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In 2014, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child accused the Vatican of a past sex abuse cover-up. Now the U.N. is exposed for a present sex abuse cover-up.
Most people reading These Stone Walls know that the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has a monthly journal called Catalyst. In the last two pages of each issue, Catalyst lists the media outlets that have covered the Catholic League's positions on various topics. In the March 2015 issue, for the second consecutive month, These Stone Walls appeared along with EWTN, CNN and Fox News among the dozens of media outlets cited by Catalyst.
The citation was for my post, "Je suis Charlie? J'étais Jonas!" – which surprised me. For those who do not read French, the translation is, "I am Charlie? I Was Jonah!- The Catholic League citation surprised me because TSW often comments on controversial topics currently in the news, but seldom gets noticed for it. I just never know what might stand out among the millions of blog posts taking on current events.
I sometimes come across an older post I have written about events in the news, and am struck by how much what I wrote ends up coming true. I just re-read a post I wrote five years ago in April of 2010. I read it anew with far more invested in the topic today than when I wrote it. That post is "Catholic Scandal and the News Media."
It raised an important point about an issue that has simmered in the background of These Stone Walls for going on six years. That issue is the Catholic clergy sex abuse story, and how much the story has itself been abused in the news media to further certain agendas. On Easter Sunday 2010, for example, The Boston Globe hyped a story about a popular Massachusetts priest who, under the terms of the U.S. Bishops' "Dallas Charter," was removed from ministry due to a claim of sexual abuse.
In reporting the story, the Globe barely mentioned that the claim which destroyed that priest's life was alleged to have occurred almost forty years earlier in 1971. And it was no accident that the story was reserved for the Globe's Easter Sunday edition.
What the Globe omitted from the Easter Sunday 2010 story was the fact that the adult bringing that claim – a man in his late fifties – stood to gain a substantial financial settlement just for making the claim while proving nothing. I wrote of this in "Catholic Scandal and the News Media":
"His contingency lawyers and their enablers in the media are counting on you having no frame Of reference to put any of the claims of priestly abuse into context. I do have a frame of reference, and I can tell you that the distortion being created by lawyers and the news media is deeply unjust – not only to Catholics and their priests, but to millions of adult victims of abuse whose suffering has been trivialized and cheapened by the distortion that only victims of Catholic priests are worth hearing and compensating."
Since then, however, The Boston Globe was sold by its parent company, The New York Times, for less than ten cents on the dollar, a demise I described in "News on Sale." Some like to think that in the end the Globe pretty much reaped what it had sown at the expense of truth and justice.
Now jump ahead to 2014. In a post entitled "The United Nations Assault on the Catholic Church," I described an explosive 16-page report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner on the Rights of the Child. The U.N. panel, as I wrote then, "indicted and convicted the Catholic Church without investigation, without evidence, without a formal defense, and without any trial of the facts." I know the feeling!
This public shaming of the Holy See came as a result of the emergence into public view of hundreds of claims of sexual abuse by priests dating back thirty, forty, fifty years. These were claims often brought forward by contingency lawyers who – once the mass settlement process had been established as status quo – flooded Church institutions with demands for "out-of-court" settlements with no effort at corroboration. "I've never seen anything like it," said N.H. contingency lawyer, Peter Hutchins when handed a $5.2 million check from the Diocese of Manchester, N.H.
The various bishops and dioceses caved in to these demands, and then a hapless U.N. committee took that to be proof enough that the claims were all true. In a courageous recent article in First Things, "Rolling Stone, Alan Dershowitz, and Catholic Priests" (May 21, 2015) Father Thomas Guarino described the cost of this abandonment of rights for the priests accused when bishops got the monkey off their backs by throwing money at it:
"This Episcopal peace comes at a heavy price…. The problem is that, in many cases, no contrary evidence can come forward because an accusation is decades old What convincing evidence could possibly be adduced to clear a man's name? Even if a charge could be true, is lifetime suspension a proportionate penalty for a mere possibility? Should bishops be held hostage by forces dividing them from their own priests?" (Fr Thomas Guarino, First Things)
The United Nations had no such interest in basic civil rights like the presumption of innocence. Claudia Rosett, who heads the Investigative Reporting Project for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, also reacted to the U.N. Commission report on the Vatican with a similarly titled column in The Wall Street Journal ("The U.N. Assault on the Catholic Church," WSJ, February 10, 2014). Ms. Rosett described the report:
"A Report on the Holy See – released by a U.N. Committee last week to much media fanfare – alleged that tens of thousands of children have been abused by Catholic clerics and that the Vatican has helped cover it up."
Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, described that U.N. report as "one of the most ambitious power grab efforts ever undertaken by a U.N. committee." The report was, of course, a lie, simply repeating a media mantra. But in the process of describing this in The Wall Street Journal, Claudia Rosett exposed another big lie, one belonging to the United Nations itself.
Between 2007 and 2013, United Nations peacekeeper forces have been repeatedly implicated in the sexual abuse of children they were tasked to protect, and the U.N. has now been implicated in a cover-up of that fact. But the most disturbing part of this story is the extent to which it has been ignored – another form of cover-up – by the American news media. In fact, Ms. Rosett's above column in the WSJ was likely the first hint of the scandal at the U.N. that appeared in mainstream U.S. news.
Since then, other media outlets have taken this up, but few of them in the United States. Sandra Laville, in The Guardian (U.K.) covered a report leaked to her newspaper alleging that the U.N.'S own investigation revealed "the rape and sodomy of starving and homeless boys" by French U.N. peacekeeper forces operating in the Central African Republic.
As sickening as that charge is, it gets much worse. French president Francois Hollande promised that France would prosecute those soldiers. The story came to light only because of a whistleblower. According to Matheiu Delahouse in the French paper, Le Nouvel Observateur, the U.N. marked its report on this matter "secret" and filed it away.
This is a story worth telling. The French government was not even informed of the claims against its soldiers until a man named Anders Kompass, a Swedish citizen working for the U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees, "broke protocol and gave a copy of the report to the French government," according to The Week:
"Naturally, the French investigators asked if they could speak to the U.N. investigator who wrote the report, but the U.N…refused to allow that. Meanwhile, Kompass, the whistleblower, has been punished and may lose his job. Saying he leaked a confidential document, the self-interested bureaucrats at the U.N. have suspended this 30-year veteran of humanitarian work for intervening on behalf of children." (The Week, "United Nations: Riding sexual abuse by peacekeepers," May 15, 2015)
Rosa Freedman, writing at TheConversation.com from Australia, charged that the U.N. has "a long and sordid history of covering up sexual abuse by peacekeepers." Simon Allison, writing from South Africa for The Daily Maverick observed about the U.N., "Who can trust an institution that covers up the sexual abuse of minors?"
The very fact that such a question is now asked of the United Nations itself after it dragged the Holy See through a round of public mudslinging is symptomatic of an institution in crisis. The situation is more hypocritical than it appears.
I wrote a second time last year of the hubris and hypocrisy of the U.N.'s finger pointing in "The U.N. in the Time of Cholera." In that post I described evidence that even while the U.N. was pointing fingers at the Vatican for decades-old and unproven claims of abuse, the U.N. was itself being sued.
In 2014, the United Nations employed any and every legal means to fight off a lawsuit from the beleaguered people of Haiti after its unscreened peacekeeper forces caused the deaths of innumerable children by bring a cholera outbreak to their earthquake stricken country. One of its defenses was to blame the people of Haiti for the cholera, a plague that killed hundreds of Haitian children.
The saddest part of this story is that the Holy See sent emissaries to the U.N. Commission on the Rights of the Child to assure the U.N. that many hundreds of priests have been cast out after being accused in these decades-old claims of abuse. In "The U.N. Assault on the Catholic Church," (WSJ, February 10, 2014), Claudia Rosett proposed a more fitting response from the Church to the U.N.:
"Pope Francis might want to consider that it is precisely to avoid gross intrusion by U.N. 'experts' that the United States signed, but never ratified, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child This treaty has less to do with children than with political power plays, and a fitting reform of the Vatican would be to walk away from it."
Would that such advice was followed before hundreds of accused priests were thrown under the bus and out of the priesthood. Would that such advice was followed before the extent of United Nations hypocrisy was bared for all to see. Is reform of the U.N. on the horizon? The evidence does not indicate that it is. The United Nations now needs a High Commissioner of Hypocrisy.
Let's not help the news media keep the U.N.'s secrets. Share this post, please. After all the United Nations' agenda-driven scapegoating of the Catholic Church, the question and the truth have both come home to roost: "Who can trust an institution that covers up the sexual abuse of minors?"
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A "Mary Starbuck with an attitude," says Nathaniel Philbrook in his book Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890 Chapter 12 is a great read! These families are part of my direct line through the Coffin, Greenleaf, Garner, Davenport, Moody, Noyes, and Folger. Three of Tristram Coffin's children married into my family line. I have provided several links to the stories, history, and genealogy below. Enjoy!
On Dec 4 1740 Kezia Folger (1723-1798) daughter of John and Abigail (Folger) Folger. married John Coffin (1708-1788) son of Samuel Coffin. Kezia's parents were cousins that is why the have the same last name.Her mother's parents were John Folger (son of Peter Folger and Mary Merrill) and Mary Barnard (daughter Robert Barnard and Joanna Harvey) They too were cousins same last name. More Coffin and Folger info
Samuel Coffin was born at Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts 12 Dec 1680. His parents were John Coffin and Deborah Austin. He married Miriam Gardner 1705 at Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts . Miriam Gardner was born at Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts 14 Jul 1685 daughter of Richard Gardner and Mary Austin . They were the parents of 10 children:
Deborah Coffin born 4 Jun 1708.
John Coffin born 4 Jun 1708.
Parnell Coffin born Abt 1710.
Sarah Coffin born Abt 1713. David Coffin born 25 Oct 1718.
William Coffin born 1720.
Miriam Coffin born 29 Sep 1723.
Mary Coffin born 1724.
Libni Coffin born 1728.
Priscilla Coffin born 21 Feb 1730.
Samuel Coffin died 22 Feb 1764 at Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts
From America Volume 35 Kezia Folger Coffin, spoken of in affectionate terms in letters of Benjamin Franklin
"Miriam" (Keziah) Coffin.
For many of the facts in relation to this celebrated woman, the compiler again makes his acknowledgments to William C. Folger, Esq. Keziah Folger was the daughter of Daniel and Abigail Folder. She was born Oct. 9,1723. This Keziah Folger, who married John Coffin, built the John Cartwright house on Centre Street, owned the farm* and old house at Quaise, and was at one time a great merchant and owner of vessels; was the heroine of Col. Hart's book, " Miriam Coffin; or, The Whale Fishermen." She fell down-stairs at the Morris house on lower Main Street, and died suddenly March 29,1798. This woman was undoubtedly possessed of superior ability. It is generally believed that Keziah Coffin and others rendered assistance to the British during the Revolution, and that she was guilty of smuggling to a very large extent. F. C. Sanford, Esq., says: "She had her ships in every sea, and was a famous smuggler in her day, as can be found by the Colonial Records in Boston which were made at the time of her trial in Watertown, this State, a copy of which I have. Her town residence was unequalled when it was built in 1770. It stood on what is now the elegant green lawn adjoining the Hon. C. B. Swain's house on Centre Street. Mr. Folger again says: "The daughter of Keziah Coffin, who bore her mother's name, married Phinoas Fanning,f a young lawyer, who is said to have written the verses describing the characteristics of certain Nantucket families of his day. They were married by the Rev. Bezaleel Shaw, who was then the Congregational minister, April 5, 1777. Five sons and two daughters were the result of the marriage. Mr. Fanning died Dec. 21, 1798, and his wife Nov. 20, 1820. There are two versions of these verses of Mr. Fanning's, which have perhaps more than a local celebrity; both are here given, and the reader can take his choice. The following is the version which William C. Folger, Esq., claims is the correct one: — "The Rays and Russells Coopers are; The knowing Folgers, lazy; A learned Coleman very rare,
And scarce an honest Hussey." "The Coffins noisy, boisterous, loud, The silent Gardners plotting, The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud, The Macys eat the pudding. "The Swains are swinish, clownish called, The Barnards very civil, The Starbucks they are loud to bawl, The Pinkharas beat the devil."
* The " Ruth " of Col. Hart.
t The " Grimshaw" of CoL Hart in "Miriam Coffin," who from all accounts appears to have amounted to but little.
"The Kays and Russells coopers are, The knowing Folgers lazy,
A lying Coleman very rare, And scarce a learned Hussey. J,
A lying Coleman very rare, And scarce a learned Hussey. J,
"The Coffins noisy, fractious, loud,
The silent Gardners plodding,
The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud,
The Macys eat the pudding."
The silent Gardners plodding,
The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud,
The Macys eat the pudding."
The last verse being entirely omitted.
The reader will perceive that the Macys, in both versions, "get the pudding," and that the Husseys are the " under dogs " in the fight; while in one case the Colemans are fools, and in the other they are generally honest. Both agree, however, that the Folgers are a learned but lazy set, and the Coffins noisy and loud, with the addition of being fractious or boisterous as it suited the fancy of the writer. They agree also that the Rays and Russells are coopers, and the Gardners silent, but seem to differ as to whether they are a hard-working, painstaking family, or a scheming and contriving one. The Barkers and the Mitchells have the best of it anyhow, and these families should have intermarried.
From The Franklin Papers:
To Keziah Coffin
Reprinted from The Nantucket Inquirer, January 26, 1824; transcript: Harvard College Library (Sparks)
London, Aug. 29, 1765.
Loving Cousin,
I had the Pleasure of hearing yesterday, on Enquiry of our Cousin Folger, that you and your Husband and Daughter were well, when he was last on the Island. I recollect that when I sent you the Sliding Plate, I received a Dollar more than it came to, which I thought to have settled when I should send you the cast Plates; but as that perhaps was omitted after I came away, and I know not whether the Plates were even made or not; I send you herewith a Pair of very nice Snuffers in some sort to ballance that Account; they cost 6s. Sterling, which is a little more than the Dollar.
Seeing some very neat Candlesticks where I bought the Snuffers, with a pretty Contrivance to push up from the Bottom, I bought some for my wife, and a Pair I send you, which I pray you to accept as a Token of Regard from Your affectionate Kinsman
B. Franklin
Remember me kindly to your Husband and Daughter, Tho' I am unknown to them. [In the margin:] The Things are in a little Box directed to you.
Superscribed: To Mrs. Keziah Coffin, Nantucket. Per fav'r of Mr. Folger, with a Box.
[Keziah Folger Coffin]: Genealogy of the Folger Family
AD: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Nantucket the 10mo. the 18d. 1763
John Foulger the Ancestor of our Family Came out of the City of Norwich in the County of Norfolk. He married Miriba Gibs in Great Britain and Brought Hir and His Son Petor and one Daughter to new england. The Daughter married to a Paine on Longisland and there is a numerous of Spring from Hir but for Perticlars, I know nothing. Peter married with Mary Morrils a young woman that Came from England with Hew Petors, and had two Sons, John and Eleazer and Seven Daughters namely Johanna married a Coleman Darcas married a Pratt, Barsheba married a Pope, Patiance married Harker, Bethiah married Barnard, Exsperiance married to a Swain, Abiah married Franklin. Bethiah Dyed without Issue. The Rest have Children and Grand Children to the forth Generation. John Had Six Sons and Eleazer Had three that all had Children so that there is a Great number of the name heare and until last year there was never one of the name that lived of this Island and than Shubil Foulger and his Son Beniamin Remooved to Cape Sables.
It is unsertain in what year John Foulger Came out of England or of what Age he or His Son was. As for the Lettor that I mentioned to thee it is not to be found.
[On a separate sheet in the same hand:]
John Foulger married to Mirriba Gibs in old England. By hir he had one Sone named Peter and one Daughter that married a Pain on Long Island. Peter married Mary Morrils and Settled on the Island of Nantucket. By hir he Had two Sons and Six Daughter the Sons nams John and Eleazer. Of Johns Children in the male Line there is Six named with ther Sons under neath
|Jethro who has 2 Sons Trustrum
|Eleazers Childrin is
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|Peter had 1 Son Daniel
|Jonathan has Reubin and Jonathan
|Eleazer had Urian and
|Nathaniel Has Paul
|Elipah Charles Stephen
|Shubil has Seth and Shubil
|Fredrak and Peleg. They
|Richard has David Solamon and
|have many Daughters and
|are very numerous
|Zaccheus has John James and
|Nathan Had Abisha and
|Timothy and Peter and
Dr. Benjamin Franklin to his cousin, Kezia Coffin, written from London, 1765, still in possession of Kezia Coffin's descendants, also a portrait of Kezia Coffin; a marriage license of 1770; colonial currency and papers 1748-1771, while among articles illustrating the early life of the State was a street lamp used by the Moravian settlers in 1710, handsome silver service and ornaments from the homes of such early governors as Johnston and Eden and from the De Rosset family, including a tankard over 200 years old; also knee and shoe buckles once worn by these old governors; some handsome pieces of silver which belonged to Mrs. Thomas Marker were shown, and an amusing caricature of the same lady, Penelope Barker, presiding over the historic Edenton Tea Party, of which the following account is given by Richard Dillard:
This association, formed October. 1TT4, was presided over by Mrs. Penelope Barker, and joined by Mrs. Elizabeth King, Mrs. Sarah Valentine, Miss Isabella Johnston, a sister of Governor Johnston, of North Carolina. Mrs. Hoskins, and forty-six other women, who signed a paper which read as follows: "We the ladys of Edenton do hereby solemnly engage not to Conform to that Pernicious Custom of Drinking Tea, or that we the aforesaid Ladys will not promote ye wear of nny manufacture from England, untill such time that all Acts which tend to enslave our Native Country shall be repealed.''
Judy Macy and her Daybook
Kezia Coffin Fanning Papers
A House Divided: Nantucket After the Revolution
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Law and Disorder in Old Nantucket By Frances Ruley Karttunen
Vintage Nantucket
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 33 1879
Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical AssociationJane Mecom, the favorite sister of Benjamin Franklin: her life here first fully narrated from their entire surviving correspondence, Volume 3
Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England Women & the Whalefishery, 1720-1870 By Lisa Norling Working in the vineyards of genealogy


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Particularly in India, many small-scale farmers work in areas where the electric grid is unreliable or nonexistent. They need to pump water from the ground to irrigate their fields and the ubiquitous diesel pump is the most common choice. The machines are initially inexpensive, but the rising cost of fuel and negative side effects like air and water pollution make these pumps costly and threatening to farmers' fragile livelihoods in the long run.
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Is Walking Speed Really the 6th Vital Sign? The Walking Speed Test
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Every time we turn a corner or pass over a threshold, or have a conversation about the grandkids, Robert's steps falter and die. He doesn't trip. He doesn't freeze. He doesn't wobble his centre of mass outside his base of support.
And yet, it is immediately obvious that he is not a candidate for discharge directly to home from the hospital. A pit stop in inpatient rehab is needed.
How do I know?
He walks too darn slow.Walking Speed – the Sixth Vital Sign
Measuring walking speed seems like a simple test but boy, it is a robust one.
The walking speed test consists of exactly what its name specifies – patients are measured on the speed with which they can walk a specific distance. Its simplicity and ease of use have made it a popular test for assessing everything from functional status to the need for rehabilitation.
Therapists have coined the phrase 'the sixth vital sign' as a useful way to describe the powerfully predictive nature of walking speed.
Authors have gone so far as to compare it to the blood pressure test in its versatility, predictive capabilities, and ease of administration (Fritz & Lusardi 2009). It's hard to imagine another test that can be completed in under 2 minutes in almost all settings which can give as much information as the measurement of walking speed.
When evaluating the standards of a test, it is useful to look at the safety, cost-effectiveness, ease of use, and ease of interpretation. A walking speed test marks-off all of these boxes.Why Test Walking Speed?
Walking speed is a great predictor of future health. Elderly people with slow walking speed were at a higher risk for future disabilities than their counterparts (Shimada et al. 2015).
Improving your patient's performance on the walking speed test can also improve overall results in rehabilitation. A recent study on the effects of increasing walking speed times in post-stroke rehabilitation showed that the capacity for distance walking (such as that needed for community ambulation) was enhanced when walking speed increased (Awad 2014). This goes to show that measuring walking speed over short distances is an easy way for physiotherapists and nurses to gauge progress in bigger tasks like long-distance walking.
Not only does walking speed provide valuable information about mobility and disease progression, the speed at which you walk is associated with cognition. When researchers looked into the relationship between cognitive function and walking speed, they found that walking speed and cognition ran parallel to each other (Gale et al. 2014). Whenever they found less decrease in walking speed over time, they also found less decrease in cognitive function.How to Perform the Walking Speed Test
Fritz and Lusardi (2009) charted out an inexpensive way to perform the walk test in most locations.
All that is needed is a 20 metre stretch of straight path. Although the test itself is timed for 10 metres, there should be a 5 metre 'ramp up zone' and 5 metre 'deceleration zone' before and after the testing area.
The patient is cued to walk at a comfortable speed and continue walking until reaching the end of the 20 metres. Timing begins the moment the first limb crosses the testing line and ends the moment the first limb leaves it.
The deceleration zone prevents the patient from slowing down to 'stop on a dime' at the end of the test strip and thus skewing the test.The Future? Walking Speed Applications
This test is so simple, so old-school that it was absolutely predictable that someone would figure out a way to tech-it-up.
This fascinating wireless device (the WiGait) was designed to improve accuracy in walking speed tests. Using wireless signals that reflect off the patient's body, the WiGait is able to accurately record speed, stride length, and gait patterns. Gone are the days of recording speed with a stopwatch or doing mental math to find the patient's speed with a GPS (unless of course your WiFi goes out or your battery dies or….).
The information harvested using WiGait can be used to predict disease progression. By analysing patterns in stride, you can also predict fall risk in your patients.
The other advantage this technology offers is a completely hands-off approach. There's no need to hook patients into a complex machine to analyse their gait patterns; the device is simply mounted on a wall.
Walking speed tests can also be used outside of the rehabilitation setting. As this article points out, when city planners know the average walking speed of their community ambulators, they can adjust stoplights to accommodate the average speed (Duke Forward 2015). It's possible that walking speed tests can eventually even reduce traffic accidents!Conclusion
The simple nature of walking speed tests make them a tool every physiotherapist and nurse should have in their back pocket.
Convinced? Pull out a tape measure, mark off a stretch of hall, buy a stopwatch and go!
[show_more more="Show References" less="Hide References" align="center" color="#808080″]References
- Awad, LN, Reisman, DS, Wright, TR, Roos, MA & Binder-Macleod, SA 2014, 'Maximum Walking Speed Is a Key Determinant of Long Distance Walking Function After Stroke', Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 502-9, viewed 2 June 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25467398.
- Duke Forward 2015, 'The sixth vital sign: 5 surprising ways your walking speed reflects your health', Duke Forward, 4 November, viewed 2 June 2017, https://dukeforward.duke.edu/news/the-sixth-vital-sign-5-surprising-ways-your-walking-speed-reflects-your-hea
- Dorfman, J 2017, 'Wireless device can see through walls to detect walking speed', Science Daily, 1 May, viewed 3 June 2017, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170501112531.htm.
- Fritz, S & Lusardi, M 2009, 'White Paper: 'Walking Speed: the Sixth Vital Sign", Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 2-5, viewed 2 June 2017, http://journals.lww.com/jgpt/Citation/2009/32020/White_Paper_Walking_Speed_the_Sixth_Vital_Sign_. 2.aspx.
- Gale, CR, Allerhand, M, Sayer, AA, Cooper, C & Deary, IJ 2014, 'The dynamic relationship between cognitive function and walking speed: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing', Age, vol. 36, no. 4, viewd 2 June 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24997019.
- Shimada, H, Makizako, H, Doi, T, Tsutsumimoto, K & Suzuki, T 2015, 'Incidence of Disability in Frail Older Persons With or Without Slow Walking Speed', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 690-6, viewed 2 June 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25922120.
Andrea Salzman, MS, PT graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Master's degree in physical therapy in 1992. Over the last two decades, she has held numerous prominent leadership roles in the physical therapy field, with a heavy emphasis on academic writing and administrative functions. Between 1995 and 1998, Salzman served as the Editor-in-Chief of an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) journal. In 2010, Salzman received one of the highest honors given to a physical therapist from the American Physical Therapy Association, the Judy Cirullo Leadership Award. Between 2012 and the present, Salzman has written 12 physical therapy courses for Care2Learn, Relias Learning and reviewed over 100 other course offerings. Currently, Salzman continues in her writing, leadership and administrative roles at Aquatic Therapy University and 10K Health. See Educator Profile


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The third variable region (V3) of the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein is immunodominant and contains features essential for coreceptor binding. We determined the structure of V3 in the context of an HIV-1 gp120 core complexed to the CD4 receptor and to the X5 antibody at 3.5 angstrom resolution. Binding of gp120 to cell-surface CD4 would position V3 so that its coreceptor-binding tip protrudes 30 angstroms from the core toward the target cell membrane. The extended nature and antibody accessibility of V3 explain its immunodominance. Together, the results provide a structural rationale for the role of V3 in HIV entry and neutralization.
The HIV envelope spike mediates binding to receptors and virus entry [reviewed in (1)]. The trimeric spike is composed of three gp120 exterior and three gp41 transmembrane envelope glycoproteins. CD4 binding to gp120 in the spike induces conformational changes that allow binding to a coreceptor, either CCR5 or CXCR4, which is required for viral entry (2–6). Snapshots of the gp120 entry mechanism have been visualized through crystal structures of unliganded and CD4-bound states (7, 8). However, an essential component of the coreceptor binding site, the third variable region (V3), has been absent from previous structural characterizations of the gp120 core.
V3 typically consists of 35 amino acids (range 31 to 39) and plays a number of important biological roles [reviewed in (9)]. Not only is it critical for coreceptor binding, but it also determines which coreceptor, CXCR4 or CCR5, will be used for entry (10). In addition, V3 may interact with other elements in the viral spike to control the overall sensitivity of the virus to neutralization (11). Finally, immunization with HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins often elicits neutralizing responses directed primarily against V3 (12, 13).
The structure of V3 in the context of core gp120 bound to CD4, described here, now reveals the entire coreceptor binding site. We propose that V3 acts as a molecular hook, not only for snaring coreceptor but also for modulating subunit associations within the viral spike. Its extended nature is compatible with the elicitation of an immunodominant antibody response.
The extreme glycosylation and conformational flexibility of gp120 inhibit crystallization. We used variational crystallization and various technologies adapted from structural genomics to obtain crystals suitable for x-ray structural analysis (14–16). Constructs of the gp120 core with V3 from three clade B isolates (HXBc2, JR-FL, and YU2) were expressed in Drosophila S2 cells, and the deglycosylated, purified proteins were complexed with CD4 and a CD4-induced antibody (16). A total of 13 different complexes were screened robotically, and crystallization hits were optimized manually. The gp120 core with V3 from JR-FL (17, 18), when complexed to CD4 (two-domain) and the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) of the X5 antibody (19), formed hexagonal crystals that diffracted to approximately 3.5 Å resolution with x-rays provided by an Advanced Photon Source undulator beam line (SER-CAT) (table S1). The structure was solved by molecular replacement (16) and is shown in Fig. 1.
As expected, the overall assembly of CD4, X5, and core gp120 resembled the previously determined individual structures of CD4 (20, 21) and of free X5 (22) as well as the complex of core gp120 bound to CD4 (8, 23). For core gp120, some differences were observed in the variable loops and also at the N terminus, regions where variations in gp120 have previously been observed (7, 8, 23, 24). Structural resemblance was maintained around the base of V3, indicating that the previous truncation (7, 8, 23, 24) did not distort this region of the core. In X5, a large structural difference was observed for the third complementarity-determining loop of the X5 heavy chain (CDR H3). Comparison of the refined structures of free X5 (22) and bound X5 showed Cα movements of up to 17 Å, one of the largest induced fits observed for an antibody (fig. S1).
The gp120 envelope protein is composed of inner and outer domains, named for their expected orientation in the oligomeric viral spike (8). V3 emanates from neighboring staves of the stacked double barrel that makes up the outer domain; it is almost 50 Å long from the disulfide bridge at its base to its conserved tip, but is otherwise only 15 Å wide and 5 Å deep (Fig. 2). Overall, it can be subdivided into three structural regions: a conserved base, which forms an integral portion of the core; a flexible stem, which extends away from the core; and a β-hairpin tip. In the crystal structure, the flexibility and position of the V3 tip may be influenced by a lattice contact, in which hydrogen bonds are made to the exposed backbone of the V3 β ribbon between Ile307 and Ile309. Tenuous side-chain contacts are also observed for the returning strand in the V3 stem with X5, as well as with V4 of a symmetry-related gp120 molecule, but these side-chain contacts are unlikely to influence its conformation.
Features of gp120 important for coreceptor binding have been mapped by mutagenesis to two regions: (i) the V3 tip, and (ii) the gp120 core around the bridging sheet, the V3 base, and neighboring residues (25–28). Analysis of these two regions on this new structure indicates that they are conserved in both sequence and structure (figs. S2A and S3). The structural conservation of the V3 tip was surprising here in light of the apparent flexibility of the intervening stem, but we found the V3 tip to be strikingly similar in the context of the core, in antibody–V3 peptide complexes, and as a free peptide; such similarity is consistent with previous reports of recurring conformations for the V3 tip in antibody-peptide complexes (29). The structure shows that conserved regions important for coreceptor binding are separated by 10 to 20 Å and by portions of the V3 stem with moderate to high sequence variation (fig. S2).
Emerging data on the structures of the coreceptors indicate that the regions identified as being important for binding gp120—the coreceptor N terminus and the second extracellular loop—may also be spatially separated (30). By integrating the two-site gp120 binding site on the coreceptor with the two-site coreceptor binding site that we observe in the core + V3 gp120 structure, we propose that the N terminus of the coreceptor reaches up and binds to the core and V3 base while the V3 tip of gp120 reaches down to interact with the second extracellular loop of the coreceptor (Fig. 3B). Support for this model comes from several sources: (i) Biochemical studies show that the binding of CCR5 N-terminal peptides to gp120 is affected by gp120 alterations only on the core and around the base of V3 (28); and (ii) small-molecule inhibitors of HIV entry that bind to the second extracellular loop of the coreceptor are observed to no longer affect mutant viruses with V3 truncations (31).
Does binding of the V3 tip to the coreceptor initiate gp41-mediated conformational changes? Despite general tolerance of the V3 stem to changes in sequence, there is less tolerance for insertions or deletions than in other gp120 variable loops. We superimposed the core + V3 structure on the modeled gp120 core trimer that we previously obtained by optimization of quantifiable surface parameters (32). This trimeric model orients gp120 in the context of both cell-surface CD4 and the target cell membrane. Such a superposition projects the highly conserved Pro-Gly of the V3 tip 30 Å toward the target cell membrane (Fig. 3A).
Different coreceptors, primarily CXCR4 or CCR5, can support HIV-1 entry. Sequence analysis has defined an 11/25 rule: If the 11th or 25th positions of V3 are positively charged, viruses will use CXCR4; otherwise they use CCR5 (33). In addition, V3 sequences are more conserved for CCR5-using viruses (fig. S2). The structure shows that positions 11 and 25 (residues 306 and 322) are within the variable stem. They each project about the same distance away from the core but are separated by a Cα distance of 17 Å (fig. S2). This separation suggests that positions 11 and 25 recognize different portions of the coreceptor.
CD4 induces large conformational changes in gp120. Before CD4 binding, V3 may not protrude precisely as observed here for the CD4-triggered coreceptor binding state of gp120 (3, 34). However, structural comparison of unliganded versus CD4-bound conformations of gp120 (7, 8) reveals that the local conformation of the region of the outer domain from which V3 emanates is mostly unchanged. Thus, the extended structure of V3 that we observe here should be generally representative of V3.
Immunization with gp120 or gp120/gp41 in various contexts may elicit an immune response in which virtually all of the neutralizing activity is directed at V3. We examined the crystal and nuclear magnetic resonance structures of V3-reactive antibody-peptide complexes for clues to this immunodominant response (fig. S3). Although the conformation of V3 peptides in these antibody-peptide complexes varies somewhat, the Pro-Gly tip is more conserved. Superimposing the conserved tip in the peptides with the V3 tip in the core + V3 structure permits the V3 peptide-binding antibodies to be placed in the context of the gp120 core. The antibodies completely surround V3 (Fig. 4). Although the accessibility of V3 may be quite different on a primary isolate in its pre-CD4 trimeric state, the extended nature of V3 observed here, when coupled to mechanisms that cloak the rest of the HIV envelope from antibody binding (1, 35, 36), is consistent with its ability to generate an immunodominant response.
The attributes that we observe for V3 (i.e., high relative surface area, chemically reactive backbone, conformational flexibility, and overall extended nature) may allow V3 to serve as a general molecular hook. Before CD4 binding, these attributes would enhance the ability of V3 to grasp neighboring protomers on the viral spike. Such quaternary interactions would explain V3's influence on overall neutralization sensitivity—for example, its ability to transfer neutralization resistance from YU2 to HXBc2 (11). After CD4 binding, the coreceptor binding site forms and V3 would jut prominently toward the target cell membrane. In this context, binding at the V3 tip may act as a "ripcord" to initiate gp41-mediated fusion. Our results provide a context for coreceptor interactions and suggest how V3, by altering quaternary interactions, can influence HIV evasion of the immune system and also trigger HIV entry into cells. The structure itself represents an elegant evolutionarily malleable solution that balances competing requirements of functional conservation and antigenic variation.
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A recent Mayo Clinic study links higher carbohydrate and sugar intake in older adults to an increased risk for mild cognitive impairment.
Mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, refers to memory or other thinking problems that are more severe than those associated with normal aging. Though seniors with MCI can still lead relatively independent, normal lives, seniors with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those without MCI. Researchers are still trying to work out the exact link between MCI and Alzheimer's, but they've made some strides in figuring out one of the factors that may lead to cognitive problems: diet.
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"A high carbohydrate intake could be bad for you because carbohydrates impact your glucose and insulin metabolism," Dr. Roberts said in the news release. "Sugar fuels the brain—so moderate intake is good. However, high levels of sugar may actually prevent the brain from using the sugar—similar to what we see with type 2 diabetes."
If you're not sure whether you should be worried about mild cognitive impairment in your loved ones, the National Institute on Aging suggests that any unusual changes in memory or mental ability get checked out by a doctor. While some memory problems are attributable to regular aging, emotional factors, or other types of health issues, more serious and persistent forgetfulness may be a sign of MCI or dementia.
Doctors will evaluate a senior's physical and mental health, review their medical history, and consult with family members and/or caregivers in order to determine whether further tests are needed.
As the links between a balanced diet and good health in older age become more clear-cut, do you find yourself trying to make sure your loved ones eat better, or is it an uphill climb to get your family to change their food habits? Share your healthy eating tips with us in the comments! And don't forget to enter A Place for Mom's Healthy Seniors Sweepstakes—you or a loved one could win a $50 gift card to Whole Foods Market! Enter now on Facebook, or click here to enter using your mobile device or tablet.
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Camp wherever possible at campsites used by others instead of trying to clear the ground for a new campsite. Make no open campfires and discourage others from doing so.
Where water is heated by scarce firewood use as little of it as possible.Avoid carrying canned food and leaving tins behind.
Leave camp sites clean and remember to take back all non-biodegradable litter to the road head/town for proper disposal.
Bury only biodegradable food waste. Proper disposal of tampons and napkins requires that they be placed in plastic bags and taken out. Do not bury them because they don't decompose readily and animals may dig them up.
Do not use detergents and soaps at streams and springs.
Do not take away cuttings, seeds and roots of plants.


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DIY Scrap Wood Modern Mountain Art
One of the things I hate most about woodworking projects is throwing out the scraps that I'm left with when the project is completed. I always try to come up with fun and different ways to make good use of the pieces. Since scraps are usually pretty small, the projects have to be small, too. And that means I usually try to brainstorm interesting trinkets or home decor ideas that I can incorporate into various spaces in my home. What would you do with these pieces?
These started off as plain pine pieces that I sanded and stained, and they range from about three to eight inches tall. I decided to make them into standalone "modern mountain art" that I could display. Here's how I did it!
- Several wood scrap pieces
- Saw and protective eyewear
- Fine-grit sandpaper
- Stain, rag, and sealer or paint
- Strong glue
1. The first thing that I did was cut my scraps in various lengths. I made sure that one side of each piece was cut on a 45 degree angle, while the other side was straight. Then I polished the rough areas of each piece by hand using a small piece of fine-grit sandpaper and stained each piece using a rag and a dark stain. Staining is optional; you can leave the wood unstained or paint it however you'd like. I personally like the stained look.
2. After the stain has dried completely, organize the pieces in a way that looks like mountains. Then begin gluing them together, one by one, like this:
If you glue them together and leave a little bit of space between some of them, it will create a nice effect. Below is three pieces glued together, with a smear of glue on one piece to attach the next piece. You can also see how the shortest piece isn't lined up exactly with the piece immediately adjacent to it:
It's best to let the glue solidify before moving on to the next piece. If you glue multiple pieces together at once, it will be harder to keep the pieces in place. Using a glue that sets quickly helps to speed up the process.
3. Once I'd glued all five pieces together and the glue had completely solidified, I sprayed a sealer over the pieces to seal the stain. You can use a polyurethane or polycrylic in any finish (e.g., gloss, semi-gloss, eggshells, matte), or you can use another aerosol sealer. I used a matte acrylic aerosol sealer I had on hand. Put as many coats on as your sealer's instructions suggest.
After the piece has dried completely, display it. I think my little modern mountain art looks lovely on my plant shelving. What do you think?


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Two Gag Gift Ideas That Made Me Laugh
If you have a man in your life that is difficult to buy for, this short list of funny golf gift ideas should solve your problem. You've probably seen the usual golf gag gifts like exploding golf balls, but I bet these two ideas will be new to you.Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elorg/
Golf can be such a serious sport. These wacky gag gifts are just what you need to lighten the mood and have some fun out there on the course. If you are the golfer that has everything, or if you know one, read on -- I'm guessing you don't have these funny golf gift ideas in your bag.
1. Potty Putter - This product definitely makes my cut of funny golf gift ideas. I can't believe this is a real product. Now, I don't think that this extra practice time will actually help a golfer's game because the stance and surroundings don't exactly mimic a real golf course green and environment; however, I'm sure this prank gift idea will get a big laugh when it is unwrapped from the gift box. I don't know if I'd put this in my main bathroom, but it does belong in any respectable man cave.
2. Big Daddy, The Weed Whacking Golf Driver - This is a fantastic gag golf present. If you are always hitting balls into the high grass, this club provides a James Bond-like solution. It has a weed whacker build right in, so you can trim the grass around the ball and have a better shot. OK, this is probably not exactly in-line with the official golf rule book, but who cares. The other golfers in the group will be rolling on the ground in laughter when they see you trimming the rough patch around your ball. This funny golf gift idea could also be used off the course at home, I suppose. Your neighbors might give you some funny looks, but I think it would add some fun to yard work.
There you go. Two gag golf gifts that will get plenty of laughs and delight the golfer that is difficult to buy for and already has everything. Get more info on these, along with other unique golf gift ideas here. I hope you enjoyed these funny golf gift ideas!


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- Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions by Arthur M. Shapiro and Timothy D. Manolis
- Field Guide to the Common Bees of California: Including Bees of the Western United States by Gretchen Lebuhn
- Wildflowers of Northern California's Wine Country & North Coast Ranges: A Photographic Guide to Native Plants of Marin, Sonoma, Napa & Mendocino Counties by Reny Parker
- The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
- Substituting Ingredients: The A to Z kitchen Reference by Becky Sue Epstein
- Half of a Yellow Sun: A novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
- this poster print photograph of wildlflowers on Table Mountain in Oroville, California
- four stone coasters with pictures of cats on them
- an automatic door closer (for the door between my garage and my house; recommended by the home inspector for fire safety)
- two backflow preventers for my garden hoses (recommended by the home inspector for indoor water safety)
- the CD The Most Incredible Thing: Complete Ballet Score by the Pet Shop Boys
The very most exciting present was the Salman Rushdie memoir; I've been so eager to read it that I barely restrained myself from just buying it for myself rather than waiting to receive it as a gift. I already read the first chapter or so of it tonight while at my parents' house.
And this is a picture my mother took of me while I was at my parents' house, not for my own birthday but for my little brother's birthday, which was earlier this month. My own birthday was much the same, so this can serve to illustrate both.


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Halloween may be over but it's never too late for that dark spirit to move you. Bringing an onslaught of dancing, nostalgia and a front-to-back performance off one of Saddle Creek's finest records of all time, The Faint are playing Danse Macabre in its entirety at 9:30 Club on December 5th.
If we had a nickel every time we still played this album in the BYT office, we'd have a million dollars. (In our hearts and minds.) In reality we might have like, three bucks which isn't enough to buy a ticket so if you're in the same boat, we want to give you TWO FREE TICKETS to their show at 9:30 Club.
Danse Macabre still gets us all weepy-eyed in the most 2001 ways. (Remember that tour with Bright Eyes? We sure do.) And their live show is something that should never be missed when given the opportunity. Lazers? Check? Dancing 'til you can't dance no more? Check. Lots of drugs? Check.
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Lone Surrey First Councillor Linda Annis is questioning the cost of the planned transition to a municipal force in the city and says the public needs to be consulted.
Annis said the plan "shouldn't be created in secret" and that there should be a referendum before the proposal heads to Victoria for the provincial government's approval.
"Police forces are all about trust and accountability," Annis added. "If we're going to create a new police force to replace the RCMP in Surrey there needs to be complete transparency right from the start, including plenty of public input. I'm opposed to simply approving something at an in-camera meeting of the city's public safety committee. Instead, I want us to take any final report and bring it to our taxpayers."
Annis voted in support of the unanimously approved motion to transition from Surrey RCMP to a municipal force, immediately after the new city council was sworn in last November. After the vote, Annis said she was "obviously going to hold (Mayor Doug McCallum) accountable" on the issue.
This week, Annis said she doubts the new municipal force "will cost just 10 per cent more than the RCMP, the number used by Doug McCallum during the last election." She says the new department will be "complex and costly."
"We're about to make a major financial decision, probably the biggest decision many of us have seen in our community," Annis added.
"It's the kind of change where people should have a say."
Safe Surrey Coalition Councillor Jack Hundial told the Now-Leader on Tuesday that his continued support is also dependent on the public being consulted.
"We need to know what the cost is going to be and what the benefit coming back to the community is gong to be," Hundial said, notingthis is a "once-in-a-century" decision and it is going to have "generational impacts."
"Why would this not include a component of public consultation?" he questioned.
Lone Surrey First councillor Linda Annis supported both of @safesurrey2018's motions tonight (to pull out of RCMP and "cancel" LRT). We asked her why. #surreubc pic.twitter.com/iCiddo79h7
— Surrey Now-Leader (@SurreyNowLeader) November 6, 2018
Surrey's contract with the RCMP was set to expire in 2032 but carried with it a clause that the city can opt out within two years' notice.
Surrey pays 90 per cent of the RCMP's cost and the federal government is responsible for 10 per cent. With a new city police force, the city would have to cover the entire cost.
After requesting an interview with McCallum on March 6, the Mayor's Office responded with an emailed statement that said the Safe Surrey Coalition's platform was "abundantly clear" and "the public was overwhelmingly in support of what we said we would do on its behalf, if elected."
McCallum's statement also said Surrey voters "entrusted us to deliver on our promises and that is a trust that Councillor Hundial is now breaking."
His statement also addressed costs: "While the City would be responsible for the Federal Government's 10 per cent contribution to officer salaries, the City would recoup $20 million in administrative costs that is currently paid in the RCMP contract. The costs associated with the transition to a Surrey Police Department are still being finalized as we work on finishing our report for the Solicitor General," it read.
Another Safe Surrey councillor, Brenda Locke, said she spoke out the need for consulting the public on the transition plan "weeks ago."
"I'm not afraid of consultation," she told the Now-Leader, adding she doesn't think Safe Surrey being voted in is "a good enough reason not to do public consultation."
Locke noted Safe Surrey will consult the public on other projects such as SkyTrain plans, as well as supportive housing locations.
Meantime, this week Annis also reiterated her disappointment that the recently approved city budget didn't allocate funding to hireany new Mounties in 2019, "something we need right now as Surrey continues to grow every single month."
"By not hiring new officers we're putting public safety at risk," she said, "which flies in the face of keeping Surrey safe and creating ourown police department. You can't have it both ways, calling for more public safety and then not hiring the officers to do the job."
Hundial also said last year that "public safety is at risk" without new Mounties being hired to keep up with population growth.
At the time, Hundial also questioned McCallum's two-year timeline to have a municipal force up and running, saying it's "ambitious."


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Tropical plant guidebooks are written largely by scholars from museums and universities in the U.S. and Europe where plant collections are housed. Researchers and conservationists in countries where the plants were originally collected may not have access to tools for understanding some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.
The Latin American Plant Initiative aims to make plant samples in herbaria available worldwide by placing unique high-resolution scans of plant collections online. The second annual meeting will be hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Darwinion Institute from Nov. 17-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Initiative was announced in Oct. 2007 at the Smithsonian in Panama, one of the Initiative's regional centers for the scanning of herbarium specimens.
To identify an unknown plant sample, researchers and students traditionally compare key characteristics with characters on known, dried plant specimens. To capture even minute features such as leaf hairs and flower parts, samples are scanned using high resolution scanners, making it possible to identify plants by comparing them to the images online. As of Aug. 2008 the new database already includes 53,143 plant specimens.
More than 138 people from 93 institutions will attend the meeting in Buenos Aires. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation also has supported the Africa Plants Initiative, a similar project, since 2002. The resulting network of botanist and bioinformatics specialists represents 124 organizations in 44 countries. Project programmers are in the process of transferring all data from the African Plant Initiative's original Aluka website to a more accessible site maintained by JSTOR.
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Today is the beginning of our trip to Florida. After a long drive, the first stop was St. Augustine. We arrived in the afternoon and had some time to enjoy a nice walk on the beach, though the ocean is still too cold for swimming at this time of the year. The Sunset Grille had an excellent happy hour. We were having such a good time, that we stayed for dinner.
All the posts for our Florida trip are being entered well after the fact, but we're back-dating the postings to the date of the event rather than the date of writing - the blogger's version of a time warp.


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Traceability challenges surface in many different forms throughout lean manufacturing and warehousing processes. Basic queries of accurate inventory on hand, location of the inventory, where it was sourced, and where is it going happens many times throughout the day. Automating these data ensures the right mix of SKU's based on history and compliance issues. Manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler, authored the article recently seen in Automation.com, titled, "Automating Traceability Getting Easier."
GS1 and PTI compliance are required and many solution providers fail to meet those compliant standards. AFS Technology has been a long-time technology partner on both the PTI Steering Committee and GS1 Standards committee. Joe Bellini, CEO, shared the importance of single scanning to extract multiple data elements including GTIN and lot/quantity embedded data. Single scan functionality results in 99 percent plus accurate data capture and reduces scans by 300 percent, adding value throughout the supply chain as well as downstream for the customer.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) analysts evaluated the motivation for traceability in each industry; they concluded the challenges of product tracing directly correlated to an understanding and rationale for the use of particular product tracing solutions. IFT also examined regulations, standards, and initiatives pertaining to product tracing around the world.
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So, here's something that we hear a lot of from folks we've given an installation estimate to: "I got a quote from another company, and they're a lot cheaper." Huh. Well, here's something to consider: are the competing quotes literally based on the same job? What I mean is this — unless a potential…Read More
East Side Elementary Outdoor Classroom
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When people talk about constructing a family medical history, they expect to hear about cancer, heart disease, and other chronic conditions. But there is value in knowing about mental health as well, and it can be helpful to gather a family history of depression, alcoholism, suicide, anxiety, and other challenges. Talking about these conditions isn't always as easy as discussing who had cancer, though. Chicago-based clinical psychologist John Mayer, Ph.D., specializes in treating families and shares some insight on how to broach these sensitive topics.
Do you find that certain types of mental health conditions (like depression, anxiety, bipolar) tend to have family connections?
Yes, but, the root cause of these conditions — whether they are caused by genetics or by upbringing — is still not known for certain in mental health research. Consider this: Up until the child's world expands socially, which is typically middle school, the parents are the child's whole world.
So, every reaction, action, feeling, attitude, perception of the parents is being absorbed by the child. How could mental health issues not be transmitted to the child?
What's the value in knowing a family mental health history? How would that help an individual?
Obviously, I believe in people's ability to change— that is my profession — so the benefit of knowing your family mental health history is to help change those conditions that may be present in you and to prevent conditions that were and are present in your family from being present in your life. Family history therefore can serve as a "goal post" to evaluate those mental health potentials inside you.
The correlation between mental health conditions and physical health conditions is intricately interwoven. We psychologists use physical symptoms as an assessment of mental health conditions. This is a reason why seeing a psychologist as a first stop in assessing your mental health concerns is important because we have the training and expertise to assess mental health conditions thoroughly in a holistic way.
For someone seeking to create a mental health history, what advice would you give on getting started with these kinds of conversations?
First, be sensitive about how you ask the questions. Choose your language carefully. For example, don't start out with: "Did Dad ever spend time in a mental hospital?" Instead, ask: "Did Dad ever do things that made you worry about his feelings?" Second, be indirect. Ask around the issue rather than directly about some behaviors you are concerned about: "Why do you think Mom never drove?"
What are some challenges to keep in mind when collecting this information, and how can someone minimize or eliminate those challenges?
People have stigmas about mental health, so that is a huge challenge. Also, people feel that their mental health is secret or confidential and thus we are not socialized to talk openly about these issues. You need to build trust and rapport first when collecting mental health histories, even when it is from a very close relative or parent.
In general, what's your top piece of advice for someone undertaking this kind of effort?
Be patient. This most often can't be done in one time, or like a checklist. Develop a trust and rapport with everyone you are going to ask for information and guarantee their privacy and confidentiality.