner well of compassion.
The first time you meditate with your animals, they may look at you a bit strangely, wondering what is going on. Hang in there with your practice, and you will see that as your energy shifts into a calm and balanced space, theirs will become more peaceful, too. Even active dogs will begin to calm down and want to sit with you! Even better, because of their wonderful presence, I bet you'll find it easier to focus on this present moment, to sit still for a longer period of time and to open your heart to the practice.
Often we think the main benefit of meditating is to de-stress and quiet our minds, but an even deeper benefit is to access our inner well of compassion. This deep space of heart consciousness is something we can draw upon in our daily life to help us get through those "not so peaceful" moments we may find ourselves in.
Just imagine if your meditation practice could blossom into a time not only for de-stressing yourself and your animals, but also for sharing compassion with others more easily in all areas of your life. All of this and more, just by meditating with your animals. Pretty wonderful, isn't it?
How have animals helped your meditation practice?
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Just beautiful. My beebs will sit with me for a while during meditation time. At times they will have had enough and leave for a while. Sometimes they come back to join me, and I quietly welcome them back. Other times, they go elsewhere for a while, and I remain in the quiet for a while.
When I take my practice outside (my cats are indoor beebs), I will sometimes find birds settling in a bit closer than usual. I'll send love and a "heartful" invitation, which they can do with as they please 🙂 Little anole lizards will also come check things out once in a while. Way cool.
Kathleen Prasad
Hi Kerri, Yes our animals may come and go during our meditation – it's great to just let them move with the ebb and flow of the energy. Glad you have kitties to support your meditation 🙂 That is wonderful that the wild creatures come closer when you are outside – this shows your practice radiates compassion and love and animals are drawn to it, lovely!
You are always so uplifting and willing to offer encouragement. Thank you, from all the creatures who will benefit from what you teach, and from us, as we're always learning 🙂
Kathleen Prasad
You are very welcome, and thank you for being a part of our heartful community!


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In a few short years electronic cigarettes have grown into a multi-billion dollar business, yet conflicting information abounds about the efficacy and safety. This presentation will show both sides of the controversy and answer the questions of whether they will help a smoker quit and are they safe.
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We all know that Facebook plays a big part when it comes to company's success and consequent sales but it can be hard to go through all the tips you see and scan which ones are actually the most effective so AZTA Group, top social media experts in Melbourne, did it for you!
We went through all the main tips and gathered the 5 Best Facebook Marketing Tips. Of course, there are other major social media platforms besides this one but today we are just focusing on Facebook and maybe, in a future post, you'll see more about other social media channels so keep an eye on our blog updates!
Some of the Best Facebook Tips:
Your profile photo should be flawless but that also applies to your cover photo.
People will immediately look at your company's profile photo but the cover photo is also a big highlight of your page and it shouldn't be ignored. First impressions do count so make the effort to make sure your profile photo is appealing and your cover photo is a great call-to-action! You can even post a cover video instead of a cover photo so don't be afraid and go for it!
Make sure your images have the right size.
This means that before posting any image on Facebook you should remember that the visitors will see your page in different formats – some may view it in their desktop, others on their mobile phone. So always make sure your images are optimized.
You can and should share user-generated content.
Instead of always creating your own content you can and should share more user-generated content. This will make it easier for your posts not to be repetitive and it will also help you connect with your audience so it's a win-win situation.
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Sep 01, 2016: oneworld, the global airline alliance, named industry veteran Rob Gurney as its new CEO.
He succeeds Bruce Ashby, who announced in January that he would be stepping down from the role this summer after more than five years in the position.
Rob Gurney will join oneworld in October after leaving Gulf carrier Emirates, where he served as Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations The Americas.He has substantial experience of airline alliances with much of his 25-year career in the industry spent with oneworld founding members British Airways and Qantas.
For four years until 2012, he was the Australian carrier's Group Executive Commercial, with responsibilities for global sales and marketing including alliance relationships, which saw him serving as Qantas' representative on the oneworld Management Team "Executive Board", working closely with all oneworld's member airlines.
As oneworld CEO, he will report to the alliance's Governing Board, comprising the CEOs of all member airlines, and lead the central alliance team, which is based in New York.
Announcing the appointment, oneworld Governing Board Chairman Ivan Chu, CEO of Cathay Pacific, said: "Bruce Ashby leaves big shoes to fill – and, in Rob Gurney, oneworld has appointed someone well able to do so. He takes on the role of oneworld CEO with a proven track record of successful leadership in key alliance and broader commercial roles within both the oneworld family and beyond, with all the attributes needed to lead the world's most highly prized global alliance through the next phase of our development."
Rob Gurney said, "In many ways, this move feels like coming home. I look forward to working once again with oneworld's stable of best-in-class carriers from each region to build further on oneworld's position as the best alliance in the skies."


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Victory in a fishbowl
January 19, 2009
In praise of small things . . .
HMS Victory, fishbowl, reflections, reflexivity, micro, miniature,
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Pearls Before Breakfast
May 16, 2007
Joshua Bell is one of the world's greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice?
Do you stop and listen? Do you hurry past with a blend of guilt and irritation, aware of your cupidity but annoyed by the unbidden demand on your time and your wallet? Do you throw in a buck, just to be polite? Does your decision change if he's really bad? What if he's really good? Do you have time for beauty? Shouldn't you? What's the moral mathematics of the moment? (Weingarten 2007)
Weingarten, Gene. 2007. "Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour?" Washington Post. April 8. Page W10.
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Our Distant Relatives from the Baroque period
January 19, 2007
The Baroque, Neoclassical and Romantic periods in Europe coincide with the period of colonization in what was called the New World. When we admire artistic creations from these periods how can be also remember colonial activities and their implications for everyday life in 2007.
Freeman (2000a 127) describes one of the distant relatives of the 17th century as a fur trader, interpreter and man of public affairs whose influence increased in 1643 with the formation of the United Colonies of New England (Plymouth, Connecticut, Massechusetts and New Haven). His name was connected with almost every Indian transaction on record.
Selected webliography and bibliography
Freeman, Victoria. 2000. Distant Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North America. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Freeman, Victoria. 2000a. "Ambassador to the Indians."Distant Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North America. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. pp.127-147.
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Documentary: The Power of Nightmares
January 1, 2007
This a series of three BBC documentaries that show how fear is an ultimate tool for politicians to preserve their power. As director Adam Curtis puts it, "Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares."
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Benign colonialism for dummies: how to impress OECD while Canada's First People live in Brazil-like favela. Canadian Public Policy research has been usefully challenged by seasoned journalist Atkinson Fellow Marie Wadden's recent series which continues her research begun in 1978 in response to the hidden horrors of Canada's Innu town, Davis Inlet. The True North strong and free has been limping for a long time.
Neither Left nor Right, just wrong
Decades later, Wadden concerned about the elusive solutions for problems of addiction in Canadian Aboriginal continues her research by visiting remote communities to find stories that will unsettle Canadian complacent apathy, compassion fatigue and worldly-wise jaded perspectives. We just do not want to give up the adventure stories that inspired our youth of Arctic explorers in frozen, isolated, hinterland Hudson Bay posts. Perhaps her shocking series will shake our stubborn pryde in our grandfathers' mythologies while shamefully neglecting tragic tales from our Other grandparents.
Her passion for the subject earned her the 2005 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and led her to a year-long, cross-country trek to look at the causes, effects and potential solutions to the addiction crisis among Aboriginals. Her series of stories — Tragedy or Triumph; Canadian Public Policy and Aboriginal Addictions — is appearing in the Star and online at thestar.com/atkinson. Wadden began her career at CBC television in Newfoundland 27 years ago and has won numerous journalism awards. The St. John's resident is the 17th winner of the Atkinson Fellowship and the first from east of Montreal. The fellowship, sponsored by The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, the Toronto Star and the Beland Honderich family, aims to further liberal journalism in the tradition of Joseph E. Atkinson, the Star's founder. The Atkinson Series, Tragedy or Triumph, Canadian Public Policy and Aboriginal Addictions
Seven years in a Third World military dictatorship did not prepare me for the harsh reality of the everyday lives of Canadian Inuit and First Nations. I felt shame, powerlessness and confusion stemming from years of work as insider in cultural institutions devoted to Inuit studies. It took me ten years to build heightened levels of trust so all the stories pored out. The more I learned and accepted without offering bandaid solutions, patent excuses, weak explanations or high-haded social theories, the more stories seemed to come to me. It was as if I had a pair of antennas, an open channel to a stream of unending stories each one corraborating the other. The more I learned the more I questioned so I paralleled the kitchen table accounts with deep research into footnotes of published materials, Hansards, and cross-disciplinary work. I asked more specific questions of Inuit elders and the knowers in communities. (The knowers were often Inuit women of any age who had been chosen to learn more because of their superior abilities to learn languages. Their emotional maturity, discretion and wisdom was daunting. Often stories were shared in whispers. I would never get permission to share them. Potent stories of individual personal strength, survival could not be shared because the surviving members of the perpetrators of violence and injustice were still alive. In small isolated hamlets there are systems of power in everyday life that are as imposing as those on parliament hill. This explains why a convicted sex offender can be chosen to represent a community (where family violence is extremely high — off the charts in terms of the Canadian average) in the political arena. In Third World countries there is always the hope that education and maturity, in civil society and democracy, might provide improved access to human rights for citizens. My despair, my overwhelming sense of hopelessness, became consuming as I realized that this tragedy was taking place in one of the more advanced democracies with a relatively informed civil society. I began to meticulously develop a detailed timeline of the social histories of First Nations, Inuit (and African-Canadians). I would take the stories shared by friends and students and cross-reference them with dates provided by classical ethnographers, anthropologists, art historians, museologists, geographers, geologists, administrators and Hudson Bay Company reports. I reread the entire series of Inuit Studies, Inuit Art Quarterly and realized that it was not bad research on my part that made me so shamefully unaware. The very cultural institutions on whom we depend for insight into our shared communal memories, these institutions have failed us miserably. They continue to perpetrate distorted histories insisting covertly on presenting a benign colonialism. Examine the brilliant RCAP, the most in-depth (and expensive) report, undertaken using a progressive research methodology called Participatory Action Research (PAR). It's on-line and available for anyone! Read the section on how our institutions of public curricula were specifically called upon to reexamine distorted histories in collaboration with Inuit and First Nations communties. The do as I did and examine what these institutions have done since then. A tourist visiting Canada's cultural institutions, either virtually or in glass, steel and stone buildings, such as the National Gallery of Canada or the Museum of Civilization, or exploring Cybermuse, will not learn of the depth of despair of First Nations and Inuit communties. They will leave perhaps learning something of the heroic status of the Hudson's Bay Company, Inuit art cooperatives, the benefits to Inuit of entering the international art market, the exquisite aesthetics of Inuit clothing from the pre-1950s, Inuit legends shortened and deformed for consumer tastes. They will learn about the dynamic Inuit culture as if the best of the culture sank with the Nascopie. Explorers and Hudson Bay Company employees are heroized when their work should now be reviewed through the lens of the informed, intelligent generation born in the 1930s and 1940s. Remove the overt desire to portray colonialism in Canada's north as benign, to continue to cherish histories of post WWII heroism of southerners who conquered the hinterland to benefit all Canadians. Challenge the assumptions that learning English, the market system and the northern form of Canadian democracy was beneficial in the long-run. Unsettle the assumption that the errors were in the past and we should all move on. The litany of mistakes outlined in this brilliant, moving, informed series can be complemented by a thorough reading of one of Canads' most-difficult-to-read stories, Mistakes. Let's ask the communal archives of memory for the answers to the questions about what really happened to Inuit-Scottish, Inuit-Danish and Inuit-Icelandic children abandoned in the 1930s, 1940, 1950s, 1960s by their fathers who returned south and built profitable careers on their heroism, adventures in Canada's north while ignoring pleas from their former partners, and even own children abandoned to the care of small vulnerable hamlets. We no longer accept that the genetic pool of the Scottish, British, American, Danish and Icelandic improved Inuit and First Nations do we? How can we continue in 2006 to lionize those who felt pryde in their improvement of the gene pool? Is there no way that we can honour our blue eyed grandfathers without simply forgetting. We need serious, committed memory work on the level of what has been done in Post WWII Europe. The situations are in no way the same. But the revamping of our institutions of communal memory is just taking too long. In Post WWII Europe it became evident over the decades that it could not be ignored by national cultural institutions. In Canada it has been politically shrewd to use delaying tactics in our museums just as we have in land claims issues, and the dozens of other recommendations of the RCAP. Read the most recent articles by Canada's anthropologist and you will find apologies for these institions arguing that great progress has been made. After al we do have an Algonquin canoe floating silently in the Group of Seven section of the National Gallery of Canada. Silently is the word. Speak to renowned Algonquin elder William Commanda and put his voice through a loud speaker in those galleries. Listen to him describe the starvation when tourism trade grew as southerners flocked north to enjoy the Canadian Shield. Hear his gentle, firm voice as he describes in elaborate detail how he built canoes to stave off starvation as the First Nations communities were denied access to their fishing camps which had become the land of the tourists. He speaks without rage. His voice is still powerfully spiritual. He calls for a freeing of the rivers from the damage of the dams. In the room devoted to Canadian art of the 1950s install a Stan Douglas type piece where the voices of Inuit and First Nations whose lives were irrevocably changed by the one of the worst incidence of TB on the planet speak of their grandfathers, camp leaders, fathers, the hunters, trappers and fishers buried in unmarked graves near Moose Factory's sanitorium.
In the National Gallery of Canada's Inuit Art section (in the basement) remind visitors that the artists whose works continue to be revered, have suffered starvation in Canada in the 1940s and 1950s, have succumbed to alcoholism, and drugs, that they have met violent deaths through suicides, murders, or in preventable house fires. How many Canadians know the other stories connected to Inuit women artists who made history when they were honoured with the Order of Canada, Canada's highest award or the Royal Canadian Academy? One died alone in a hospital near Montreal in the 1980s, so depressed because of her linguistic isolation (she could only speak Inuktitut) that she gave away her ulu, the woman's knife so affectionately mentioned in articles about Inuit art. Another was confused at one time when nortern officials refused food to her family during the peoriod of starvation in the 1950s. What about Canada's most widely admired Inuit artist whose works are honoured internationally who was now ill, forced to live on city streets and was so badly beaten by police he carried a lump on his forehead for weeks. They and/or their families still live in houses where the entire contents of their fridges are a plastic bottle of ketchup and mustard. The have developed diabetes. A few have become violent and abusive. So many Inuit artists are in the Baffin Correction Centre at any given time that local people suggest a visit as part of the itinerary for Iqaluit, Nunavut's art scene. Then let's see some footage of the renowned Inuit elder and activist, as he describes through his son, artist and interpretor, his trip to New York or his interpretation of one of his carvings. Let's hear him sing with tears in his eyes, the song he wrote for the homeless man on the streets of New York. Where is the strong articulate voice of Sheila Watt-Cloutier in any contemporary site claiming to represent to Inuit culture? If you do not know this name you should. She has made history. What about Paul Okalik, Peter Erniq. These are names all Canadians should know. Let's begin with something simple: honest, inclusive timelines. Let's contextualize stories about Inuit culture. Stop funding Inuit studies unless there is a critical component that examines issues, not as tidy sanitized disciplines that claim to be protecting Inuit art and culture from the sordid truths of everyday life. Inuit art and culture are dynamic, alive, robust. The Inuit art and culture market will survive but perhaps not by continuing to enrich southerers or those who live decades in the north, return to the south and continue to become enriched on their insider knowledge. If Inuit benefited fully from their own art production in a sustainable, equitable fashion there would be far less need of so much government intervention. There is more percapita talent in the tiny hamlet of Clyde River waiting for a venue than there is many southern cities. There is also far more youth suicide, violence against women and despair.
The private Atkinson Foundation, founded in 1942 by former publisher of The Toronto Star, promotes social and economic justice in the tradition Joseph E. Atkinson. This includes the work of Armine Yalnizyan, (2000), "Inequality Rises As More Families Slide To The Bottom Of The Income Scale: Tax cuts don't address economic reality says new report," Centre of Social Justice, January 27, 2000 http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/publications/The_Great_Divide_Armine_
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November 24, 2006
Herper cites Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neuroscientist and author of "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" (1998 [1994]) (based on the classic 1960's study of 17,530 UK male civil servants) and
The 1960s big office versus cubicle argument
Dr. Marmot's Whitehall classic study begun in the late 1960's of 17,530 men in the British civil service concluded that higher ranking civil servants lived longer than those lower on the ladder. A 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall subjects of the same group concurred with the original findings.
The poor people have unhealthy lifestyles argument
Was it surprising when science confirmed that greater poverty levels increase risk of illness and earlier death as do life styles that include cigarette smoking, obesity, hypertension and high cholesterol. In 1998 the focus on NIH was on vulnerabilities based on social class and/or minority status.
Articles using the status argument re: wealth, health and death also refer to Dr. Jay R. Kaplan's research findings that dominant monkeys with less stress who are fed a luxury diet fare better.
Robert Putman's social capital argument
"For both blacks and whites, living in a neighborhood where social bonds have eroded may have negative effects on health. Dr. Robert Putnam of Harvard University coined the term "social capital" to describe the elements that contribute to social cohesion (Goode 1999)."
Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health, has explored one aspect of social capital — interpersonal trust — and its relationship to national and community rates of illness and death. Dr. Kawachi and his colleagues correlated mortality rates in states with the percentage of state residents who agreed with the statement, 'Most people would try to take advantage of you if they got the chance' (Goode 1999)."
"Social class is an uncomfortable subject for many Americans. "I think there has been a resistance to thinking about social stratification in our society," said Dr. Nancy Adler, professor of medical psychology at the University of California at San Francisco and director of the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health. Instead, researchers traditionally have focused on health differences between rich and poor, or blacks and whites (unaware, in many cases, that race often served as a proxy for socioeconomic status, since blacks are disproportionately represented in lower income brackets). But the notion that a mid-level executive with a three-bedroom, split-level in Scarsdale might somehow be more vulnerable to illness than his boss in the five-bedroom colonial a few blocks away seems to have finally captured scientists' attention (Goode 1999)."
Those with greater vulnerability to social exclusion have a heightened risk to poverty, violence, inadequate access to health care, employment and education.
Goode, Erica, (1999), "For Good Health, It Helps To Be Rich and Important,"New York Times, June 1, 1999, Tuesday. Accessed November 23, 2006.
Herper, Matthew 2006. Why The Rich Live Longer. Forbes.
Kawachi I, Kennedy BP. 1999. "Income inequality and health: pathways and mechanisms." Health Services Research, 1999 April; 34:215-227.The journal Health Services Research on the web.
Sapolsky, Robert M. 1998 [1994]. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. New York, Henry, Holt and Company.
Seligman, Dan 2004. "Why the Rich Live Longer." Forbes. New York, Henry, Holt and Company: 113-114. stress
Shi L, Starfield B, Kennedy B, Kawachi I. 1999. "Income inequality, primary care, and health indicators." Journal of Family Practice 1999 April;48(4):275-284.
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Joyce Murray department approved the use of the rich Gulf Island archaeological sites (DfRu-002) on Kuper Island for a daily discharge of suspended solids into the burial grounds of 700 ancestors. Syuhe'mun, "the Place to Catch Up," is a site for the inter-generational sharing of tradition knowledge. Hume, S. (2005/01/30) Vancouver Sun.
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Nicholas Bellantoni, Ph.D., has had quite his share of strange and unusual experiences in his 27 years on the job. On Thursday, April 16, in a lively presentation at the Stafford Public Library, the recently retired Connecticut state archaeologist shared some of his more interesting adventures. Bellantoni explained that one aspect of his job is that whenever human skeletory remains are discovered, the police, a medical officer, and often the state archaeologist are called in. "If the remains are found to be over 50 years old, the state archaeologist takes over the investigation," he said.
One interesting project Bellantoni became involved in was a 1990 discovery at a Griswold, Conn., construction site. During off-hours, a few 10-year-old boys were playing on an excavated hill and suddenly two skulls rolled down the hill beside them. Bellantoni said the area was roped off as a potential crime scene, but he soon determined that the skulls were 100 to 200 years old. The excavators had apparently hit the first row of a large family graveyard. Further investigation showed that it was the burial grounds of the Nathanial Walton family, who purchased the land in 1757.
"You know that old saying, 'Dead men tell no tales'? Forget about it. They tell a lot," said Bellantoni.
For starters, Bellantoni said forensic aspects of the human skeletons allowed them to determine the ages and genders of the skeletons, their nutrition, and the types of life stresses they experienced in the hard work they performed. Additionally, the way the bodies were laid out conformed to common Christian burial practices of the time.
Most unusual, however, was a crypt discovered in the mix where the body had at first been buried according to custom, but then later broken into and altered. "The thigh bones were uprooted and crossed over the chest," said Bellantoni. Alterations to the body indicated signs of a New England vampire folk belief, he said. Tuberculosis, then called "consumption," was taking lives at epidemic levels at the time, and people didn't understand how diseases were transmitted. "All they knew was that people were dying and they couldn't stop it. Some believed the undead were coming out of their graves and continuing to infect their families," said Bellantoni, adding that the practice of digging up the graves and altering the bodies was an effort to stop the undead from returning. Sure enough, he said they found evidence of TB on the altered body's ribs.
One of the most bizarre stories Bellantoni shared was the case of a "John Doe" from Redding, Penn., who died in 1895. Apparently a convention was being held in town and he was arrested and jailed for petty thievery. The man would not provide any identification and shortly after being tossed in jail, he died. The authorities didn't know what to do with him, but their dilemma was soon solved when the local funeral director asked to be given the body.
"[The funeral director] wanted to embalm the man and put him on exhibit in his funeral parlor to show prospective customers what a great job he could do," said Bellantoni. "For 98 years [John Doe] remained on display in the funeral parlor home." Ninety-eight years later, subsequent owners of the funeral home - feeling uncomfortable with the unconventional practice - turned the body over to Bellantoni's office.
It was decided they should do an autopsy on the body, and x-rays and images came back showing a number of strange disks in John Doe's throat. Oddly, the body had been embalmed with the man's mouth open, and further examination showed that the disks were actually 22 completely preserved pennies starting with Indian-heads dating from 1898 and 1902 at the lowest point in his throat, all the way to the top with Lincoln pennies dated 1956 and 1961. It was obvious from the dates on the pennies that the coins had been dropped in his mouth over a long period of time.
"My colleagues asked me, 'Nick, why does this guy have coins in his mouth?" Bellantoni said they could never really know the reason people did it, except perhaps as a wish of good luck to the poor man to take his soul on to a better place. "If you've got a better theory, let me know," Bellantoni said. "Just don't tell me, 'Put your money where your mouth is.' I've heard that one before."
Today, Bellantoni said that he keeps busy with giving presentations while he works on a book about his experiences. He said the research he has done, using modern science, archaeology and history to sometimes identify unknown skeletons is a way to resurrect people lost in time. "In our culture, we lose the past very quickly," he said.


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Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what." ― Andy Warhol.... Sometimes we allow the past to keep us from moving forward. We have to learn to "GET OVER IT" This week we will look at some of the things that we need to get over to move forward in life and go over some techniques to move on from anything that is holding us back.
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Barron's began ranking financial advisors in 2004 with the goal of shining a spotlight on the best people in the business. Many stories had appeared in the press over the years about bad financial advisors and the trouble they caused investors. As important as it is for journalists to act as watchdogs for investors, those stories left a void for our readers, who wanted to know: Who are the great financial advisors, and what are they telling their clients? Those are the questions we've tried to answer with our advisor rankings.
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after being "hammered" for the past few days regarding an interview for upside magazine, amd has finally clarified the hammer release date issue. according to the inquirer, amd made the definitive statement that w. jerry sanders iii made a mistake and misspoke when he told upside reporters that hammer would arrive in 2003. since that interview, a great deal of speculation has circulated regarding hammer's official release date. if it was, in fact, a 2003 release date, that would mean their roadmap had slipped a little. but amd's european division says hammer is definitely on schedule for a q4 2002 launch and it was all a simple mistake. w. jerry sanders iii will step down in april as ceo of amd, a company he co-founded with 7 others in 1969. a bit of trivia: amd's fab 30 in dresden, germany, was created in the 30th year of operation.
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|engineering silicon? (12:53pm est wed mar 27 2002)
has anyone heard any rumors of mobo/chipset manufacturers getting pre-release silicon to work with yet? any performance numbers/claims?
although i doubt it'd be possible, it'd sure be nice to be able to drop a c-hammer into our nice 760mpx mobo's (or any socket-a for that matter). anybody hear anything in this direction? i know that the t-bred will come in socket-a flavors, but what about the newer "hammer" chips? – by u.s. marine
|its kind of sad, actually (12:58pm est wed mar 27 2002)
i hate to say it, but hammer has already sidelined itself. industry, commerce, business waits with bated breath for intel's next generation of the whateverchip. but i doubt that industry, business or commerce is seriously 'waiting with bated breath' for amd's nextwhateverchip. it'll only be viewed in light of its speed, compatibility and cost effectiveness.
but then again, amd knows that, since they've positioned it exactly into that mindset space. the itanium it is not, and that is a good thing.
maybe i need another cuppa jo. – by tasteslikechicken
|re: usm (2:07pm est wed mar 27 2002)
even clawhammer (the consumer hammer) will use 754 pins
hammer needs the extra pins for "a high bandwidth, integrated memory controller closely coupled with our 8th-generation microprocessor core and a highly scalable system bus using hypertransport� technology with support for single- and multi-processor configurations."
check out the .
"q: will �hammer� use socket a technology?
a: amd�s existing line of amd athlon� and amd duron� microprocessors use socket a technology. with the implementation of the �hammer� architecture in amd�s future line of microprocessors, a new socket will be required. additional information about this new high-performance socket will be announced in the future. "
|tasteslikechicken, from under which rock did you crawl out (2:15pm est wed mar 27 2002)
i have never, with my old, old amd 400 mhz processor, had any compatibility problems.
the problems you are referring to, i seem to recall, was solved somewhere around the mid ninties.
about the next intel generation, i thought that it was called itanium, and up until now has been a huge flop.
if it follows in the footsteps of the newer amd chips, it will certainly be faster than the intel equivalent, and i do not how many times more cost effective.
|bad taste (7:45pm est sun nov 24 2002)
i have to say that the standard of conversations on this forum are interesting yet, i am sad to say that taking all this into consideration i will never come here again, so by all and have grate conversations in the future – by ramblingstoner


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Key Points of Wider Interest Discussed:
Safeguarding Reports – reports were given on progress of children and adults safeguarding boards. The work with volunteer partners – Age UK and SATA had achieved for Solihull the Gold Standard on Making Safeguarding Personal. Enable, another volunteering organisation, also supports the collection of people's views for the prevention subcommittee. Issues that were showed were in respect of funding and discussions were still being had with various partners to resolve this; there was also discussion about which board would 'own' the monitoring of the implementation of the Francis enquiry.
Youth Unemployment Update – an update of the employment opportunities that have opened up through new developments, i.e. Shirley Parkgate results in an increase in retail jobs available; there was also an update on the increase in police recruitment. Information was requested on 'real' figures i.e. full time equivalent.
Dave Pinwell reported on the success of Birmingham Talent Match bringing in £1.5 million into Solihull to work with those hardest to reach young people.
Action Against Poverty – a report was given showing some pleasing development in areas such as raising employment, fuel, poverty and breast feeding. However this isn't the total picture and there still needs to be focus on 'narrowing the gap'. There is now a crisis prevention pot of money – £20,000 for small grants to support people in poverty. Councillor Norman Davies will lead the appraisal panel.
A further report was made on the Money Counts project reporting the very positive outcomes of the partnership work of the CABIDIAL and Age UK providing advice on welfare benefits and debt advice.
Proposed Council Plan 2014 – 2018 – Philip Mayhew, acting CEO, presented the strategic overview going forward for SMBC 'our vision'.
Solihull 2018: where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier and happier, safer and prosperous.
'Our purpose': lives not services – to be an organisation that improves lives.
'Our ambition': good to great – to be an organisation that our citizens and staff say is a great one.
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España is an excellent country. I love Spain. I love the people, the food, the language. And let's face it: Spain is a top destination for holidays and every year of millions of people visit it thanks to the weather, the playas, the movida and amazing and unique cultural attractions. Nevertheless, the impression of the stunning sun and sea destination for travellers is as attractive as deceptive when it comes to think about business.
As some may still see Spain as another Latin country, the truth is that Spain is an actual commercial powerhouse that produces and develops inside some of the strongest and hardest industries: cars, steel and wind energy turbines, for example. Besides that, Spain is a stable and highly developed democracy with bilateral agreements with several countries all over the world.
I have been working in Spain for several years now. In the last couple of years, I have been working directly with Universities in Spain. The task is probably the best challenge I had until now. We are talking about one of the biggest countries in Europe, and at the same time a country with a very specific scope when it comes to its regional particularities and differences. Yes!, did you know that Lleida and Lérida are the same city? Do you know where/when to use one or the other? And Catalán, do you speak it? No? Tot va bé… Hablamos en castellano. Or is it español? Well and do not get surprised if someone answers your question in their regional idiom. Even if you are a customer… Yes, don't get amazed if the cashier from the coffee shop answers you in catalá, gallego or aranés even if you speak with him in español (or is it castellano?).
Like I said I work closely with Universities trying to help them with their timetabling process. Timetabling basically is at the heart of the student experience and the timetabling is really the core procedure in all the academic process, not only because it involves every resource (people, spaces, times, etc.) but also because we are talking about the key point that will break apart the optimized Institutions from the others, and in today's demanding education climate, Institutions are constantly exploring ways to effectively schedule resources to deliver the academic timetable. Improving student experience and satisfaction, improving available courses, and making the best use of space whilst maintaining academic staff priorities are just some of the challenges faced when delivering a timetable. This interconnection of staff, students, resources and space was illuminating, and highlighted the major challenges that face universities trying to achieve this.
There is still a long way to go when it comes to optimize the timetabling of the Spanish universities. But from my point of view we are already talking passionately about getting better decision support in Institutions, we are already understanding that the vast amount of data being created and accumulated through the timetabling process demands more (much more) than just a spreadsheet of excel and a teacher doing everything by hand. Yes, because in the end, we are just talking about a pivotal and critical part of an Institution's operation.


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Since he abruptly left Home Improvement after its penultimate season in 1998, fans of Jonathan Taylor Thomas , who celebrates his 30th birthday Thursday, have been clamoring to know what the baby-faced actor has been up to. On Improvement you had Brad the oldest youngster, Randy the brainy center youngster, and Mark the cute kid who as standard ceased being attention-grabbing when he got older. The truth is, he solely acquired an audition for Dwelling Improvement as a result of he had met the show's producers a decade earlier.
Sitting here bored watching Home Enchancment and he is in a scene making soup..wondered if he is gay and wondered what happened to the scrawny kid so I googled and located this site. Wilson at all times seems to have the reply, typically utilizing a philosophical or historical citation to make his level.
In my very personal high-school yearbook, Home Enchancment was without end immortalized as the favorite TV present of graduating seniors, three years in a row. The character of Wilson was primarily based on Tim Allen's childhood memories of when he was too quick to see over a fence and was subsequently, unable to see his neighbor.
I don't pull the solid off of me, I merely hold it and contract my pores and skin and it pulls away from the cast. With Wilson in some scenes outside his backyard, it's fun to see how they stage things in order that we nonetheless do not see all of his face. Since Dwelling Improvement he is been in a couple of shows and movies here and there, but is extra targeted on producing, racking up various credit over the last 5 years particularly.
The one factor my dad hated about Residence Improvement was him and his crappy acting abilities, particularly within the final couple of seasons. Fellow Enchancment vet Richard Karn additionally guest-starred on Last Man earlier this season as the person who designed Mike's sporting goods stores.


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Insight is part of Blenheim, a leading charity that provides support to drug and alcohol users, their family and carers for over 50 years. Blenheim has recently merged with Humankind, a charity that is committed to reducing deprivation and exclusion and to improving people's well-being. Click here to find out more about Blenheim, Humankind and its services.
What we do
Insight Platform provides services for three cohorts within the borough of Haringey; Children & Families, Young People, and Professionals.
Children & Families
Insightful Families is our new service to support families in Haringey worried about alcohol.
We can help by providing tailor-made support to you or any family member. Our service is for children, young people and adults.
Alcohol use isn't something families like to admit to or talk about, help is often only available for the family member that is drinking, Insightful families works with all family members to support in strengthening resilience, family cohesion and well being for everyone at home and in the community!
We offer a range of services including:
- A confidential and free service for all family members
- Information & advice around alcohol use
- One-to-one support for individual family members
- Parenting workshops
- Parent and toddler groups
- Family, Friends & Carers Group
- FREE family activities for everyone to get involved with, including trips, creative spaces and other fun events.
- Kids Club
Download the service leaflet for more information.
Young People
We work with young people who require support and information about their own or a family members substance misuse problems. The service provides age appropriate, creative, educational and holistic interventions to young people from 12-21 years of age who live in Haringey or are attending school in the borough
We offer professionals and partner agencies, a variety of in depth and current presentations, consultancy and training packages on substance misuse, hidden harm, families and parenting work as well as participating in joint working ventures.
For further information or to express an interest in our training and consultancy work please call: 0208 493 8525 or email email@example.com.
Mission, Vision & Values
We are committed to change, quality, honesty, innovation and integrity and these strong values are at the heart of what we all do, because we believe in people's capacity to change.
Our Vision
Our vision is for people of all ages to be safe, building ambitions for the future and reaching towards their full potential.
Our Mission
Humankind creates services and support to meet people's complex health and social needs, helping them to build healthier lives that have meaning and value for themselves and their families. We support local people to create stronger, better-connected communities.
Our Values
Honest: We are open and realistic, building trusted relationships in which we challenge, collaborate and change.
Committed: we are passionate about being the best that we can be, and we do this by keeping people at the heart of everything that we do.
Inventive: we are ambitious, drawing together skills and resources to innovate and adapt in determined pursuit of our mission.
The Team
Our team at Insight is a multidisciplinary team consisting of:
Area Manager – Theresa Zlonkiewicz
Service Manager – Sandra Duhaney
Specialist Social Worker – Mark Render
Project Administrator – Samantha Pierre-Joseph
Children, Family and Young People Practitioner – Rosie Gayle
Children, Family and Young People Practitioner – Sharon Thompson
Children, Family and Young People Practitioner – Martin Sugg
Children, Family and Young People Practitioner – Annie Wallace
Hidden Harm Family Practitioner – Chantelle Green
Community Inclusion Worker – Rina Bediako
Volunteer Practitioner – Milad Yousefi
Volunteer Practitioner – Lucy Van Iterson
Worried about someone?
If you are worried about your own or someone else's substance misuse and want further information, please click here download our fact sheets on: FAQs for Families and Friends, Young People's FAQs for Families and Friends, What to do in an emergency or call us on: 0208 493 8525 or email: email@example.com
Our Services
Psychosocial Interventions
At Insight Platform we provide a variety of psychosocial interventions, which take into consideration both the psychological and social aspects of an individual's experiences, development and environment.Some of the psychosocial interventions we provide include: structured group work, cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, complementary therapies, psychoeducational sessions, parenting workshops, family support, counselling, drop in services, key work sessions, peer support groups, hidden harm work and much more.
We pride ourselves on having variety of different ways of working so we can tailor an individual's care plan to meet their unique needs and circumstances which will support them in overcoming the challenges in their lives.
Key Work Sessions
We offer weekly or bi weekly, confidential one to one key work sessions to young people and parents who are residents in Haringey, and are affected directly or indirectly by substance misuse related issues. Sessions take place at our service in Tottenham or in other satellite locations within Haringey. The sessions will not only focus on substance misusing behaviours and associated risks, but also the impact this may be having on an individuals emotional wellbeing, physical health, and social environment.
Once a young person/parent is referred to our service, a key worker is allocated, who will invite the individual for their first meeting, where an initial assessment will be carried out. Ongoing sessions will focus on supporting the individual to work towards their goals by providing, age appropriate practical and emotional support, advice, information.
Family Support Service
We provide an open access "Families in Recovery" service to families in Haringey who are affected directly or indirectly by substance misuse related issues.
Sessions take place at our service in Tottenham or in other designated locations within Haringey. Our Family Support Service not only focuses on parental substance misusing behaviours and associated risks, but also how this may impact on their ability to meet their child's needs and how this interplays within the wider community.
Once a family is referred we will complete an assessment, which identifies risks and strengths within the family. We will then put together an individual support plan, to address additional needs and work together with the family to achieve desired outcomes and goals.
Hidden Harm Support
'Hidden Harm' is the term used to describe the harm caused to children, from a parent or care giver, who has problematic drugs and/or alcohol usage.
'There are between 250,000 and 350,000 children of problem drug users in the UK' *, Our hidden harm work acknowledges and supports the voice of the child/young person through; 1 to 1 interventions and peer support sessions, with the aim of supporting them to develop their resilience, emotional intelligence and improve family dynamics.
To find out more about our hidden harm work please click the link to read our hidden harm workers blog about her work with families and children, http://blenheimcdp.org.uk/hiddenharm/
*Source – The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
Harm Minimisation
Harm minimisation does not condone drug or alcohol use, it is an approach that acknowledges that some people are not yet ready to make change, or are at the beginning of their recovery journey, and therefore works to reduce or prevent drug related harm. An example of this could take the form of supporting a service user to use substances more safely, to avoid the spread of infectious diseases, other health related harms or reduce potential for accidental overdose. Harm minimisation is often used alongside other psychosocial interventions that aim to build and strengthen motivation and confidence to make positive change.
Relapse Prevention
Relapse prevention (RP) is a coping-focused tool that strives to teach people skills to help them avoid relapsing back to using drugs and/or alcohol.
Goals of a relapse prevention program include:
- Teaching coping skills to allow people in recovery to "identify, anticipate, avoid and/or cope" with high risk situations (for relapse)
- Supporting individuals in recovery learn how to keep a single 'lapse' from turning into a multiple 'relapse' situation.
- Supporting individuals to feel as though he or she is really capable of controlling his or her own behavior.
Satellite Outreach Work
Our satellite outreach work aims to provide an opportunity for all young people, parents and children the ability to access our service who might not otherwise have access to.
We offer; one to one key work sessions in all primary and secondary schools in the borough,
advice and information stalls at various community events in Haringey, one to one or group general advice and information sessions and workshops within local colleges and further education establishments.
Complementary Therapies
We offer Auricular (Ear) Acupuncture and Reflexology as a way to relax and unwind for individuals engaged with our service.
Auricular acupuncture involves inserting needles into specific pressure points on the ear, which when stimulated promote healing in other areas of the body. Reflexology is the combination of massage and application of pressure to particular points on the feet or hands, which are believed to correspond with different organs in the body. Both of these methods are proven to be effective for assisting recovery from addictions, and reducing stress.
Events & Activities
We offer a range of events and activities for children, young people and families throughout the year. We hold a variety of themed family day events around Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, which are coincided with the school holidays to ensure everyone can get involved. Every year we have an extensive summer programme for children and young people to attend with a variety of activities, from trips to local museums to arts and craft within the centre. We also offer regular coffee mornings, wellbeing themed days, and group workshops for parents.
Targeted Awareness Workshops
As part of the prevention strategy we deliver workshops to those engaged with the service who are; at risk of using substances, using substances, affected by another's substance misuse or caring for a substance misuser. We cover a variety of specific issues including; risky substance misuse, unprotected sex, gang affiliation, self- harming and parenting. The aim of these workshops is to raise awareness about different drugs and alcohol, short and long term effects, dangers and risks, and how we may support a family member or friend whom is using substances.
To find out more about different drugs and alcohol and the effects on the body please click the link to read our fact sheets, http://blenheimcdp.org.uk/get-information/
Multiagency Working
Partnership working and engagement with professionals from other disciplines is the cornerstone of delivering comprehensive care that addresses the varying and complex needs of clients. As such Insight Platform has built close alliances with the statutory and voluntary sector agencies within the borough, notably:
- Children Social Care
- Youth Services
- Family Support
- Children Services
- Youth Provisions
- CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
- Schools
- Children Centres
- Probation
- Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Services
- Probation
- Youth Offending Service
- Vulnerable Adult Team
Our culture of multi agency and collaborative working is embedded through established professional networks which seek to support the health and social care needs and expressed wishes of service users
Consultation and Training for Professionals
The staff team at Insight Platform provide a variety of consultancy and training packages for professionals including:
- General advice, information and guidance to other professionals in relation to substance use and impact on children, young people, carers and families.
- Substance Misuse Awareness Training – including Hidden Harm Training (impact of parental substance misuse on children).
- Quality bespoke training packages to partner agencies, both statutory and non statutory, which aim to embed and promote local safeguarding protocols for working with substance misusing parents. Such training will assist to develop a skilled and confident external workforce better able to direct appropriate referrals to Insight Platform or sign post to specialist support agencies.
How can Insight Platform help me?
Insight Platform can provide practical and emotional support for children, young people up to the age of 21, and families who reside in the borough of Haringey whom are affected directly or indirectly by substance misuse related issues. We provide free confidential advice and support around drugs and alcohol, however we also offer advice and information around; sexual health, employment, parenting, gang affiliation, education and more.
If you feel that you need support or you are affected by someone else's substance use, please give us a call in confidence on 0208 493 8525
How can I refer to Insight Platform?
You can self refer to Insight or a professional can refer on your behalf. You can do this by calling us on 0208- 493- 8525 or email us at email@example.com with a fully completed referral form (below).
If you have any queries regarding a referral or the referral form, please do not hesitate to contact us directly to discuss further.
Click here to download our referral form
What other services do you offer?
What will happen at my first appointment?
Will my sessions be confidential?
At Insight Platform we recognise the importance of confidentiality being fundamental to the care and treatment of service users. Our service users have the right to expect discretion and sensitivity and be aware of their rights regarding confidentiality and any limitations*.
Confidentiality – A service user who accesses any of the services provided by Insight Platform can be confident that any information divulged will only be used for the purpose for which it was disclosed and will not be shared with anyone externally without their consent.
Limitations – At Insight Platform we take our service users privacy seriously, however there are a few exceptions to our confidentiality clause in which we would be required by law to breach confidentiality. These are:
– Where there is a serious concern that a service user, another person or people are at risk of significant harm including harm to a child or children.
– When instructed by a court, or in certain limited circumstances by the police acting on the authority of the courts, to reveal information.
– Where there is a statutory obligation to disclose information, for example to the Serious Fraud Office or in relation to the Drug Trafficking Offences Act.
Click here to download our confidentiality policy
Where is Insight Platform located?
What are your opening hours?
Insight Platform is open 5 days a week Monday to Friday. Our opening times are:
Monday – 9:30am – 5pm
Tuesday – 9:30am – 6pm
Wednesday – 9:30am – 5pm
Thursday – 9:30am – 6pm
Friday – 9:30am – 3pm.
"Since coming to insight my life has changed for the better! All the staff are so supportive and genuinely care about the wellbeing of their clients. New opportunities have opened up for me and the right things are happening. Insight have helped me to get to know myself, get back into education, and find my zest for life again!" – *Samuel (Parent)
"We have been working with Insight Platform for about five years now and their contribution has been integral to the pastoral support in the school during this time. Without this support many of the students would have struggled. The practitioners have been exemplary in their professionalism and in engaging and supporting the students within our care at Fortismere School – Fortimsmere School – Learning Mentors.
"When I was referred to Insight Platform I initially didn't think it would make a difference to my life, however my key worker was absolutely amazing which allowed me to let my guard down and realise the roots of my issues. From the first session I was convinced that I could make some positive changes and progress to getting on the right track. I still have some low days like most people but I now know how to control my triggers and can live a normal life" – *Lucy (age 19)
"My key worker was one of the best workers I've ever worked with and has helped me so much and has always been there for me" – *Martin (age 15)
"Insight Platform have been visiting our school for a number of years. The workers have always exuded confidence in their work and displayed high quality morals and character in their work. We are highly impressed with their intelligence and scholastic trend of mind, which make us as a school always confident when calling upon their high principles for proper conduct when needed. We would like to express our sincere appreciation for the amount of work that Insight Platform has done with both the staff and students at Greig City Academy and look forward to the continuation of working together. " – Greig City Academy – Assistant Head of Year 10 & Learning Mentor
"I think my keyworker is one of the realist out there that I know, she is the top don, always dishing out the honest truth and trying to put people in good directions. She is super cool and understanding. I can talk to her about anything and everything with reassurance that I will get a caring and honest reaction. She is one of the people I would go to instead of many others when I am in a situation. When I am in need of real good advice I can talk to her and be sure that she will never judge me. I love talking to her she has helped me so much, she is someone who listens to me ramble on about what is bothering me and what I get up to." – *Rosie (age 18)
"Students have always engaged really well with the Insight Platform satellite service. The practitioners calm and confident manner allows students to feel at ease, giving them the opportunity to talk about themselves without fear of being judged, while also encouraging them to making better life choices." – Highgate Wood – Learning Mentor
"On a scale from 1 – 10 I rate this service at 8 because I think it has helped me to get more confident and it has helped me to find different ways to share my feelings." – *Sharon (age 10)
"The family groups and support I have received at Insight Platform has been so positive. It has helped me to relate to my children better and create firmer boundaries with them which was difficult work to begin with but has paid off. The family events have also helped me to build a stronger bond with my children. I am so happy that I came to Insight, prior to this I thought things would just be difficult forever but now I know that's not the truth and simple changes have made such a difference for my whole family." – *Chantelle (Parent)
*All client names have been c hanged to maintain confidentiality
Useful Links
Adfam – National charity working to improve life for families affected by drugs and alcohol. www.adfam.org.uk
Blenheim – Leading charity providing support to drug and alcohol users, their family and carers. www.blenheimcdp.org.uk
Haringey Advisory Group on Alcohol (HAGA) – Support service for those affected by alcohol. www.haga.co.uk
The Grove – Substance misuse support service for Haringey residents. www.blenheimcdp.or.uk
Talk to Frank – Advice and information on drugs and alcohol. www.talktofrank.com
Children & Young People
NSPCC – National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. www.nspcc.org.uk
Child Line – Support line for children and young people. www.childline.org.uk
Haringey Youth Space – General advice, information and events for young people. www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk
Pace – National charity working with parents and carers of sexually exploited children. www.paceuk.info
Mental Health
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust – Integrated mental health and community health services for people of all ages. www.beh-mht.nhs.uk
Mind in Haringey – Leading charity providing advice and support to anyone experiencing mental health problems. www.mindinharingey.org.uk
Samaritans –24 hour confidential emotional support line for individuals in need of someone to talk to. www.samaritans.org
Families & Parenting
Netmums – Parenting advice and peer support network. www.netmums.com
Gingerbread – Advice and practical support for single parents. www.gingerbread.org.uk
Haringey Children's Social Care – http://www.haringey.gov.uk/children-and-families/childrens-social-care
Sexual Health
Brook – Sexual health advice for young people under the age of 25. www.brook.org.uk
Shhout – Sexual health services for young people in Haringey. www.shharingey.co.uk
Come Correct – London wide free condom distribution scheme for young people. http://www.comecorrect.org.uk/
Domestic Violence
Hearthstone – Domestic violence support for residents of Haringey. www.haringey.gov.uk/community/community-safety-and-engagement/domestic-violence/hearthstone
Women's Aid – Support for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. www.womensaid.org.uk
Refuge – Charity providing support for abused women and children. www.refuge.org.uk
Antidote – LGBT Drug and Alcohol Support Service. www.londonfriend.org.uk/get-support/drugsandalcohol/
Elop – Holistic LGBT service offering social, emotional and practical support. www.elop.org
Stonewall – Information for LGBT) people on local services and support groups in their communities. www.stonewall.org
The Princes Trust – Youth charity helping young people aged 13 to 30 get into jobs, education and training. www.princes-trust.org.uk
Spice Time Credits – Community volunteering initiative. www.justaddspice.org
Insight Platform
40 Bromley Road
London, N17 0AR
Mon: 9:30am – 5pm
Tue: 9:30am – 6pm
Wed:9:30am – 5pm
Thursday: 9:30am – 6pm
Fri: 9:30am – 3pm
0208 493 8525


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