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Music congruity effects on product memory, perception, and choice
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North, A. C., Sheridan, L. P. & Areni, C. S. (2016). Music congruity effects on product memory, perception, and choice. Journal of Retailing, 92 (1), 83-95.
Music congruity effects on consumer behavior are conceptualized in terms of cognitive priming of semantic networks in memory, and operationalized as congruent with a product's country of origin (Experiment 1), or congruent with the utilitarian (Experiment 2) or social identity (Experiments 2 and 3) connotations of a product. Hearing a specific genre of music (e.g., classical) activates related concepts in memory (e.g., expensive, sophisticated, formal, educated), which influences the memory for, perception of, and choice of products. Consistent with this account of music congruity effects, three laboratory experiments show that playing music of a specific genre during initial product exposure improved subsequent recall of conceptually related (i.e., congruent) products compared to unrelated products (Experiment 1), affected product choice in favor of congruent products (Experiment 1), and affected how much participants were willing to pay for congruent products (Experiments 2 and 3).


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Rejoicing in God's Great Compassion!
Scripture reading for October 2nd: Jonah 3-4, Micah 1-2
Key Scriptures: Jonah 4:4-5, 10 "On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned." The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. . . . When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He had threatened."
Jonah had vowed to preach whatever message God gave him for the wicked city of Nineveh. He began a walk across the huge city that would take three full days announcing God's plan to judge them in just 40 days. This brought holy fear and faith to the whole wicked city and they repented! When God saw their faith and deeds of repentance, He had compassion on them! He would much rather save people than bring judgment. What an awesome God of compassion we serve!
God's great compassion: "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2nd Peter 3:9)

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Jesus Christ exposes the Jews as Satan's children
Judaism is the only religion that have sex (thrusting their pelvis) when they pray to Goddess Shekinah.
Jews wear many masks
Bible says,
And Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek (Jews) did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" (1 Sam 15:1‑3)
DIO CASSIUS. Second century Roman historian. Describing the savage Jewish uprising against the Roman empire that has been acknowledged as the turning point downward in the course of that great state-form: "The Jews were destroying both Greeks and Romans. They ate the flesh of their victims, made belts for themselves out of their entrails, and daubed themselves with their blood… In all, 220,000 men perished in Cyrene and 240,000 in Cyprus, and for this reason no Jew may set foot in Cyprus today." (Roman History)
DIODORUS SICULUS. First century Greek historian.Observed that Jews treated other people as enemies and inferiors. "Usury" is the practice of lending money at excessive interest rates. This has for centuries caused great misery and poverty for Gentiles. It has brought strong condemnation of the Jews!
JESUS CHRIST, speaking to the Jews in the Gospel of St. John, 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lust of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is not truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it. – then answered the Jews — " (which makes it clear that Christ was addressing the Jews.)
Moloch was the calf-headed idol that Aaron made while Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. To his ever-lasting shame Solomon built a temple to Moloch in the Valley of Gehenna. Ritual child-sacrice and cannibalism was performed there accompanied by wild drumming to drown out their screams. There was ritual male prostitution with the euncuh priests (disguised as women) and flagellations and necrophilia.
Moloch was one of the false gods that Israel would worship during its periods of apostasy. This false deity is associated with Ammon in 1 Kings 11:7, "Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon." One of the practices of the cult that worshipped Moloch was to sacrifice their children. Of course, this was forbidden by God's word: Lev. 18:21 says, "Neither shall you give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord." (See also Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; 2 Kings. 23:10; Jer. 32:35). In some passages the reference is clearly to a deity to whom human sacrifice was made, particularly in the Valley of Hinnom on the SW of the Jerusalem hill (2 Ki. 23:10; Je. 32:35) at a site known as Topheth ('fire pit' in Syriac).1 The ancients would heat this idol up with fire until it was glowing, then they would take their newborn babies, place them on the arms of the idol, and watch them burn to death. I can't help but compare today's abortion massacre to the sacrifice of children by these ancient pagans. In both, innocent life is destroyed for the gain of the parent.
Jews waging war against Islam and Christianity by getting Christians to do battle with Arabs.
How to Kill Goyim and Influence People: Israeli Rabbis Defend Book
Book about killing gentile children becomes bestseller in Israel
A Massacre of Christians By Jews: 614 A.D.–An Untold Chapter of History
Jews behind the rise to power of Mao Tse Tung in China who murdered 80 million countrymen
Jews kill 66+ Million Russian christians – the real holocaust
Jewish King Leopold II of Belgium that killed 15 million in the Congo
Jews are so deceitful, that they use 2 Holy books for deception. The Torah holy book is used in public, to fool the goyim into thinking Jews are such angels. The Talmud holy book is used in private, where no goyim can see what is in this evil book.
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Jewish Book about killing gentile children becomes bestseller in Israel
"A Gentile girl who is three years old can be violated." — .9boda Sarah 37a.
Libbre David 37: "If a Jew be called upon to explain any part of the rabbinic books, he ought to give only a false explanation. Who ever will violate this order shall be put to death."
Yebhamoth 11b: "Sexual intercourse with a little girl is permitted if she is three years of age."
When the Messiah comes every Jew will have 2800 slaves. Simeon Haddarsen, fol. 56-D
A Jew should and must make a false oath when the Goyim asks if our books contain anything against them. Szaaloth-Utszabot, The Book of Jore Dia 17
R. Joseph said: Come and hear! A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition and if her deceased husband's brother cohabits with her, she becomes his. (Sanh. 55b)
A girl who is three years of age and one day may be betrothed by cohabitation. . . .(Yeb. 57b)
A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition, and if her deceased husband's brother cohabited with her she becomes his. (Sanh. 69a, 69b, also discussed in Yeb. 60b)
16. "A Jew may violate but not marry a non-Jewish girl." — &ad. Shas. 2:2.
A boy-goy after nine years and one day old, and a girl after three years and one day old, are considered filthy. Pereferkowicz, Talmud t.v., p. 11
17. "A Jew may do to a non-Jewess what he can do. He may treat her as he treats a piece of meat." –Hadarine, 20, B; Schulchan 9ruch, Choszen Hamiszpat 348.
18. "A Jew may misuse the non-Jewess in her state of unbelief." — Maimonides, Jak. Chasaka 2:2.
Moed Kattan 17a: If a Jew is tempted to do evil he should go to a city where he is not known and do the evil there.
Erubin 21b. Whosoever disobeys the rabbis deserves death and will be punished by being boiled in hot excrement in hell.
Sanhedrin 58b. If a heathen (gentile) hits a Jew, the gentile must be killed.
Sanhedrin 57a . A Jew need not pay a gentile the wages owed him for work.
Kill the Goyim by any means possible. Choshen Ha'mishpat 425:50
Extermination of the Christians is a necessary sacrifice. Zohar, Shemoth
Do not save Goyim in danger of death.
Show no mercy to the Goyim. Hilkkoth Akum X1
Tob shebbe goyyim harog – Even the best of the Goyim (Gentiles) should be killed. Soferim 15, Rule 10
Baba Kamma 37b. If an ox of an Israelite gores an ox of a Canaanite there is no liability; but if an ox of a Canaanite gores an ox of an Israelite…the payment is to be in full.
Baba Mezia 24a . If a Jew finds an object lost by a gentile ("heathen") it does not have to be returned.
Sanhedrin 57a . When a Jew murders a gentile, there will be no death penalty. What a Jew steals from a gentile he may keep.
Baba Kamma 37b. The gentiles are outside the protection of the law and God has "exposed their money to Israel."
Baba Kamma 113a. Jews may use lies ("subterfuges") to circumvent a Gentile.
Yebamoth 98a. All gentile children are animals.
Abodah Zarah 36b. Gentile girls are in a state of niddah (filth) from birth.
Abodah Zarah 22a-22b . Gentiles prefer sex with cows.
Yebamoth 63a. Declares that agriculture is the lowest of occupations.
Yebamoth 59b. A woman who had intercourse with a beast is eligible to marry a Jewish priest. A woman who has sex with a demon is also eligible to marry a Jewish priest.
Hagigah 27a. States that no rabbi can ever go to hell.
Baba Mezia 59b. A rabbi debates God and defeats Him. God admits the rabbi won the debate.
Gittin 70a. On coming from a privy (outdoor toilet) a man should not have sexual intercourse till he has waited long enough to walk half a mile, because the demon of the privy is with him for that time; if he does, his children will be epileptic.
Menahoth 43b-44a. A Jewish man is obligated to say the following prayer every day: "Thank you God for not making me a gentile, a woman or a slave."
Rabbi Meir Kahane, told CBS News that his teaching that Arabs are "dogs" is derived "from the Talmud." (CBS 60 Minutes, "Kahane").
University of Jerusalem Prof. Ehud Sprinzak described Kahane and Goldstein's philosophy: "They believe it's God's will that they commit violence against goyim," a Hebrew term for non-Jews. (NY Daily News, Feb. 26, 1994, p. 5).
Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg declared, "We have to recognize that Jewish blood and the blood of a goy are not the same thing." (NY Times, June 6, 1989, p.5).
Rabbi Yaacov Perrin said, "One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail." (NY Daily News, Feb. 28, 1994, p.6).
"The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts." Talmud: Baba mezia, 114b
"The Akum (non-Jew) is like a dog. Yes, the scripture teaches to honor the the dog more than the non-Jew." Ereget Raschi Erod. 22 30
"A pregnant non-Jew is no better than a pregnant animal." Coschen hamischpat 405
"The souls of non-Jews come from impure sprits and are called pigs." Jalkut Rubeni gadol 12b
"Although the non-Jew has the same body structure as the Jew, they compare with the Jew like a monkey to a human." Schene luchoth haberith, p. 250 b
"If you eat with a Gentile, it is the same as eating with a dog." Tosapoth, Jebamoth 94b
"If a Jew has a non-Jewish servant or maid who dies, one should not express sympathy to the Jew. You should tell the Jew: "God will replace 'your loss', just as if one of his oxen or asses had died"." Jore dea 377, 1
"Sexual intercourse between Gentiles is like intercourse between animals." Talmud Sanhedrin 74b
"It is permitted to take the body and the life of a Gentile." Sepher ikkarim III c 25
"It is the law to kill anyone who denies the Torah. The Christians belong to the denying ones of the Torah." Coschen hamischpat 425 Hagah 425. 5
"A heretic Gentile you may kill outright with your own hands." Talmud, Abodah Zara, 4b
"Every Jew, who spills the blood of the godless (non-Jews), is doing the same as making a sacrifice to God." Talmud: Bammidber raba c 21 & Jalkut 772
Biblical Promised Land was Asir Not Israel and the Exodus was from Ethiopia Not Egypt
Oprah interviews Jewish Lady on Satanic Child Sacrifices
Jews kidnapping children For Sex – For Human Experiments – for organ trafficking – and for Blood Sacrifice to Moloch.
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Zizzi - Cambridge Bene't Street16 Bene't Street, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 3QN Italienskt, Pizza
Set within the historic Cambridge city centre, Zizzi - Cambridge Bene't Street serves contemporary Italian delicacies. Low-lit spotlights illuminate the quirky, modern design features of the restaurant, along with charming, minimalist oak fixtures.
The Zizzi menu showcases a passion for simple, delicious Italian food, served with an inventive twist. Hand-stretched, thin and crispy rustica pizzas are loaded with inspiring toppings, while salads and pasta dishes feature fresh, seasonal ingredients. Complementing the menu's rich flavours, the Zizzi wine list brings together a selective stock of international bottles,and inventive cocktails are also on offer.
Specially designed for younger diners, the bambini menu at Zizzi restaurant is filled with tempting Italian dishes. For dessert, opt for a trusty Italian classic like super-smooth gelato or tiramisu, or an inventive seasonal special.
In the bright, airy dining room at Zizzi restaurant, earthy hues and sprawling trees are offset by clean, white walls. Cambridge Rail Station is a 7-minute drive away.
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We like Zizzi. The food was good - very fresh ingredients. Service was excellent, prompt and with a smile.
26 september 2020
Good food. Service good as well. Restaurant a bit to noisy but very little that can be done about that
17 augusti 2020
Fantastic trip out, we were seated swiftly and drinks didnt take very long, meal came quite quickly I had pasta and my husband had pizza. These dishes were both very hot and well presented. Diners were not to close and we had a really enjoyable time. Thank you. The manager was very friendly and the lady waitress had great customer service with a lovely smile.
8 mars 2020
Great selection of food and a fantastic central location - convienent for the theatre and corn exchange
15 februari 2020
Lovely group dinner
14 februari 2020
We had a late booking after the theatre. We were rushed through and made to feel we were keeping staff from going home. The booking should not have been accepted if they only had half an hour to serve us 3 courses
7 december 2019
Rang restaurant to say stuck in traffic. Be 10 mins or so .. said not sure we can keep table that long , as very busy but they did & once we there food Was good but not all of us got our starters together & mains , but other than that a very enjoyable evening
2 december 2019
We did not enjoy our meal here, which for three of us was the same dish, aborra peche , it came freshly cooked but that was the only good part, all of our dishes were overpowered with really hot chillies , the muscle shells were broken with tiny bits of sharp shell in the dish, and the other disappoint was the size of the food supplied, very small portions for paying £13.95 and was not value for money, one of the gents toilets was broken with no hand dryer in this toilet working, the manager however did take steps to take on board our complaints and a discount was given.
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Food was lovely but our table was booked for 18.30 and we arrived at 18.20. At 19.25 I had to 'chase' our main course. The waitress was very apologetic and explained they were very busy. No excuse! With 2 theatres on the doorstep that's predictable and should be planned for.
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Thousands of festivals have been done by now. New events typically end up unorganized, at the hottest part of the summer, or the set times schedules are conflicting. However, What Was Sound conquered nearly every possible issue I had cataloged in my mind. It was a mild weathered afternoon in the crux of Portland spring, but the sun was bright and shining. One large stage was perfectly centered in the middle of the city on the waterfront with plenty of room to watch or lounge and a shaded VIP lounge— minimalism at its best.
Conveniently and promptly starting at two in the afternoon, Jujuba set the tone with experimental jazz, enticing spectators to dance.
"We are experiencing some technical profiencies".
El Ten Eleven's mathy electronic peeled away layers of reality and exposed my mind to the innards of ambient jazz. The duo- Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty- were the perfect soundtrack to a dying sun.
DIIV casually walked on stage while an intimately-sized group of people crowded around. Lead guitarist Zachary Cole Smith was cracking hilarious jokes and everyone on stage seemed to be in great spirits. The band played through most of Is The Is Are, their latest full-length album. Cole continued the playful banter in between songs while striking a few notes when I was stopped dead in my moshing tracks. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine DIIV to play "Oshin", a song I have had on repeat for weeks and from their first full-length. It was beautiful, raw, pure, and dark. Their entire set was a timeless work of art I will never cease to forget.


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A new strain rate dependent spot weld model for automotive crash applications
Wood, Paul K C and Schley, Claus A and Beaumont, Richard and Williams, Mark A and Buckley, Michael A (2009) A new strain rate dependent spot weld model for automotive crash applications. In: Proceedings of 11th Int. LS-DYNA Users' Conference, 2010-06-10 - 2010-06-11.Full text not available in this repository.Request a copy from the Strathclyde author
Experience gained in the use of high speed machining to manufacture tensile specimens in sheet metals, for the purpose of characterising the dynamic mechanical tensile properties is described. The dynamic properties of a sheet material are used in digital design tools by the automotive industry to support development of products with safety critical imperatives. The paper identifies the quality requirements to manufacture tensile specimens in sheet metals and alloys for the purpose of characterising their dynamic mechanical properties. The benefits of high speed machining over conventional machining to manufacture tensile specimens with varying dimensions are summarised. A low cost method to manufacture specimens in a range of sheet metals and alloys to meet the quality requirements of manufacture is described.
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Audrey Elizabeth Jackson - 1938
A Message from Audrey's son, Steve Boulton:
I saw a request on your website for pupils who had previously attended your school. I'm currently sitting with my mum who is 82 years old and suffers from early stages Alzheimers and she's just had a very lucid period which I thought I should share.
My mum used to be called Audrey Elizabeth Jackson (nowadays Boulton) and she says she attended from the age of 5. She was born 24th April 1933. Her older brothers are called Derek Jackson & Roy Jackson,
Her best friend in those days (although I think possibly older than Mum) was Nora Bott who had Geoffrey Bott & Alan Bott as brothers. They all went to St George's. She wouldn't have seen them in 60 years+
Mum suddenly listed a string of teachers that she'd had or remembered (not sure that the spellings will be right)
Miss Henderson was her first teacher perhaps 'she taught the younger ones'. Miss Murch was one of her teachers (the head female teacher? and she was very good). Miss Titherley, general teacher & good…. Miss Merrick (her favourite teacher of all)… Mr Gellion was the headmaster (a nice man and good teacher/headmaster, stern but good!)… Miss O'Loughlin (a very elderley teacher. Good) … Miss Cubbin was the cookery teacher .. Miss Woffenden (head of the younger girls? Good teacher) … Mr Maddock-Jones (he was a nice man - mum was a bit older when she was in his class). She mentioned a woodwork teacher but she couldn't remember the name. Miss Newton was possibly a bit stricter than some of the others!
Mum remembers they had very big classes (she suggested 50?!) and says that the teachers did a great job.
To be honest, it's quite a remarkable and unusual bit of remembering for Mum so I'd be interested to know if you could verify any of it - or point me in the direction of anything else she might look at as she's really enjoyed chatting about it.
Mum actually lives in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire nowadays so some way away! Mum says 'we were very proud of our school'.
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Plastic Action
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PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2018-- Validus Holdings, Ltd. ("Validus" or the "Company") (NYSE: VR) announced today that assets under management ("AUM") at AlphaCat Managers, Ltd. ("AlphaCat") were $3.4 billion as of January 1, 2018. This $3.4 billion figure reflects net third party inflows of $714.2 million at January 1, 2018, resulting in total third party assets under management of $3.2 billion.
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December 2007 Nursing Licensure Examination will be out by tomorrow.
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It will be published in the newspaper by the next day.
"It took a very long time because of the bulk of examinees, not to mention the bulk of applicants that failed the previous nursing board examinations", she said.
The results will be posted here. Good Luck to all!! God Bless!!
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A proteomics study of the response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge.
Simpson, DM, Mobasheri, A, Haywood, S and Beynon, RJ (2006) A proteomics study of the response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge. BMC Vet Res, 2.
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BACKGROUND: The objective of this proteomics study was to identify proteins that changed expression as a result of copper challenge in the uniquely copper sensitive North Ronaldsay sheep and further, to compare those changes in expression with the more copper tolerant Cambridge breed. Such data gives us a proteome-centered perspective of the pathogenesis of copper-induced oxidative stress in this breed. RESULTS: Many proteins respond to copper challenge, but this study focuses on those exhibiting a differential response between the two breeds, related to liver copper content. As copper accumulated in the tissue, the pattern of expression of several proteins was markedly different, in North Ronaldsay sheep as compared to the Cambridge breed. CONCLUSION: The pattern of changes was consistent with the greatly enhanced susceptibility of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper-induced oxidative stress, focused on mitochondrial disturbance with consequent activation of hepatic stellate cells. The expression profiles were sufficiently complex that the response could not simply be explained as a hypersensitivity to copper in North Ronaldsay sheep.
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I think the studies conducted by the Pioneer Fund are scientifically credible. Studies such as "The Bell Curve" used empirical evidence based on thousands of individuals to prove that there is a correlation between a person's race and their intelligence quotient. Although the study has raised much controversy, it's scientific credibility seems accurate.
Overall I think while controversial the Pioneer Fund does conduct credible studies, I think when groups disagree with your organization or what your organization is doing they will spread rumors and cast doubt on the credibility of your research, I think overall the Pioneer Fund does scientifically credible studies overall.
I think that the studies that are conducted by the Pioneer Fund are scientifically credible. While not all of the studies have been successful, a lot of them are legit to me. I think that there is always going to be a differing of opinions in regards to what is credible in the field of science, but the Pioneer Fund has proven to be fair.
No, I do not think that the studies conducted by the Pioneer Fund are scientifically credible, because they say in their own mission statement that they have a biased agenda. The Pioneer Fund is racist. What they are doing is not much different than what Hitler's people did in World War II.
The Pioneer Fund is a racist hate group that is designed to fund projects revolving around eugenics and the superiority of the white race. Studies conducted by the Pioneer Fund have been largely debunked over the years, especially since they have huge studies based in places like Texas and Minnesota.


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For many years, America's favorite magazine signed off with an amusing -- often outrageous photograph designed to leave the reader laughing. LIFE Laughs Last collects more than 200 of these hilarious photographs -- every one guaranteed to warm your heart and tickle your funny bone.
Continuing in the zany, whimsical tradition of the best-selling LIFE Smiles Back, here is more from LIFE's lighter side: people and pets by the score, caught by the camera in surprising, side-splitting poses. These rib-tickling photographs were submitted over the years by LIFE's loyal readers, and are assembled here by one of LIFE's most renowned editors.
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Handling User-Generated & Manufacturer-Required Duplicate Content Across Large Numbers of URLsBlog Post: January 31, 2014
Our site isn't an e-commerce site, but we do have about 6 pages featuring very similar product features and duplicate verbiage. However, we don't want to re-write it because we want to make it easy for users to compare apples-to-apples. We also have to run disclaimers at the bottom of each page.
Would i-framing the product descriptions and disclaimers be beneficial in this scenario, with the addition of good content?


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Can a mri head show up blood vessels if there was an problem worried as my mum had an avm that burst.
Can a mri head show up blood vessels if there was an problem worried as my mum had an avm that burst.
people are telling me I need an mra to show blood vessels
Sorry anx Mum, I have no idea about the various scans and what they can/can't show in the head. Are you about to have one ?
ive had a recent mri of the head which has come bk normal people are telling me this scan wouldn't shown up a condition my mum had an avm its your blood vessels. really scared cos ive had headaches now for almost two years. Under a nero dr he says I'm getting cluster headaches
Well, I don't know the answer to your question, as I'm not a neuro consultant - but I know a man who is - your neuro consultant. If you have this specific concern, why not ask him directly ?
Went to see specialist yesterday asked the question he said I had a scan back in 2016 with dye to look at blood vessels he said normally your born with it. Am struggling with pain at the moment
There we go, good, glad you asked the question...and got a really clear answer.
These heads are still getting me so down my specialist done nothing on Monday feel let down. Thought he may of tried a preventative can't live in this sort of pain
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USF Celebrates Opening of $54 million Center for Science & Innovation
New building named after beloved Jesuit priest
SAN FRANCISCO (September 27, 2013)
The University of San Francisco (USF) today will celebrate the opening of its brand new John Lo Schiavo, S.J. Center for Science and Innovation with a ribbon-cutting event at 2 p.m. Today's commemoration of the center ushers in a new era of science education at the University of San Francisco and transforms the very heart of campus.
The university's first major construction project of the new millennium is serving the undergraduate population of approximately 6,000 students who are required to take one science and math course as part of USF's general curriculum. The stunning 59,000-square-foot, five-level center houses 17 classrooms-two tiered digital classrooms, four general classrooms, and eleven teaching laboratories. The main lecture areas consist of breakout spaces with flat screen monitors, plug-ins for laptops, white boards, and other technology to encourage the interplay between formal lectures and informal, activity-based learning.
"The John Lo Schiavo Center for Science and Innovation is an exciting resource for developing future minds and academic programs at USF," said USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J. "It boldly exemplifies the university's commitment to the sciences and ignites a passion for discovery."
The new center also introduces a new approach to teaching science. Rather than having each scientific discipline segregated and isolated to a particular floor, Lo Schiavo Science's design promotes the cross-pollination of ideas by integrating different sciences and preparation laboratories on the same floor.
Designed with a sustainable focus, the center is on track to achieve LEED Gold Certification by the United States Green Building Council. To reduce strain on the city's combined storm and sewer infrastructure, 100-percent of the rainwater falling on the site is filtered and captured within a 28,000-gallon on-campus cistern to offset use of water for non-potable purposes. In addition, the building's glass façade and multiple skylights provide natural light to students and faculty, while the transparent nature of the design provides direct glimpses of learning for all on campus to see and interact with. Even the laboratories located in the lower level have natural light via skylights, reducing the need for artificial lighting.
Just outside the doors of the center, two contemporary plazas redefine the center of campus. These gathering spaces welcome the entire university community and are beautifully landscaped with indigenous plants.
"With this dedication, we honor former university president and current chancellor Father John Lo Schiavo, for his contributions to the University of San Francisco and beyond," said USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J. Known fondly as "Fr. Lo," this native San Franciscan's connection with USF dates back to 1950. He is a revered priest, teacher, administrator, mentor, and friend to generations of USF students and San Franciscans from all walks of life. "John models the Jesuit ideal of being a man for others, and we are proud to recognize his legacy by naming our most ambitious campus project to date in his honor."
USF partnered with architecture firm NBBJ for the building's design and Cahill Contractors for construction. Groundbreaking took place in December of 2010, and the building was completed in time for fall classes in August 2013.
Today's campus celebration will begin at 2 p.m. in the plaza of Lo Schiavo Science. Most direct street entrance is Golden Gate Avenue at Kittredge Terrace.
For more information, or to schedule an interview about USF's new John Lo Schiavo Center for Science and Innovation, please contact Anne-Marie Devine 415.422.2697 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The University of San Francisco is located in the heart of one of the world's most innovative and spectacular cities. Its diverse student body enjoys direct access to faculty, small classes, and outstanding opportunities in the city itself. USF is San Francisco's first university, and its Jesuit Catholic mission helps ignite a student's passion for social justice and a desire to "Change the World from Here." For more information, please visit www.usfca.edu.


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Israeli Defense Minister: International 'War of Legal Attrition' Being Waged Against Jewish State
by Barney Breen-Portnoy
A "war of legal attrition" is currently being waged against Israel by foreign entities, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday, according to Israeli media reports.
Lieberman told lawmakers that the Defense Ministry was at present dealing with 260 petitions to the High Court of Justice — "110 of them against Jewish settlement [in the West Bank] and another 150 by Palestinians against the state of Israel regarding illegal construction and all sorts of other things…This hurts the normal functioning of the Defense Ministry's legal department and the ministry as a whole. We're simply not equipped to deal with this, in terms of resources and manpower."
Furthermore, he noted, "There is no doubt most of these petitions are primarily meant to harass and badger the system."
According to Lieberman, "International entities, funded from abroad, some by European nations," were responsible for the situation.
At the same committee meeting on Thursday, Lieberman said Israel was doing "what is necessary" to prevent Syria from funneling advanced military equipment and weapons of mass destruction to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization, based in Lebanon and operating in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime.


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Star kids have a certain aura around them that just make us go aww. Every year we see a few of the star kids making their silver screen debut. However, that is about the elder ones. The little ones that are too young for them make headlines just by making an appearance with their parents. The latest addition to the long list of star kids that we just adore is Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan's son Taimur.
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We hope to see all our moms, grandmas, and friends at the luncheon. If you would like to sit with someone specific, please note that when you send your reservation. If you are a new school family, we encourage you to come! We will sit you with moms from your child's class - it's a great way to meet other school moms. Attached is a copy of the invitation if you need a new one.
Tickets for the Ladies Luncheon/Auction are due by Wednesday this week. If you are making a basket, it is also due on Wednesday. You may purchase tickets online at mkt.com/rlspittsburgh. We have some wonderful baskets, not to mention your child's class auction creation - you won't want to miss it. We have a few baskets with starting bids as low as $15. This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year - your support is greatly appreciated! Sunday, November 1st, 1:00PM at Green Oaks Country Club. Tickets are $25/each.
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On Sunday June 11, 2017 the Old Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA) is partnering with the City's Safer Roads Program to host a Bike Rodeo in Windsor Park.
OSCA's Traffic & Safety Committee has invited our neighboring communities to help make this cycling event as useful, practical, and as much fun as possible. On June 11th residents from Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Old Ottawa East and Heron Park will mount their broncos (bicycles) to ride several of Capital Ward's bicycle pathways/routes to Windsor Park where some of the City's finest traffic & safety experts will share "tips" on bicycle safety and know-how.
And yes, our young cyclists will have an opportunity to demonstrate some of their best riding skills in obstacle courses designed to teach them the safer handling of their untamed bike broncos. Under the guidance of Safe Cycling Ottawa, the tennis courts will serve as fenced-in safety corrals to practice turns, bike balance and hand signals.
The Ottawa Police will demonstrate how the 1M sonar device works for enforcing the 1M cycling law, the Ottawa Paramedic Service will give out medical data carriers for kids to put on helmets, firefighters will show kids how fire trucks work and some of the safety features that need to be observed around these large vehicles, and Safer Roads Ottawa will provide safe cycling gear (arm bands, ankle straps, bells, lights, etc.).
And what about the more experienced bike broncos in our community? Well, we're looking to them to help lead and direct their communities along the designated pathways and crossroads that lead to Windsor Park. For these seasoned cyclists, we have a free one-day training session offered by certified CAN-BIKE instructors. Just let us know now if you are interested, so that we can book a training session in advance of the event.
Parents are encouraged to participate. The purpose of the rodeo is to encourage children and parents to explore safe cycle routes in OOS and neighboring communities, and to provide cyclists with the tools and know-how to travel safely.
OOS and our community partners are in the process of sharing possible routes to Windsor Park. These will be mapped electronically and available online at www.oldottawasouth.ca closer to June 11th. You will be able to download your routes and we encourage you to show up at the designated starting points so that you can experience cycling with friends and neighbors as you head towards Windsor Park. Volunteers in your neighborhood will be positioned at busy crossroads to assist with safe crossings and route leaders will help keep safe riding distances between curb and vehicle traffic.
With your help, we can begin to ensure that cycling know-how and safety is an annual, learning event, something we shape to the needs of our community and where we have an opportunity to demonstrate our leadership and learning skills.
Sunday, June 11th could be the beginning of something bigger: an annual event that helps nurture "cycling savvy" and an even greater awareness of the role cycling plays in improving pedestrian safety and traffic flow.
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Bladder inflammation is usually caused by an infection, but cystitis can also be brought on by drugs and irritants.
Cystitis is a bladder inflammation that's most often caused by a bacterial infection.
Your bladder is a muscular sac, located in your lower abdomen, that collects and stores urine.
When bacteria are the cause of cystitis, it's also called a bladder infection or acute bacterial cyctitis.
When it's not an infection, it may be referred to as interstitial cystitis.
Cystitis can also be caused by:
- A reaction to drugs
- Radiation therapy
- Irritants such as feminine hygiene spray, spermicidal jellies, or a catheter
- Complications from another illness
Signs and Symptoms of Cystitis
Signs and symptoms of cystitis vary from person to person, but may include:
- Persistent urge to urinate
- Frequent urination in small amounts
- Burning sensation while urinating
- Blood in the urine
- Strong-smelling urine
- Pelvic discomfort
- Lower abdomen pressure
- Low-grade fever
Children often experience the same symptoms as adults.
In addition, unusual daytime wetting in potty-trained children may be a sign of a urinary tract infection (UTI) in kids.
However, nighttime bed-wetting is most likely unrelated.
Mental changes or confusion are sometimes the only signs of a UTI in the elderly.
Treatment and Medication Options for Cystitis
Your doctor will most likely recommend antibiotics to treat a bacterial bladder infection.
The type of bacteria causing the infection will determine which antibiotic your doctor prescribes.
You may also be prescribed medicines to help with pain, such as Pyridium (phenazopyridine).
If it's your first episode of cystitis, your symptoms will most likely improve quickly after taking an antibiotic for just a few days.
Still, you'll need to keep taking the antibiotics until you've completed the prescription.
If you've had UTIs before, your doctor may recommend antibiotics for a longer period of time.
If you frequently get cystitis or UTIs, your doctor may also suggest that you see a specialist who focuses on urinary tract disorders.
If you get a UTI during a hospital stay, your doctor may recommend different types of antibiotics or another course of treatment, since hospital-based bacteria are usually resistant to common antibiotics.
Postmenopausal women who frequently get cystitis may be prescribed a vaginal estrogen cream if their doctor thinks it's a safe and appropriate treatment.
Editorial Sources and Fact-Checking
- Cystitis; Mayo Clinic.
- Cystitis - acute; National Institutes of Health.


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Our first guest was Mara MacKay, director of the Boone County Historical Society, to fill us in about some of the possibilities under discussion concerning the future of the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace in Boone. In preparation for the city election coming up next Tuesday, November 7, Ames 3rd Ward Candidates Rob Bowers and David Martin came into the station to tell us their approach to their constituents, door-knocking, and each other.
Susan Gwiasda wrapped up the program telling us what to expect from the Ames city government the month.
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Babette's feast has been one of my favorite movie ever since I watched it six or seven years ago. It is all about food and how a seven course meal can create superb delight at cognitive and emotional level. This paper offers Babette's feast as a parable of offering customer a great sensory experience leading to a superlative delight.
The Context: This 1987 Best Foreign Language Academy award winner based on a short story by Isak Dinesen, takes us through a beautiful narrative set in 19th century Denmark… a cold bleak remote seaside village… two sisters, the village elders living an austere life… bored and dissenting inhabitants of the village… and a brilliant chef named Babette. Babette, a French refugee takes care of the sisters Phillippa and Martine and cooks daily for the villagers, a modest and bland gruel. Unbeknownst to the villagers, Babette is the reputed chef of the Parisian restaurant, Café Anglais. As the story goes by, Phillippa and Martine sadly watches the villagers growing intolerant to each other and dwindling in numbers.
The Delightful Journey: When Babette wins 10,000 francs through lottery, she expresses her wish to cook a French dinner for the villagers, now a dozen in number. The sisters perceiving that a now-rich-Babette will be leaving them soon and agrees to her wish, though hesitant. What follows is brilliance. The days leading to the meal is a visual feast of exotic fruits, wines and champagnes, meat and other delicacies. The night of the dinner is approached by the villagers with a lot of skepticism. However, as they walk into the dining room they are invited by a feast where their appetite and senses are filled up. One of the memorable quote from the movie refer to Babette and her meal as, "this chef could turn a dinner into a kind of love affair that made no distinction between bodily appetite and spiritual appetite … she was considered THE greatest culinary genius". Indeed this sober intoxicating feast leads to epiphanies from the quarrelsome villagers and results in reconciliations amongst, which was affirmed by their singings towards the climax of the story.
The Highlight: Now a delighted Phillippa and Martine approaches Babette, who is totally tired and spent after days and hours of preparation and cooking, to congratulate her and to inquire of her departure plans. Babette confesses that she is going nowhere and every bit of the lottery is spend on this feast… a 10,000 francs worth feast spent on a dozen of villagers. Bewildered, the sisters ask her, "Babette, now you will be poor". Babette responds, "An artist will never be poor". The story ends.
The Learnings: Beautiful story. Lot can be interpreted from the story with all its spiritual and physical undertones. What strikes me most are three things and it is very important in customer experience.
One: We know designing customer experience has a science involved. But it is also an art; you bring in the right elements with the right hues, flavors and aromas to affect the customers utilitarian and hedonistic values. Refer to http://bit.ly/1GStu6a. Babette's meal indeed fills the mundane cravings to nourish the body. However, the harmony of "Potage à la Tortue" served with Amontillado sherry, "Blinis Demidoff" served with Veuve Cliquot champagne, "Cailles en Sarcophage" served with Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir, an endive salad, "Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" served with champagne, assorted cheeses and fruits served with sauterne and finally coffee with Louis XIII de Rémy Martin cognac is a delight to ones smell, sight, sound and taste. And this art can be designed and must be designed at a cognitive and emotional level. Think about a company whose product we wait breathlessly… Apple. It is not just the product which is cool and sleek but also the purchase experience in an Apple retail store. Large tables, wide spaces, walls of windows, flexible and mobile check-out stands and very friendly associates all making the customers feel good. When you design your customer experience look through the prisms of both the utilitarian value as well as the hedonistic value of the customer. This also requires a CX team with a robust knowledgebase of its customers need, wants and expectations.
Two: In the movie, two old women who had not spoken with each other for several years now gives a gentle and affectionate peck, saying "God bless you, dear Solveig" and "God bless you, too, dear Anna." A well designed customer experience can transform people in a dramatic way owing to each touch point becoming positive Moments of Truth. This is a word of high caution as well as encouragement. In this day and age which has spawned customers who are highly demanding, highly emotional, highly hedonistic, highly sophisticated and highly diverse, the swings of moments of truth can be quite dramatic. What control do you have on creating this dramatic swing? One of the credo of Ritz-Carlton is… (to) enlivens the senses, instills well-being, and fulfills even the unexpressed wishes and needs of our guests. You have heard of their policy; every staff is entrusted with 2000 USD on a guest to create a dramatic swing. An interesting story I read, a waiter in Dubai location hears a couple wishing the wife, who was in wheelchair, could get down into the beach. By next afternoon, a wooden walkway was built from the hotel leading to the beach where a tent was set up to serve dinner to the couple.
Three: The designer of this customer journey that integrates emotional and cognitive processes or utilitarian and hedonistic values needs passion. This involves daily keeping the customers first and bringing that extra passion to these designs. This requires a sense of urgency as if they are the only customer and this is the last time you can serve them. One of my favorite Nordstrom story happened in North Carolina where a shopper loses her wedding ring while trying on clothes. The store security joined her in the search and when they came up empty, two additional securities joined the search. They opened all the vacuum cleaners of the store and lo behold is the dazzling diamond ring. When Babette learns she won the lottery, she takes a long walk by the seaside. As she returns her eyes are lit with passion and determination. She is sacrificing an immense fortune and also sacrificing her escape from obscurity. She makes the statement, till the end "An artist is never poor". Do we lose anything serving our customer? On the contrary, is it not us who is getting enriched?
To summarize,
- design CX to fill both needs (utilitarian values) and senses (hedonistic values) of customer
- design CX to create a dramatic positive swing in moments of truth
- design CX passionately
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Headed up by illustrator Baku Maed, Ribbonesia started in July 2010 when he teamed up with 3 friends to launch the site which features this talented man's growing body of work.
Little OnNom brought Ribbonesia's work to the HoBsters eyes and since she did I for one cannot stop looking!
Ribbons are not just decorative trimmings, this is an art form in it's self. Ribbonesia are taking origami like designs and turning them into mini sculptures.
I for one am completely agog at their works and find them a complete source of inspiration. Simply beautiful.
You would be wise to check out their newly relaunched website ribbonesia.com now. Be prepared for your eyes to fall out like a rapidly unravelling reel of ribbon!
We were greatly thankful that Baku took time out of ribbon crafting to complete our HoB probe!
The best thing about creating something for other people is…
To share the good surprise
The best thing about creating something for myself is…
Finding something beyond my expectations
My biggest inspiration is…
Nature surroundings
Without ______ I wouldn't be able to do what I do.
Creative hunger
Who or what can't you get enough of at the mo'?
Strange creatures of nature
What's your favorite kind of day?
A day after deadline
What's next?
Small insects make it big
About Aichee
Generally found with too many craft projects on the go at once: be it things out of beads, stitches, paper or Japanese robot kits. Has a tendency to loose needles in cushions. Appreciates a list with a drop shadowed tick box, likes rummaging around vintage wares, getting her face into a graphic novel or two, retro gaming, feeding her eyes with some nice art and design, moderately obsessed with skulls, cross stitch, vinyl/Japanese toys. Uses too many condiments when dining and is worryingly obsessed with English Mustard. Often get's told she has a large head.


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Psychotherapy for Children and Teens
An Effective Approach
Child and adolescent psychotherapy at Andersonville Behavioral Health is always focused on helping young persons to navigate their way through important developmental periods. Therapeutic tasks often involve helping the youth to relate better to family and peers, improve academic performance, regulate behavior more effectively, become more aware of emotions, understand personal motivations and goals, manage stress and anxiety, and improve overall day-to-day functioning.
Fifty percent of youths respond positively and demonstrate significant change after 20 to 24 sessions of psychotherapy, while 75% respond after approximately 50 sessions. Our clinicians will work diligently and collaboratively with you and your child or teen to approach the issues at hand in a manner that is best given the unique needs of your family.
Tackling Many Issues
Any number of issues can bring children and teens into psychotherapy including depression, mood swings, fears, anxiety, temper tantrums, aggressiveness, academic problems, inattentiveness, eating problems, family discord, trauma, and sometimes substance abuse.
Working with children and teens always involves meeting family members to begin to create a detailed understanding of the context and origin of the problems, as well as to understand the strengths and assets of the youth. As with adults, conducting a comprehensive clinical assessment is essential prior to constructing a treatment plan so that the most effective approach can be employed.
Depending on age, psychotherapy with youth may employ exploratory dialogue, role-playing, learning new behaviors, family consultation, expressive arts, and/or therapeutic play.
Issues We Tackle
At Andersonville Behavioral Health, our clinicians target the specific developmental needs of youths, which may include:
• Peer Relations
• School Performance
• Sibling Issues
• Disruptive Behavior
• Sadness and Fear
• Puberty
• Trauma
• Developmental Transitions
Psychotherapy for Children
Counseling for children typically involves teaching new coping strategies, using both play and verbal approaches to understanding the unique psychology of the child, and providing a safe space so that young people can talk about their concerns openly.
Psychotherapy for Teens
Our clinicians help teens manage the ever-increasing responsibilities associated with growing up. Our specialists discuss healthy separation from their parents, dating and sexuality, peer pressure, and planning for life after high school, which often includes preparation for college and work.


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Amazon review by Joel Marks of The Mystery of Moral Authority. Marks "gets" and likes the book, so check out what he has to say.
Marks concludes: "'The Mystery of Moral Authority' covers a wide range of material in a very short space, and does so clearly, adequately, and fairly. Anyone in a hurry looking to learn about moral skepticism, or even moral theory more generally, would do well to pick up this book."


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Blog / For Your Safety and Convenience… Forced Microsoft Updates Intrude in an Already Busy Workday.
One of my (many) pet peeves is how I am made to endure bureaucratic processes that are excused away as being for my benefit. Airport Security lines, renewing my Driver's License, and completing lengthy application forms come to mind (I recently applied for government pension benefits.) Airport Security lines are my favourite; belt-less and shoe-less, you're treated with suspicion or indifference, but hardly ever courtesy or kindness. In shuffling through hundreds of Airport Security lines, I only remember been treated like a real person once – and that was in a foreign country.
I get the need to have multiple checks and balances when completing many of these processes. But the crankiness starts when I am told this is for my Safety and Convenience, when in fact it has little to do with either. We're not given the stats about how many criminals try to sneak past Security with more hair-gel than they should, but it's as far from convenient as you can get.
For once, I would appreciate some honesty. How about a warning like: Some pain and suffering is involved in this process, but you have no choice.
Why am I off on this peevish rant? This Tuesday my laptop decided it was time to do some updates; I wasn't given a choice – it was Update and Shutdown or Update and Restart. Anyone who has spent more than 1 hour in front of a computer knows what this means; it's time to wait! However, I wasn't prepared for this latest Windows 10 update. It started at 7:30 in the morning. By 8:10 – and after 2 cups of coffee – the progress screen reported about 85% complete. I was anxiously awaiting the return to normal operations. When it reached just over 90%, the screen went blank and the laptop re-started. I was greeted with another progress screen that started at "0." More coffee required.
I finally had my login screen just after 8:35 AM – and 4 re-starts. But there was more to come. After logging in, the screen said "Hi" – then "Updates are Helping Protect You In an Online World." This is Microsoft's cute way of telling you this is for your Safety and Convenience. Of course, the Anti-Virus program went crazy – as just about every critical file had been changed. It was just after 9:00 AM before my laptop had calmed down enough to be functional; a full 90 minutes since the process started.
At TRINUS, we've been processing after-hours Windows updates for client servers for years. It can take several hours to apply updates and check system logs for a couple of servers, and it usually involves one or more system re-starts – something that needs to be done after-hours to avoid downtime for clients and their staff.
However, we're starting to see the need to manage these updates for desktop and laptop computers. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft changed the way it remotely invokes updates on these devices; the user has little or no control over the timing – or extensive nature of the updates. Microsoft have committed heavily to the Windows 10 program – even to the point of saying they will resist the "new version" cycle they have used in the past; Windows 10 will be around for a long while.
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Group tasked with enabling Triple Aim finds hard challenges
A group of providers, payers and patients in January 2015 formed the Healthcare Transformation Task Force to collaboratively figure out the challenges of value-based care payment models and work on policies to support the Triple Aim of improved quality of care and population health management while lowering costs of care.
Today, the task force has 43 members, seeks more, and has found the work to advance value-based care is tough and slow-going, Jeff Micklos, executive director, said during a presentation at Health Data Management's Valued-based Care Conference in Dallas.
In January 2015, members had about 30 percent of care being reimbursed under value-based models. Today, the number is 41 percent, and members recognize the high hurdles to meeting the 2020 goal, Micklos said.
But the work continues with the task force studying the design of programs to reach the Triple Aim while getting a reasonable return and achieving sustainability.
These programs include developing best practices, studying state and federal legislative and policy initiatives that could better support value-based care, studying ways to improve ACO bundled payment programs and improving the care of high-cost patients, and studying internal cultural changes and external factors that organizations must address to succeed in value-based care. A recent report from the group addresses consumer priorities in a value-based environment. Another issue being tackled is integrating primary and behavioral care.
Also See: Analytics to play a key role in achieving the Triple Aim
With all these studies comes an overwhelming amount of data and programs from government agencies, which creates another challenge, Micklos noted. "There's a lot of experimentation going on today."
For instance, some members of the task force are considering if they should create a value-based care unit within their organization while continuing with the status quo for most of their business lines. Organizations are working on different models, but it is too early to pick some over others, Micklos said. "We're at the 'Let a thousand flowers bloom' stage."


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NEC's Year Of The Woman 2015 Reading Series
March 18 — March 22nd
About J e Franklin, Playwright
The founder of Blackgirl Ensemble Theater in New York City, J. e Franklin has earned acclaim for her uncompromising depictions of contemporary African-American life. Her plays and other writings, which examine themes of identity, family relationships, and oppression, convey both the dreams and the harsh realities that shape the experience of Black Americans in the decades after the Civil Rights Movement.
A noted scholar, J. e Franklin is the author of Black Girl: From Genesis to Revelations, published by Howard University Press. She was a Eugene O'Neill fellow, a Rockefeller fellow, a Resident Scholar at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, A National Endowment for the Arts/U.S.-MEXICO Artist Exchange fellow and a winner of the John F. Kennedy New American Play Award. She is a graduate of the University of Texas and attended Union Theological Seminary, the oldest independent seminary in the nation, and now part of Columbia University. She has taught at the University of Iowa, Brown University, Skidmore College, Touro College, and Herbert H. Lehman College/CUNY. Her works have appeared in such anthologies as Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense, published by Harcourt-Brace, and Black Drama in America, published by Howard University Press.
Ms. Franklin's first play to receive a major stage production was Mau Mau Room, produced at the Negro Ensemble Company, in 1969. It was directed by Shauneille Perry, who would also direct Black Girl for New Federal Theatre. Among the many plays she has written, Ms. Franklin is best known for Black Girl, originally produced for public television in 1969, by WGBH, Boston. In 1971, Black Girl received a New York Drama Desk Award. Franklin's feature-film adaptation of the play was directed by Ossie Davis, who cast his wife Ruby Dee in a cameo role. The film was released in 1972, and is currently playing on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Ms. Franklin's newly-released book To Break EveryYoke, published by Xlibris Press, contains four plays that span from slavery to the 21st century. "I wanted to show the range of the forms I've been working in over the years," said Franklin. "The theme of To Break Every Yoke is freedom. In every play, a character is trying to break free." Mother, Dear Mother, I Still Think of Thee tells the story of a mother trying to free her son from bondage, That's Why They Calls Us Colored: Bless They Hearts is the story of a man who lived as white, and who finds himself trapped in the racial laws of the nation's One-Drop theory. Then, there's the acclaimed Black Girl, in which a high school drop-out tries to break free from negative family forces to pursue her dream of being a dancer. Finally, there's Freedom Rider, the story of an idealistic young girl who joins The Movement, and is sent to the Cradle of the Confederacy to help in the struggle for voter rights, just before the 1964 election. It opened in October, 2014 and played to sold-out houses at the Dwyer in Harlem.
Jeannine Foster-McKelvia, Actor/Director
Jeannine Foster-McKelvia, Actor/Director, just completed work as Assistant Director/Dramaturge for FLY at the Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas. Other directing credits include director/ producer for the New York premier of A Question of Taste at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Edge of the Jungle (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), On the Cusp (Juneteenth Legacy Theatre), The Story and A Doll's House (Sarah Lawrence College), A Question of Taste and The Kitchen for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Festival in Black and White (Best Director Honors for both productions). She was the assistant director to veteran director Allie Woods, Jr. for 1000 Miles (Juneteenth Legacy Theatre Festival) and to veteran TV and stage director Ed Sherin on A Moon to Dance By (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Her acting credits include the Mother in the web series Escaping Single, Scissoring (Columbia Stages), Punching Glass (Manhattan Rep Theatre),Five and Flying Lessons directed by Ed Sherin (Sarah Lawrence College), Relativity, directed by Talvin Wilks, Jelly's Last Jam, and Ashes to Africa (Kuntu Repertory Theatre), The Bridge Cluband Christmas is Comin' Uptown (Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre) American Menu, Blue and The Dance on Widows Row (New Horizon Theatre). Jeannine is a graduate of Duquesne University and Sarah Lawrence College.
Woodie King Jr., Moderator, Producing Director / Founder – New Federal Theatre
and National Black Touring Circuit
Woodie King, Jr. is a founder and Producing Director of New Federal Theatre in New York City. His directional credits are extensive and include work in film as well as Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater. In 1985, he was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Boseman And Lena and in 1987/88 season he won a NAACP Image Award for directing Checkmates at Inner City Cultural Center (Los Angeles). In 1988, he directed Checkmates, on Broadway in 1987. In 1987, he also directed Charles Dutton in Splendid Mummer at American Place Theatre; in 1990, God's Trombones at the Ford's Theatre, and Joe Turner's Come And Gone at Detroit Rep. In 1991, he directed A Raisin In The Sun and in 1992, he directed The Member Of The Wedding, both at GeVa. In 1993 he produced and directedRobert Johnson: Trick The Devil for which he won AUDELCO Awards as Best Director and Best Play of the Year. He directed Checkmates at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre. In 1994, he directed And The World Laughs With You at Crossroads Theater Company in New Brunswick, NJ; Mudtracks by Regina Taylor at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and A Raisin In The Sun, starring Esther Rolle and Kenny Leon, at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. In the 1996/97 season, he directed Joe Turner's Come And Gone and Samm-Art Williams' Home both at Brooklyn College. In the 1998/99 season, he directed Ali at the Crossroads Theatre and Angels In America: Millennium Approaches and in 2010 Men In White both at Ohio State University. He directed The Piano Lesson at Tennessee Repertory Theatre in Nashville and again at Seminole State College in 2012. Last year he also directed Lonette McKee in the critically acclaimed Sowa's Red Gravy. Woodie King, Jr. was a visiting professor at Oberlin College, Florida State University, and Ohio State University. In addition to directing at these universities, he has taught at Yale, Penn State, North Carolina A&T, Columbia, NYU, Hunter, and Brooklyn College School of Contemporary Studies. Mr. King is a Graduate of Will-O-Way School of Theatre in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Lehman College in New York; and received his MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College. Mr. King is the recipient of many awards, including the Paul Robeson Award; the Rosetta LeNoire Award; the TCG Award, an Obie Award for Sustained Achievement, and Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Wayne State University, an Honorary Doctorate from both John Jay College and Lehman College, and a Doctorate of Fine Arts from the College of Wooster. In 2012, he was inducted in the American Theatre Hall of Fame.


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Artist biography
My name is Lerato Motaung and i was born in Katlehong, Johannesburg, in 1991 and raised in Lekgalong, Rustenburg. I went to a public school where by art was not part of my school subject. In 2008, I started practicing art with Johannesburg Art Gallery and that's where I started to obtain a formal training in drawing. In 2009, I did sculptures with the local artists in Katlehong Art Centre and afterwards I enrolled with Tshwane University of Technology to pursue my studies in Fine Art. My work attempts to capture essence of the human condition mainly through a realistic portrayal of history and postmodern life. I utilize a range of different kinds of mediums to execute my art works.
Artists' statement
My artworks take a significant sight of socio political issues. In my work, I deconstruct and depict the life style of different kinds of people. My work reproduces familiar visual images, arranging them into new theoretically coated pieces. While I use a large quantity of materials and processes in each project my methodology is consistent. Although there may not always be material similarities between the different projects they are linked by recurring formal concerns and through the subject matter. The subject matter of each body of work determines the materials and the forms of the work. My work strives to reveal the aspects of history, which have a great impact on our post-modern culture till today. In the current climate where many believe history has no relevance, I find myself persistently returning to those aspects that are often hidden or misrepresented in the "official" recordings for posterity. I believe that the traits I possess have helped grow my concepts on artistic expression, and thus have helped me convey my message through my art easily. Also, with my Art always being centred around issues that affect the entire society directly and indirectly, it makes it more appealing, universal, relevant and then acts as an expressive embodiment of history.
Artist CV
Lerato Motaung Born in 1991/03/14 lives in Katlehong (Johannesburg).
Cell no: 079 320 6007
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1666 Pula Street Siluma View
- 2014 (current) Pretoria Art Museum
- Tour guide Workshop facilitator 2014
- 2015 University of Johannesburg Gallery ( PPC Imaginarium Exhibition)
- Centurion Gallery ( A memory, A story)
- WHPS Gallery ( Arts Alive )
- Pretoria Art Museum ( For Sale exhibition)
• The meeting place (Art and Fashion exhibition)
• Museum Park (Arts and Craft day festival)
• Tshwane University of Technology gallery (Kafi exhibition)
• UNISA Sunnyside campus ( shadow Dungeon Spectrum exhibition)
• Joburg fringe (Aerial empire)
• Freedom park (creatures of light art exhibition: 16 day of activism 2013)
• Collaborated with Azael Langa And Mpho Nkadimeng in Kopanong Art Residency (Pretoria Art Museum)
Name : Delene Human
Occupation : Lecture
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Dec 4th
…sorry it's me again. A little update.
A wedding in the US… a honeymoon in Mexico (where I found a baby turtle stuck upside down in the sand and helped it to the sea whilst being drunk on Pina Colada) …and then a hard, cold bump back to England: my year of helping animals already seems a long way off.
I have, inevitably, retreated somewhat into comfort: hot showers, coffee and reading books that are about anything other than animals.
But a few days ago Mango finally arrived to remind me of what it was all about.
After a grueling 26 hour journey from Manila she appeared at Heathrow shrunken and scared and still wearing a sun-starched, filippino collar and a hang dog look on her face that provoked a deep feeling of guilt. I had put her through this ordeal. I could touch her but only just. What was I expecting? That she woudl come bounding up to me waving a union jack and crying 'daddy'?
She had grown up – what must she be now, 11 months? – but she still had the same dark eyes and gentle expression that I found in the corner of that street where I first met her.
The point, I reminded myself as I struggled to make a physical connection with her, picking her up awkwardly onto my lap, was that she might by now not be alive. Not that there was much meat on her bones anyway…she would hardly make a meal like this.
As you probably know it has always been an understanding on this year that I would not bring any animals back to our home. We have two dogs already and although I had harboured hopes that Mango would be a third I find it hard enough to control a coffee in my hand when Bug and Moose are pulling at the other let alone a rescue dog.
For a number of weeks I have been in touch with AllDogsMatter and we have found a wonderful new home for Mango just outside London, with large, beautiful grounds and another very gentle dog. Oliver and Gitte are deeply committed to animal rescue charities and Oliver works at home meaning they can give Mango the quality care she needs – it really could not be better. I'm deeply grateful to Ira and Peter at AllDogsMatter for helping on this.
And so, from Manila out onto the M25 on a cold winter's evening.
I took Mango straight to her new home, glad that I hadn't been able to foster her. She was in no state to be accosted by Moose and Bug only to be moved again a few days later.
Oliver and Gitte have had mango for a few days now and they are perfect with her. They have given her patience, kindness and great chew treats and Mango seems farm more settled and confident. Oliver updates me regularly with photos and news and I will hopefully visit very soon to give you an update. I'm really very happy Mango has found two such wonderful people.
To all those of you who supported her on this journey I am deeply grateful.
I will keep you posted.
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Thanks for the update about Mango, I am SO glad about her!!!
On top of all animals lives you saved and your great endeavors to raise awareness about animals issues, you also achieved this great goal of saving Mango's life, and offering to her a wonderful quality life with a family that can give her shelter, food and love.
I admire you so much Martin, you are a great man 🙂 I am sure your wife and friends/relatives are very proud of you. Your year of help meant so much.
Mango is growing into the most beautiful girl! So glad she has such a great home to learn what it is to be loved, safe, and warm.
So glad to hear that Mango has found her forever home in the UK. Well done and a big hug to her new family.
What a wonderful update, Martin! I'm so happy to hear that Mango has found a forever home with such lovely people. I'm sure that, after a few weeks, she will feel even happier and more relaxed with her new family. What a darling she is and it's all because of you that she is still alive. You ARE amazing!!! Thanks for making a difference and I look forward to more updates. Cheers. xo


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As a holistic wellness practitioner I am continually researching strategies that promote healthy longevity. Much of the research has been centered around diet and lifestyle factors that promote health. The ultimate goal is to maximize your number of healthy years.
I recently revisited the National Geographic, April 12, 2005 article – Here Are the Secrets to a Long and Healthy Life by Simon Worral .
"In 2012, Dan Buettner set off around the world to answer a question that has obsessed philosophers and doctors since Methuselah: Why do people in some parts of the world live so much longer than others? His travels took him to Greece, Nicaragua and Japan, among others. Then he brought the lessons back to Main Street, USA." (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150412-longevity-health-blue-zones-obesity-diet-ngbooktalk/)
The 'blue zones' are areas of the world where people live the longest and healthiest. In his book How to Live to Be 100: Lessons Learned from The Blue Zones, Dan Buettner outlines the lessons that can be incorporated into our lives to improve our chances of living a long, healthy life.
The lessons in summary:
- Move naturally (and often)
- Hara Hachi Bu – Confucian-inspired saying that means "stop eating when you are 80% full."
- Eat a plant based diet
- Drink red wine daily
- Have a daily 'life purpose'
- Downshift, disconnect, relax
- Belong to a spiritual community
- Family first
- Right tribe – surround yourself with people, people need people
Co–living is a way of living focused on a genuine sense of community, using shared spaces and facilities to create a more convenient and fulfilling lifestyle. Co-living provides an opportunity to incorporate many of the longevity promoting Blue Zones lessons into your daily life. There are benefits to be gained from living in a 'walk-able' community with a group of like minded, supportive people who become your new family. Adding the other lessons into the mix are sure to provide the healthy, happy longevity you desire as you 'aging in place'.
Visit the Blue Zones website for more information on living the blue zones way – https://bluezones.com/. Learn how to live longer and better.
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Wed 26 Nov 2008
Kanye and Conan O'Brien…and rumors of a new boo?Posted by Miss Info under Fashion , Hmmm? , Quotes , Relationships and Family , Videos
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Conan is my favorite talk show host! He and Kanye share a humorous chat…
Kanye says that he's going to do something about the vulture-like state of paparazzi. I wonder if that's overly optimistic. Didnt even George Clooney try that a few years ago?
Love Conan's Gibb rendition.
But that bathroom comment was completely manic. Most awkward moment ever on Conan? I wish Conan had a blog (one that wasnt on the radar so that he could be completely honest on it) just so that I could find out his reaction to that moment.
But in far more silly 'Ye news….NYMag and UK tabloid The Sun are speculating that Kanye's heartbreak is being tended to by 19-year-old model-of-the-moment Sessilee Lopez….
NYMag says:
"Looks like Sessilee Lopez has caught herself a new beau. After Kanye West handpicked the rising star for his "Flashing Lights"*** music video, the Sun reports that the two "have spent a lot of time together recently as Kanye has invited her along to numerous parties. They've also spent some down time together." The pairing isn't surprising — after all, Kanye is the fashionphile and Sessilee a rising runway star. She walked Marc Jacobs, Diane Von Furstenberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Lanvin, and more at the spring shows. Wouldn't it be great if some awkward backstage conversations happened? Oh stars and models, they really aren't just like us."
(***she was in flashing lights? In the spike jonze version isnt that Rita G? And in the unreleased version, the star looks nothing like this girl. hmmm.)
Well, she's very modelesque and chic, and probably a lovely gal. But I'm not sure I buy it…only because, unless 'Ye's taste in GFs has changed drastically in the past year…. this gal Sessilee seems to be missing 2 of Kanye's favorite things ; )
23 Responses to "Kanye and Conan O'Brien…and rumors of a new boo?"
KNOWxONE Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
That was a great interview. That whole dialogue about auto tune was hilarious, Conan singing auto tune, then asking if Kanye would sample that.
PB Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Conan is the best late night host since David Letterman. He can make even a dry interview funny.
I dunno how Jimmy Fallon can follow him though. WTF?
Thank god for The Roots, otherwise 11:30 would be dead to me.
Izza Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Don't trust The Sun. Seriously Info. I could call them up right now, talk a load of s*** and they will print it.
Tyron Perryman Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
@ Miss Info: Do you think Conan will adjust well to the 11:30pm slot? No Jimmy Kimmel for you?
missinfo Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I was a lil worried bout Conan's move to LA….Leno is such an inherently cheesy atmosphere, but sometimes very funny too….but then I thought about Conan's Canadian and Chicago stints which have been good. And I think he'll do fine.
Kimmell is cool but sometimes a bit forced.
fallon, though?
I'm worried.
GGB Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Conan has been my dude since the beginning. This interview was great. Awkward, but great.
missinfo Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
so….we're all just gonna act like that bathroom comment was normal?
MarcusX Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Conan sounded aight on that auto-tune induced mic. Hahahaha!!! I can see Kanye asking him to come into the studio to do a few drops…lol.
sideshowRaheem Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Come on sometimes you gotta take a piss at a very inopportune moment and as we all know Kanye doesn't have that filter that tells us what not to say so he was honest. If he would have left a stain on the couch that would have been awkward.
sideshowRaheem Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Oh and that girl is in the 3rd version of the Flashing lights video(the creepy version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLu3_W0rqPo
Rent Says:
November 26th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
kanye was kind of stuck up in this interview.
i really wanna meet conan before i die.i love dude.that singing at the end was hilarious.
SH Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 1:19 am
@miss info:
i worry about fallon too. guess that's why they had to bring in the roots. i was watching conan live and i was like wtf kanye. conan is the king of awkward but damn, 'ye had conan like "err….."
nic Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 1:36 am
the bathroom thing explains why he seemed so uptight…i can see Kanye being less hard talking to freaking Conan…and i wondered if it was the whole paparazi talk…but that def. clearded up his deminoir
rd Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Jimmy Fallon is a cornball. Joel McHale from Talk Soup should have been the new host of Late Night. He was funny when Conan interviewed him.
CantExplainWhyourLuvMakesMe Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 10:58 am
i don't find the bathroom thing abnormal..
n allat
mabey if it was a charlie rose interview or somthing like that.. but comedians love moments like that n all lat..
u know what it is info?? its cause you're a girl n all that… man to man i think
Conan had empathy or sympathy <–awe lat..
info u don't know what its like when its
all the way at the tip about ta rip n awe lat..
mike d Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
that shit was a forrest gump moment lol and when keeping it real goes wrong.. i could see dave chapelle doing a skit about this shit
Izza Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
You guys wanna watch some Jonathon Ross. REAL talk show right there.
mike d Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
oo and @ miss info don't you realize by now thats what makes kanye, kanye. he doesn't give two shits about what you or anyone else thinks of him. he speaks his mind no matter how inappropriate it is or how award it may sound, don't get it twisted he sounds like an idiot a lot of the time but fuck it thats what makes him, him
AFRA Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Kanyes hella dope .. no question …
But i think his cold behavior and arrogant appearance on conan was for publicity …
you know, just to blend with 808 & HEARTBREAKS .
Info … im right, right?!
Ehhhhhhhh Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Did Kanye try to compare legislation against paparazzi to the 60's sit-ins? And then he's wearing Lego? And after all that I still like Kanye…
And co-sign on Jimmy Fallon being a cornball.
mustafa Says:
November 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am
I'm in love with you mumble mumble mumble GTF outa here that shits going plastic
Ye' we forgave jordan for baseball, so I can forgive you for this shit, but if you think i'm doing 2 electric circuses from you,
you are sadly mistaken mister !!!
ok i'm done venting
yeah the pee thing was creepy but eh that's kanye
Damion I.C.E Kyng Says:
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Born n raised in the Bronx to Jamaican parents Damion Kyng moved all around the BX (webster, tremont, kingsbrigde…) in and out of various hustles doin his best to help with bills in the house; been writing screenplays, short scripts (high ranking on AMERICAN ZOETROPE), poems n rhymes since thirteen. People round da way who didn't like da flo of hip hop asked Kyng to hop on da mic bout a year ago, his style is uncomparable but if there had to be a comparision many would say OUTKAST (only in that you can always expect something different n entertainin) now he has EIGHT tracks on da SOUNCLICK charts, has music being played on internet radio stations n mixtapes (unsigned hype volume 4 by DJ DESTINY/twisted studios)… reppin da underground MC who will make it based on skillz as opposed to PURCHASED HYPE – expect big things to come…
I.C.E gon feed da hood…
missinfo Says:
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
you only get one totally random shameless self-promotion on here. That was your one