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Unexpected pregnancies can be frightening! Life is just plugging along and then, boom! You are thrown a curveball: a positive result on a pregnancy test. You are determined that you know what you have to do, but your boyfriend has a different opinion than you do. He wants to be a father, and he’s ecstatic about it! What you see as a mistake, he sees as a surprise. What you see as a barrier to success, he sees as a milestone and important life marker. You are not on the same page as your boyfriend. What do you do?
From your point of view:
It is totally understandable if you don’t want to parent at this point in your life. It may actually be a sign of maturity for you to admit that you are not ready to parent. As a matter of fact, more young people are putting off having children and having children later in their lives. It is good to be fully informed and fully prepared when having a family. Many other women have been in your shoes and have experienced the same things. What are some of the reasons why women choose not to parent? Here are some reasons some young women do not feel prepared to parent:
- Too young. Are you a teenager who has found yourself pregnant? Are you are still enjoying being a kid? Well, now you are faced with the prospect of raising a kid yourself. It may not make sense to start a family if you have not completed high school. You may not feel ready for this.
- Other children. Perhaps you are not a teen but you know what it’s like to be pregnant because you already have other children. You may not feel prepared to bring another child into your family.
- Other priorities. Perhaps you got pregnant at the “wrong time.” You were just about to start college, you were just at the beginning of a new career, or you were planning to move. An unplanned pregnancy is the last thing you needed on your plate.
- Not enough money. “Another mouth to feed” is often a phrase many people use when complaining about having another child. The pressures of raising another child are immense when you consider the cost of formula, diapers, childcare, and time away from work. Homelessness is a major concern. Joblessness is a concern. Having to rely on public assistance may not be your first choice. Maybe you prefer being self-sufficient rather than depending on someone else. That is understandable. Poverty sucks. It is loving to want to bring a child into a home in the most ideal conditions.
- Freedom. Some women think having another child would put a cramp in their lifestyle. No more parties. No more drinking. No more spontaneous road trips. No more going out on spur-of-the-moment dates. In other words, no more fun. Somehow, having a kid may seem more like becoming your parents! Yuck! Who wants that? You want to be free and having a kid might take away that freedom.
- Unstable relationship. Perhaps you and your boyfriend do not have the greatest relationship. You fight and argue all the time. You may fear that if you have the baby, he will end up leaving you, and you will be stuck raising the baby by yourself anyway.
- Unhealthy lifestyle. Are you living a less than perfect lifestyle? Are you struggling with addiction? Are you involved with things that may involve Child Protective Services? You may be right to be concerned. No child deserves to be substance exposed or exposed to a dangerous lifestyle.
All of these reasons may be valid to a point. But there is one other person’s point of view that you need to take into consideration: your boyfriend. Yes, the baby is growing in your tummy. Yes, you are the one who will go through the morning sickness, the weird cravings, the labor, and the delivery. But your boyfriend did play a major role in getting you to this point in your pregnancy. His opinions should hold some value.
From your boyfriend’s point of view:
The news of your pregnancy may have been just as shocking to your boyfriend as it was to you. No, he may not have to deal with the physical symptoms of pregnancy, and he may never have to deal with the trauma of labor and delivery, but he does have to think about possibly quitting school, getting a job or extra work, finding a place to live, and telling his parents. This may be life changing to him as well.
Consider this: many men run shirk their responsibility when they find their girlfriend is pregnant. They literally run as far away from mom and baby as possible, or they move on to the next girlfriend, or they force their girlfriend to get an abortion. If your man has not done any of those things but wants to stay and parent your baby—you probably have a good man! Think of it from your boyfriend’s perspective:
- It is an opportunity to bring another life into the world. There are few things greater than bringing a son into the world that looks like you. The pride of getting to protect and provide for a daughter is equally as thrilling. The power of life and death is in his hands. It is no small thing to add another human being to the world. This is what he is looking forward to!
- It is an opportunity to leave a legacy. From a man’s point of view, bringing a “junior” in the world is a great accomplishment! Adding to the family line and adding to the family heritage is fantastic. Continuing the family name, family traditions, and heritage may be expected of him. From a man’s point of view, there may be no greater joy than passing on to the next generation those things which he learned from his dad.
- It is an opportunity to give a child a better life than he had. Your boyfriend may have grown up poor or in an abusive situation. This may be the chance to prove that he is not like his folks and that he can do a better job than his folks. Whether you think that’s a valid motivation or not, it may be his motivation.
He may be thinking, “I was raised in an alcoholic home. I’m not doing that to my kid.” or, “I was raised with domestic violence. I’m not doing that to my kid.” Or maybe it wasn’t harsh situations, but he feels the need to do better than his parents. For example, “My parents raised 3 kids, I’m going to raise 4.” Or “my parents sent me to this college, I’m sending my kid to a better college.” This type of competition is not unusual for men and can even be a good thing that pushes him toward excellence.
Before you make a permanent choice, consider this:
Another perspective you need to take is that of the child. The decision you make is more than a disagreement between you and your boyfriend. This decision will affect the life of your child! If you are currently pregnant while reading this, please consider this: you are already a mother! There is a living human being growing inside of you. When you make your choice, please consider this:
- Children are a blessing! It is not the child that is unwanted, but rather the added expenses, inconveniences, changes to lifestyle, and discomforts that are unwanted.
- Abortion may let the man off the hook. Abortion does not hold a man accountable for his actions. Listen to the words of Mother Teresa, “…that father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. The father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So, abortion just leads to more abortion.”
If your boyfriend wants to take responsibility for his actions. Let him!
- The child has 50 percent of his DNA. The fact is, though you are carrying your baby, that child has 50 percent of your boyfriend’s DNA. He should have a right to have a say in the life of his own child.
You do have more than one choice.
Society tells that there is only one choice in the case of an unexpected pregnancy: abortion. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many other options to consider.
- The adoption option. Your child could be the blessing that another couple has been hoping and praying for! Statistics show that there are about 1 million abortions per year in this country alone. But there are also about 1 million people waiting to adopt. What looks like a crisis to you could be an answer to prayer for an infertile couple! In some cases, you may be able to stay in touch with the child through an “open adoption”. Your pregnancy may be unwanted, but your child is not! Rather considering abortion, consider adoption! If you don’t want to parent your child, you don’t have to, but your child doesn’t have to die, either! Consider adoption.
- Kinship adoption. Is there someone in your family that is willing to adopt your child? Perhaps your parents? An uncle and aunt? Some distant cousin? Kinship adoption is when a blood relative adopts someone in their family. A kinship adoption keeps the child in the family rather than be placing them with a stranger.
- Paternal adoption. Another option is to have your boyfriend’s family to adopt. If you are not prepared to parent and he is not prepared to parent perhaps his family can. If they are responsible, good people, then what do you have to lose? If you automatically eliminate the father’s side of the family, you remove 50 percent of your resources! Consider allowing his family to be involved in your decision.
- Guardianship. This is a legal measure where another person is granted temporary custody of your child. A judge reviews and approves this and it must be renewed annually. Parental rights are not necessarily severed, and visits may be allowed between the birth parents and the child. This is a good option that allows the birth parents to become more stable. In some cases, permanent guardianship is chosen when parental rights are severed. This happens when abuse and neglect can be proven or when birth parents die, become incapacitated, or are incarcerated.
- Keep the baby and raise the baby with help. Many women facing unplanned pregnancies choose to keep the baby. If you do not feel prepared to parent, perhaps there is some else that can help you. Move near them. Move in with them. Don’t do it alone! You are not a lone ranger! Get help and do the right thing for you and your baby.
Still not convinced? Do these three things first:
- Get an ultrasound. Contrary to what some may say, your baby is not a clump of cells. The word, “fetus” means “baby.” If you were to look an ultrasound, you would see that your baby has arms, legs, fingers, and toes! Moreover, at 6 weeks old, your baby has a beating heart. At 7 weeks old, your baby has brainwaves! Your baby is alive! If you choose to get an abortion all that would come to an end!
- Speak to other women who had unplanned pregnancies yet kept their child. Other women have been where you have and have survived. Their babies have also survived. Get wisdom and follow in the footsteps of someone who, under great odds and difficulties, succeeded.
- Get counseling. Lastly, if you and your boyfriend are really struggling, get counseling. Perhaps there is someone in the faith community or in a Pregnancy Resource Center that can help. You could also get counseling, informally, by your parents. Getting someone else’s perspective can go a long way.
Whatever you and your boyfriend choose to do, please keep in mind, that your choice does not involve two people, but three. Your problems are not insurmountable. This is not the end of the world. If your boyfriend wants to parent your baby, you probably have a good man. There is hope. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Follow it. | <urn:uuid:71fc0c86-7b39-4db2-b669-eed13a191b5e> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://adoption.org/boyfriend-wants-parent-dont | 2023-10-04T20:13:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.974744 | 2,543 |
Trans-Ozark Trail – Day 1
January 12, 2023
I had a late start due to some bus delays but still made 10 miles before dark. Had a great campsite next to Hurricane Creek and was fast asleep before 7:30 after 36 hours of being awake. Feels good to be back on trail again. | <urn:uuid:d4914cf6-f0dc-488b-8633-cee9fdb0e38b> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://adventurehoppers.com/2023/03/05/trans-ozark-trail-day-1/ | 2023-10-04T18:56:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.977812 | 71 |
We are excited to be exhibiting at this year’s World of Quantum at the joint booth A4.224 with QBN. World of Quantum is a special event during the Laser World of Photonics on 26-29th of April 2022 at Messe München.
Join us at the show and come along to learn more about how our high-performance single-photon technology can help advance either your research in quantum information, quantum communication or imaging and metrology. Or to learn more about the exciting applications we are developing using our unique technology to build scalable quantum networks and make quantum internet a reality.
28 April 2022 at 13:40-13:50 – “Applications of quantum light – single-photon sources – in metrology, microscopy, computing & communications” at the Forum of World of Quantum
More info about the World of Quantum: https://world-of-photonics.com/en/about/exhibition-sectors/world-of-quantum/
Secure your ticket now at https://world-of-photonics.com/en/
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Monday, June 12th, Island Beneficiaries
Photo Credit: Anaconda Lodge Website http://www.anacondalodgeecuador.com/who-we-are-2/#
Francisco is a very intense guy from Chile with quite the history, which he didn’t hesitate to share with us over the next several days. He had been a heavy drinker, an alcoholic CEO of a bank, not knowing what to do with his money other than acquiring many Mercedes, as long as they had fewer than 5300 miles on them. When as a 42 year-old bachelor he met Silvia from Colombia, she turned his life around, and he gave up his lucrative but unsatisfying career to become an activist on behalf of indigenous people and the environment.
When Francisco wanted to buy nine hectares on the island to start an eco-friendly tour lodge, the broker told him that he would have to pay the same amount of money whether he bought the whole island or only part of it. He chose to get the entire property, and then turned around and sold it, minus nine hectares, for a dollar per portion to the natives who previously had been driven off their island by the military.
Francisco has been jailed three times for speaking against the government, but that hasn’t stopped or slowed him down. On the way to the island, we had passed a Swiss Hotel. Apparently one day the Swiss Hotel drone was hovering around the Anaconda property. Francisco called the owners to cease and desist, and recall their drone. After an hour, there had been no retraction. Francisco got out his pistol and shot down the pesky intruder.
Francisco also said that he nearly threw the CEO of Texaco off his property. He couldn’t understand why such a person would come to his lodge anyway, but got angry when he heard disparaging remarks about the people and the land. Somehow the two were able to resolve their differences, and the man ended up staying with a new sense of respect.
About half of the group went for a hike that was going to be repeated the next day. I decided to shower, nap, and get some laundry done, which is the only way in Ecuador to get dry clothes.
Every night was a frogging night. As usual, we saw as many other interesting creatures of the night as we saw frogs.
It is important to look both on top of and underneath the leaves. Here are some leaf surprises. How many frogs do you see in these four photos? Is there more than one?
Is this limbless amphibian called a caecilian, or a snake? How does one tell the difference?
And is this limbed amphibian a frog or a toad? Again, how can one tell?
When I followed the hotshots into a swampy area, it was hard to see with mosquitoes and other insects swarming toward my light, and I hadn’t brought my head netting. However, my reward was getting to see three frogs. With help as usual, that is.
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Cash App Not Working Issue’ In 2023
Why won't the Cash App run on your device, you might be wondering. You could occasionally have the Cash App not working issue and find yourself trapped trying to figure out how to fix it.
Well, there could be numerous causes for this problem, but reading this post will make it much easier for you to fix it. Continue reading to learn how to fix the Cash App not working issue on your device. Read more: https://cashappupdate.com/blog....s/cash-app/cash-app- | <urn:uuid:d867655f-44b0-435f-90ca-3b6ec1547b10> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://afroshub.com/camilasmithus | 2023-10-04T19:29:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.952329 | 117 |
In our increasingly electronic, connected world, we’re constantly under attack by individuals and institutions with the intent to facilitate some form of fraud, whether it’s identity theft, cash/asset diversion or a promised exchange for goods or services for an upfront fee that never materializes. Historically most instances of fraud were paper-based or done over the phone, but as our online identity is becoming more and more a part of who we are, we’ve seen steady increases in electronic-based fraudulent transactions.
Typically these fraudulent actions have one purpose in mind, gaining access to cash or an asset that can be easily converted to cash.
We’ve seen several companies be subject to a newer, more sophisticated version of the Nigerian letter scam, popular in the early-to-mid 2000s. The scam involves a company email requiring a change in banking instructions, usually from a known employee or vendor. Typically these emails look very official and end up diverting company or even individual funds into a fraudulent bank account.
Another example is when the payroll administrator of a company received an email from what appeared to be the owner, requesting copies of all W-2s from the prior year for all company employees. The payroll administrator replied with a file of nearly 300 W-2s to a third-party who was pretending to be the owner of the company. The fraud was only discovered when a number of employees reported fraudulent tax returns filed in their name.
Recently, a small business who used phone verification for wire transfers, had their phone number hijacked. The owner of the phone noticed that they had no phone service, went to the phone carrier store where they reinstated the service on the phone. Later they would find that the number was hijacked to approve a wire transfer that was a fraudulent transaction.
The perpetrators of these frauds are counting on one thing, that the transaction will not be verified for accuracy. They prey on weaknesses in systems and processes or the lack of questioning by the recipient.
What can our clients do to minimize the risk of these types of fraud?
- Use ACH and other electronic funds transfers to minimize the risk of diversion or alteration of checks moving through the mail system.
- Utilize the Positive Pay tool provided by your bank. This prevents altered or fraudulent checks from clearing bank accounts.
- Work with your banking institution for enhanced security procedures around wire transfers. Consider systems that utilize random number generators to initiate or approve a wire transfer. Couple this with security systems that recognize the computer or IP address as authorized to initiate the transaction.
- Review banking transactions daily as your ability to recover the funds is time sensitive.
- If any change in payment address or payment instruction is requested, call the company for verbal confirmation.
- For any request of information, consider the risk should this information fall in the wrong hands and increase verification procedures.
- Remember passwords can be hacked.
Technology has changed the ease of access for fraud perpetration, opening the threat of criminal activity to virtually any place on the globe. This makes catching and prosecuting these individuals much more difficult. As employees, we need to be on constant vigilance to protect our company from these attacks and take appropriate steps in our company procedures to ensure proper steps are taken in the event of potential fraudulent activity. The same is true for us as individuals.
For more information on AFS supply chain services, including risk management solutions, call us at 877-242-3383.
Ben Townsend is the CFO for AFS Logistics and a leader in the implementation of new age technologies such as banking services, P-Card programs and informal activity-based costing systems. With over 45 years of experience in the financial sector, Ben is a non-traditional accountant who focuses on supporting AFS as a high value added function for the company stakeholders. | <urn:uuid:1d67edf2-d058-4cea-80b8-7d880240ea60> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://afs.net/blog/fraud-protection/ | 2023-10-04T19:53:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.944251 | 786 |
Tumbled Aventurine heart and solar plexus chakra polished healing pocket stone
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Tumbled aventurine heart and solar plexus chakra polished healing pocket stone This listing is for one tumbled aventurine pocket stone from Brazil. Perfect for your altar or to carry in your pocket for support throughout the day. Aventurine clears and heals the heart and solar plexus chakra. It aids with communication and our relationships with others. Free gift wrapping when marked as gift. Free shipping with orders of $35 or more. These are my stock photos and no two crystals are identical. Natural variation in size, color, details will be present on your unique piece.
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AAEA PIF and Vive Crop Protection Select Intern for 2022 Summer Program!
AAEA’s Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF) is excited to announce that Bailey Sieren, a student at Iowa State University, has been selected for the 2022 summer internship program.
This year’s internship is a remote marketing position hosted by Vive Crop Protection. Sieren will gain experience in day-to-day marketing and communication, including social media, customer relations, marketing strategy, and much more.
“I look forward to this internship as it’s a way for me to gain experiences in the workforce while providing Vive Crop Protection a fresh, innovative perspective,” Sieren says. “Broadening my understanding of agriculture with a better understanding of the industry will help me advance my planned career. My studies at Iowa State University are in line with this internship and my plans for the future.”
Bailey Sieren, a student from Iowa State University,
will join the Vive Crop Protection Marketing and Communications Team
this summer. Sieren was selected as the 2022 AAEA PIF Summer Intern.
(Courtesy: Bailey Sieren)
“We couldn’t be more excited for Bailey to join the Vive team this summer! We look forward to Bailey’s engagement in various facets of our communications efforts, from social media to sales support to on-farm customer testimonials. It is an honor for Vive to partner with ACN to offer this opportunity as we develop the next generation of ag marketer,” says Emily Roden, Marketing and Communications Associate at Vive Crop Protection.
The marketing internship is made possible through a grant from AAEA The Agricultural Communicators Network Professional Improvement Foundation, and through the generosity of Gardner & Gardner Communications.
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Samantha Kilgore, [email protected].
The AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation, PIF, provides annual internships to qualified students. Through PIF grants and support from industry leaders, agricultural communications students have the opportunity to gain real-world experience through a summer editorial or marketing internship.
Each intern will earn a $4,500 stipened for the 8- to 10-week assignment, $1,000 toward travel costs, as well as paid registration to attend the Agricultural Media Summit, July 16-20, 2022 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Read more about the summer internship program, here.
Have questions? Contact Megan Schilling, Future Ag Communicators Committee Chair, [email protected].
2019 Intern Reflections
Loren Lindler, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
“I had the opportunity to work with a diverse team and learn from some of the best ag journalists in the game. DTN/Progressive Farmer has so much to offer, from weather to ag policy, I feel that I truly earned a taste of all aspects of ag journalism.”
“I knew that this internship would push me out of my comfort zone and it did just that, as well as helping me to grow my communication skills. I mainly worked with the account service team but was lucky to get to work with the creative team as well, especially on the agency’s social media.
This experience allowed me to watch many amazing people work through many different challenges. This gave me insight into what questions to ask my future employer to make sure the company is the right fit for me.“
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As companies continue to place more emphasis on their drone programs to accomplish a wide range of tasks, there’s an increasing need for a single software platform to centralize all the necessary operations.
With the right flight planning software, companies can eliminate the need for multiple apps and quickly and efficiently manage their multi-drone fleets.
When it comes to choosing the flight software for your drone program, there are six important capabilities to consider. Let’s dive into these features to ensure the program you’ve been looking into is the best fit.
When looking at the different flight planning software options, the first step to selecting the right software for your needs is to make sure that the software is compatible with the drone you plan on using to complete your missions. If you are choosing flight planning software for a multi-drone fleet, make sure the software will support all your drones if they are different makes or models. This will eliminate the frustration of having different drones running on different platforms and provides the benefit of simplifying your flight planning operations.
Flight planning software should allow the user to have a centralized platform to complete the required steps of a drone mission without having to jump back and forth between multiple apps. The ideal flight planning software will allow you to create and schedule missions, manage your mission calendar, assign pilots and equipment to missions, send notifications, check airspace and weather conditions as well as create and execute flight plans all in a single platform.
The software should also give the user the ability to fly manual and automated flight plans, including both waypoint and grid flights, and be capable of re-flying specific sections of a grid flight if updated or new data is needed without the user needing to rebuild flight plans or re-fly the entire mission.
By streamlining the entire process, the right flight planning software saves both time and money through increased efficiency and productivity.
Most drone programs will require input from various team members to schedule, plan, and execute each drone mission. A critical requirement for today’s flight planning software is the ability for different team members to be able to access the flight plans independently without the need to share a log-in or link. The advantage of a collaborative environment is it allows team members who may be working in the same office or as far away as a remote job site to quickly and seamlessly work together on a project, increasing the speed of communication and reducing downtime.
With team members working across different devices and different platforms, it’s critical that your flight planning software supports the technical requirements of all users. The right flight planning software should work across both iOS and Android devices as well as both mobile and desktop platforms. The software should also have the ability to sync flight plans seamlessly between devices and platforms, meaning a flight plan can be created and saved on a desktop device and quickly accessed by a mobile team out in the field, increasing efficiencies and eliminating unnecessary delays.
Team members are often out completing missions in remote areas with limited or no access to wifi or a reliable internet connection. When selecting flight planning software, look for one that allows all flight plans to be downloaded and cached on each device, ensuring that the mission can be completed even when there is no internet available. It should also have the ability to store any data collected from completed missions in the flight app until an internet connection is re-established. This gives your drone pilots the ability to complete missions at any time and in any location without having to worry about maintaining a signal.
As land use is constantly changing, being able to access the most up-to-date geographic data is critical. When looking at the different options for flight planning software, having the ability to reference a KML file on both desktop and mobile devices are becoming essential. This benefits drone pilots by giving them the most relevant data to ensure a mission is carried out successfully and without costly errors.
With these capabilities in mind, you can choose the right flight planning software for your organization. If you are interested in learning more about the benefits of using Measure Ground Control as your flight planning software, click here.
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The challenge for our team was to make All States Hire establish as a brand in their field, having an unique logo that uncovers their identity.
We reviewed the challenge and made research of the competition in the area. The strategy for the visual identity was to develop a brand illustration that is unique.
The first step in the development of this new brand strategy, was to define the company’s target audience, objectives and concerns. Our team came up with a perfect solution making unique logo for the company that stands out from the competition.
The work for All States Hire was a success and received a lot of positive feedback from clients, stakeholders, and from the general public. After unveiling the new brand identity and applying it, the company had an overwhelming number of admission inquiries. | <urn:uuid:ed2c1fc3-3c36-444e-97c6-3ee19557f8f5> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://agema.agency/portfolio/all-states-hire/ | 2023-10-04T19:36:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.968816 | 170 |
Commercial premises for sale in the prestigious area of Meloneras, Gran Canaria.
Excellent investment opportunity.
Are you dreaming of owning a business in Gran Canaria?
This is the solution for you.
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This store is located in an exclusive shopping center overlooking the sea. It is very close to a cab stand and ample parking. It also has restaurants, bars and leisure stores. All in a spectacular location.
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handy answers to the frequently asked questions about the services i’m exceptionally grateful for getting the very best help today thank you a lot Better Help thank god for Better Help treatment sending my therapist messages at 2 in the morning feels less strange when that’s how most of your communication occurs Better Help tops the charts for popularity and favorable endorsements and that’s not surprising to hear the service has countless talented therapists lots of extra resources and a fabulous mobile app Better Help likewise has reasonable and versatile payment plans ongoing training for its therapists and insurance coverage i hope this video helped you decide whether Better Help is the best online treatment service for your requirements for an extensive look at hundreds of other services and products ensure to
or talking or messaging throughout a session pictures are shared really strangely they’re shared as files and you can just send them separately so you can’t like drag and drop into a window or something you need to like browse choose the picture then put it in and after that the individual can’t see a sneak peek of the photo they need to click into the file to see it it’s simply extremely out-of-date small things like when you press enter in the chat window your messages don’t send it in fact develops a line break so
It’s your therapist’s goal to assist you make progress in the locations that you’re struggling with. This doesn’t suggest that you require to pour out every detail of your life, but make sure that the details you are sharing is real.
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issues due to the fact that they’re like things of your mind and they’re things that resemble worrying you or things that are making distressed or depressed but I tend to find that it’s a bit better for just more I’m truly anxious about beginning a brand-new job I am truly nervous about you understand finishing going to school you know stuff like that that’s not really like existential things um but like I stated if you are experiencing more simply you’re going through some stuff then I believe it would be fantastic um it likewise depends on like how comfy you resemble speaking with a phone like I understand that that sounds unusual but like do you video chat with your good friends do you you know what I mean due to the fact that if you don’t then I feel like it’s gon na be truly odd like you holding up a phone or like speaking with your laptop computer because it’s gon na be like this strange like synthetic thing however like if you’re used to that then it’s type of like fine whatever like this is typical that’s something I saw I do talk on facetiming a bit so I feel like I’m kind of used to it however I seemed like when I was doing it this would be unusual if I didn’t um so yeah like I said I would absolutely advise it to anyone who travels like full-time because that would be remarkable like then you could actually have treatment if that’s not something that is an option to you.
For example, an individual with a social stress and anxiety condition may avoid being around individuals, even if they understand them. Problematic stress and anxiety might consist of signs so intense it.
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prolonged sadness 5. an infection or disease 6. pregnancy 7 age 8 medications there are some things you can try in the house to assist you too for example keeping a food journal can help you better comprehend your feelings around cravings every day write down a few notes about how you feel what you eat what you didn’t or couldn’t eat and other aspects like exercise and rest keeping a food journal can assist you comprehend styles or trends which is handy to comprehending your cravings and it’s important to work out limitation caffeine and alcohol intake and drink plenty of water all of which are useful to living a healthy life if you’ve attempted these things and you’ve decided it’s time to speak to someone an online counselor can help an online counselor can dive into your anorexia nervosa with you help you much better understand the root cause of your appetite loss and offer you with reliable strategies to assist you successfully overcome this scenario whatever you’re going through it is necessary to bear in mind that there is assistance for you has online therapists that can help you tackle your hunger obstacles and associated anxieties you no longer have to struggle with this alone there is aid available for you today My Favorite Murder Promo Code Better Help
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BetterHelp is an alternative to think about for those who think they can’t pay for treatment. Prices are billed at inexpensive out-of-pocket rates, so it is less expensive for individuals who do not have insurance coverage, or for people who have insurance however also have a high deductible. BetterHelp counselors can get access to your long-term medical record, allowing them to treat mental health and compound use conditions. Check out listed below about what others need to say about their experiences with BetterHelp.
It is a typical part of healing due to the fact that scenarios alter, and you desire your treatment strategy to show modifications to guarantee you remain on track. Establishing exceptional interaction with your mental health expert is significant because he or she will help you reach milestones and set goals.
Reasons To Seek Health Care And Mental Health Psychology Treatment.
The very best treatment for you is one that’s accessible, whether that’s with a therapist or psychiatrist via live chat, phone, text, video, or live sessions. The very best treatment is with a therapist or psychiatrist who can offer what you need no matter what concerns you’re facing in life..
pretty much like every every early morning specifically on the weekends like today’s saturday saturdays have always drawn they have actually always been really difficult psychological days for me i do not understand what’s next i’m just gon na attempt this out i might dislike it i don’t understand i do not really want to get a therapist i have actually always wished to simply deal with my psychological things without needing to get one due to the fact that to me i simply um i simply do not wish to have to go through all of this and i don’t wish to have to inform people all of my things and simply go through all of this i just don’t feel like doing all of this and i actually just wanted to handle this on my own i’m not 100 sure that i can after practically 30 years of attempting so we’re gon na get into that today uh i don’t understand i’m just tired of dealing with this and like like i stated.
my therapist about it and um i chose that i wanted to do a video a video with her so i wanted to do a um a live the live video option and so when i did that um the chemistry and the rapport and all of the things that i seemed like we constructed just wasn’t there and i didn’t.|It cost me 272 dollars and that was with the financial aid um and the the one thing that i really really delighted in about um better aid was the truth that i might talk to my therapist at any point and so that’s what i began doing i was i was talking to my therapist non-stop through text message so we were texting back and forth talking to her non-stop um any any and whatever that i was feeling i was talking with my therapist about it and um i chose that i wanted to do a video a video with her so i wanted to do a um a live the live video option and so when i did that um the chemistry and the connection and all of the things that i felt like we built just wasn’t there and i didn’t.}
I had likewise gone through a separation a few months before Rachel died, but while I might see that time was gradually healing that heartache, I understood that handling this would take more than time. And I had also seen the future damage that not overcoming sorrow could cause.
Several of my friends talk to therapists– in fact I believe all but one of my buddies in the US have therapists– is this a really American thing? At any rate, after Rachel’s death they all encouraged me to discover a professional to talk to, and among my friends even discussed my situation with her own therapist to provide some tools to discover convenience.
at what mental disorders i have been identified with having actually been resolving these issues both with therapists and personally over the years and understanding that i work well in an online area through education through work it’s something i’m currently comfortable with so i’ve gone in with an awareness and with a self-motivation and these are just the personal experiences i’ve drawn from them everyone’s gon na have different experiences everyone’s gon na have different outcomes so i don’t want to talk particularly about the outcomes i obtained from therapy because the issues i bring to my therapist and the solutions my therapist gives me are so special that i specifically wish to discuss the platform and how it can assist you and the issues i have experienced with the platform and my overall opinions on it right off the bat pro primary i had a terrific individual experience i dealt with 2 different therapists and both them were outstanding the very first therapist that i had she was great however she went on to different things and i was appointed a various therapist but she was also very fantastic they were both extremely patient they were kind they were very open and they were simply really respectful in the ways you ‘d anticipate a therapist to be whether online or in person so overall i had a wonderful experience with the 3 months i spent area pro second is you get to select your own therapist through the algorithms. My Favorite Murder Promo Code Better Help
What Different Types Of Treatments Does Insurance Cover?
There are no simple and quick answers to the concern of whether your health insurance coverage strategy will cover your treatment sessions or mental health services. The law doesn’t mandate small medical insurance companies with fewer than fifty staff members to have medical insurance cover the expense of treatment. A therapist’s office can likewise assist with these concerns and you can always consult your health insurance benefits department or insurer to verify what level of psychological health protection you have.
and pick from their list of readily available therapists…My Favorite Murder Promo Code Better Help… when i was first starting therapy a great deal of individuals were telling me that you need a minimum of a month before you actually understand if the relationship is great prior to carrying on but i ‘d say the minute that you feel like something’s off that you’re not being listened to or heard you dip out like you leave immediately okay possibly not like that minute i’m simply saying that you do not need a whole month to see if someone’s the right fit for you you have to trust yourself and know that if you feel like something is off trust your gut betterhelp advertises that there’s live chat there’s phone sessions video sessions and you can likewise message your therapist in between sessions which is great because they’re allowing for much easier access to your therapist depending on what your needs are the con is that not all therapists provide all modes of communication and my first therapist in fact just offered chat sessions and phone sessions and when i in fact emailed betterhelp to complain they stated hi we’re so sorry but it’s at the discretion of the therapist to have these modes of interaction and due to individual factors i ended up switching over to another therapist anyhow who did offer almost communication the sessions were about thirty minutes and if i felt like there was a lot more to discuss i constantly asked my therapist if i could extend my time for an hour into book sessions you just require to bring up the calendar and choose the he was you understand respond to what i said or like i do not understand it simply didn’t look like she was incredibly present um so i got a brand-new therapist through the better health platform therefore when you are registering for a therapist you need to submit like this questionnaire and they designate you to someone therefore i submitted the survey again um and it you need to go into you know well i entered into depth on my scenario therefore that didn’t truly feel excellent to have to go through that process all over again um however i resembled whatever so that brand-new therapist got assigned to me and then she sent me a message that said you in fact ought to be looking for somebody who focuses on this i would encourage you to alter your supplier so then i needed to refill out the um questionnaire once again go through that whole trauma of filling it out again and then i was appointed to another therapist so i uh my therapist and i were using the messaging function she wasn’t as responsive as my very first therapist however she still was responsive enough and so then i signed up for a video for My Favorite Murder Promo Code Better Help
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But some used the break from the normal calendar of organised events to good effect. Race organisers planned ways in which some kind of live event could be made safe for the new conditions, and many race providers re-thought what services they could bring to an event.
Marathon-Photos came up with a new idea of what ‘live’ could mean in race photography. They developed a new concept of what they could offer to race participants. The effects of Covid-19 on endurance events allowed the company to focus on development of the hardware and software used in production of the live system.
Marathon-Photos founder and managing director Francis Kay explains: “Programming during normal times is like fixing a plane while it’s flying. Covid-19 gave us a unique opportunity to focus on some major projects and get them finished.”
New technology developed in ‘the year that marathons vanished’ allowed images to be uploaded, identified and placed online within seconds of being taken.
The Christchurch Marathon held in New Zealand on 11 April trialled the service. New Zealand’s long Covid-free status, along with it being where Marathon-Photos had originated, made it a convenient testing ground. The event had 630 marathon runners entered, 1500 in the Half Marathon and 950 in the 10km – along with smaller supporting events.
Previously a runner’s progress throughout the course of a race might be tracked by friends and family but this was restricted to at best following an icon on a course map. The new technical capability of LIVE! means that friends and family can chart their runner’s progress in pictures taken live throughout the race, right up to the moment they cross the finish line.
There have been more LIVE events since as the technology is constantly refined.
This wasn’t the first attempt to push the limits of what could be delivered in the field of live photography.
“We first photographed live in 2015 at the Oxford Half Marathon in England,” says Kay. “Runners had finish photos posted to their mobile phones before they’d left the finish chute. It was a successful project but it required bulky infrastructure and satellite dishes, so it wasn’t a very expandable option.”
Programming and technology developments since then have allowed the company to produce portable devices that can be issued to photographers on the course and at the finish of any event.
“We’ve been photographing events since 1999 and we know that these days people want their photos instantly. That is what we are doing here and now – it’s real-time live,” says Kay.
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Firms are increasingly using social media to establish online communities where customers and other community members co-create new solutions. We describe how Finland's national airline, Finnair, succeeded in co-creating service ideas by using a variety of social media technologies and "socialization tactics" to help ensure that community members identified with the company's image and engaged in dialogs that were aligned with both company and customer needs.Click here for free 2-page executive summary (pdf)
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American City County Exchange: Policy Prescriptions to Address Economic and Health Care Challenges in the Face of COVID-19
COVID-19 presents challenges to city and county officials nationwide. The American City and County Exchange presents a possible solution to address federal regulations during this pandemic.
State and local governments are the frontline of defense against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. For the last 15 years, local governments have been making plans for manmade and natural disasters under the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
One of the great successes that came out of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, NIMS have assured that every county and major city has an emergency management team in place who constantly reviews processes and procedures to deploy in emergency situations. NIMS is non-partisan, it does not make political considerations but sets the processes in-which federal, state and local governments react to disasters.
The federal government has not imposed burdensome restrictions because the states, in coordination with localities, have taken the lead to do what they think is in the best interest of their residents. This relationship between the federal and state governments can best seen in the cooperation and admiration shared between the governors and President Trump. The best way forward through the pandemic is to work the NIMS plan in a spirit of cooperation and coordination between federal, state and local governments.
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In this article, we will cover how to come up with an idea, what to look out for when you launch your business, and, last but not least, we will talk (very briefly) about what three marketing channels you should focus on the most.
I) IDEA GENERATION:
To come up with an idea, you can, of course, listen to your gut feeling.
Most likely, you are vegan yourself, so you know already what the most significant pain points are of being vegan.
And because of that, you quite likely already have a few ideas for a vegan start-up around those pain points (a 100% vegan-only Deliveroo, anyone?).
However, just because you think it would be a great idea, and because your (vegan) friends said it would work (maybe they are just being nice), doesn’t mean it would work in real life and that people will open their purse to spend their hard-earned cash.
Luckily for you, there are many tools that we can use to evaluate the (actual) demand for your idea.
Also, with those tools, you will be able to see if there are any pain points that you haven’t thought about yet. I will give you an example below.
The best tool to evaluate demand is Google’s Keyword Planner. They have, however, changed things in the recent past and you need to be a paying Google Adwords customer now to use it.
Luckily for you (again), there is now Ubersuggest by Neil Patel, which we cannot recommend enough. It gives you pretty much the same data, and it is entirely free of charge.
Just type in your idea as you would do in a Google search (“gluten-free vegan pizza”, “sugar-free vegan snack” “Vegan Bristol”, etc.) and you will see how many people have googled for this already in the past.
This will help you find out if you are the only person who thinks your idea will work or if there are other (paying) customers for this product.
Cause let’s be honest, if someone already typed it into Google (or used Alexa, Siri, etc.), they evidently have an interest in this product or this solution (this is where you come in to serve them).
Speaking of search queries, the longer the search query, the lower the search volume (but, the higher the intent to buy).
The term “vegan” will always have more search volume than “vegan-friendly restaurants in North East England.”
So, don’t be discouraged if your idea does not have much volume. Just reduce the number of words in your query (“vegan restaurant Manchester”) and see what the search volume is.
Speaking of volume, anything that has more than 4,000 monthly searches on average can be seen as an excellent place to start.
If your keyword or keyword combination is below that, don’t worry veganism is (one of) the fastest growing lifestyles in the UK. There might be little demand right now. However, it is very likely to increase.
Don’t go too broad in the beginning. Narrow down your focus on a small niche of the market.
Whether your goal is money or not, the riches is in the niches (pronounced as “nitches”). So, focus instead and find your tribe, your 1,000 (true) fans.
Last but not least, we advise looking at “Keyword ideas”. This is where you can find some long tail keywords and ideas that you might not have looked at.
So, if your idea is to launch a vegan T-Shirt business (“vegan shirt”), you might find out in Ubersuggest that a fair amount of people are searching for “ethical vegan shirts”, and/or for “sustainably made vegan shirts.”
You can use this information to pivot your business (or your idea) towards a more eco-friendly and ethical vegan t-shirt business.
Once you have come up with an idea (and evaluated it), it is time to launch it.
Depending on your vegan business, different approaches are proven to work for various industries.
At the end of the day, a vegan food stall will need different marketing than a vegan, cruelty-free cosmetics start-up.
Two tools that we do want to talk about, nevertheless, are Jeff Walker’s PLF and virality marketing.
The former, Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula (PLF) should be your go-to source for launching pretty much anything.
Because of time, we will not go into detail about the PLF and will instead forward you to Jeff’s great Youtube channel with tons of excellent materials.
The second tool we wanted to recommend is Queueat which will help you create a virtual queue for your product, even before you launch it.
It will help you get your audience to share and sell your business, so they help to do the marketing for you. This service works beautifully as well with crowdfunding, which, of course, is another fantastic way of launching any kind of business.
As crucial as a well-orchestrated launch is, we recommend not to overthink this step. It’s much better to launch a product today that is only 95% perfect than procrastinating and waiting to get to those (not even necessary) 100%.
III) MARKETING YOUR BUSINESS:
Once you have launched, it is time to do marketing.
To limit ourselves a bit, we will reduce this to email marketing, social media (Instagram) and content marketing.
Email marketing is still the king. Yes, there are particular social networks, that come and go, bringing an insane marketing budget with them.
Because of that, all we think about is going Live and doing stories on all kind of social networks (Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Messenger, etc.).
However, what is the likelihood of you using the exact same social media you’re using today, in 5 years?
Think about how much your use of Facebook has changed over the last 5 years, or since you started using it (probably more than 10 years!).
What hasn’t changed (much) is your use of Email. You might even still have the same email address! So, once you get someone to sign up to your newsletter, this email address is an asset.
Yes, Social media is here to stay, no one would ever deny that. Your Instagram followers, however, will be less valuable in 5 years than they are now because those users will have moved on to the next platform.
Most likely to sign up with the same Gmail address they’ve had for 20 years…
So, build your list today. Set up a MailChimp account for free and start collecting emails.
If you don’t yet have a website, that is not a problem.
The easiest way of doing this is connecting your Facebook fan page to your MailChimp account so people can sign up to it.
You can find more information on how that works here.
Your next question might be: “Fine, I’ll focus on Email. But what the hell am I supposed to send them?”
We get it. We’ve asked ourselves the same questions.
The good news is (well, there is no bad news actually) that there are tools we can use to come up with content ideas.
The best one of them is Buzzsumo, which will show what content is already being shared over the internet.
Find the topics that your audience evidently likes to read and create similar, yet even better content.
By sharing that content not only on your website but also doing guest blogs on other platforms, you can get social proof as more people will see your content.
Plus, you will get tons of traffic from those other vegan blogs.
So, this is pretty much it.
Make sure that there is enough demand for your idea because otherwise, you will have a lot of marketing to sell it to the right audience.
Once you have defined your idea, it’s time to prepare your launch.
And last but not least, do not underestimate marketing. Organic reach, whether on Google, Facebook, or Instagram has been decreasing, and it does not seem to be stopping anytime soon.
What about you? Do you have an idea to start a (vegan) business or did someone tell you to set up a start-up?
Or, have you launched a business in the past and can you recommend us some tools and give us some tips?
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Russell Simmons and
Reverend Run have united once again to host the second annual "VH1 Hip-Hop
Honors," which pays homage to the Hip-Hop pioneers who’ve transformed
the genre into a global phenomenon.
This year’s celebration was taped last Thursday (Sept. 22) at
Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
The special, which airs tonight (Sept. 26) on VH1, will honor
LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Notorious
B.I.G., Ice T, Salt -N- Pepa, and the film “Boyz N The Hood.”
“The pioneers are not yet in the history books,”
host Russell Simmons told AllHipHop.com. “This show should help position
them so they can share in the good fortune that Hip-Hop has had.”
The selection of the Simmons brothers as host of the event cements
an already strong working relationship between the two.
With business ties that span over several decades, Russell and
Run are no strangers to working with each other.
Early in their careers, Russell began managing his brother Run
(real name Joseph Simmons) and served as the mastermind behind the Hip-Hop mega-group
As the VH1 co-host duties demonstrate, the brothers show no
signs of slowing down.
“VH1 Hip-Hop Honors will be the first time we’ve hosted
an event on television together,” Reverend Run told AllHipHop.com. “We
host our sneaker events all around the world bi-weekly and we do autograph sessions
in many cities. We’ve hosted sneaker parties from London to LA and back to NY
and this has been a key to our $100 million dollar-a-year success with our footwear
Through the years, they have continued to work with each other
on a variety of business ventures.
Most recently, Russell made Run president of his American fashion
line Phat Farm Athletics, after successfully running the Phat Farm footwear
In related news, the brothers have partnered with MTV and Sean
"Diddy" Combs to produce a reality series, "Run’s House."
Coming in October, the show will give viewers a peak into the
family life of Reverend Run.
Hip-Hop Honors” premiers tonight at 9pm EST and will feature performances
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Last night the crabbies were out for play time. I was really looking them over and I realized that Trooper is missing a section of one leg and Sandy is missing a section of two legs. Now this didn’t just happen, that I know. But I wasn’t familiar enough with their bodies to know when I bought them that they were missing bits of their legs. I have read enough on the message boards to know this isn’t a cause for a alarm. After watching one pet store remove a crab from the wire screen, I have a feeling this may be how Sandy lost her legs, they wrap them snugly around the wire so they don’t have to hang on by their pincher I guess. And sometimes when I try to take them down, they grab on with their pincher. Now they seem to be okay with me taking them down and they let go easily. If they don’t, I leave them be.
Trooper seems to be a bit gray and has started digging. I put him in ISO today to see if he’s getting ready to molt. I’m really scared he might be and that he may die in the process. He’s really not very active unless he’s out of the tank and running around on the floor. He’s not a day crab either, you can’t coax him out of his shell for nothing during the day. Evenings he is friendly and ready to socialize but by late evening he’s back to snoozing.
Pearl is named for the Spongebob character and her personality matches. She has been outgoing from the start and loves to climb on everyone and tear around. She loves wood and loves to climb on everything possible.
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Youtubedownloaderhd.com is a video downloader that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux free of charge. Moreover, the user has an opportunity to convert the downloaded files to diverse formats. Such formats include mp4 or even AVI that can be watched over an iPhone or iPad. With the app, the user can download all sorts of high definition videos that the user enjoys. The app is also easy to use. It involves copying a link of the video that the user wants from YouTube and then pasting the same link on the app. The user is then required to click on the button labeled Download to initiate the download process. It does not have malware, popups, registrations, spyware or adware.
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Microneedling involves using tiny needles to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin's surface. This process stimulates the skin's natural healing response, leading to increased collagen and elastin production. During the microneedling procedure, medical-grade hyaluronic acid is topically applied to the skin. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the skin that can hold up to 1000 times its weight in water, making it highly effective in providing intense hydration to the skin
The micro-injuries created by the microneedles allow the plant stem cells to penetrate deeper into the skin, where they can deliver powerful antioxidants, vitamins, and other nutrients. These plant-derived compounds work synergistically to promote cell renewal, improve skin elasticity, and enhance overall skin health. this combination particularly beneficial for individuals looking to address signs of aging, improve skin texture, and enhance the skin's natural glow.
a Platelet-Rich Plasma facial or Vampire Facial, is an advanced skincare treatment that utilizes the regenerative properties of the body's own platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to promote skin rejuvenation and improve overall skin health. The platelet-rich plasma is rich in growth factors and other bioactive compounds that play a crucial role in tissue repair and regeneration. The PRP is topically applied to the face, and microneedling is performed to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin.
Both PRP facial and PRP injections harness the body's natural healing abilities to improve tissue health and promote regeneration. While PRP facials focus on skin rejuvenation and enhancing the appearance of the face, PRP injections are used for medical purposes to support tissue healing and repair in various parts of the body.
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Cornell Club of Los Angeles – Join Us at the 2017 U.S. Sumo Open
June 17, 2017 @ 1:00 pm
Long Beach, CA
Location: Long Beach, CA
With special reserved VIP bleacher seats – at a deeply discounted rate for CCLA members!
From their website: “Over 60 sumo stars from 15 countries are…returning to the Pyramid for the 4th year in a row. The US Sumo Open is not to be missed.” Last year “4-time World Sumo Champion Byamba reclaimed glory, with a 13-0 record, winning both heavyweight and openweight divisions, undefeated! He has won gold at 9 US Sumo Opens! American standout Roy Sims won silver in both divisions, beating 11 other opponents, and losing only to Byamba.”
After-party access where you can meet the athletes and officials after the event- food and drink included. (There is a $20 pay-at-the-door additional fee for the exclusive, optional after-party.)
Watch highlights from our 2013 adventure at the US Sumo Open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny9kjxBHeEY
This event sells out. Buy your tickets today!
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Doors open at 12:00 noon), optional after-party around 4:30 pm (an extra fee)
Location: Walter Pyramid at California State University Long Beach, 1250 N. Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840
Parking: onsite, $7 for all day parking
Cost: $45 per CCLA member and up to 3 guests ($90 for a CCLA member + 1 guest, $135 for a CCLA member + 2 guests, $180 for a CCLA member + 3 guests); $52 per person for non-members and each additional person
More info: Kim Bixler at [email protected] or 310-560-0444
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Sunday through Thursday, one campus building on Maynard Street stays abuzz into the wee hours of the morning. Most of the editorial staff of The Michigan Daily go to work when their friends are at home and starting to study. During the fall and winter semesters, the student-run broadsheet—with a print circulation of 10,000 copies and some 230,000 unique visitors per month online—keeps its reporters, editors, and business staff on deadlines from dawn to well after dusk.
The student staff of more than 200 cover every University topic, from athletics and academia to culture and politics. But as the only remaining daily print newspaper in town, they also cover the city council and local happenings.
We take a behind-the-scenes look at The Michigan Daily students hard at work the night of Sunday, April 16.
Issues of The Michigan Daily are bound into one complete volume at the end of the fall and winter semesters. The volumes, now all digitized, reach back to the late 19th century. (See “Guest Column”)
Approximately 50 editorial staff show up at the Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building. Tiles in the newsroom entrance bear the names of former editors.
Editors discuss using a phone image in the paper. From left to right are senior photo editor Evan Aaron, co-managing sports editors Kevin Santo and Betelhem Ashame, and managing photo editor Amelia Cacchione.
The newsroom starts to hunker down. Senior opinion editors Caitlin Heenan, left, and Jeremy Kaplan, center, along with editorial page editor Rebecca Tarnopol, look over various columns.
Co-managing arts editor Natalie Zak, center, makes some final edits to her page, while arts beat editor Daniel Hensel, left, and senior arts editor Tess Garcia look on.
Rebecca Tarnopol, the editorial page editor, places the final proof on the board. It is not unheard-of for top editors at The Daily to work up to 40 hours a week, but all staff are paid.
The newsroom staff begins to relax again. Jason Rowland, right, co-editor of Michigan in Color (a section composed for and by students of color), tries balancing an umbrella.
Senior news editors Riyah Basha, left, and Timothy Cohn, center, share a joke with Jennifer Meer, the summer managing news editor, while writing headlines. From May through August, The Daily is published weekly in a tabloid form and updated daily online.
Senior sports editor Sylvanna Gross studies with Alex the Teddy Bear, a newsroom fixture. Late-breaking sports stories are often not filed until after midnight.
The Michigan Daily Editor-in-Chief Emma Kinery works while waiting for the managing editors to submit their final pages. (Top editors serve a calendar-year term.) With a 1:30 a.m. press deadline, she must stay until all pages are exported to the printer.
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One cup of spinach contains about 5 grams of protein. It is rich in anti-inflammatory vitamins like A, B and C.
Watermelon contains 92% water. This makes it perfect for a post workout snack or drink.
Banana is very popular among fitness enthusiasts as it is rich in iron.
New Delhi. It is important to keep your body active and follow your workout routine consistently. The body also needs some rest to fit itself and regain its strength. When you exercise continuously, you are constantly exposed to muscle injury and their recovery. Just because of them should not be used as an excuse to separate yourself from a healthy lifestyle for a long time.
According to a news from Hindustan Times, luckily for you there are foods that you can include in your diet to enhance faster muscle recovery. This lets you get back to your workout routine faster and smoother. The beauty of these food items is that all these can be easily bought from the local market without putting much burden on your pocket. Nutritionists suggest including these 6 superfoods in your diet regularly for faster muscle recovery.
One cup of spinach contains about 5 grams of protein. It is also rich in anti-inflammatory vitamins like A, B and C. It should be included in your diet after a workout. There are many ways in which you can eat spinach. These include pesto pasta to the old way of making vegetables. You can also add this superfood to vegetable smoothies for easy digestion.
Watermelon is one of the favorite post-workout foods. Which is preferred by countless fitness experts. When you work out you will sweat. This is why you need to rehydrate afterwards. Watermelon contains 92% water. This makes it perfect for a post workout snack or drink. It also contains vitamins and minerals. Which aid in inflammation as well as muscle recovery.
Banana is anyway very popular among fitness enthusiasts as it is rich in iron. It contains antioxidants like fiber, potassium, folate and vitamin C. It’s no secret that bananas have long been known to promote muscle recovery. They not only contain carbs, which help in replenishing glycogen levels, but also potassium. Which is an electrolyte, which is released from the body when it sweats. This is important for your heart health.
One of the best foods for muscle recovery is fish. Fish contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Consuming fish on a regular basis is exceptionally good for healing inflammation and serves as a great source of protein. Some of the best varieties of fish to promote muscle recovery are rohu, hilsa, bangda and paplet. You can include these in your diet.
Citrus fruits are high in vitamin C, which is known to promote muscle recovery and reduce inflammation. It also helps in maintaining your bone health. Soft tissues like your throat also get tremendous benefits from Vitamin C. Tomato, kiwi, grapefruit, passionfruit and orange are some of the best citrus fruits. You can include these in your diet.
A warm glass of milk mixed with a pinch of turmeric is an easy and best muscle recovery drink. Ayurveda has proven the incredible benefits of turmeric for thousands of years. Turmeric has been a staple of the Indian diet for a very long time. Not only does it act as an antiseptic, but it also has surprisingly potent anti-inflammatory properties. You can also add it to soups, curries and smoothies.
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Thursday, August 13
Devoted to Good Works, Avoiding Distractions
Titus 3:1-2, 8-11 NRSV
But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. Titus 3:9
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Monday, June 6
God’s Redemption Defies Human Wisdom
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25 NRSV
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ASEAN ROADMAP 2025 to realize a common higher education space in Southeast Asia
The ASEAN Secretariat, the EU Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme, and the members of the ASEAN Working Group on Higher Education Mobility (AWGHEM) officially launched the ‘Roadmap on the ASEAN Higher Education Space 2025 and its Implementation Plan,’ on 27 July during 15th SHARE Policy Dialogue.
The launch was officiated by Dato’ Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN; Dr Nguyen Van Phuc, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, Viet Nam; and Giorgio Aliberti, EU Ambassador to Viet Nam.
The Roadmap on the ASEAN Higher Education Space 2025 contributes to the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the strengthening of future resilience through enhanced people-to-people connectivity and improved access and recognition of higher education in the ASEAN region. It envisages a resilient and sustainable ASEAN Higher Education Space that enables greater harmonization and internationalization of the region’s higher education systems. It is reflective of the new reality for education worldwide, and proposes adaptive and sustainable approaches in responding to the changing context of higher education. This includes augmenting access and inclusion to internationalized higher education provision by students through digital transformation.
At the launch, Secretary-General Dato’ Lim Jock Hoi, stated that, “the ASEAN Secretariat recognizes the crucial importance of synergy and working together to ensure efficient use of resources and maximize impact of our initiatives in the region. The Roadmap on the ASEAN Higher Education Space and its Implementation Plan is also our attempt to synergize our work, consolidate our efforts, and appreciate the valuable work that has been done by the ASEAN Member States and regional partners on implementing a common higher education [space] in Southeast Asia.”
The SHARE Programme was launched in 2015. SHARE is the European Union’s flagship higher education programme with ASEAN and has worked alongside the ASEAN Secretariat and regional partners to strengthen regional cooperation and enhance the quality, regional competitiveness and internationalization of ASEAN Higher Education institutions and students.
The 15th SHARE Policy Dialogue, entitled ‘Envisioning the Future of a Higher Education Common Space in Southeast Asia,’ is co-hosted by the Ministry of Education and Training of Viet Nam and is organized in partnership with the Education, Youth, and Sports Division of the ASEAN Secretariat, SEAMEO RIHED, the ASEAN University Network, and UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. | <urn:uuid:75d4b917-bf75-4fac-af74-6202d5b1b050> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://amic.asia/asean-roadmap-2025-to-realize-a-common-higher-education-space-in-southeast-asia/ | 2023-10-04T18:48:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.91233 | 548 |
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Final Act of Caring
End of Care Guidelines
End of life care and decision making embody the critical final state in a pet’s life and are as important and meaningful as the sum of the clinical care provided for all prior life stages. Care should focus on maximizing patient comfort and minimizing suffering while providing a collaborative and supportive partnership with the client. Animal hospice care addresses the patient’s unique emotional and social needs as well as the physical needs traditionally treated in clinical practice. A treatment plan should be personalized and consist of client education, evaluating the client needs and goals for the pet.
Most of us share an intense love and bond with our animal companions, so it’s natural to feel devastated by feelings of grief and sadness when a cherished pet dies. The pain of loss can often feel overwhelming and trigger all sorts of painful and difficult emotions. While some people may not understand the depth of feeling you had for your pet, you should never feel guilty or ashamed about grieving for an animal friend. Instead, use these healthy ways to cope with your loss, comfort yourself and others, and begin the process of moving on.
Grief and Coping with Pet Loss
Grieving is a highly individual experience. Some people find grief following the loss of a pet comes in stages, where they experience different feelings such as denial, anger, guilt, depression, and eventually acceptance and resolution. Others find that their grief is more cyclical, coming in waves, or a series of highs and lows. The lows are likely to be deeper and longer at the beginning and then gradually become shorter and less intense as time goes by. Still, even years after a loss, a sight, a sound, or a special anniversary can spark memories that trigger a strong sense of grief.
It can’t be forced or hurried—and there is no “normal” timetable for grieving. Some people start to feel better in weeks or months. For others, the grieving process is measured in years. Whatever your grief experience, it’s important to be patient with yourself and allow the process to naturally unfold.
Feeling sad, shocked, or lonely is a normal reaction to the loss of a beloved pet. Exhibiting these feelings doesn’t mean you are weak or your feelings are somehow misplaced. It just means that you’re mourning the loss of an animal you loved, so you shouldn’t feel ashamed. Trying to ignore your pain or keep it from surfacing will only make it worse in the long run. For real healing, it is necessary to face your grief and actively deal with it. By expressing your grief, you’ll likely need less time to heal than if you withhold or “bottle up” your feelings. Write about your feelings and talk about them with others who are sympathetic to your loss.
Coping with the grief of pet loss
Sorrow and grief are normal and natural responses to death. Like grief for our friends and loved ones, grief for our animal companions can only be dealt with over time, but there are healthy ways to cope with the pain. Here are some suggestions:
Don’t let anyone tell you how to feel
Don’t tell yourself how to feel either. Your grief is your own, and no one else can tell you when it’s time to “move on” or “get over it.” Let yourself feel whatever you feel without embarrassment or judgment. It’s okay to be angry, to cry or not to cry. It’s also okay to laugh, to find moments of joy, and to let go when you’re ready.
Reach out to others who have lost pets
Check out online message boards, pet loss hotlines, and pet loss support groups—see the Resources section below for details. If your own friends and family members are not sympathetic about pet loss, find someone who is. Often, another person who has also experienced the loss of a beloved pet may better understand what you’re going through.
Seek professional help if you need it
If your grief is persistent and interferes with your ability to function, your doctor or a mental health professional can evaluate you for depression. Remember that you are important and even while dealing with your grief you need to take care of yourself.
Rituals can help healing
Many people find it helpful to memorialize a beloved pet. There are many ways you can honor your pet, through a loving funeral, a donation to a favorite animal charity, or a loving post on social media. A funeral can help you and your family members openly express your feelings. Ignore people who think it’s inappropriate to hold a funeral for a pet, and do what feels right for you.
Create a legacy
Preparing a memorial, planting a tree in memory of your pet, compiling a photo album or scrapbook, or otherwise sharing the memories you enjoyed with your pet, can create a legacy to celebrate the life of your animal companion. Remembering the fun and love you shared with your pet can help you to eventually move on and be able to focus on the happy memories instead of the pain of the loss.
Look after yourself
The stress of losing a pet can quickly deplete your energy and emotional reserves. Looking after your physical and emotional needs will help you get through this difficult time. Eat a healthy diet, get plenty of sleep, and exercise regularly to release endorphins and help boost your mood. Be extra kind to yourself during this difficult time.
If you have other pets, try to maintain your normal routine
Surviving pets can also experience loss when a pet dies, or they may become distressed by your sorrow. Maintaining their daily routines, or even increasing exercise and play times, will not only benefit the surviving pets but can also help to elevate your outlook too.
Tips for seniors grieving the death of a pet
As we age, we experience an increasing number of major life changes, including the loss of beloved friends, family members, and pets. The death of a pet can hit even harder if you are an older adult living alone, without the distraction and routine of work or the comfort of a close family.
Try to find new meaning and joy in life
Caring for a pet previously occupied your time and boosted your morale and optimism. Try to fill that time by volunteering, picking up a long-neglected hobby, taking a class, helping friends or animals shelters care for their pets, or even by getting another pet when the time feels right. Many shelters have a senior for senior’s program where they place older pets with seniors. This great program helps find loving homes for pets that are often overlooked but still have lots of love to give!
Stay connected with friends
Pets, dogs especially, can help seniors meet new people or regularly connect with friends and neighbors while out on a walk or in the dog park. Having lost your pet, it’s important that you don’t now spend day after day alone. Try to spend time with at least one person every day. Regular face-to-face contact can help you ward off depression and stay positive. Call up an old friend or neighbor for a lunch date or join a club.
Boost your vitality with exercise
Pets help many older adults stay active and playful, which can boost your immune system and increase your energy. It’s important to keep up your activity levels after the loss of your pet. Check with your doctor before starting an exercise program and then find an activity that you enjoy. Exercising in a group—by playing a sport such as tennis or golf, or taking an exercise or swimming class—can also help you connect with others.
Helping Children Grieve
The loss of a pet may be your child’s first experience of death—and your first opportunity to teach them about coping with the grief and pain that inevitably accompanies the joy of loving another living creature. Losing a pet can be a traumatic experience for any child. Many kids love their pets very deeply and some may not even remember a time in their life when the pet wasn’t around. A child may feel angry and blame themselves—or you—for the pet’s death. A child may feel scared that other people or animals they love may also leave them. How you handle the grieving process can determine whether the experience has a positive or negative effect on your child’s personal development.
Some parents feel they should try to shield their children from the sadness of losing a pet by either not talking about the pet’s death, or by not being honest about what’s happened. Pretending the animal ran away, or “went to sleep,” for example, can leave a child feeling even more confused, frightened, and betrayed when they finally learn the truth. It’s far better to be honest with children and allow them the opportunity to grieve in their own way.
Let your child see you express your own grief at the loss of the pet
If you don’t experience the same sense of loss as your child, respect their grief and let them express their feelings openly, without making them feel ashamed or guilty. Children should feel proud that they have so much compassion and care deeply about their animal companions.
Reassure your child
Reassure them that they weren’t responsible for the pet’s death. The death of a pet can raise a lot of questions and fears in a child. You may need to reassure your child that you, their parents, are not also likely to die. It’s important to talk about all their feelings and concerns.
Involve your child in the dying process
If you’ve chosen euthanasia for your pet, be honest with your child. Explain why the choice is necessary and give the child chance to spend some special time with the pet and say goodbye in their own way.
If possible, give the child an opportunity to create a memento of the pet
This could be a special photograph, or a plaster cast of the animal’s paw print, for example.
Allow the child to be involved in any memorial service
Holding a funeral or creating a memorial for the pet can help your child express their feelings openly and help process the loss.
Do not rush out to get the child a “replacement pet”
Don’t rush getting a “replacement pet” before they have had chance to grieve the loss they feel. Your child may feel disloyal, or you could send the message that the grief and sadness felt when something dies can simply be overcome by buying a replacement.
Getting another pet after a loss
There are many wonderful reasons to once again share your life with a companion animal, but the decision of when to do so is a very personal one. It may be tempting to rush out and fill the void left by your pet’s death by immediately getting another pet. In most cases, it’s best to mourn the old pet first, and wait until you’re emotionally ready to open your heart and your home to a new animal. You may want to start by volunteering at a shelter or rescue group. Spending time caring for pets in need is not only great for the animals, but can help you decide if you’re ready to own a new pet.
Pet Loss Counseling
Tufts University, School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California at Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
In-Home Pet Hospice and Euthanasia Services
Recommend Books for Children:
- Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant
- Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant
- I'll Always Love You by Hand Wilheim
- A Special Place for Charlee: A Child's Companion Through Pet Loss by Debra Morehead
- A Gift from Rex by Jim Kramer, DVM
- Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert and Chuck DeKlyen
- The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
- Goodbye Mousie by Robie Harris
Recommended Books for Adults:
- Goodbye My Friend by Herb and Mary Montgomery
- A Final Act of Caring by Herb and Mary Montgomery
- Journey Through Pet Loss by Deborah Antinori
- Grieving the Death of a Pet by Betty J. Carmack
- How to Go on Living When Someone You Loves Dies by Therese Rando
- The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman
- Healing Your Grieving Hear by Alan Wolfelt, PhD
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The painful truth behind food deliveries
The story so far…
Around the world, almost 600 businesses have already committed to improving the living and slaughter standards chickens face on the farms in their supply chain.
Whilst some companies in Aotearoa have committed to these standards, most companies are lagging behind global progress.
The chicken industry is deceiving New Zealanders everywhere, hiding the suffering happening each day on home-turf.
The painful truth
Shockingly, the vast majority of the chickens raised for meat in Aotearoa come from industrial farms that use chickens selectively bred to grow unnaturally fast, reaching a size larger than a natural adult chicken in just six weeks.
Because of their abnormally fast-growth, these birds face many avoidable health problems such as heart disease and lameness.
Due to the unnatural breeding and terrible living conditions, every year around 2,000,000 birds die before they reach slaughter at six weeks – either on the shed floor, or removed and killed by a worker. This is according to the industry’s own figures.
They are packed into sheds so tightly that, at the end of their life, they are left with roughly the size of an A4 page to exist in. The litter is never changed in their short lives, forcing them to live in their own excrement – ammonia fills the air and with legs that struggle to hold their weight, they often suffer from burns to their skin from the excrement left on the ground.
We stand with you to fight for better.
The Leading Brands
Published in 2022, the Delivering Better ranking report highlighted Domino’s and SwoleFoods as leading brands having already signed the Better Chicken Commitment.
As of July 2023, My Food Bag, HelloFresh and Bird On A Wire have also signed up.
The Ranking Report
Animals Aotearoa has contacted food delivery and meal kit companies and produced a ranking report based on the action each company has taken on the welfare of the chickens in their supply chain.
Demand food brands deliver better!
We’ve lined up food delivery brands that claim to care about animal welfare, but continue to use chickens bred to suffer.
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Can Leopard Geckos Eat Beetles?
Leopard geckos are among the most popular pet lizards in the world, and their ease of care – as well as their friendly, outgoing personalities – make them a great choice for the first-time reptile keeper. One of the most common questions asked by prospective gecko owners is whether these lizards can eat beetles.
What do Leopard Geckos Eat?
In the wild, leopard geckos are voracious predators, taking advantage of a variety of invertebrate animals for sustenance. Crickets and mealworms are the most widely-available choices for captive leopard geckos, however, these lizards will also happily consume certain kinds of beetles, depending on the species.
Types of Beetles Suitable for Leopard Geckos
The most common beetle food for leopard geckos is the Dubia roach. These insects are easy to care for, relatively inexpensive, and highly nutritious for a leopard gecko. Other suitable beetles include waxworms, mealworms, superworms, and occasionally hissing cockroaches, although these tend to be much more expensive than Dubia roaches.
Benefits of Beetles in the Diet
Beetles provide a nutritional boost to a leopard gecko’s diet, as they are higher in fat and protein than many of their other food options. Beetles are also a great source of vitamins and minerals, and can help to keep a gecko’s coat healthy and attractive.
Danger of Beetles in the Diet
Though beetles might sound like an appealing food option for leopard geckos, they can also cause problems. They are much more active than other common lizard foods such as crickets, so they can be difficult to catch and contain. Beetles should also be avoided if they are much larger than the gecko’s head, as they may not be able to digest or excrete them properly.
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Pitbulls. Pitbulls, everywhere! The other day, my ring cam chimes. I go to the door (should have checked the video first), and what do I see? An at-large pitbull, what else would it have been? He charges when I open the door, so I slam the door in his face. Fido may have only been selling girl-scout cookies, maybe not. Best to err on the side of caution.
The proliferation of pit bulls is just astounding. It seems that, everywhere I go I see pitbulls. Many of my neighbors now have them. Its very common to see someone walking one or more pitbulls whenever driving in or out of here. The other day I saw a woman walking her 2 pitbulls: She is totally detached, focus entirely on her smartphone, holding the leashes loosely. I was hiking a state park yesterday and saw multiple pitbulls, one of them off leash (who growled at me).
I have a hypothesis that may explain this mass proliferation of pitbulls. I now hold the belief that pitbulls reproduce similar to single celled organisms, not mammals. Each pitbull undergoes a mitosis every 24 hours or so. By that I mean that each pitbull divides in half, creating 2 pitbulls in its place. The exponential growth of the pitbull population can't be explained in any other way.
The below meme sums up what I am contemplating here:
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Anne Perry’s Victorian Christmas novels have attracted as many faithful readers as her two New York Times bestselling series featuring investigators Thomas Pitt and William Monk. A Christmas Promise is the seventh in Perry’s holiday series, and it will surely bring joy to this special season.
Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London’s East End, thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps encounters Minnie Maude Mudway, who is only eight, alone, and determined to find her friend Charlie. However Charlie is no ordinary companion: He is a donkey who belonged to Minnie Maude’s Uncle Alf. Gracie is shocked to learn that only the day before, someone brutally murdered Uncle Alf and made off with his rag-and-bones cart and the beloved beast who pulled it. Now, come hell or high water, Minnie Maude means to rescue Charlie—and Gracie decides to help. But the path that Uncle Alf had taken to his death was not his regular route, and in his cart were not just the usual bits of worn silver and china but also, the children are told, a dazzling golden box. What its contents may have been no one can say, for, like Charlie and the cart, it too has vanished.
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Spruce Picea mariana
- Common Names
- Spruce Oil
- Botanical Name
- Picea mariana
Medicinal Uses & Benefits of Spruce Oil
How to Use: Spruce
Preparation Methods & Dosage :Essential Oil
Spruce : Essential Oil Profile
Calming vapors break up congestion and improve breathing Several species of evergreen conifer trees are used to produce this pleasant, balsamic, sweet, evergreen-scented essential oil. The oil is used as a fragrance for household products by itself or with other pine needle oils to produce a fresh pine scent. Applications include air fresheners, room sprays, disinfectants, detergents and soaps. It blends well with cedarwood, galbanum, rosemary and all pine needle oils.
Spruces are popular ornamental trees in horticulture, admired for their evergreen, symmetrical narrow-conic growth habit, and For the same reason, some (particularly Picea abies and P. omorika) are also extensively used as Christmas trees.
Regional Traditions :North America *
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The quarterback carousel continues to turn, and it just sped up in a big way.
Lamar Jackson and the Ravens may be headed for a divorce, if the quarterback’s trade request comes to pass. The former NFL MVP revealed on March 27 that he requested a trade from the Ravens in early March, this coming before Baltimore placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him.
As it stands, most teams that had quarterback instability this offseason have shored up their rooms, but the Ravens and Jets may have the most unsettled quarterback situations in the league. Now, Jackson’s trade request has thrown a curveball to teams still looking to solve their QB puzzles, namely those two squads.
Here’s what Jackson’s trade request means for the Jets, Packers and one Aaron Rodgers:
What Lamar Jackson’s trade request means for the Jets
The Jets entered the offseason with plans to upgrade the quarterback position in a meaningful way, and Jackson’s unexpected availability could throw a small wrench in their best-laid plans — but in a good way.
The Jets are currently entangled with Aaron Rodgers, but a deal has yet to go through as both New York and Green Bay play the waiting game. Jackson’s trade request works in Gang Green’s favor twofold:
1. It gives the Jets another option at quarterback as they sort through their QB situation, in case the Packers remain dug in on compensation and a deal can’t get done.
2. It gives a small bit of leverage to the Jets, who can pivot away from Rodgers and talk Jackson with the Ravens.
Of course, it’s not a given that the Jets would land Jackson given the mechanics of the non-exclusive franchise tag, but a Jackson pursuit could ease up the Packers’ stranglehold on whatever trade comp they want.
Should the Jets want to pursue Jackson, there’s also the added danger of potentially ticking off the Rodgers in the process. Even if Rodgers doesn’t have a ton of options (two, really), that’s not a tree you want to necessarily shake.
At least Rodgers isn’t a dude known to hold grudges or anything.
What Lamar Jackson’s trade request means for Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers made it abundantly clear that he wants to play for the Jets. Would they leave him at the altar?
Rodgers already didn’t have many, if any, suitors outside of the Jets. His contract, while not as encumbering as the numbers make it seem, isn’t appealing to 30 other NFL teams. If it was, Rodgers likely would have been granted permission to speak with more teams, but it’s been reported that he’s only spoken with — and desires — one. The Packers have only seemingly engaged with the Jets, too, making for the right match.
Quarterback voids are being filled ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft: Jimmy Garoppolo landed in Las Vegas, closing off one potential Rodgers landing spot. The Titans seem to be in a state of limbo, but the team recently reaffirmed its support of Ryan Tannehill. Others, like the Panthers, Texans, Colts and Buccaneers, may turn to the draft to fill their needs.
For Rodgers, it’s really the Jets or retirement. If the Jets move on and circle Jackson, then the latter may become a reality a bit quicker than he would have liked.
What Lamar Jackson’s trade request means for the Packers
Debates around who really has the leverage in the Jets-Packers negotiations rage on, but Jackson’s availability may harm the Packers in a big way. If the Jets decided to walk away from the table and sets their sights on Jackson, the Packers may be left holding the Rodgers bag.
Rodgers indicated that his original plan was for retirement, but after he emerged from the darkness retreat, he felt comfortable in wanting to play — already putting the Packers behind something of an 8-ball. The team likely didn’t want to incur a massive cap charge for Rodgers in 2023 (and 2024) if he’s on the roster. Having No. 12 on the roster while they very clearly want to move on from him and get Jordan Love to the top of the depth chart isn’t the best course of business, either.
At some point, the Packers will have to come off their asking price for those reasons. The Jets have reason to be patient, and even more patient, than the Packers. Simply, the Jets can out-wait the Packers until after the 2023 NFL Draft and give up future picks, nothing that would harm them immediately.
Green Bay, which probably wants to surround Love with as much talent as possible, will need the cap space and the picks to make sure its 2023 evaluation of the QB goes as smoothly as possible.
Time is running out, and the scales may have just tipped in New York’s favor.
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What’s Causing My Back Pain?
If you’ve ever been to a chiropractor—or indeed, if you’re a human above a certain age—there’s a decent chance you’ve dealt with back pain at some point. Ranging from a mild nuisance to a major problem (and painful, to boot), back pain can be a real…well, pain in the back.
Most of the causes of back pain we’re looking at today are, for many of us, at least partially preventable. (There are issues outside the scope of this article—serious injury, disease, etc.—that may require more serious medical intervention.)
For our purposes, we’re talking about habits you may be engaged in that aren’t ideal for a healthy back. The great thing about most habits is that you can change them. (And if a habit is causing you pain, we’re betting you’re pretty motivated to do so.)
It May Be a Core Issue
A weak core can lead to back pain. You don’t have to have a ripped midsection to reap the results of a strong core. Some modest changes and basic exercises (planks, pushups, etc.) can go a long way. Consult your physician—and perhaps a trainer—to choose the core routine that works best for you, and be sure to perform the movements correctly. Sloppily performed core exercises can contribute to back pain rather than alleviate it.
Poor sleep habits can do more than cause you to nod off during meetings. Sleep can help muscles to relax and keep your discs in good shape, so if you’re skimping on quality snoozing, your back may be paying the price.
To increase the chances of getting a good night’s sleep, keep the room as dark as possible, ban screens from the bedroom, and limit your caffeine intake, particularly later in the day.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll likely say it again: Lift with your legs and not your back. Don’t make us say it again. (We’ll almost certainly say it again.) Also, remember to lift heavy things—boxes, grandchildren…whatever—close to your body so as not to put unnecessary stress on your back.
Get That Vitamin D
Some studies have linked a deficiency in vitamin D to back pain and disc degeneration, so make sure you’re getting enough of this important nutrient. And again, talk with your physician to see if your vitamin D levels are where they need to be.
Carrying Extra Weight
We just got through the holidays, so even more of us can relate to this than usual. If you’re carrying too much weight for your frame, it may be causing extra strain on your back. Weight can be a complex issue, of course; it’s important to note that everyone’s body is different, and for some, there’s more to it than just increasing exercise and decreasing calorie intake. Consult your physician to discuss a healthy weight range for you and recommended steps to get there. | <urn:uuid:5013964b-8ab8-4ae5-a9cf-090bb045649c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://anotherlevelhealth.com/cause-of-back-pain/ | 2023-10-04T19:21:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.932559 | 667 |
More Than Just a Book
My mother- in-law was a wonderful cook and lived to be 91 years old. She always had tin or wooden recipe boxes, piles of recipes and small cookbooks kept together with rubber bands on her counter. She also had the 1950 Betty Crocker edition picture cookbook that belonged to her mother. I’m the proud owner of this book now. Inside were slips of paper, handwritten recipes from her parents, which my mother in-law proudly labeled My Mother’s Handwriting.
Reading an old cookbook is so much more than going through a book of recipes. You will often find cardboard recipes cut from the back of boxes or worn paper from vintage magazines, outdated long ago. It’s very similar to browsing through old newspapers at the local library. A recipe for Oregon Pickles has the words Dad’s Handwriting, underneath it. While the amount of cucumbers needed isn’t listed, 16 cups of sugar are listed as an ingredient! Taped inside the back cover is a Prune Cake Recipe cut from a newspaper and Big Cake News, an ad for One Egg Cakes, which were praised as not only economical but elegant.
Years ago my mother-in-law gave me many recipe cards from her collection. Every time I see her handwriting and some of her favorite recipes, memories rush to mind. Many of these recipes were meals or treats my husband grew up with as a child. The recipe for half moon cookies is a favorite, homemade Sloppy Joe’s is another. Her cards with basic marinated recipes using oil, vinegar and spices were given when I was a young bride and not sure what marinate was. My mother never used them. My then new husband said, “I think Mom soaked her London broils in them.” Since I knew how wonderful her London broils tasted, that card became a keeper.
We gave her a new recipe box many years ago filled with green tea bags. It looked like a little teashop with her name hand painted on the shop and the word welcome on a mat in front of the shop. She loved green tea. She kept that box clean and might I say empty! Never did see a recipe card in it. I guess it just didn’t have the feel of the old beat up one.
If you are ever given the opportunity to go through a pile of old recipes or cookbooks, please don’t pass it up. You might stumble on a memory lost long ago or a family story that will rush back with a vivid flashback to your youth!
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Tampa Bay Downs has updated its October promotions.
The details (all high hands for all promotions must use two cards in the hole):
<strong>OCT. 17 and OCT. 24</strong>
From 1 p.m. through midnight, the high hand (minimum aces full) every half-hour in Texas Hold’em cash games will win $599.
All quads and straight flushes, regardless of whether it’s the high hand for the half-hour, will win a $30 seat in the next satellite for the $225 Halloween Tournament on Oct. 30-31.
All royal flushes win a seat in the Halloween Tournament.
From 4-9 p.m., the high hand every half-hour in any cash game wins $100. All quads and straight flushes also win a satellite ticket and royal flushes win a Halloween Tournament seat..
<strong>FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS AND REMAINING HOURS MONDAY-THURSDAY</strong>
Quads in any cash game wins $25 and a $30 satellite seat, straight flushes win $50 and a $30 satellite seat and royal flushes win $100 and a seat in the Halloween Tournament.
<strong>TOURNAMENTS ALL MONTH LONG</strong>
Quads win a $30 satellite seat, straight flushes win a $60 voucher good toward any tournament plus a $30 satellite seat and royal flushes win a $225 Halloween Tournament seat. Also, first five winning flushes in tournaments win a satellite seat.
A costume party at 9 p.m. on Oct. 31 awards $150 for the best costume and $50 each for the funniest and scariest costumes.
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§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—
§ [Captain Margesson.]
§ 11.1 p.m.
§ Mr. Mander
I rise to call attention to a matter about which I gave notice at Question Time a week or so ago, and that is as to what extent consultation has taken place with the Dominion Governments and whether any agreement has been arrived at with them in connection with the change in foreign policy, as I interpret it, which has taken place. That change may not have been of very recent growth. It is possible that it has been going on for a considerable period, but it was brought to a head, and the facts were brought out with some distinctness, at the time of the resignation of the late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. There has certainly been a profound change of policy, whatever the reasons may be, whether good or bad, since the last General Election. With regard to the 1338 Italian negotiations now going on, I understand, from questions that have been answered, that the Dominions are being informed of what is taking place, but that it is not intended to consult them unless something arises in which they are closely concerned. It is the policy with regard to the League of Nations and the Government's attitude towards the League of Nations as concerning the Dominions that I particularly want to raise to-night.
It is, of course, well known that the Dominions themselves attach enormous importance to their membership of the League of Nations. It gives them a feeling of independence, of distinct and separate status, which they have not had before and which is enormously prized by them. Indeed, it is the case that when the optional Clause was signed by the late Mr. Arthur Henderson and the Dominion representatives at Geneva some years ago, two of the Dominions expressed the view that it was quite competent for disputes between Dominions to be decided by the Permanent Court of International Justice—that shows how far their feeling goes—but that, as a matter of expediency and policy, they desired to submit those disputes to an Empire court. It is my belief that all the British Dominions desire to play their part to the full in the collective system of the League of Nations. Indeed, the British Empire is quite incapable of being defended except as part and parcel of such a system. If it is to be abandoned, then, for example, Australia and New Zealand will have a very poor chance of maintaining their independence, and if the League goes as a result of a change of policy, then, to my mind, the British Empire is certain to go too.
While the Dominions are perfectly prepared to play their part under the Covenant of the League of Nations, some of them have made it clear that if it is to be the old dog-fight on a purely nationalist basis, they cannot be relied upon so to do, and I think there is a very-strong body of opinion in Canada and South Africa, for example, that would probably desire to remain neutral in any disputes in which the Empire might become involved if it was not part of the Covenant of the League of Nations. Now let me quote certain recent statements by the Press on this subject. I would like first to quote from the "Manchester Guardian." 1339Reports in some London newspapers that the Dominions have been consulted by the Dominions Office about foreign policy in the present European crisis and that they have given their views are not true. Mr. Mackenzie King, speaking in the Commons at Ottawa yesterday, said that the Canadian Government had not been consulted, but had been kept informed of developments in Europe. Inquiries in London indicate that this applies also to the other Dominions.There is resentment in Canadian quarters here about this Press attempt to use the Dominions to buttress the Chamberlain policy. It is pointed out that all the Dominions are members of the League and are bound by the Covenant. A League policy, therefore, would not involve risk of Empire disunity. But if the Home Government departed from a League policy, each Dominion would have to decide its own course of action.In a message from the Canberra correspondent of the "Times" on 3rd March there is a statement from Mr. Lyons, the Australian Prime Minister, in which he says:To resolve doubts (Mr. Lyons continued) he had communicated with Mr. Chamberlain and had obtained his authority to state that the United Kingdom Government adhered to the policy enunciated by the Imperial Conference of "1937, and, in particular, that there was no change in principle in the attitude of the United Kingdom Government towards the League of Nations and collective security.Another cable on 22nd March from Australia said:The newspapers fairly reflect the cleavage of Australian opinion on the European situation, on which Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, is studiously silent.I come to the main point I want to make. Mr. Lyons said that on the information given to him there had been no change of foreign policy. I want to ask the Secretary of State not just to tell the House that assurances have been given that there has been no change and that they are all satisfied. I want him to say whether the Dominion Prime Ministers have had the precise words used by the Prime Minister on 22nd February put to them, because I believe that those words, clearly read, can convey but one meaning, and that is a complete abandonment as a working institution of the collective system of the League of Nations. Let me read certain words:I doubt very much whether the League will ever do its best work as long as its members are nominally bound to impose sanctions or to use force in support of obligations.1340 That may be right or wrong but it is a fundamental departure from the Covenant of the League and is quite different from the system as understood by the Dominions and the world at the present time. It is an abandonment, and it is coming to the same position as that taken up by my right hon. Friend the Member for Bow and Bromley (Mr. Lansbury). The Prime Minister went on to say:I would not tear up a single article of it, not even Article 16, in the hope that some day it might be reconstituted in such a form that we might rely upon being able to use those powers for the function for which they were originally intended.That is, it is to remain in the Covenant but it is to remain inoperative. We are to regard it as not binding—surely a curious doctrine that if it does not please you at the moment you need not regard any particular international obligation as binding on yourself:But I would have it clearly understood to-day that the League cannot use them and cannot be expected to use them and that the nations which remain in the League must not be saddled with liabilities or risks which they are not prepared to undertake. Nor must other nations expect that the League will provide that security which it was once hoped it would provide."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 22nd February, 1938; col. 228, Vol. 332.]That is a nice look-out for some European States which have been looking to the League for that security. He goes on:I believe that if the League would throw off shams and pretences, which everyone sees through—
§ Mr. Mander
I want to know what the Dominions think about it. I am not interested in what hon. Members on the other side of the House think; I am thinking of the other ends of the earth, to which some of these remarks may percolate. He said:If the League would throw off shams and pretences, which everyone sees through, and come out with a declaration of what it is prepared to do and can do as a moral force to focus public opinion throughout the world, it would justify itself.Some hon. Members cheer that. That may be the correct view, but it has nothing to do with the conception of the Covenant of the League, which all members of it have stood up for up to the present time. The British Government at the last General Election got their great majority on that basis.
§ Mr. Amery
I should like to remind the hon. Member of a speech made by General Smuts in which he pointed out that at the Conference table the Dominions and the United States of America would work with the League, but that once the League were regarded as an international war office neither the United States nor the Dominions would have any part in it.
§ Mr. Mander
I remember the speech very well. I was present on that occasion and I am certain that General Smuts in using those words was in no way giving support to the doctrine that the League of Nations must become purely a moral force without any sanctions.
§ Mr. Mander
I have a clear recollection of the occasion and General Smuts' point was that he was opposed to making the League of Nations a military body with an international police force, but to say that you must never use force in the application of sanctions is in my view to misrepresent the very strong support that General Smuts has always given to the League. It is perfectly clear that we have had from the Prime Minister a declaration that in his view the League should have no physical force behind it, no military sanctions and that in all circumstances it should rely purely on moral force. He went on to suggest that under those conditions it might be possible to invite back Germany and Italy and Japan. He said:It might draw unto itself again some of those who have lost faith in it in the past "—Germany lost faith in the League—and the future of the League might be assured for the benefit and salvation of mankind.I want to ask whether those words, and the doctrine behind them, have been conveyed to the Dominion Governments. Have they accepted the abandonment of the use of force on behalf of the League, which is implicit in those words? It is of vital importance to know that. We do not want to be told simply that an assurance has been given to the Dominions that there has been no change. There has been a change of a fundamental kind since the last General Election. If those words still stand, and I 1342 presume they do, it means a complete abandonment of the whole system of collective security and the League of Nations. I agree that the Prime Minister and the Government still adhere to it as a distant ideal to which we shall attain one day. I am sure they are very sincere about that, but the point is: Is it operative to-day? Clearly, if that is the Government's view, they do not think so.
In particular, I want to know whether the New Zealand Government, which is wholeheartedly, 100 per cent., behind the Covenant, and the whole Covenant, as they declared in a very admirable memorandum which they submitted a year or two ago—a communication on the reform of the League, where they go for the full application of Article 16 and of every other article—
§ Mr. Mander
I am making my own speech. I should like a specific assurance that the New Zealand Government have accepted this doctrine which I have read out and agree with it. Furthermore, is it conceivable that General Smuts agrees with this new doctrine? I do not accept the version of his speech given by my right hon. Friend opposite. I should like to know whether the South African Government have not simply accepted the assurance given to them but have accepted it on the basis of that statement. I hope that with his usual clarity the right hon. Gentleman will deal with the points I have raised, as I conceive them to be in the highest interests of the British Empire. I have no other object to serve, and I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will be able to give us some assurance as to precisely what the Dominions do feel on this extremely important matter.
§ 11.16 p.m.
§ The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald)
I think that the whole House will agree that the closest possible contact should be maintained between the Government of this country and the Governments of the Dominions in regard to international affairs, and that it is the duty of this Government particularly to keep overseas Governments fully informed not only upon international events but on the comments on those events from our diplomatic representatives and on the policy regarding those events of His Majesty's Government in this country. I think we fulfil 1343 that duty adequately and to the satisfaction of the Dominions.
I inquired the other day how many telegrams on the subject of foreign affairs had passed from this Government to Governments overseas in recent years. I discovered that in 1936 no fewer than 258 telegrams had been sent by this Government to each of the Dominion Governments on that matter. In the following year there was an Imperial Conference in London. Dominion Prime Ministers were present here for a great many weeks and communication took place during that time by word of mouth at the Conference Table. Nevertheless, telegraphic communication was necessary for a considerable period of the year, and no fewer than 195 telegrams went from this Government to each of the Governments of the Dominions with regard to foreign affairs. I take this opportunity to give the House that information in order to indicate that at any given moment the Dominion Governments are fully seized of any information which we have in our possession and of our opinions and policies regarding these all-important matters.
A principle regarding this matter of communication between ourselves and the Dominion Governments on foreign policy was implied in the hon. Gentleman's speech. He rightly suggested that if this Government were contemplating any important change in their foreign policy they should give the Dominions good warning of the contemplated change before it was made public to the world, so as to give the Dominions time to make comments and criticisms and perhaps to attempt to influence us if they felt so disposed. I accept that principle of policy in its entirety, and I think that any Secretary of State for the Dominions to whatever party he belongs would accept that policy and act upon it. Where I quarrel with the hon. Member is in his views regarding the particular case he has raised this evening. He has stated, as he stated in his question the other day, that there has been a recent change of policy on the part of His Majesty's Government in foreign affairs and particularly in regard to its attitude to the League of Nations.
§ Mr. Mander
I did not say it was recent; I said it might have taken place over a considerable period.
§ Mr. MacDonald
I appreciate that, but the very fact that it has been taking 1344 place over a considerable period somewhat modifies the necessity for special communications with the Dominions regarding it in the very recent past. I am going to deal with all these questions before I sit down, but surely it is relevant to emphasise the fact that the statement of this Government's attitude to the League of Nations which was made by the Prime Minister towards the end of last month was not representative of a recent change of policy by His Majesty's Government. I would make three comments on what the hon. Member has said this evening, and what he said the other day at Question Time. The first is that what the Prime Minister said with regard to the League of Nations on 22nd February did not represent any change of policy on the part of this Government. Those views as to the ability of the League, constituted as it is at present, to fulfil all the functions which we hoped it would be able to fulfil, have been held by His Majesty's Government for a very long time.
§ Mr. MacDonald
My first point is that they do not present any recent change of policy by the Government. The second comment I would make is that Ministers representing His Majesty's Government have certainly said so before, and have been giving indications of this policy for a very long time past. It was not the first time that that view of the League as at present constituted had been expressed. The whole question of the reform of the League, as it is called, was raised formally at the Geneva Assembly in the autumn of 1936–18 months ago; and on that occasion my right hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Eden), who was then Foreign Secretary, speaking on behalf of the Government, gave the first indication of the consciousness of the Government that the League as constituted could not carry out its full functions. I will not trouble the House with the whole speech which he made on that occasion, but it contains this sentence:A lack of universality "—that is, of membership—has unfortunately been operative to some degree ever since the inception of the League. It has been aggravated by defections in recent years, and the authority of the League 1345 has without doubt been greatly impaired by the fact that its pronouncements do not have the weight of universal world opinion.That kind of sentiment has been expressed by representatives of this Government from time to time since, until again, in January of this year, the late Foreign Secretary made a more specific statement than he had made 18 months ago, when he merely threw out a suggestion. In January of this year, a whole month before that speech of my right hon. Friend which the hon. Member has quoted, the late Foreign Secretary used words which, although the vocabulary is different, expressed in substance exactly the same sentiments as those expressed by the Prime Minister. This is what he said:There can be no advantage in shutting our eyes to certain events. By the defection of some of its more important members, the League is now faced with the fact that the area of co-operation is restricted and that its ability to fulfil all the functions originally placed upon it is thereby reduced. We must realise that in present circumstances the League is not in a position to do all that it was hoped to do.That is a perfectly specific statement. What is in the OFFICIAL REPORT is perfectly consistent with what the then Foreign Secretary said to the League a month beforehand.
§ Mr. MacDonald
The third comment I would make is that we have been in touch with the Dominions right through the last 18 months, ever since they and we met together at the Geneva Assembly of 1936 and had a complete exchange of views amongst each other as to this matter. That exchange of views has been continued ever since in connection with the meetings of the committee of the League which examined this question. It was continued at the Imperial Conference last year.
§ Mr. MacDonald
If the hon. Member will let me make my own speech, as he 1346 said he should be allowed by my hon. Friends to make his, I will take his points one by one. It was on the basis of the views which were expressed by the Prime Minister in that speech on 22nd February of this year. There was no need, in fact, to inform the Dominion Governments of our policy, of which they were perfectly well aware beforehand, and had been aware for many months past. Just to show that I am endeavouring to assure the hon. Member completely, let me answer his specific question. He asked whether these very words used at this Box by the Prime Minister were conveyed to the Dominions. The answer to that question is that the whole of that passage regarding the League of Nations was telegraphed immediately in full to every one of the Dominions.
§ Mr. MacDonald
It was telegraphed on the same day that the speech was made. If those words had been any surprise to the Dominions, if in the view of the Dominions they had represented a change of policy, the Dominions would have been the first to indicate to us that that was a matter upon which consultation was required, but the very opposite is the case. If the hon. Member had not interrupted, I was going to give quotations to show that, far from Mr. Lyons being surprised, he had specifically said that this represented no change of policy, either on the part of the United Kingdom Government, or on the part of the Australian Government, and that this very attitude towards the League of Nations represented the attitude of a great many Governments, including Dominion Governments for a considerable period of time past. The views of the New Zealand Government have been as well known as our have been.
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I understand that fast food chains want to introduce new options that I may not be aware of, and I understand that some cash registers require the options to be noted in a certain order, but talking over customers while they are trying to order is still terrible customer service. Customers can choose many different restaurants; they're the ones with the money and they should feel like the cashier cares enough to get their order right before offering any add-ons.
Learning to ListenThe same is true when sharing your faith. Yesterday, I began a series of tips to help Christians better share and defend their faith. I said in that article that asking questions is crucial to being an effective ambassador for Christ. When I was first starting out in apologetics, I know that one of my bad habits was to talk with people and as they brought up a certain point, I would try to muster my responses while they were still talking. I was looking at apologetics like a tennis match: if he drops back, I'll rush the net, if he moves to the left, I'll aim for the right.
But this is exactly the wrong way to go about having a conversation! You aren't conversing with another person when you are strategizing instead of listening. Just like the over-zealous cashier in the example above, then you starts planning your responses while the other person is still speaking, your mind isn't focused on what they're saying and you aren't really hearing them. For someone who isn't just trying to fight but really wants answers, this is off-putting and rude. They may not wish to talk about these things with you a second time if they think all you're interested is talking about your position regardless of what they say.
The Second Grade Class Photo ApproachThis is why I encourage you to use the "Second Grade Class Photo" approach. Do you remember those awkward class photos that your entire class used to take in elementary school? You know, the ones with the rows of children and the teachers standing on either side. When the school photos were developed and passed back to the students, what's the very first thing you did? You looked for yourself in that picture! That's human nature; we care about how we look or how we are perceived.
When engaging other in conversation, you can use that knowledge to help make sure the other person feels heard and knows you're listening. As I said last time, start by simply asking a lot of questions. I always ask "tell me, why did you come to believe this position?" That's a key question and can take your conversation in a completely different direction. As you ask more questions, you may begin to see that they hold contradictory positions on certain things. This is where tactics like the Columbo tactic can be handy.
Repeat their argument back to themThe Class Photo technique accomplishes a few things. First, it makes the person you're talking with feel important. I've always been told I'm a great conversationalist when the topic is about that person. Secondly, it informs you of their beliefs. But just as importantly, it makes sure you aren't mischaracterizing their position. We should never offer straw men of someone else's position. The best way to guard against that is to listen and ask if you've understood them correctly. You should be able to repeat the argument back to that person and have them say "Yes, that's what I mean."
Lastly, you should be looking for the main idea or concept that drives their belief. There is usually one real issue underlying a specific position. It could be their not wanting to answer to a god, a woman who is saddled with guilt over her abortion, or simply that they don't understand the historic Christian position. Whatever it is, ask questions like "and why do you hold that view" or "Do you think this is one of the more important reasons you believe in X? If not, what would you say is an important reason?" Many times the issue isn't intellectual but emotional, and finding that out will make for a very different conversation. So, let's learn to listen.
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Gigantic gold chains? Check. Super-fly mohawk? Check. Lean, mean, and totally bad attitude? Oh, you’d better believe it, sucka!
I pity the foo’ who doesn’t recognize the inimitable style of Mr. T. You probably have to have been a child of the 80’s to fully appreciate the subtle nuances of his performances, but to the connoisseur there is nothing better.
iPity rips Mr. T from his A-Team glory days and blasts him into the iPhone. It’s effectively a sound board, featuring nothing but a very rough animation of Mr. T’s face. Tap it, and you’ll be blessed with a random audio clip from the Mohawked One’s glory days. You might hear such gems as “Got no time fo’ da jibba jabba” or “Hey, man, I ain’t gettin’ on no airplane!” If you prefer, you can browse the library to find your favorite Mr. T quote and gorge on the master thespian to your heart’s content. It’s a truly awesome blast from the past for any kid who grew up on a steady diet of B.A. Baracus. Plus, it’s free!
Now, here’s the bad. Because it’s free, there’s an obnoxious ad banner that runs the entire time along the bottom, even obscuring a portion of Mr. T’s face. It doesn’t really interfere with any of your Mr. T playtime, but it’s definitely an intrusive and unwanted presence. From what I gathered from several iTunes’ comments, this used to be a paid app, but the developers added the ads and made it free without warning, understandably upsetting the folks who shelled out a buck. Not such a great move, developers. But for the rest of us cheapskates, their loss is our gain.
Unfortunately, aside from just the ugly ads, the audio files are also rather unfortunate from a quality control perspective. They are all of varying and often terrible quality, as though they were ripped from old VHS tapes, which, considering the subject matter, they very well may have been.
To be perfectly honest, it’s not a great app, but that really shouldn’t stop many of you. To say it is rough around the edges would likely be on the generous side, but, like Mr. T himself, that’s part of the appeal. It’s a crude, gritty, and silly app, and to a child of the 80’s or a casual Mr. T fan, this app represents a lot of good, cheap, and surprisingly clean fun. I can’t in good conscience give this a very high rating, but I would still whole-heartedly recommend it to the Alf and Punky Brewster set.
Here is a video demo of the iPity app on the iPhone
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Are you looking for a solid, to-do list app that syncs with your iPhone or iPad? You’ll find a great choice in Cheddar — available as an iOS app and online at cheddarapp.com.
The premise of the Cheddar iPhone app is simple. You are free to create lists and add tasks to each list. There is a helpful welcome screen with a list of suggestions and guidance to get you started using Cheddar. From the home screen, you tap the plus icon and create a list. The title of the list is at the top of the screen, and you just touch the empty bar at the top of the screen that says, “What do you have to do?” to add a task. You touch the task to complete it, or you can archive task by touching the edit button at the top of the screen. The archive feature functions similarly to the chance to delete or forward a conversation in iMessage.
Instead of spending set-up time creating tags and categories, Cheddar simply uses the ubiquotous Twitter hash tag icon. You touch a hashtag on the screen, and a new list with tasks containing that hashtag appears. There is no typing in a search bar, as the sort function is gesture controlled. As a mom, I hashtag each child, so I can quickly sort through the lists. Or, to create a shopping list, you can simply add a hashtag and a store name. When you get to Trader Joe’s, then you’ll find everything you have noted.
The Cheddar iOS productivity app syncs with all of your devices, as well as any online entries, to keep you up to date with your life’s tasks and details. Markdown junkies will appreciate the ability to incorporate span elements. Regular folks can simply add a URL to create a link in a task.
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As this is being written, WTI crude oil trades at $96.13/bbl (per barrel); the last time oil closed that high was 2014. Of course, given recent events and the inherent volatility in oil, price could easily be >$100 or <$90/bbl by the time this piece is published and read. Either way, after eight years of sub-$80/bbl oil (with the majority of time spent below $60/bbl), we now find ourselves in a completely different environment driven by a confluence of forces, several of which may stick around longer than people expect.
It is difficult to understate the importance of Russian oil, not only to western Europe, but to the world. According to the February 2022 OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report, Russia is the second largest global producer of oil at 9.95 million barrels per day (MBls/d), behind the US at 11.75 Mbls/d with Saudi Arabia a near tie at 9.87 Mbls/d (Nov. 2021 production numbers). To further put this in context, Russia’s share represents right at 10% of global supply. However, unlike the US, which consumes far more oil that it produces, Russia is a large net exporter, meaning that the majority of that nearly ten million barrels of oil each day is being consumed by other parts of the world. The primary beneficiary is Europe, although some of that oil makes it over to the US as well (7% of total November 2021 crude imports to be exact, per the US Energy Information Administration).
Source: Strategas Securities, LLC, as of 02.28.2022
Disruption of these flows would wreak havoc on global supply, which is why foreign countries who have sanctioned everything from Russian banks to private citizens’ assets abroad have fallen short of denying Russia a market for their most valuable natural resource. Amos Hochstein, the State Department’s senior energy security adviser, said in an interview last Friday that, “sanctions will not target the oil flows as we go forward,” simply because this would be deemed more of a punishment for US and European consumers than it would Russia. Hochstein elaborated, “If we target the oil and gas sector for Putin, and in this case the Russian energy establishment, then prices would spike. Perhaps he would sell only half of his product, but for double the price. That means he would not suffer the consequences while the United States and our allies would suffer the consequences.”
Given Russia’s place in the global energy scene, it isn’t at all surprising that oil markets would wake up at the sight of heightened geopolitical tensions. Indeed, allowing some sort of premium to account for the thought that the commodity could be used as a weapon in this war makes rational sense. However, while this will certainly drive near-term movements in oil, we don’t believe this is the primary reason to be bullish over the long-term.
Global Supply/Demand Fundamentals
Coming in to 2022, the three major energy forecasting agencies (US Energy Information Agency – EIA, International Energy Agency – IEA, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC) all expected that 2022 would be the year when increasing oil supply would outstrip demand and inventories would reverse their decline, leading to more normalized prices. At the end of third quarter 2021, this is where they all stood:
Source: Bloomberg, as of 02.28.2022
Since that time, the outlook has tightened considerably. The IEA has increased its 2022 demand forecast by 900,000 bls/d, citing a milder-then-expected negative impact from the Omicron variant and a weather-driven switch to oil from gas for residential heating and industrial needs. Moreover, while OPEC+ has continued its pledge of adding 400,000 bls/d per month through September 2022 (the gradual rolling-off of COVID-era cuts), they have repeatedly fallen short of that mark due to several member nation’s inability to ramp production from existing capacity. Regarding that point, the IEA noted that unless OPEC+ member nations with spare capacity (namely Saudi, Iraq and UAE) make up for the production deficits of the broader group (namely Angola and Nigeria), the total amount of oil lost in 2022 could approach one billion barrels! The COVID pandemic not only drove oil prices lower than we’ve seen in years, it disincentivized investment in new production, which has now become apparent even in those countries that were believed to have ample ready inventory.
Source: Raymond James, as of 02.28.2022
All of this wouldn’t be overly concerning in a normal environment, but global inventories are currently lower than normal. Even if markets return to a surplus in 2022 (which is looking less certain than it did a few months ago), the added supply will only serve to put a small dent in depleted inventory levels. This is being seen globally, as well as here at home:
Source: Raymond James, as of 02.28.2022
Source: US Energy Information Agency, as of 02.28.2022
Speaking of here at home, how are US producers responding to the jump in commodity prices? As the largest producer of oil and liquids (includes condensate, natural gas liquids) in the world, certainly the US has the ability to influence global supply. The answer is two-fold: yes, activity has increased, leading to greater production domestically; but no, companies are not responding with the frantic growth-at-all-costs proposal of past cycles. This point was driven home in an interview post 4Q’21 earnings announcement with Scott Sheffield, CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources – one of the largest independent E&P companies in the country and largest acreage owner in the prolific Midland Basin. When asked about increasing output in response to elevated oil prices, he responded, “Whether it’s $150 oil, $200 oil, or $100 oil, we’re not going to change our growth plans.” This is coming from a guy who expects oil prices to climb higher, as demonstrated by the fact that Pioneer bought out their entire 2022 oil hedge book in 4Q’21 in order to have unfettered upside exposure to the commodity going forward.
To be fair, not everyone is following suit. Financial discipline has been witnessed primarily at the public company level, where shareholders are demanding the return of capital over reckless growth (still marred by the capital destruction days of the 2010’s). But after years of industry consolidation, private companies only represent ~30% of US oil production, down from over 60% several years ago¹. That means that lower reinvestment rates, even if just at the public level, should keep spiraling production increases in check.
Source: Strategas Securities, LLC, as of 02.28.2022
This has resulted in free cash flow generation not seen from the energy sector since 2008. Not only are oil prices high, but companies have become much more efficient operators than they were ten or even five years ago. With that said, this level of underinvestment can’t continue. The primary means by which domestic producers have been able to maintain this level of hydrocarbon output while keeping expenditures in check is that they’ve been drawing on an inventory of discounted flows known as the DUC (drilled-uncompleted) well count. This represents those wells that have been drilled to total depth but not yet fracked and put on production. At any given time, there must be some level of DUC inventory due to the fact that operators often complete several wells in a row to utilize frac fleet efficiency. And during times of lower oil prices (like much of 2015 – 2020), operators are incentivized to drill wells (to utilize long-term drill rig contracts) but hold-off completion until prices improve. Right now, we’re seeing the opposite – DUC’s are being drawn down at a record rate in order to increase production without spending as much money.
Source: Raymond James, LLC, as of 02.28.2022
This means the rig count has to go up. It bottomed in July 2020 at 276/1,030 (North America / World) and has since climbed to 886/1,632. This seems like a huge jump but put in the context of the all-time high in 2011 of 2,740/3,722, it pales in comparison. Given the vast increases in drilling efficiency and speed, there is no reason to expect absolute numbers will approach 2011 levels. But it is reasonable to think rig counts must rise to offset natural production declines, stem the drop in DUC count and satisfy global demand.
In terms of energy markets, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is currently getting all the attention. But as we’ve discussed, there are fundamental issues at work which give us cause to be an oil bull long past the (hopefully soon) conclusion of this war. As COVID reaches the endemic phase, oil demand has come roaring back and is forecasted to surpass its 2019 highs this year². At the same time, we think the chronic underinvestment in oil supply both domestically and internationally has created a situation where demand can’t easily be met in the near-term, at least not in a meaningful way as to build the inventory depletion of the last year. As a result, we remain bullish on oil price and the companies that produce it. We have been overweight energy in our Compounders stock sleeve since the beginning of September 2021 and we seek to maintain that position.
While a global peace would certainly take the hostility premium out of oil, we expect that these longer-term factors should keep the floor above $80/bbl, perhaps for the next year or two to come. Domestic operators have become extremely efficient at producing oil, generating free cash flow at levels below $50/bbl. It is hard to imagine a perpetual environment where that type of economic rent is allowed to exist, and prices should eventually settle around the $65/bbl mark. Until then (and even after), domestic E&P companies generate tremendous free cash flow and have developed shareholder-friendly return policies, making them some of the highest-yielding companies in the index. Moreover, we have gotten more bullish on oil field services, as a dwindling DUC well inventory and the need for more production will drive a higher rig count and related services, even as operators pledge fiscal discipline.
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Every eye in the room was fixated upon him. Someone who spoke, but almost apologized beforehand.
And worse…a tax collector.
Jakob cleared his throat, and tugged at his collar. He did not normally drink in public, especially at one of the rowdier establishments in Vladisburg. But when he had heard of a possible convocation to speak on Viola’s rule, he felt a duty to attend.
If only he had known the tenor, he might have summoned a guardsman. Still, he did collect their taxes. There was some measure of backbone in him yet.
“Countess Viola Konstantin has been nothing but kind to those around her,” he said. “She wields the powers given her with precision and aplomb. No matter the situation, or circumstance, her first question is how will this help Konstantin Valley.
“As for her powers,” Jakob breathed in deep. “After the attempted coup on her coronation, I am glad that she was able to defend herself. The men there tried to murder her without even giving her a chance, in an attempt to take power for themselves…”
“For everyone!” Someone shouted from the back.
“For themselves,” Jakob corrected. Angry mutters silenced him, and he looked around, suddenly nervous.
“Gentlemen, gentlemen.” Canterwright clapped Jakob on the back. Jakob jumped, fearful. He had not heard the lord approach him from behind. But Canterwright flashed him another smile, and looked around.
“We value all opinions. Even from tax collectors, right Jakob?”
“Even from fellow people of the Valley…” Jakob said. “I’m neighbors with all of you. And I stand with Viola Konstantin.”
“As do we all,” Canterwright said. “We just need a venue to air our grievances. Since the countess has closed court, it has been harder to get in contact with her.”
“And that shall change soon.” Jakob said. he stood up, and nodded to everyone. “To any man who has disagreements with the countess, be here tomorrow at nine. I shall personally escort you to the countess myself. She will hear your words, and try to make your life better.”
Canterwright chuckled. “You hold that much power over the countess, tax collector?”
“I hold no power over the countess,” Jakob said. “But I know her method of ruling. She will listen. I can guarantee that the same way I guarantee the rising of the sun.”
With nothing else to say, Jakob got up and left.
Canterwright laughed aloud, turning to the crowd. “It looks like someone is a bit too infatuated with our leader, eh lads?”
There was laughter, but it was mixed. The crowd of men hushed, suddenly unsure. Would someone make them a guarantee like that without meaning it? A few made plans to be at the tavern the next morning, just in case.
Canterwright ordered another round for the tavern. That got spirits up immediately, and conversation turned back to the usual rumor-mongering. Their fear was gone, as so many of the words and promises would be in the morning.
Canterwright sat in his usual seat in the back, and settled into his own drink. Another man sat down next to him.
“You’re needed upstairs.”
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Released: February 7, 2013
Genre: BDSM, Erotic Romance
Series: The Submissive Trilogy #1
“I really enjoyed the heck of it.” ~Under the Covers
Another fan fiction/Fifty book you ask?
Yes…it is exactly that. Well, not exactly. Apparently, this is the book that E.L. James got some of her ideas from…that and Twilight. And while I didn’t really get a lot of Twilight from this book, you can definitely see the things that E.L. James picked out of it. As far as it being a fan fiction, the only clue I had was the lack of the character’s physical descriptions.
That being said, I really enjoyed the heck of it. I’m not sure what’s happened but this story line has not gotten old for me. Each story seems to have enough differences to keep me entertained…and entertained I was.
For me, this story seemed to deal more with the BDSM side of things. Right from the start, Abigail (Abby) is going in for an interview with Nathaniel to be his submissive. She has had a “thing” for him since he had a hand in helping save her Mother’s house. The problem is that she has no experience being a sub and Nathaniel doesn’t train submissives but he decides to make an exception in her case.
There’s a contract to sign, medical forms to fill out, exercise programs to follow as well as eating and sleeping requirements and BAM, come Friday at 6 pm it’s time for the festivities. Nathaniel has a couple of rules…he doesn’t do kissing and his subs do not spend the night in his bed. That really didn’t bother me too much except he had Abby sleep on a pallet on his bedroom floor sometimes and I didn’t really care for that. I wish I could say she didn’t either but while she wasn’t happy about it, she was happy to fulfill her submissive role…whatever Mr. West wanted. I don’t know a whole lot about BDSM but it seemed like this was very light. There was only one instance where I felt things went a bit far.
Abby was easy to like. Even though she’s a librarian, she’s not shy or hesitant and she knows what she wants and that’s Nathaniel anyway she can get him.
Nathaniel on the other hand is a bit cold. You can tell there is something going on there and slowly, things start to add up from the little pieces of information we get from his friends. It’s a great little twist!
The cast of characters are really enjoyable and they are the ones that help shed some light for Abby and maybe give her a bit too much of a push into thinking this arrangement could actually be a relationship. Nathaniel’s dog, Apollo, also plays a big part and you can’t help but love him.
One of the main differences of this story is Abby and Nathaniel’s love of books especially poetry. I love the little game they play with trying to figure out who said what. But my most favorite thing was when Nathaniel visited Abby at her work and left her a rose…a cream colored rose with rose tipped petals. Her coworker explained what the rose meant from a poem:
“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”
There’s some pretty steamy scenes, some are pretty straight up BDSM but others are a bit more daring and romantic. There’s one at the Super Bowl and at the piano that are muy caliente!
There definitely is drama and we get a good amount of it! For every little crack that Abby puts in Nathaniel’s tough facade, Nathaniel builds it back up “brick by brick.” It’s extremely frustrating!
The ending sets things up nicely for the next book called The Dominant which sounds like it will be from Nathaniel’s POV or at least part of it. I am sooo looking forward to that!
♥ “Thank you for escorting me on my tour of the Rare Books Collection.”
♥ “You think it’s different for me?”
♥ “You’re still mine. Even with this off.”
♥ “Now that,” he said against my neck, “was an amazing half-time show.”
♥ “You were the goddess I longed to worship. My unobtainable dream. The relationship I could never hope to have.”
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Scope and Contents The William R. Pogue papers document aspects of William (Bill) R. Pogue's career as an astronaut. The papers include Pogue's autobiography, a DVD by Pogue; "We're go for launch to zero-g: a DVD video all about: living in space." The DVD features astronauts from 1961 to 1994, as they live, work, and cope in the zero gravity of space flight.Also included is a copy of a signed letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in regards to research on the atomic bomb. The...
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Michael C. Jones is a Southern California-based sports journalist, editor, and blogger covering professional and collegiate sports across the country. You can read his work at Yahoo! Sports and Examiner.com. He is the Editor of Sports Out West, a West Coast-centric sports hub. Follow Michael on Twitter @MikeJonesTweets for Tweets about a lot of things in addition to sports, but mostly sports.
There hasn't been much to be excited about with the Phoenix Suns this year, but the reuniting of the Morris brothers could give fans a reason to come out to the US Airways center this season.
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The Broncos' offensive coordinator is the leading candidate among assistant coaches league-wide, and Arizona is courting him.
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How an HOA Website Can Benefit Your Community
People just like you use the internet daily to catch up on the news, communicate with their friends and family, check sports scores, and more. As more people shift to the digital world, it only makes sense for homeowner’s association (HOA) boards to do the same. Building an HOA website is an easy way to create a central online hub of association news, offering several benefits to association communities.
Six Benefits of Having an HOA Website
Deciding to launch an HOA website is only the first step. To do it right, all board members need to understand how it benefits the community, their role, and homeowners. Here are six benefits of having an HOA website and how it could help the well-being of your association.
Reduce unnecessary expenses.
Having a website gives the board a way to communicate with homeowners digitally, reducing the need for mailing and printing newsletters, flyers, announcements, and paying somebody to distribute them on hang announcements throughout the community.
As the HOA website should be used to educate new and existing homeowners, publishing the CC&Rs, rules, and regulations is useful. During certain times of the year, it is also beneficial to highlight some frequently asked questions on the home page about the season. For instance, holiday decorating, snow removal, and visitor parking guidelines.
The more residents are aware of rules and regulations, the more likely they are to abide by them. Increased homeowner compliance cuts down on complaints that the board has to review and act upon throughout the year.
Communicate between meetings.
Depending on the website, board members may be able to communicate with one another in between meetings. As new concerns or projects arise, members can post in a private discussion forum, vote, and update one another on where they are with their tasks. This can help keep the HOA running smoothly and cut down on the amount of time spent at meetings each month, increasing board member satisfaction and retention.
Create an online community/watch forum.
Finding a way to encourage community interaction is an excellent way to ensure community members use the website. One avenue to consider is creating an online watch group that lets neighbors post about suspicious activity and missing property, helping to assure community safety.
Cut down on resident inquiries.
Another way to save the board and administrative staff time is to create a frequently asked question (FAQ) section on the website. This allows for a central place to post answers to frequent inquiries. Community member happiness will increase as a result because they can access the information quickly.
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12 Community Association Terms You Should Get To Know
Choosing to volunteer on a community association board of directors is a fulfilling commitment. In many cases, volunteer board members spend their first few weeks learning the policies, procedures, and inner workings of how an association works. This often requires a review of governing documents that outline how decisions are made in the community. Depending on their experience, some terms may be new to the volunteer and require additional research to understand.
To help, we’ve put together a list of the most important community association terms volunteers should understand.
Act in Good Faith
Sometimes referred to as bona fide in legal documents, refers to making decisions in a sincere manner without deceiving or acting maliciously to others. This applies to negotiations, settlements, and mediation, in addition to other legal scenarios.
A building or additional room added on to the existing property identified in the CC&R’s.
Assessment is an alternative name for dues or fees. Community management associations charge assessments for a variety of scenarios, including maintenances and special projects. These assessments are charged to all community members and are spent on or reinvested back into the well-being of the association by law.
An enforceable contract that commits the endorsing parties to follow through on the outlined actions. An example is the sale or resale of a house, and both the buyer and seller are committed to following through with the contract.
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions
Also referred to as the CC&R’s, these outline the rules and restrictions community members must abide by. When a person purchases a condominium or house, they are sometimes required to give up freedoms they would have in a non-association community, including what color they paint the house or the type of fence they install.
All HOA’s are considered deed restricted because they are governed by a set of documents otherwise known as the master deed, declaration or CC&R’s.
These are special board meetings in which members are not permitted to attend because the board is discussing issues that may be sensitive or regulated by law.
This is a requirement of all board members when they take their position. This applies to making decisions in the best interest of the community association members and not in their personal interests.
Governing documents are used by the board to make decisions for the community and include the CC&R’s or master deed, community plans, by-laws, articles of incorporation, and rules and regulations.
This is a third-party company contracted by the community association to facilitate the day-to-day operations of the HOA and carry out decisions made by the board. Some companies manage property requests, and others manage financial and communication activities as well.
Refers to homeowners or condominium owners that don’t sit on the board of directors.
There are two types of voting outcomes or requirements, including majority and plurality. A majority vote means more than half of members voted for the same outcome. A plurality vote refers to the outcome that received the most votes, but not necessarily the majority.
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The “Kyrie” is often the first movement in a concert mass. Unlike the rest of the mass written in Latin, this text is Greek. Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison (“Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy”). Greek was the lingua franca of the Mediterranean at the time Jesus was born. Furthermore, the New Testament was first written in Greek. Once Rome conquered Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean, Latin became the new language of church and scholarship. The mass was eventually translated into Latin around the end of the second century. Opposition to the shift from Greek to Latin would be argued in a similar way many years later when Latin would give way to vernacular languages around the global Church. It is tempting to think that the Greek Kyrie as simply a vestige, a leftover of the Greek mass; however, this particular prayer was introduced later in fourth century and shortened to its current form.
Since the Kyrie starts the mass, I see an opportunity to introduce the two main components of Haitian culture: France and West Africa. It is this mix of cultures that makes Haiti unique among Caribbean nations. So, this movement will start with a lyrical European choral gesture in a minor key, using the Greek text. Next, I will introduce a more rhythmic West African gesture in a major key, using the Kreyol text. Eventually the two will combine. I want the entire work to conclude with a high-energy movement, so this opening movement should begin with the slowest gesture of the whole work and build into a medium tempo. This works nicely with some of the ideas that Tiphaine has been sharing about the mixing of French and Haitian culture in Quebec.
I see the main music phrase as a descending line with the word “Kyrie.” The melodic phrase will descend to paint a picture of the humility of this phrase. This word, with all of its vowel sounds and only a single plosive consonant, is a wonderful vehicle for a lyrical melody. In contrast to this, the French Kreyol words “pitye pou nou, pitye pou nou” provide a vehicle for a rhythmic phrase with all the “p’s” and “t’s.” | <urn:uuid:ba819ec1-e8cd-44b9-8da3-85ffa7ddce8c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://artforbrains.com/2014/02/the-kyriekiriye/ | 2023-10-04T20:46:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.954696 | 484 |
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Hello fellow Alchemists,
Sorry for the late post. Between my daughters science assignment, feeling fluey and computer issues I am really behind the eight ball today lol. Hope everyone else is well! Todays video features products from The Hedgehog Hollow March 2018 LDRS box (Little Darlings Rubber Stamps). You can see a project I made with the February box here.
What I thought was going to be an easy card to make turned out to be a pain in my butt haha. I had a few errors along the way, had to edit a couple out as time was getting away from me lol. There are still a couple in there though! Mostly I just kept adding tape to the wrong places lol.
The middle bars looked a little plain to me so I decided to add the straight Lawn Fawn Meadow Border to them. It was a little higher than I’d have liked but the grass added an extra element that I really liked especially as I always feel like I need to fill everything up! Winnie, the doggy and some accessories from the stamp set Furry Fabulous out of the Hedgehog Hollow March 2018 LDRS box as well as the Flowers from the February boxes Some Bunny Lawn Fawn set were stamped with Memento ink. If you watched the video you will see why I did not use the LDRS Hybrid Ink. I used the co-ordinating dies for Furry Fabulous and Some bunny to cut my coloured pieces out.
The Copic and Promarker colours I used are:
Doggy – YR20, YR23 and Promarker O538 (Apricot) Nose – R00, R01, R02 Dog Tag – Y28.
Winnie – Skin – E000, E00, E01 Dress and Bow – BG10, BG11, BG13 Hair – V91, V93, V95.
For the flowers I used the colours above as well as – RV55, RV52, Promarker G159 (Lime Zest), YG03 and YG06
Bone – C00, C0
Hope you liked what I made with the supplies from the box. I have my thinking cap on for my next make. My new box has been sent so I best get a wriggle on lol. What’s your favourite thing from the Hedgehog Hollow boxes so far? Hope you are creating some Arty Crafty Alchemy of your own, Bye for now,
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New operating room (OR) design focuses more on the surgical environment than on the process of care. The authors sought to improve OR throughput and reduce time per case by goal-directed design of a demonstration OR and the perioperative processes occurring within and around it.
The authors constructed a three-room suite including an OR, an induction room, and an early recovery area. Traditionally sequential activities were run in parallel, and nonsurgical activities were moved from the OR to the supporting spaces. The new workflow was supported by additional anesthesia and nursing personnel. The authors used a retrospective, case- and surgeon-matched design to compare the throughput, cost, and revenue performance of the new OR to traditional ORs.
For surgeons performing the same case mix in both environments, the new OR processed more cases per day than traditional ORs and used less time per case. Throughput improvement came from superior nonoperative performance. Nonoperative Time was reduced from 67 min (95% confidence interval, 64-70 min) to 38 min (95% confidence interval, 35-40 min) in the new OR. All components of Nonoperative Time were meaningfully reduced. Operative Time decreased by approximately 5%. Hospital and anesthesia costs per case increased, but the increased throughput offset costs and the global net margin was unchanged.
Deliberate OR and perioperative process redesign improved throughput. Performance improvement derived from relocating and reorganizing nonoperative activities. Better OR throughput entailed additional costs but allowed additional patients to be accommodated in the OR while generating revenue that balanced these additional costs.
OPERATING room (OR) time is expensive, with an estimated cost of $10–30/min.1,2Concomitantly, minimally invasive surgery is increasingly prevalent, with longer setup times for the technology required to support minimally invasive procedures in multipurpose ORs. At the same time, changes in reimbursements and increasing costs create tremendous pressure to maximize surgical productivity from valuable OR space. Considerable recent effort has been applied to optimizing the use of OR time to improve access for patients, reduce costs, and improve patient and personnel satisfaction. However, emphasis on reduction of turnover time has not been rewarding. The achievable reduction in time between operations is likely to be too small to accomplish additional cases during regular OR hours.3Alternatively, the reductions in total case time that must be achieved to reliably accommodate an additional case within scheduled hours vary as a function of the total case time but are probably too large to be obtained by incremental improvements in standard perioperative processes.4Against this backdrop, we decided to change the basic paradigms by which one of our ORs functions, seeking to achieve increased throughput.
We5,6and other groups7are seeking to define the characteristics of the ideal OR for minimally invasive surgery. Our Operating Room of the Future (ORF) Implementation Project was designed for optimal support of advanced minimally invasive surgery, to allow technology assessment and development in a live, patient-care environment, and as a test environment to explore redesigning perioperative patient movement and work processes. Technologically intensive surgery requires extensive setup, and ORs at our institution do not have separate sterile setup areas. Furthermore, anesthesia induction is always conducted in the OR and is always preceded by room setup, creating an obligate serial processing workflow. Postoperatively, transfer to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) entails another serial process, with time spent on (1) transferring the patient from the OR table to the gurney, (2) anesthetist-accompanied transportation to the PACU, (3) providing a report to the PACU nurse, and (4) occasional delays while waiting for PACU space. These serial perioperative processes incur Nonoperative Time (i.e. , time not spent performing surgery) and hence decrease the utilization of OR space and resources.
We hypothesized that the barrier precluding additional productivity in conventional ORs could be overcome by a more radical redesign of OR processes than has heretofore been reported. To achieve this redesign, we undertook a multidisciplinary approach to reorganizing perioperative patient flow and work processes for maximum OR productivity, as assessed by increased throughput. In our ORF Implementation Project, we applied (1) advanced technology, (2) changes in OR architecture, and (3) reengineered work processes to enhance OR productivity. We sought to redesign the space and the processes it supports so that wherever possible, activities that do not require the OR were off-loaded to other locations, and whenever possible, activities that occurred serially in a typical OR setting were made to run in parallel in the new model.
We developed the following hypotheses for testing as outcomes of the ORF project: 1. The redesigned OR configuration and perioperative patient flow would increase throughput, reduce overtime, or possibly achieve both changes. 2. Not all surgeon/case type dyads would benefit equally from the new system, so that in some instances there would be no performance improvement. 3. The improvement in throughput would be due to improvements in ergonomics (i.e. , usability and layout of equipment in the OR), nonoperative process efficiency, or both. 4. Within our hospital’s cost, compensation, and reimbursement structure, the incremental revenue from additional throughput would offset both the increased costs of running the redesigned OR and the additional costs associated with caring for more patients.
The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of our ORF project and to test the hypotheses enumerated above by analysis of data obtained during routine patient care. Throughput and financial performance of the ORF relative to our hospital’s standard ORs are reported.
Materials and Methods
Design and Implementation of the ORF
The ORF was constructed in 1,315 ft2(gross) of space constrained in all directions by the existing structure. This space had previously been a large rectangular storeroom surrounded on all but one of the short sides by other ORs. A multidisciplinary team solicited input from hospital OR personnel about what constituted an ideal OR. Next, they surveyed other “best-of-breed” ORs (i.e. , ORs thought to embody one or more of these ideals) in the United States and Europe and used the accumulated experience to inform the initial designs of the ORF. After several rounds of design refinement, including full-scale mock-ups and walk-throughs of patient flow in the space, a multiroom design was chosen. We constructed an OR suite with a functioning induction room and a room for early recovery, both attached to the OR (fig. 1). The specific arrangement and sizes of the rooms in figure 1was strongly influenced by the walls and supporting columns of the surrounding building and so represents a compromise between the ideal OR and what was possible given the available space. Construction of a self-contained, three-room suite created an extra 120 ft2of patient care space (early recovery area) compared with a typical OR at our institution. In addition, the ORF suite contains 150 ft2of work space for surgeons to use between cases (fig. 1), with the goal of encouraging them to remain in the OR suite. Equipment in the ORF was chosen to facilitate throughput and improve working conditions for surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses. The OR table is a transporter/OR tabletop/fixed column system (Maquet, Rastatt, Germany; fig. 2) that eliminates OR table-to-gurney surface-to-surface transfers in the OR. Monitoring is nearly continuous (without cable swapping) from suite arrival through discharge. This is accomplished by attaching the monitors to the under-bed surface (fig. 2, arrow). Patients may be transferred directly between ORF spaces or other hospital units (e.g. , intensive care unit) on the OR tabletop while fully monitored. The ORF itself contains a dedicated, integrated endosurgical equipment package (OR1; Karl Storz Endoscopy, Goleta, CA) that is mounted on ceiling booms to improve surgical viewing angles during laparoscopy and to facilitate room turnover between cases. The integrated OR system is specifically designed to minimize the number of devices that need to be individually connected and powered up at the start of each case and also allows the circulating nurse to control equipment and lighting without leaving the nursing station.
Comparator rooms, i.e. , “standard” ORs (SORs) were the same size as the ORF, i.e. , roughly 625 ft2. ORF surgical and anesthesia equipment (other than the integrated endosurgical system) were equivalent to our typical institutional ORs and were consistent with the typical OR installations found throughout the United States. The ORF and SORs both included a dedicated induction area (roughly 130 ft2in each environment) used for patient preparation consisting of preoperative evaluation, vascular access, and transfer to the OR table. The ORF differs from the SORs in that the induction area is further used for application of monitors and induction of anesthesia to create the new anesthesia workflow described below.
The obligate sequential processing at the beginning and end of each case and the PACU transfer process seemed to be obvious first targets for change to achieve improved throughput. Hence, in the ORF, induction of anesthesia runs in parallel with room setup. This is shown as a process flow diagram in figure 3. Similarly, at the end of the case, PACU transfer time is minimized by giving a report to ORF-stationed PACU personnel in parallel with the last stages of surgery (fig. 3). In both instances, surface-to-surface transfers are eliminated to facilitate the rapid transfer of patients between locations. The provision of an early recovery area in the ORF eliminates the need for anesthesia personnel to travel to the PACU.
The serial-to-parallel conversion of work processes is supported by a restructured perioperative care team including additional personnel. Specifically, the ORF care team includes a “perioperative” nurse who admits patients to the suite and provides early recovery care (including transport to the main PACU after early recovery is complete), allowing anesthesia personnel to move promptly to induction of the next patient. The ORF also has extra attending anesthesiologist resources. The attending supervision ratio in the ORF was maintained at 1:1 during the study, while 1:2 supervision was common but not exclusively the norm in SORs.
This study was conducted with the approval of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institutional Review Board (Boston, Massachusetts). The study design was a retrospective, case-matched comparison of the performance of the ORF with standard OR controls. Three general surgeons, a gynecologic surgeon, and a urologist used the ORF. All personnel worked in both the ORF and the SOR.
We obtained the data for this study by integrating three sources. Our institution uses an internally developed computerized system called the Nursing Perioperative Record (NPR) for perioperative documentation. This includes time stamps for key milestone events. The definitions of the relevant milestones and the intervals calculated from them are given in table 1. We also use an Anesthesia Information System (Saturn; Draeger Medical, Telford, PA), which replicates some of the milestone time stamps in the NPR and provides anesthetic milestones as well as demographic data. Cost information was obtained from the hospital cost accounting system (Eclipsys, Boca Raton, FL). We searched all three databases to create a new master database integrating all data elements needed for the study. The master database included all cases performed by each surgeon who had worked in both the ORF and SOR environments during the period encompassing September 1, 2002, to October 31, 2003. These dates were chosen because they encompassed all cases performed at the time of our institutional review board submission. The master database was the main source of information for the study. We also conducted a similar search of the NPR, Anesthesia Information System, and cost accounting databases for the period encompassing September 1, 2001, to August 31, 2002, for selected surgeons to obtain retrospective control data.
We validated the NPR time stamps by comparison with data collected prospectively by an expert observer. Prospective time data were collected using a personal digital assistant (PDA)–based system that automatically entered a time stamp when the field corresponding to each milestone was tapped by the observer. The PDA clock was synchronized with a network time server. Corresponding milestone time stamps entered by OR workers (who were unaware of the purpose of the prospective data collection) were extracted from the NPR. For each instance of an event, the difference (in minutes) between the PDA time stamp and the NPR time stamp was calculated. Then, for each milestone of interest, the mean difference (PDA − NPR) was calculated. These data were used to assess the precision and accuracy of the NPR time stamps that serve as primary data for this study.
The throughput characteristics of the ORF were assessed using a matched, retrospective design, with data extracted from the master database. For each surgeon, only completely blocked OR days (i.e. , same surgeon all day, last case is finished no earlier than 14:30) in which they performed the same repertory of procedures on the same patient population were considered in the throughput analysis. For the throughput analysis, we tabulated the number of cases per day and the total OR hours used (total hours from the time the first patient entered the OR until the last patient of the day left the OR), segregated by surgeon.
For analysis of case-level differences between the ORF and the SOR, we extracted from the master database all instances in which the same case was performed by a given surgeon in both environments. We used these data to assess the impact of the ORF on three major time intervals: the OR Total Process Time, the Nonoperative Time, and the Operative Time (table 1and fig. 4). Where standard terms are available in the American Association of Clinical Directors Procedural Times Glossary,††they are used in this report. We defined the OR Total Process Time as the time (in minutes) between a previous patient’s departure from the OR and the current patient’s departure from the OR because departure time was the closest milestone to the beginning of OR setup that was available from any of the databases. The OR Total Process Time was divided into Nonoperative and Operative Times (table 1and fig. 4). The Nonoperative Time was further subdivided into OR Anesthesia Time, OR Emergence Time, and Turnover Time (table 1and fig. 4). Additional times considered were the Total Preoperative Anesthesia Time and the Induction Time (table 1).
We assessed the impact of the new process flow on nonoperative times using a case-matched design, controlling for surgeon and case type. From the master database, we extracted all instances of the same procedure performed by the same surgeon in both environments. First cases of the day were not included because the first milestone time defining the Nonoperative Time (previous Patient Out of Room) does not occur in the first case of the day. We controlled for any effects of the identity of the surgeon or the procedure (e.g. , appendectomy) on the global average nonoperative times as follows: (1) Only surgeon–procedure combinations occurring in both environments were included, and (2) equal numbers of each surgeon–procedure combination were considered in each environment by random culling of cases from the larger of each group. Next, the cases were collapsed over surgeon and procedure within each environment, and differences between group nonoperative time intervals for the ORF and SOR environments were assessed by direct comparison.
We tested for effects of the ORF environment on operative times relative to operative times for identical cases performed in the SOR as follows: We again extracted all instances of the same procedure performed by the same surgeon in both environments from the master database, but without excluding first cases. Because the proportions of each procedure performed in the two environments by the various surgeons were not balanced, equal numbers of each surgeon–procedure combination were established in each environment by randomly culling cases from the larger of each group. Surgeon identity8and procedure are major determinants of operative time. To remove procedure and surgeon effects from the comparison of operative times between the ORF and the SOR, we computed a standardized operative time (z score) for each case. For each procedure k (e.g. , appendectomy) performed in both environments by a given surgeon j , we computed a global average operative time, AvgOpTimek,j , for all instances of procedure k in both environments. Next, for each instance i of procedure k (e.g. , appendectomy) performed in both environments by surgeon j , we computed a standardized operative time score, ssOpTimei,k,j , given by ((Operative Timei,k,j −AvgOpTimek,j )/SDAvgOpTimek,j ). These were then collapsed over surgeon and procedure to make comparisons between the two environments for all cases, and for laparoscopic and open cases in separate groups.
In addition to analyzing the throughput differences between the ORF and SOR, we sought to evaluate the financial impact of running the ORF. For the purpose of this comparison, we assumed that the ORF functioned as an established OR with all capital and construction costs depreciated to the same extent as SORs. Therefore, we analyzed differences in (1) hospital costs, (2) costs and revenue for the anesthesia department, and (3) global net margin in each of the two environments. To perform these analyses, we collected the financial results for the cases used to compare operative times between environments above. Anesthesia costs and revenues for these cases were obtained from our department’s payroll, billing, and revenue databases for the calendar period of the study. Revenue to the hospital for the entire hospitalization (excluding surgical professional fees) surrounding each case was obtained from the hospital cost accounting system. To quantify changes in OR costs due to the ORF, a modification of the standard cost accounting methodology used in the Eclipsys system was used. All of the cost centers relevant to the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods (including postoperative hospitalization) were included. Costs were adjusted within 12 months of the data extraction. As described below, we quantified the resources required to run the ORF and compared these to the expenses for running the SOR, controlling for surgeon and procedure.
We assumed that the cost of supplies would not vary between cases that are matched by surgeon and procedure. Therefore, we quantified the staffing portion of hospital costs for all perioperative care, starting from day-of-surgery preoperative care and extending to the end of the PACU recovery period. We assumed that the ORF would consume extra hospital resources relative to an SOR. For example, we judged that the technology-intense environment of the ORF requires more biomedical engineering resources. Hence, the expense associated with additional biomedical engineering resources should be reflected in the cost for OR time. To accomplish this adjustment for resource intensity in the ORF, all staff positions that support the ORs were reviewed to determine the magnitude of their involvement with the project. The contributions of all personnel involved in the ORF were quantified relative to their contributions to the SOR. Adjustments were made to reflect increased efforts by nursing, biomedical engineering, anesthesia technician, and OR administrative personnel, and these relative contributions (expressed as percentage of full-time employee effort) were then allocated to the downstream OR costs. These downstream costs are reflected in quantities known as Intermediate Products (IPs).
An IP is the cost accounting term used to define a given service provided to the patient. IPs can be both services and supplies. Examples of IPs include 1 MOR Hour, Team = 3; Level 1 Patch; and Admission to Recovery. Costs associated with the patient care experience and the resulting hospital charges are translated into IPs.
The IP associated with delivery of nursing care, e.g. , 1 MOR Hour, Team = x, deserves a fuller explanation. Patients at our hospital are billed in 30-min increments for their use of an OR. The costing methodology then consolidates these 30-min increments into 1-h IPs. One or two 30-min use increments are translated into a 1-h cost IP, three or four 30-min use increments translate into two 1-h IPs, and so on. MOR is an abbreviation for the Main Operating Room, the business unit in which both the ORF and the SORs are found. Team = x (where x is an integer) indicates the Team Count, i.e. , how many nursing and scrub personnel were required for a particular case. The team count is factored into the patient charge and, ultimately, the patient cost. There may be instances when another staff person is needed for part of the case, in addition to those required for the duration. If these additional staff are required for more than 50% of the surgery, they are included in the team count.
Summarizing the cost per IP unit and the IPs received by patients, the total OR costs for each case in the balanced group of cases used in the operative time analysis above were calculated. Next, the non-OR hospital costs for each case were combined with the OR costs. These data were combined with net revenue data for each case to derive the impact of the ORF on the net margin to the hospital. Costs to the anesthesia department (salaries, benefits, insurance, and fees) were calculated for each case using current (at the time) salary data for listed personnel. These were combined with payment data for the corresponding cases. Finally, hospital and anesthesia department financial data for each case were combined to calculate the “global” net margin. All financial data are reported relative to SOR performance.
Process time data in healthcare settings frequently have rightward skewed distributions, arising from the fact that no procedure can be done in zero or negative time, whereas a few procedures take very long. Logarithmic transformation of time data before comparisons creates a data set that more closely approximates a normal distribution.9‡‡Group means of logarithmically transformed continuous variables were compared using the two-tailed Student t test. For tests of significance on logarithmically transformed time data, the value of P reported is for the transformed data. Results were transformed back to units of time and reported as mean and 95% confidence interval (CI). Group means of financial variables were compared using the two-tailed Student t test on untransformed data. Financial results are reported as mean ± SD. Categorical variables, including the number of cases performed per day, were compared by chi-square analysis. In all comparisons, a P value of less than 0.05 was considered to be significant.
ORF Throughput Analysis
Four of the five surgeons whose patients were included in the ORF study had blocked full days of equivalent case mix in both the ORF and SOR environments, either contemporaneously with the period of study or in the preceding year. One surgeon had no blocked full days in the SOR environment, neither contemporaneously with the period of study nor in the preceding year, and this surgeon’s patients were not included in the throughput analysis. For each of the four surgeons included in the throughput analysis, a different pattern of cases per day and OR time usage was observed. The results are presented in table 2. For each surgeon shown in table 2, average patient age, sex distribution, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification, and surgical case mix were not statistically significantly different between the two environments (not shown).
Surgeon 1 (table 2), performing laparoscopic prostatectomies and nephrectomies (operative time approximately 3.5 h), did not realize any increase in throughput when working in the ORF, nor was there a decrease in the OR time used during the period of the study. This surgeon was able to perform two cases per day in 8 h of OR time, regardless of the environment.
Surgeon 2, performing thyroid and parathyroid procedures (table 2), was able to perform five cases per day in each environment. Before moving to the ORF, Surgeon 2 incurred an average of 1 h of overutilized time per OR day in the SOR. After moving to the ORF, Surgeon 2 was able to accomplish the same five-case-per-day workload without overutilized time. Alternatively, Surgeon 3 (table 2) was able to accomplish additional cases in the same number of utilized hours in the ORF environment as compared with the SOR. Contemporaneous full-day comparison between environments was difficult for this surgeon because he had only 11 full-day blocks for this case mix in the comparator ORs after moving to the ORF. Therefore, Surgeon 3’s case days from the year before moving to the ORF environment were matched to full days of the same case mix in the subsequent 14 months in the ORF environment.
Finally, Surgeon 4 (table 2) performed full days of mixed laparoscopic and brief open general surgery cases. Contemporaneous full-day comparison between environments was not possible for this surgeon because he no longer had full-day blocks for this case mix in the comparator ORs after moving to the ORF. Surgeon 4’s case days from the year before moving to the ORF environment were matched to full days of the same case mix in the subsequent 14 months in the ORF environment. After moving to the ORF environment, Surgeon 4 was able to perform two extra cases per day while at the same time finishing the day’s cases 1 h earlier than had previously been possible in the SOR environment. Examination of staff deployment records reveals that Surgeon 4 routinely enjoyed 1:1 staffing for anesthesia in the SOR environment, suggesting that improvedthroughput in the ORF is not simply a result of additional anesthesia resources. During the study period, as many as 10 cases were done per workday in the ORF during Surgeon 4’s regular hours.
Sources of Increased Throughput
We next examined whether the improvements in throughput and efficiency observed in the ORF were due to reductions in Operative Time, reductions in Nonoperative Time, or both. To accomplish this, we validated the accuracy of the OR milestone time stamps recorded in the NPR, which contain fields dividing the total case time into portions devoted to nonoperative and operative activities. Validation was performed by expert observation of OR process milestones, with automatic time stamping using PDA-based software. Interobserver reliability (reported elsewhere) for prospective time data collection was excellent. There was also excellent agreement between expert observation and the entries in the NPR (table 3). Therefore, the times in the NPR are reliable for the purpose of attributing reductions in OR process time to nonoperative or operative periods.
To examine the relative contributions of changes in nonoperative and operative performance to the increased throughput observed in the ORF, we first present a detailed analysis of an example case: Surgeon 4 performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (fig. 5). We performed a contemporaneous comparison (SOR vs. ORF) of the OR Total Process Time (defined as Previous Patient Out of Room to Current Patient Out of Room, surgeons following themselves) for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. OR Total Process Time was reduced from 100 min (95% CI, 90–110) in the SOR (n = 27) to 66 min (95% CI, 63–70) in the ORF (fig. 5; n = 113, P < 0.0001). In this example, three such cases could theoretically be performed in the ORF in the time required for two in the SOR environment.
Operating Room Total Process Time for the example case is graphically broken down into its constituent intervals in figure 5. Operative Time is reduced from 42 min (95% CI, 38–47) in the SOR to 36 min (95% CI, 33–38) in the ORF. However, the reduction of the Nonoperative Time is much larger, going from 56 min (95% CI, 49–64) using SOR workflow to 29 min (95% CI, 26–31) in the ORF parallel workflow (fig. 5). Each of the measured intervals is meaningfully reduced in the new workflow, and all contribute to the reduction in OR Total Process Time.
Next, we examined all Operative Times as a group to determine whether the reduction in Operative Time seen in the example above was a general feature. We standardized Operative Times to remove the effects of surgeon identity and procedure (see Materials and Methods). For all cases in the ORF as a group, Operative Time is reduced by 5 min (table 4). The mean Operative Time for all cases included in table 4is 105 min, so the observed difference between the ORF and SOR is approximately 5% of the total. When the cases are separated into laparoscopic/endoscopic and open groups (still collapsed over surgeon identity and case description), it becomes evident that open cases are accomplished more quickly in the ORF environment than in the SOR. On the other hand, laparoscopic cases have the same Operative Times in both environments.
Finally, we examined changes in the Nonoperative Time and its constituent intervals collapsed over a broad range of cases performed in the ORF and SOR. Surgeon and case identity effects were controlled as described in the Materials and Methods section. The results are shown in table 5. The average Nonoperative Time over all ORF cases considered in this analysis was 38 min (95% CI, 35–40), versus 67 min (95% CI, 64–70) in the SOR. There were no major differences in Nonoperative Time between open versus laparoscopic cases in either environment. For open cases in the ORF, the Nonoperative Time was 38 min (95% CI, 35–42), versus 64 min (95% CI, 61–68) in the SOR. For laparoscopic cases, the Nonoperative Time was 37 min (95% CI, 34–39), versus 69 min (95% CI, 65–74) in the SOR.
Table 5also summarizes the differences in the constituent intervals of the Nonoperative Time between the ORF and the SOR. Although it is tempting to attribute the reduction in Nonoperative Time solely to the higher anesthesia staffing ratio, examination of the constituent intervals of the Nonoperative Time in table 5suggests that this is not the case. For example, the Turnover Time, which is minimally impacted by the anesthesia staffing ratio, is reduced from 36 min to 22 min in the ORF. All of the Nonoperative Time constituent intervals in the ORF environment are reduced relative to the SOR, with the exception of the Induction Time. The Induction Time in the ORF is actually longer (by approximately 50%) than in the SOR, suggesting that ORF anesthesia personnel are afforded a more leisurely induction process by performing this step off-line (figs. 1 and 3). Therefore, “velocity” of anesthesia care is not increased in the ORF, negating the notion that the increased anesthesia staffing ratio is the sole source of the reduced Nonoperative Times.
Cost and Revenue Analysis
We expected that the ORF would be more costly to run than the SOR based on cost estimates from our hospital cost accounting system, and this proved to be the case. Differences were found in both the cost per IP and in the sum of IPs used. The cost for 1 MOR Hour, Team = 2 was higher in the ORF than in the SOR, because the cost of more intense supporting resources is allocated to the nursing charge for the room. Besides having a higher cost per IP, we found that many ORF patients utilized more costly IPs (e.g. , 1 MOR Hour, Team = 3 instead of 1 MOR Hour, Team = 2). In each comparison (i.e. , cost, revenue, or margin), the data are presented with the quantity for the SOR mean value set equal to 1. All other quantities for that comparison are then scaled accordingly. Financial data are presented as mean ± SD. The OR cost of performing a case in the ORF as conceived and organized at our institution incurred a premium of 13% (SOR = 1 ± 0.58 vs. ORF = 1.13 ± 0.56; P < 0.005) relative to the cost of performing the same case in the SOR. The increased OR cost is driven largely by the additional personnel used to run the ORF.
Running the ORF also impacted the results for the anesthesia department, mainly because of additional personnel costs incurred by staffing the ORF at a 1:1 ratio. One-to-one anesthesia staffing in the ORF cost the department an additional 21% per case relative to the SOR (SOR = 1 ± 0.35 vs. ORF = 1.21 ± 0.87; P < 0.0001), assuming consistent 1:2 staffing in the SOR. Anesthesia net revenues per case for the ORF were similar to the SOR (SOR = 1 ± 0.70 vs. ORF = 0.97 ± 0.70; P = not significant). The net margin per case to the anesthesia department was negative in the ORF relative to the SOR (SOR = 1 ± 0.95 vs. ORF =−6.1 ± 0.70; P < 0.0002), reflecting the impact of the increased salary costs for 1:1 staff anesthesiologist coverage.
The ORF generates enough extra revenue (by virtue of the extra throughput it generates) to offset the additional costs relative to the SOR. We calculated the “global” net margin per case (for the entire admission) for the ORF and SOR cases considered in this study by subtracting total costs (SOR or ORF OR costs plus the remaining hospital costs and anesthesia costs) from the anesthesia and hospital net revenue. The average global net margin generated by ORF patients is statistically indistinguishable from the global net margin for SOR patients. We calculated the global net margin per day in each environment by combining the global net margin per case with the average number of cases per day performed in the ORF or the SOR. The additional throughput from the ORF generates sufficient revenue to offset increased total (anesthesia plus hospital) costs. The daily global net margin generated by the ORF due to additional throughput was not different from the global net margin generated in the SOR (SOR = 1 ± 3.1 vs. ORF = 1.12 ± 2.4; P = not significant).
We have redesigned the OR workspace and anesthesia workflow for enhanced throughput. Other successful approaches to improving OR performance have focused on team training and emphasizing personal accountability,11interventions that may require ongoing reinforcement to maintain effectiveness. In contrast, the interventions in our ORF project are structural and permanent and have had a lasting impact without the need for reinforcement. Given that the interventions (i.e. , introducing parallel processing and improved in-OR ergonomics) were aimed at all parts of the OR process (i.e. , operative and nonoperative times), it was unclear at the outset of the project where the largest improvements in performance would occur. Our results clearly indicate that restructuring the perioperative processing model had the larger impact, although operative times were also slightly reduced. Regardless of the source, we expected more benefit from doing many short cases than from doing a few long ones. Our results support this hypothesis. Surgeons performing longer cases were unable to accomplish extra cases during the allotted time, whereas those performing shorter cases did extra cases in fewer hours.
Because the ORF uses additional nursing, biomedical engineering, administrative, and anesthesiology resources, we expected that it would be more expensive to run than the SOR. In this analysis, we have omitted surgical professional expenses and revenues because these are not expected to change based on the environment in which the case is performed. As expected, running the ORF costs the hospital more per case relative to the SOR. Similarly, staffing the ORF at a ratio of 1:1 and using a certified registered nurse anesthetist as the medically directed provider is a costly arrangement. For the anesthesia department, payer mix and staff compensation influence financial performance.12In our setting, intensive staffing raises compensation costs so that, on average, the anesthesia department loses money on every case. However, in exchange for the added cost per case, the institution is able to accommodate additional cases in the available OR space during regular business hours. Revenue from the additional cases apparently balances the added operational expenses, making the additional throughput capacity cost-neutral to the institution as a whole.
The cost estimates for running the ORF are subject to the limitations of our cost accounting system. Costs are accumulated in 1-h increments, regardless of the actual duration of effort required to complete a case. Therefore, using the detailed example of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 2 h of costs are accumulated in both environments (at a 20% higher cost per hour in the ORF) despite the fact that the ORF accomplishes the case in two thirds of the time, i.e. , 69 min versus 103 min in the SOR. The ORF also makes efficient use of fixed costs (such as personnel) by running a full schedule, i.e. , all allocated hours used, so that the full benefit of the costs is realized.
A discrete event simulation (performed before ORF implementation) based on a somewhat different anesthesia and nursing staffing model and using national average financial data indicated that parallel processing in the ORF would be cost effective.6The financial results presented in our current study, based on the actual ORF performance within our particular institutional setting, are less clear-cut. ORF costs are statistically significantly higher than SOR costs. In our analysis, we biased costs against the ORF. Also, our cost data are from a single cost structure, resulting in smaller variances for the cost data than for our revenue data. Taken together, these factors enhanced the likelihood of finding a significant increase in costs for the ORF. In contrast, revenue data (and hence margin data) for both ORF and SOR had large variances due to heterogeneity in our hospital’s payer mix. Therefore, the revenue and margin samples have large variances, and our sample size is too small to adequately test for differences between the ORF and SOR.
It should be pointed out that the ORF Implementation Project was conceived and designed as a research space, rather than being optimized for cost-effectiveness. This makes it difficult to achieve a fair comparison of the financial performance of the room with the SOR, because the extra personnel resources allocated to the ORF to support the research mission are not always necessary for routine operations. Since the conclusion of the study, nursing resources have been adjusted downward, and the attending anesthesiologist is on many days available to cover a second OR. Throughput and nonoperative performance are unchanged despite the staff reductions. Furthermore, Surgeon 1 is now routinely able to accomplish three cases per day in the ORF but is still only able to accomplish two such cases in the SOR. However, none of these changes is captured in the reported financial impact analysis.
Another limitation of our study is that it encompassed many interventions at once: (1) a new workflow emphasizing minimal in-OR nonoperative activities, supported by (2) a new (for the United States) OR floor plan including a working induction area and a dedicated early recovery space, (3) additional personnel to allow parallel processing, and (4) mobile OR tabletops with integrated monitoring to facilitate rapid patient transfer between the spaces. Each of these features contributes to the enhanced function of the new system, which involves a complete redesign of the near-OR perioperative process. Therefore, it is difficult to attribute the observed improvement in performance to any one of the deployed interventions. However, some speculations are possible.
Considering all case types together, the ORF Implementation Project described here was able to save 38 min/case (roughly 25% of the original OR Total Process Time), largely by reducing the Nonoperative Time. The Nonoperative Time includes Turnover Time, OR Anesthesia Time (before the case), and OR Emergence Time. Reductions in each of these intervals contributed meaningfully to the overall reduction in Nonoperative Time, and potential contributors to each of these improvements can be identified. Turnover Time was reduced from 36 min to 22 min, and this could alternately be attributed to the presence of an integrated surgical system (obviating the need to acquire, configure, and connect the equipment between cases), the presence of extra personnel in the OR, or both. Dedicated minimally invasive surgery teams experienced in laparoscopic techniques can contribute to OR process efficiency.13Similarly, permanently deployed endosurgical equipment may reduce costs associated with setup and breakdown times.14Personnel and locations in our study were equally likely to be utilized for laparoscopy, but only the ORF had fully integrated laparoscopic equipment.
It is likely that the parallel flow achieved at the beginning of each case is responsible for the reduction of the OR Anesthesia Time from 13 min to 3 min/case. This is comparable to the effect seen by adding additional staff to induce anesthesia for following patients during current cases.15In both instances, activities were moved out of the OR (and off of the main process path in fig. 3), thus allowing them to occur at a natural pace while shortening the main process duration. At the end of surgery, the mobile OR tabletop and integrated monitors eliminated a surface-to-surface transfer in the OR, facilitating room exit. Furthermore, adding the perioperative nurse to the team enabled parallel processing of the PACU sign-out during the end of each case (fig. 3). The impact of this intervention is not fully captured in the current study. Separate prospective observation revealed that the process of traveling to the PACU and giving sign-out takes 13 min in the SOR, compared with 1.5 min for OR-to-recovery transfer and sign-out in the ORF. The ORF anesthesia provider then immediately joins the attending anesthesiologist to begin induction of the subsequent case. Therefore, the ability to run PACU sign-out in parallel with the end of the case and to eliminate transport saves approximately 11 min/case relative to the SOR work flow. Because the ORF Turnover Time is also reduced (by approximately 14 min), this reduction in sign-out time allows the ORF anesthesia team to remain in parallel synchrony with the OR setup team, fully capturing the benefit of the improved room setup time.
Each of the observed improvements in between-case performance of the ORF relative to the SOR is due to the summation of many linked improvements in perioperative processes owing to new technology, OR configuration, and changes in staffing patterns. In our setting, achieving parallel flow was dependent on having a working induction area, extra staff, and the ability of the mobile OR tabletop with integrated monitors to support rapid transfers of the patient between locations. Using this constellation of modifications, the ORF accomplishes extra cases, reduces overutilized time, or does both on most days.
Parallel processing models have been tried in other settings with mixed results. For example, providing extra personnel to induce regional anesthesia in a block room reduced the time between cases by 8–12 min.16The authors concluded, based on deterministic modeling, that this per-case time saving would not be sufficient to add another case but might reduce overtime personnel utilization.16In another example that was more directly comparable to the ORF, increasing staffing to allow induction of general anesthesia during the completion of a preceding case reduced between-case time by 13 min.15Time spent by surgeons in the OR increased, and the surgeons began their ward work later, resulting in longer surgical work hours. The authors concluded that although their intervention had reduced OR turnover time, the overall impact on the system did not justify the intervention. Anecdotal reports from the surgeons using our ORF reveal no such complaints, perhaps because our ORF Implementation Project included a work space with dictation, communication, and computer resources to allow the surgeons to work between cases without leaving the OR.
Operative times in the ORF are slightly but statistically significantly reduced for the same surgeon doing the same case, relative to the SOR. Again, no single cause for this effect can be readily identified. Other studies have shown that the composition of the surgical team affects OR times. The presence of surgical trainees during laparoscopic cholecystectomy significantly prolongs the procedure time17and can increase the operating time for common surgical procedures by 20–50%.17,18However, the presence or absence of trainees is unlikely to have influenced our results, because trainees worked in both environments. On the other hand, the composition of the rest of the OR team may have impacted operative times. All nurses and scrub technicians who worked in the ORF also worked in the SOR, but not all nurses and scrub technicians worked in the ORF. The ORF nursing and scrub technician team consisted of volunteers who may have been particularly motivated. However, the improved performance has been sustained over the entire period of the study. Alternatively, the improved operative time performance may have been attributable to improved surgical ergonomics from the dedicated endosurgical package, but this cannot be determined from the available data.
The ORF Implementation Project creates nontraditional clinical knowledge that is not completely captured by typical measurement tools. For example, experience reveals that the induction and early recovery spaces, although apparently small, are adequately sized for their purposes. In the induction and early recovery areas, every needed item is immediately at hand, but there is sufficient room for regional anesthesia and invasive monitor placement. In each room, the effective space can be significantly enlarged by opening the folding doors comprising one end of the room, allowing additional personnel to have access to the patient if necessary. Furthermore, improving the longitudinal aspect of care by adding the perioperative nurse cannot be quantified by time data. Similarly, an anesthesiologist who works in a standard OR may be under some pressure to anesthetize patients quickly because they are motivated to make productive use of the OR. By performing the induction—or any part of it—in parallel with OR preparation, some of that pressure may be relieved. The Induction Time (interval from Anesthesia Induction to Ready for Surgical Prep; table 5) is longer in the ORF than in the SOR. On the other hand, the Total Preoperative Anesthesia Time is reduced in the ORF, without any reduction in anesthesia task demands between the two environments. This suggests that the Total Preoperative Anesthesia Time difference between the ORF and the SOR is time in which the anesthesia team the SOR environment is waiting for release from other parts of the system to proceed, followed by expeditious induction of anesthesia. That is, establishing a parallel processing workflow may smooth the task demands on the anesthesia team.
One consequence of the increased throughput has been additional strain on preoperative and postoperative resources, illustrating the importance of considering the global effects of local changes to perioperative processes.5However, addition of the dedicated emergence area to this particular ORF Implementation Project buffers the effects of delays due to limited postoperative resources and allows the ORF to continue processing patients.
The ORF has improved perioperative throughput by a concerted group of interventions aimed at improving surgical ergonomics and reorganizing the perioperative workflow. Operating times (i.e. , interval from Patient Ready for Surgery to Surgery Finish) are only slightly impacted for the same surgeon doing the same case in SOR and ORF environments. In contrast, the nonoperative times (all other intervals) are markedly reduced in the ORF, where wholesale changes in the perioperative process were introduced. The reductions in nonoperative time alone are large enough to allow extra cases to be performed during regular work hours, with a neutral overall financial impact. In our setting, the reduction in nonoperative time is approximately 30 min/case, or approximately 40% of the preintervention nonoperative time, regardless of the case type. Therefore, if the average total OR process time is 2 h or less before a successful ORF implementation, additional cases can be performed in 8 h of scheduled OR time.
To meet the increased demands for surgical care in the current healthcare crisis, simply asking providers to work harder is not sufficient. We have shown that redesign of the perioperative, intraoperative, and early postoperative processes and architecture to support these functions can improve the effectiveness with which we provide surgical care. Viewed as a business proposition, the cost of added ORF staff is leveraged to produce markedly improved throughput with preserved net revenue. In conclusion, our work demonstrates that improving the effectiveness of surgical/perioperative care is feasible by working smarter without placing an additional burden on an already overworked operating room staff.
The authors thank Stephen Spring, B.A. (Finance Manager), Greg Eriksen, B.S. (Financial Analyst), and Susan Chapman Moss, M.P.H. (Administrative Director), all from the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, for access to administrative data and for critical reviews of the manuscript. | <urn:uuid:8b46b34e-1b47-4cc7-9536-6d8d086ec773> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://asa2.silverchair.com/anesthesiology/article/103/2/406/9281/Deliberate-Perioperative-Systems-Design-Improves | 2023-10-04T20:21:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.952912 | 10,251 |
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Cervical Spondylosis (Arthritis of the Neck)
Neck pain is extremely common. It can be caused by many things and is most often related to getting older.
Like the rest of the body, the bones in the neck (cervical spine) slowly degenerate as we age. Cervical spondylosis is the degeneration of the joints in the neck. It becomes increasingly more common as people age. More than 85% of people over age 60 are affected.
Although it is a form of arthritis, cervical spondylosis rarely becomes a crippling or disabling type.
Pain from cervical spondylosis can be mild to severe. It is sometimes worsened by looking up or down for a long time.
Additional symptoms include:
- Neck pain and stiffness (may be worse with activity)
- Numbness and weakness in arms, hands, and fingers
- Trouble walking, loss of balance or weakness in hands or legs
- Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders
- Grinding and popping sound/feeling in neck with movement
- Age. Cervical spondylosis is a normal part of aging. Spinal disks tend to dehydrate and shrink with the passing years.
- Occupation. Certain jobs may place extra stress on your neck. This may include repetitive neck motions, awkward positioning or a lot of overhead work.
- Neck injuries. Previous neck injuries appear to increase the risk of cervical spondylosis.
- Genetic factors. If your family has a history of neck pain.
- Smoking – Clearly linked to increased neck pain
- Mental health issues – Depression/anxiety
- Injuries/trauma – Car wreck or on-the-job injury
How to overcome or prevent spondylosis:
People who drive a lot and who work in front of computers have chances of being affected with Cervical Spondylosis. The modern lifestyle is the main cause for this condition. Things to avoid when you have spondylosis:
- Watching television for a longer time
- Working on computer for longer hours.
- Sitting stiffly
- Do exercises that strengthen nerves near the neck(under supervision)
- Use cervical pillow
- Take frequent timeouts while using computer
- Do not strain neck much
How Homoeopathy works….
A Homoeopathic treatment entails a detailed study to find the root cause of spondylisis. It may be due to the fear or incapacity to carry out a sudden responsibility which leads to pain in nape of neck and shoulders.
Some good homoeopathic remedies are:
- Calcarea Carbonica: Obese, fat people who are slow/lazy, fearful and timid . Any responsibility gives them a lot of mental strain, pain and giddiness followed by weakness.
- Bryonia: Affecting right side of the neck region and right shoulder. Excruciating pain which increases by slight movement. Such patients feel very thirsty. The patient feels better by lying on the right side.
- Causticum: Pain in the neck after long lasting grief or after some injustice faced. Pain is more in cold weather and the patient feels better lying on bed and warmth.
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There’s no escaping the fact, when one decides to sell a used car, they want to make the most out of it and receive payment on time. Therefore, as a seller, you need to study the market and see what the prospective buyer is looking for. Comparing the price of the same model with the others out there and talking to an agent are some of the factors that will help you set the right price.
On the other hand, a car buyer wants to ensure that the used car functions well and will provide value for money. So if you’re willing to sell the car yourself rather than sending it off to a dealer, you need to create an ad that stands out. On the contrary, asking people around and talking to friends might take longer than expected to sell your vehicle. Here are a few tips that will help you out:
- Set a Realistic Price
When a used car is being sold, it has already depreciated much more than what the seller is expecting. So most buyers must have already sifted through the market and gotten a rough estimate of the price. Therefore, setting up a price that is over the top and unrealistic will only repulse the buyers.
Although your car might have some of the coolest features to offer, still conducting market research and identifying the right price will be imperative. So if you have planned to sell the car quickly, check out the price of the similar used models in the market before deciding yours.
- Make Sure Everything is Ready
Instead of having to do everything at the last minute, ensure that all the documents are ready for a buyer. After all, the online market is very unpredictable and you never know when a buyer might make a sudden purchase. Therefore, having proper documentation will speed up things and you won’t have to waste time completing paperwork.
Here, the transfer of ownership of the car documents, a copy of your driving license, a copy of the identity card, and even the details of the vehicle history will have to be produced in front of the seller.
- Sell Your Car to the Removalists
If your old car has worn out and you want instant cash, considering the Diamond cash for cars will be the best option. Removalists have hands-on experience of purchasing many used and faulty vehicles on the spot. Once you give them a call, they will quickly come over to your spot and collect the vehicle. The reason why we recommend you to contact them is that they will provide you with cash on the spot.
In other words, you won’t have to struggle with the finances or go through the archaic process of documentation. Make sure to read the customer reviews of such a firm before giving them a call.
- Be Online
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A marriage of simplicity and functionality creates a collection that has ASI’s exclusive Ultimate Privacy™ at its heart. Zero sightlines, doors, and pilasters that meet in a flush finish rebated closure all ensure guaranteed privacy. Style and stability have not been sacrificed in this collection, with robust octagonal head rails adding to our seamless construction.
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This sleek cubicle system seems to defy gravity, with a stylish yet robust head rail system that allows the pilasters and panels to be suspended without requiring pedestal support from beneath.The result is a floating style that appears to hover above the floor. Sophistication meets function in this unique head rail system that is solidly braced and ultra-refined.
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Alternative Names: Knight of Pentacles
Element: Fire of the suit of Earth
Astrological Associations: Leo and Virgo
Key Meaning: Improving prosperity
The Knight of Coins in Tarot stands for being unwavering, cautious, thorough, realistic, and hardworking. The Knight of Coins meaning in a Tarot reading is that, on the one hand, the Knight of Coins is hardworking, with tremendous stamina and high dedication, and on the other hand, he may be obsessive about little details and stubborn, refusing to admit he’s wrong. The Knight of Pentacles is prudent and never wasteful. He is inflexible, he does not like change of any kind, and he sometimes can take the gloomiest view. He’s a pessimist, though he would call himself a realist.
As an influence: Showing financial growth and good investment, this card means plans concerning property progress. With strategizing and setting a realistic goal, you will succeed. Pay attention to the practical details now, and future benefits are assured. Day to day, this Knight asks you to get through boring and routine, but essential, tasks. In work, the card can indicate more money coming to you due to a raise, bonus, or promotion, but you may need to work harder in return.
An additional meaning of the card is finding a secure home, potentially with a partner.
As a person: This Knight is loyal and dependable. He is a natural protector, and security is very important to him. He may work in property or finance.
As a potential partner, he has much to offer and is genuine. For some, he may lack excitement, as he plans rather than reacts; he can be slow to judge and to express his feelings, and keeps on safe subjects. Depending on what you need from a relationship, he could be a gift—your rock through thick and thin. If you crave excitement, he won’t be entertaining enough to capture your heart.
Reversed Meaning: When reversed, the card advises that you avoid complacency and check out all financial arrangements. The most negative interpretation of the card is financial mismanagement and misleading advice.
As a person, the reversed knight is stubborn and cannot see others’ viewpoints. He is plodding and pessimistic, reluctant to take action and unwilling to go beyond his comfort zone. He may tend to be materialistic and secretive and, in extremis, dishonest. | <urn:uuid:57cc9961-1ea7-4274-8b80-5ef12ad0869d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://astrology.dream13.com/project/knight-of-coins/ | 2023-10-04T19:09:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.951521 | 518 |
Uncovering the Mystery of Late Wisdom Teeth
Have you ever heard of late wisdom teeth? If not, you’re not alone. Late wisdom teeth are a mysterious phenomenon that has puzzled scientists and dentists for years. These teeth can appear at any age but typically occur between the ages of 25 and 35. But what exactly are late wisdom teeth, and why do they happen?
Treatment for late wisdom teeth usually involves extraction by an oral surgeon. This procedure carries several risks, including bleeding, nerve damage, and jaw fractures. Discussing these risks with your dentist before proceeding with treatment is essential.
The mystery behind late wisdom teeth remains unsolved, but researchers continue to search for answers. Until then, those who experience this phenomenon should consult their dentist to determine the best course of action to ensure optimal oral health and well-being.
When is it Time to Speak with Your Dentist?
A healthy mouth is essential for overall health and well-being, so speaking with your dentist regularly is important. Even if you don’t have any dental issues, regular dentist visits can help prevent future problems and detect any existing ones early on.
The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends that adults visit their dentist at least twice yearly for a professional cleaning and checkup. This helps to ensure that your teeth and gums are in good condition. If you are experiencing pain or discomfort in your mouth, it is best to contact your dentist immediately. It is also essential to schedule an appointment with your dentist if you notice any changes in your teeth or gums, such as discoloration or swelling.
When is it time to speak with your dentist? The ADA recommends visiting the dentist at least twice yearly for a professional cleaning and checkup. However, if you experience any pain or discomfort in your mouth, or notice any changes in your teeth or gums, then it’s time to speak with your dentist immediately.
Taking care of our oral health is essential for overall health and well-being – so make sure you keep up with regular visits to the dentist! Scheduling regular appointments can help prevent future problems and detect existing ones early on – giving you peace of mind knowing that you are taking the best care of yourself.
Potential Issues Caused by Wisdom Teeth
Wisdom teeth are the last set of molars to come in, usually appearing between the ages of 17 and 25. While wisdom teeth can benefit some people, they can cause various potential issues. In this blog post, we’ll explore the potential problems caused by wisdom teeth and why it may be necessary to remove them.
The first issue caused by wisdom teeth is overcrowding in the mouth. As the last set of molars, they often don’t have enough room to fit correctly. This can lead to misalignment of other teeth and can cause difficulty with brushing and flossing, leading to an increased risk of cavities and tooth decay.
Impacted wisdom teeth can also lead to infection, decay, and gum disease. If left untreated, impacted wisdom teeth can lead to cysts or tumors in the jawbone. Pain and discomfort are joint when wisdom teeth also start to come in.
Sometimes, it may be necessary to remove wisdom teeth if they become infected or cause other issues. An oral surgeon typically performs this procedure with sedation under general or local anesthesia. After removal, you may experience swelling and pain that should subside after a few days with proper rest and over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
while wisdom teeth can benefit some people, they can also cause various potential issues that require attention from an experienced oral health professional. Suppose you’re experiencing any pain or discomfort related to your wisdom teeth. In that case, it’s essential to consult with your dentist or oral surgeon so that they can examine your mouth and determine if removal is necessary for your particular situation.
Don’t Panic: Late Wisdom Teeth Are Normal!
Are you worried about your late wisdom teeth? Don’t panic! Late wisdom teeth are a regular occurrence and nothing to be alarmed about. Wisdom teeth can erupt later in life, up to 25 or even later.
The average age for wisdom teeth to erupt is between 17 and 21, so if yours come in after this time frame, don’t worry – you’re not alone! While late wisdom teeth can cause pain, discomfort, and crowding of other teeth if they come in crooked or impacted, it is essential to have regular dental visits so that your dentist can monitor the growth and development of your wisdom teeth.
If your dentist recommends removing your late wisdom teeth, it is essential to follow their advice as this may help prevent future problems with your oral health. However, in some cases, dentists may recommend leaving late wisdom teeth in place if they are not causing any issues or discomfort.
So don’t worry if you’re still waiting for your wisdom teeth to arrive – it’s perfectly normal! Just make sure you keep up with regular dental checkups so that any potential problems can be caught early on.
How Long Should You Expect Pain from Wisdom Teeth?
Wisdom teeth removal is a standard dental procedure that many of us experience at some point. While the system can be relatively quick and straightforward, it’s essential to understand the recovery process and how long you should expect pain from wisdom teeth.
The most common symptom associated with wisdom teeth removal is pain. This pain typically lasts a few days to a week, but it can sometimes last longer. The first 24-48 hours after the procedure are usually the most intense regarding pain and discomfort. Still, it should start declining after that period-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen can help reduce pain and inflammation during recovery. Applying an ice pack to the affected area also helps reduce swelling and provides discomfort. following your dentist’s post-operative instructions carefully is essential for proper healing and reducing the risk of infection.
In short, it’s normal to experience some pain after removing your wisdom teeth, but this should not last more than a few days to a week. If you find yourself experiencing prolonged or severe pain, contact your dentist immediately for further evaluation. With proper care and attention, you can ensure your recovery goes as smoothly as possible!
Is it Possible to Get Wisdom Teeth in Your 30s?
Are you in your 30s and wondering if getting wisdom teeth is possible? Well, the answer is yes – although it’s rare. Most adults have four wisdom teeth, which usually erupt between ages 17 and 25. But adults can get wisdom teeth in their 30s.
So why does this happen? It could be due to late eruption or impacted wisdom teeth not previously visible on X-rays. Late eruption of wisdom teeth can cause pain and swelling in the jaw area, as well as redness and tenderness around the gums. If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, it’s time to talk with a dentist about removing your wisdom teeth.
It’s essential to watch for signs of the late eruption of wisdom teeth, especially if you’re already in your 30s. While it may seem strange that someone would get wisdom teeth so late in life, it does happen! So stay on top of your dental health and speak with a dentist if you’re experiencing any unusual symptoms.
While adults can get wisdom teeth in their 30s, it is rare. If you’re noticing signs of late eruption or impacted wisdom teeth, don’t hesitate to contact a dentist who can help determine the best course of action for you.
Does Getting Wisdom Teeth Always Mean Pain?
Do you dread the idea of getting your wisdom teeth? Many people associate this stage of life with pain and discomfort, but does getting wisdom teeth always mean pain? The answer may surprise you.
Wisdom teeth are the last set of molars to develop in most people, usually between the ages of 17 and 25. While some people experience no pain when their wisdom teeth come in, others may experience mild to severe localized or spread-out pain throughout the jaw. So why does this happen?
The cause of wisdom tooth pain can vary from person to person. Pressure on other teeth, infection, gum disease, and cysts that form around the tooth are all potential causes. To prevent any issues from developing, you must visit your dentist regularly for checkups so any problems can be addressed early on.
If wisdom tooth pain does occur, there are several treatment options available. Antibiotics may be prescribed to treat infection, tooth extraction may be recommended, and over-the-counter or prescription medications can help manage symptoms.
while many people associate getting their wisdom teeth with pain and discomfort, not everyone experiences it. However, it is essential to stay vigilant about regular dental checkups to address potential issues before they become more serious. Suppose you do experience any pain related to your wisdom teeth. In that case, there are a variety of treatments available that can help manage symptoms and ensure a comfortable recovery process.
Conclusion: What You Need to Know About Late Wisdom Teeth
Are you in your late teens or early twenties and noticing a new tooth emerging? It could be a late wisdom tooth. Late wisdom teeth are the third molars that typically appear in this age range. While they can be beneficial, they can also cause various issues, such as overcrowding, infection, and damage to adjacent teeth. For this reason, it is essential to monitor them closely for signs of problems and have them removed if necessary.
An oral surgeon removes late wisdom teeth and requires either local anesthesia or general anesthesia, depending on the complexity of the procedure. After removal, it is essential to practice good oral hygiene habits, such as brushing twice daily and flossing once daily. Eating a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables will also help promote healing.
If you’re concerned about your late wisdom teeth, it is best to consult an oral surgeon who can assess your situation and determine if removal is necessary. In some cases, leaving the tooth in place may be an option, but monitoring any changes to prevent further complications is essential.
So what do you need to know about late wisdom teeth? It’s essential to pay attention to any changes that occur with these third molars so that any potential problems can be identified early on before they become more severe. If removal is necessary, follow your oral surgeon’s instructions for post-operative care to heal properly and avoid further complications. With proper care and monitoring, late wisdom teeth don’t have to be a problem! | <urn:uuid:79c04410-ff7a-4317-82a9-294d6b768120> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://atelectasias.com/how-late-can-wisdom-teeth-come-in/ | 2023-10-04T18:56:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.941165 | 2,194 |
Sam, Dan, and Wes interview David Fitzgerald and Dana Fredsti on their forthcoming book Time Shards and other geeky things. Sam rants about net neutrality, and the gang puzzles over a flat-earth cosmonaut who aspires to reach the “atmosflat.”
The video Sam took is available on YouTube.
- Flat-Earther’s homespun rocket launch delayed, again.
- Anti-fingerprint evangelical bus driver wins unemployment compensation
- Sam rants about net neutrality.
I love that the mp3 files for each episode are all prefaced with AAA. I know what it stands for, but it makes it seem like the website is absolutely terrified of its bandwidth cap. That is all.
(A different) Sam from The Internet
- Ask an Atheist Has A New Domain Name: atheist.radio
- Humanists of Washington and Seattle Atheists, along with the University Unitarian Humanists, cordially invite freethinkers and their families and friends from Seattle and beyond to celebrate the coming winter solstice with our annual Solstice Potluck! Saturday, December 9, 2017 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA. Children are a welcome and essential part of this celebration! We’ll have some craft activities for them and welcome teens who wish to help facilitate and assist with this. This year we are encouraging attendees to bring new socks to donate to Treehouse, an organization benefiting foster youth in the greater Seattle area, and feminine hygiene products to benefit women and girls at Cascade Women’s Program, Hammond House women’s program, and Hopelink.
- The crew and co-hosts of Ask An Atheist will be special guests at the Tri-City Freethinkers’ Solstice Celebration! We’ll update about our plans as they unfold, but expect the full production team, including Sam Mulvey, Rebecca Friedman, Meredith Taylor, Wes Bonetti, and regular host Josh. More info is found by joining the Tricity Freethinkers at meetup.com or at tricityfreethinkers.org | <urn:uuid:ad127d55-acd2-48e8-8771-1aa3233b7333> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://atheist.radio/2017/12/03/shattered-net-neutrality-rockets-and-time/ | 2023-10-04T19:37:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.921027 | 460 |
It’s often a hard choice for novice or beginning players. Agent slots or direct slots, which is the better choice? Direct internet slots include ones that you can play using your laptop, computer tablet, phone, or computer and the agent casino can provide live dealers as well as additional options to select from. While there are a myriad of advantages playing an agent game they typically include greater games that direct internet slots.
Additionally, they offer more payment options, with higher payouts and bonus offered in certain instances. Therefore, you can determine which is the most suitable for you by taking a look at what they have to offer. Before we discuss the features they offer then let’s discuss the agent slot in detail.
What are Agents of Slots? Agents?
The slot agents are the intermediaries who help you with your gambling. For instance, agen slot online terpercaya will offer the list of games available to you. Then, they’ll make sure you that your game’s fair and your bets aren’t over limits. The role that an online agent has is search for new players, and then try to sign up with their site and make sure that they are betting using real money through their platform.
Comparison of Direct Web slot and Agent Slot
Each agent offers different games and some of them allow you to make deposits in various ways. Also, you should be aware of agents slots as their games are typically more secure than web-based slots. They also safeguard your personal information more safely This means that every when you play online slot machines on the site of an agent casino your name is not known to the operator of the platform.
There is also the possibility that they offer an extensive selection of games that have more appealing graphics and far superior extra features than regular web slot. Direct online slots and slot agents provide a wide range of payment options, however slot machines from agents offer safer payment choices. However, before you play the slot games through an agent, be aware of the most important aspects like customer support, reviews, game options as well as the terms and conditions.
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Three years ago, seemingly everlasting Georgia Bulldogs announcer Larry Munson stepped down from his post amid health concerns. UGA released a video tribute featuring thoughts from Vince Dooley, Charley Trippi, Lindsay Scott, Mark Richt and other Dawgs luminaries.
On the occasion of his passing, it's worth another look, especially since it includes Munson's most well-known calls, which we're just going to keep linking to for quite some time:
"He was one of the original homers," Dooley says, lovingly. Amen.
Let's also take a moment, while we're here, to appreciate his "Movie Group" radio spots that emerged on local sports talk stations at all hours. One used to run at something like 3:50 a.m. for some reason, which I'd catch every morning or whenever on my way to work at Publix. I used to work stupid hours. I always looked forward to those things, as strange as they were.
Even though I was raised a Georgia Tech fan, I don't think it's possible to grow up here and think of Munson's voice as being anything less than what the state of Georgia sounds like.
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UPDATE: ESPN has apologized.
Alabama Crimson Tide OT Aaron Douglas was reportedly found dead in Jacksonville. Considering he'd spent two seasons as a member of the Tennessee Volunteers, this makes for an all-around sad day for anybody connected to just about any SEC fanbase and a moment to think about a football player as more than just a football player.
Unless if you're ESPN College Football Rumor Central's Albert Lin, in which case the story is a reason to immediately charge people money to read about whether Cyrus Kouandijo can take over for the departed player (screencap via @nastinchka):
Talking about depth charts after an injury is one thing, but doing so regarding a player whose teammates have only begun to mourn him? It gets worse, too. Read the opening line, for which ESPN.com would like you to pay them money:
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Kate has over 20 years of experience in investor relations and fundraising for investment managers. Prior to joining Atlas Capital Advisors Inc., she was a Managing Director at Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. She began her career with Credit Suisse First Boston (formerly Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette) in the Private Fund Group. She received her BA from Bucknell University.
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Steve has over twenty years experience in capital markets specializing in strategic relationships and business development. He holds a Juris Doctor from University of San Francisco School of Law and a BA from UC Berkeley.
The familiar stock market adage “Sell in May and go away” has its origins in 18th century England, yet we seem to hear it repeated every year. Since it’s May again and the outlook is as murky as ever, it would be tempting to park money somewhere safe and just enjoy the summer. We thought it would be a fun exercise to test if the “Sell in May” strategy has any merit. As it turns out:
In the last 50 years, “Sell in May” would usually have been good advice
However, there is not a sound fundamental basis for this
There is a stronger case to “Sell in May” this year
Origins of “Sell in May”
In 18th century England, the investing elite of London would reduce equity holdings in May and literally “go away” to second homes in the countryside. The full expression was: “Sell and May and go away, come back on St Leger’s Day.” The St Leger Stakes is the oldest of Britain’s five Classic horse races, taking place in September or October each year. The “Sell in May” advice is also referred to as the “Halloween indicator” due to the tendency of stock market returns to improve after Halloween.
Results of the “Sell in May” Strategy
The chart below compares the return of the US and international stock indices to the return of the US ten-year treasury note, by month. There has been a clear seasonal pattern. The US and international indices have had a worse return than bonds in June through October, and a better return otherwise.
From December 1969 to the present, an investor who owned the S&P 500 in November through May and US ten-year treasury notes in June through October would have enjoyed a 2% per year higher real return than an investor who owned the S&P 500 the whole time. The “Sell in May” strategy also had a lower risk of loss, since the investor was in fixed income investments five months of the year.
How could a simple strategy like this have worked so well?
“Sell in May” violates fundamental principles of equity investing. Investors are advised to always stay in the stock market, since one never knows when the best returns will come. But in fact, it would have been better to be in bonds instead of stocks five months of each year. Investors are also advised that markets are “efficient” and therefore no investment strategy which relies on information which is commonly known is likely to be successful. But it looks like information which everyone knows – it’s May again – would have been the foundation of a profitable strategy.
There is no obvious reason why a simple strategy like “Sell in May” should work, but here are some potential explanations for this anomaly:
Consumer spending by month tends to be higher in November to May, given the impact of holiday gatherings, winter gifts and year-end bonuses
Active investors lower their stock market risk during summer vacations
Trading volumes are lower in the summer and the less volatile stocks outperform
Risk appetite surges in January and then recedes during the year
Traders take more risk and high-volatility stocks outperform when the year begins
Caveat: The impact of recessions?
The 50-year averages for summer and winter stock market returns are heavily influenced by a small number of very bad summers and very good winters. Probably the most important reason why “Sell in May” would have worked in recent decades is the timing of the recessions. The six worst summers are the red sections of the line below; five of the six occurred in the early months of a US recession. In contrast, four of the eight best winters (in green) were during the recovery from a US recession.
A common argument for staying invested all the time is that if you miss even a small number of the best performing days in the market, you end up much worse off. What’s less discussed is the flip side of the same argument – if you miss the very worst days you can be much better off. This “Sell in May” phenomenon could be simply a coincidence of the recent recession timing.
What about May 2023?
“Going away” is unlikely to work every May. However, it’s more tempting this year as there are two major issues that concern us: 1) corporate profits; 2) the recent banking crisis finally tipping the US economy into a recession.
First on corporate profit. The current market expectation is that earnings for the S&P 500 will be about the same in 2023 as in 2022.
We are not so sure. The earnings of small capitalization companies tend to be a leading indicator. Earnings of the Russell 2000 index of smaller US stocks are already 17% lower than last year’s peak, a sign that earnings of large companies may follow suit. Typically, real earnings of the S&P 500 fall about 20% in a recession, which would be a much worse outcome than current expectations. Price/earnings ratios usually fall in recessions as well, which would be an additional negative impact on stock prices.
The second main concern is the impact of the current stress on banks. The economic cycle is often referred to as the “credit cycle” because of the importance of lending to economic activity. When the interest rate demanded on loans rises and the availability of loans falls, there is a negative impact on economic activity. The recent string of bank failures and continued deposit outflow have added severe pressure on bank lending now, which could tip the US economy into a recession in the next few quarters. On balance, we would argue that the probability of a recession is higher now than it was at the beginning of the year. This has also caused the yield curve to be less inverted, which means that bond market investors expect the economy is getting closer to a recession. (When the economy is in recession, the yield curve would begin to steepen in reflection of Fed cutting interest rates.)
While “Sell in May and go away” would have been a worthwhile strategy over the past fifty years, we do not recommend it as a general rule as there is not a compelling enough fundamental case for the strategy. We think there is a strong possibility that it simply is a coincidence that recent recessions had their most severe impact on stock prices in the summer.
Specifically for May 2023, we continue to be cautious in our risk outlook. The strong equity performance year to date does not seem to reflect the rising recession risk in the US economy, even after several rather large-scale bank failures, and certainly does not price in the possibility of lower corporate profitability. We remain underweight in risk assets at current valuation levels. | <urn:uuid:c31a987c-3192-4c99-9746-cdc16ca6e1ce> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://atlasca.com/sell-in-may/ | 2023-10-04T19:45:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.972346 | 1,552 |
Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disaster and disruption in the lives of all people and businesses, including dental teams. COVID-19 is different from the common cold and other types of flu, and thus requires different protective measures than those used previously. During this crisis, dentists in Palos Heights have adopted the following measures to protect their patients, minimizing the risk of exposure and infection during dental treatments.
1. Screen all patients
Before entering, temperatures are taken, and patients are asked about potential symptoms.
2. Use tele dentistry when possible
In order to minimize the risk of transmission, dentists in Evergreen Park are conducting virtual consultations with patients using telephone, video chat, and other remote modalities before patients come to the practice, minimizing the number of unnecessary physical visits to the practice.
3. Utilize the correct personal protective equipment (PPE)
Not all PPE is created equal, nor does each piece serve the same purpose. Surgical masks that do not seal around the mouth and nose for example, are inadequate and do not protect against transmission, particularly when it is impossible to keep six feet of distance between doctor/hygienist and patient. Proper masks (N95s) and face shields better protect the face from airborne pathogens when in close proximity to others.
4. Deeper sanitation of equipment
All surfaces and objects are deep cleaned, and anything that can be utilized as a one-time-use item is used as such.
5. Reduce aerosol production
By utilizing hand instruments, dental dams, and a high speed suction tool, aerosol production is limited. The production of aerosols can cause coughing, further expelling germs.
6. Limited staff in treatment
We have limited the treatment area to one operator and one assistant.
7. Utilize extraoral radiography
Whenever possible, we are eliminating intraoral radiography techniques and opting instead for extraoral. This keeps the X-ray image detecting equipment around the patient’s head and jaw instead of inside the mouth.
8. Educating staff
All practice staff are required to attend the ADA webinar on infection control and disinfection techniques. This way, we are all educated on best practices and can be held accountable for our actions.
9. Monitor staff and be flexible with working arrangements
Staff should constantly monitor themselves for symptoms, as well. We have also implemented policies for sick leave that are non-punitive, encouraging those who are not feeling well to stay away from the practice.
10. Ensure strict adherence to hygiene standards.
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Aurora Juvenile Defense Attorney
When children under the age of 18 violate a criminal law in the State of Illinois, the State’s Attorney’s Office will typically file a Petition to Adjudicate the Minor Child a Ward of the Court. This is the manner in which a juvenile case proceeds, both parents must be notified by service of summons and a copy of the Petition.
If a minor is found to broken one of the criminal laws they can be sentenced to a very wide range of sentences, from supervision, to being sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections Juvenile Division. The Court in a juvenile case has very broad powers to supervise minor children including even placing the minor in a residential facility outside the home. Juvenile Courts can additionally keep jurisdiction over the minor until he or she reaches the age of 21. Juveniles are afforded most of the same rights as adults except that they may not have a jury trial and they must be represented by an attorney at all times.
If a juvenile case is handled properly, there should be no permanent criminal record for the child.
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It used to be that marketing your agency was simply a case of putting your name up in lights above the window, getting a professional job on your stationery and setting up a simple website. Today, however, such a minimal approach impedes business growth and development.
Our guide ‘8 marketing essentials for recruiters’ helps recruitment agencies understand how to improve their marketing to drive growth and boost agency profitability. The guide includes topics on marketing essentials such as:
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melt the beeswax in a small glass container, mix in the sunflower or olive oil and stir well. Pierce the vitamin capsule and squeeze the liquid into the balm. Add your essential oil blend and pour into containers using an eye dropper.
Place your lip balms in the fridge for 10 minutes to harden.
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Ever think the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport was too hardcore? I was just driving mine the other day and thought, man, if only this thing was a little softer but with the same amount of power. I was just about to pick up the phone to Molsheim when I saw this listing on RM Sothebys. The Bugatti Chiron Profilée Sounds like just the thing I need.
Unfortunately, my Bugatti only exists in my head. The Profilée, however, is very real, and there's only one. Bugatti decided to make this middling trim as a sort of less-hardcore Pur Sport, which is the top-performing version of the car. By the time the company had it all figured out, it realized there weren't enough Chiron build slots left to produce an earnest run of them. As a result, there's only one.
Seeing as it would be a waste to just throw rocks at it, Bugatti decided to make it a full production car and sell it at auction. To be clear, it doesn't appear to be street-legal in the United States. This will only be one very rich person's problem, so I'm not really predisposed to explore the details, but on purchasing the vehicle, the buyer will only receive a bill of sale and approval to drive it in the EU. "Single-type approval for Europe."
It has the same engine as the Pur Sport and the same 1,480 horsepower, but a fixed rear wing, softer springs, and a transmission with 15% shorter ratios. It also gets a custom interior with different badging and nicer leather. Imagine a Corvette ZR1 with a hypothetical 4LT package and an optional body-color rear wing. That's pretty much what we're looking at here.
Its performance is nearly identical to a Pur Sport, except its top speed is limited to 236 mph. It mostly looks different, and you can't drive it on public roads stateside. How cool is that? Hey, check out the interior knee cushions that look like a logo from an air hockey table.
It will likely fetch millions of dollars when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby's Paris auction in February. The auction house did not provide an estimated hammer price.
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Through Pathfix Automation, you can enable user webhook listening for all your user that have connected their Stripe accounts via Pathfix OAuth.
This will allow you to listen for any changes in your customers Stripe account and notify you with the data for the user.
The following documentation will guide you on how you can setup your Stripe account and setup Stripe Webhook listening for all your connected users.
Before proceeding, make sure you have setup your Stripe integration in Pathfix OAuth and have added the Connect button for your users to be able to connect their Stripe accounts.
- Configure your Stripe integration in Pathfix OAuth
- Add the script tag in your application to allow your users to authenticate their Stripe accounts (Detailed documentation for Pathfix OAuth setup can be found here)
- Create a blank automation by clicking on Design and selecting New Design
- Give your first task a name to save the automation (autosave)
- Click on the Test and Publish tab and click on Test to run a test on the automation
- On successful completion, click on Publish to Live
- Click on Endpoints and copy the endpoint url for use in the Webhook setup
- Live Endpoint is for Live environments and Dev endpoint is for testing/development
- Click on Webhooks from the top navigation and click on Create New
- Select Stripe from the list of provider webhooks
- Paste the endpoint URL copied from the automation into the Callback URL section
- Paste your Stripe API Secret (received from your Stripe app, same as the ClientSecret entered during the OAuth setup process)
- Click on the Pathfix OAuth tab and enter your Pathfix OAuth Public Key and Private Key
- Click Save to save the setting
- On the Webhooks page, click on Activate against Stripe to activate your webhook
- The webhook activation will take a few seconds and will happen in the background (click on Refresh on the top navigation to refresh the page)
- Once activated, the webhook status will turn Green
Your webhook has been setup.
We recommend running a test on your webhook setup to make sure the setup is right. To do this:
- Go to your Pathfix OAuth account and click on Test Connection for Stripe
- Click on Connect/Re-Connect and connect a Stripe account
- On successful connection, the Automation will start listening for changes in the connected Stripe account for the connected user
- You will see the webhook user count increase (if it doesn't increase at first, click on Refresh on the top navigation)
- Go to your Stripe app and create a test entry (depending on what event you selected to listen for)
- Go to your Pathfix Automation account, click on Monitor and select the Automation from the list
- You should see the test event created would have triggered a webhook response
Your Test is successful.
Now that your webhook has been setup successfully, you will need to copy the payload sent by Stripe and captured by Pathfix Automation to create your Automation.
Here are the few initial steps to get you going:
- Copy the Request received from our test event
- Go to the Automation created and paste the Request into the Call data (JSON) section of the first task
- From here, you can call an API, run a condition or process the data as you please through the Automation
- Any changes made to the automation will need to be done in the Dev environment
- Once changes are made, you will first have to Test the Automation and on successful completion then Publish to Live
- Please note, without publishing to Live, the changes will not go into effect
Few points to note on the JSON:
- The pathfix_user_id is the same user Id that is sent via the Pathfix OAuth system. This generally is the Current Users Unique Id
- the data section of the JSON is the exact data that is sent by the provider
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It is that simple! - Part 1
It is that simple! - Part 2
It is that simple! - Part 3
One year later, while Alice is at day care (her first official morning today!), I sat at a local bakery with a cup of tea and I flipped through the pages of another interesting book called Fed Up with Frenzy. I wrote flipped through because I quickly realized that Alice is still too young for most of the activities suggested in the book. However, I will keep it in my "parenting books drawer" and officially read it next summer!
That being said, Fed up with Frenzy is jam-packed with fun activities for families who are looking for a slower life pace while reconnecting with each other. Felting soap, making homemade butter (awesome!), creating wind chimes and celebrating the changing seasons are only a few examples presented in the book.
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© 2020 Elsevier Inc.Hypothesis: Drying-induced decrease in lip balm surface energy enhances virus adhesion due to the emergence of strong hydrophobic colloid-surface interactions. Experiments: A protocol was developed for preparing lip balm coatings to enable physicochemical characterization and adhesion studies. Surface charge and hydrophobicity of four brands of lip balm (dry and hydrated) and human adenovirus 5 (HAdV5) were measured and used to calculate the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) energy of interactions between lip balm coatings and HAdV5 as well as four other colloids: HAdV40, MS2 and P22 bacteriophages, and SiO2. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) tests employed SiO2 colloids, HAdV5 and hydrated lip balms. Findings: Drying of lip balms results in a dramatic decrease of their surface energy (δΔGsws≥ 83.0 mJ/m2) making the surfaces highly hydrophobic. For dry lip balms, the interaction of the balm surface with all five colloids is attractive. For lip balms hydrated in 150 mM NaCl (ionic strength of human saliva), XDLVO calculations predict that hydrophilic colloids (MS2, P22, SiO2) may attach into shallow secondary minima. Due to the relative hydrophobicity of human adenoviruses, primary maxima in XDLVO profiles are low or non-existent making irreversible deposition into primary energy minima possible. Preliminary QCM-D tests with SiO2 colloids and HAdV5 confirm deposition on hydrated lip balms. | <urn:uuid:0289767e-807b-4707-94fd-42347b6bf8a3> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://avesis.itu.edu.tr/yayin/41284065-3084-402e-81e4-e9036c76975d/lip-balm-drying-promotes-virus-attachment-characterization-of-lip-balm-coatings-and-xdlvo-modeling | 2023-10-04T19:55:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.887142 | 381 |
1) $GPS Earnings Miss and CEO stepping down (18.06)
Stock Gaping down -$2 would be a buyer at the $16.40 level looking for gap fill push to $17.25-$17.75 topping on it then all day slow fader back down to pre-market lows and under.
2) $FSLY Earnings Beat (18.97)
Stock Gaping up +$3.50 imo this topping should be around $23-$25 then slow gap fill fade back to $19.50-$20.50 and under, if this yanks right at the open to those areas scale in long bottom curl then slow all day move to the upside. Should be fun once this settles, higher the pops better the fade for us to the downside on the gap fill
3) $IOVA Presents new date Phase 2 (20.66) so what!!!!
Stock Gaping up +$3 let this push a tad more at the open on chasers to $24-25 topping imo this should simply gap fill to $21-$21.50 and under. This is nothing more then PR from the company
4) $TDC Earnings Miss guides half and lower, OUCH (31.12)
Stock Gaping down -$8 love to see a yank at open to $20 and under $18 would make me happy before seeing any kind of short covering bounce, if this at all pops at open consider it a gift at $25-$27 then alllllllllllll day bleeder on it. Guidance was Horrible….Trash
5) $GDOT Earnings Miss (29.95) think this is overdone down here I like the $23 area LONG
Stock Gaping down -$7 I like small long at $23 room to $21 then look for the stock to gap fill and run towards $25-$26 imo the stock should be sitting at $25-$26 value, more this pulls at open better the range for us to the upside on short covering, if this pops at open watch the $26+ as topping then slow all day fader on it
6) $YELP Earnings MIXED issues D/S guidance (30.12) YELP tends to fill there gaps on #ER
Stock Gaping up +$3 let it pop at open a little more towards $34-$35 top it off then look for nice gap fill sell off to $31 and under, if you take short now do small let it pop if this simply snaps at open to $31 and under cover what shorts you took and look for nice 2+ point rebound or more off the bottom
7) $NVEE Earnings Miss (70.00) NO MM’s on it yet
Stock Gaping down -$12 ok…..like to see quick pop at open towards $63-$65 top it off then all day fader on it, if this yanks at open hard to $52-$55 and under bottom curl it then slow all day move back to $60 tops on it, more it pulls better the range for us to the upside on short overing. Guidance is not good but PT imo is $52-$55 on it.
8) $AAXN Earnings Beat (52.41) making 5-10 million more per quarter….??? and…
Stock Gaping up +$10 lets get small push at the open towards $63-$65 top it off then look for nice 5-7 point gap fill pullback then bottom curl then slow all day move to the upside, this will NOT gap fill all the way, guidance is impressive. More it pops at open better the range for us to the downside
9) $PLNT Earnings Mixed in-line guidance (62.71)
Stock Gaping up +$8 imo small pop at opened towards $70-$72 topping then look for nice gap fill pullback to $64-$65 and under bottom curl it then slow all day move back to highs. This should and will gap fill half way at least lower it pulls better the range to the upside, imo this should not be up this much to begin with
10) $MED Earnings Miss (102.00)
Stock Gaping down -$34 Love to see a pull at the open to $65-$67 at the open or under, then look for a nice 5-10 point short cover squeeze, more this pulls at the open better the range for us on the squeeze, if this pops do not long it unless you get through $70-$71 at the open then chase for quick 5-7 points on short covering then top it off and all day fader. Love to see $75+ on the short covering.
$STMP Earnings Beat Impressive turnaround (80.82) Gaping up +$16 like to see a push at the open love to see $100-$103+ top it off then nice 5-8 point gap fill pulls back this will NOT gap fill, i really want a nice squeeze at the open if this snaps under $94 and under at the open take it down to $88-$90 bottom curl it then slow all day move to the upside, let this show you at the open don’t go crazy on size its already up +16 but i do see a pop coming
$UI Earnings Beat (129.99) THIN Gaping up +14 Like to see push towards $145-$150 watch for topping then look for a nice 8-10 point gap fill sell off on it, if this snaps $140 at the open take it down 5- more points then bottom curl it then slow all day move to the upside | <urn:uuid:304526a7-4101-4d9a-b903-b4cf133bc65d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://awesomecallstrading.com/pre-market-game-plan-by-aj-11-8-19/ | 2023-10-04T21:09:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.856251 | 1,197 |
The online fashion retailer Asos has disclosed significant financial losses in its latest financial statements. The company has reported a loss of £87.4m in the six months ending February, as compared to a profit of £14.8m in the same period last year.
The company feels that this downturn is due to shoppers reducing their spending and rising living costs. Although the company has faced an unfavourable trading environment, Asos is still optimistic that it will return to profitability within the next six months.
What did the shift to online shopping do for Asos, and how is it changing?
Asos is an important company in the online retail industry, and has exemplified the move towards online shopping. The company experienced substantial growth during the Covid-19 pandemic due to an increase in online shopping, mainly by younger adults while under lockdown.
However, despite the initial boost caused by pandemic-related closures, the growth of online sales for retail companies, like Asos, has slowed down due to the reopening of high-street shops. Also, the increasing expenses of everyday living have been a challenge for Asos in both the United Kingdom and United States markets, resulting in decreased purchasing ability for customers.
In present times, customers are finding it harder and harder to make non-essential purchases due to the increase in energy costs and food prices, which have put a strain on household budgets.
To what extent could these losses have been predicted?
Being one of the world’s biggest fashion retailers, Asos had previously indicated that they were expecting losses due to the expenses associated with clearing out large volumes of stock.
The company underwent a significant restructuring last year to address the stock burden. However, the latest losses are only adding to the £32m hit already revealed in the previous year’s results.
Asos announced, in the UK, that although their sales have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, the trading is still aggressively fluctuating on a monthly basis. The company first experienced a significant decline in sales volumes in September, due to negative news about rising living costs and again in December, which was because of the Royal Mail postal strikes.
Furthermore, outside of the UK and US, the retailer’s sales in Europe did not increase and its sales in other parts of the world decreased by 12% during the six months leading up to February’s end.
How have competitors fared compared to Asos?
Other online fashion retailers, who ultimately compete with Asos, have also faced intense competition due to, and since, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since high-street shops have reopened, they have been successfully competing with online sales, resulting in a decrease in e-commerce sales that were once the primary channel for retail sales during the peak of the pandemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic, along with the cost of living crisis, has fundamentally changed the world, causing high-profile global brands, like Asos, to adjust their operations and sales strategies.
What could Asos do to build up sales?
The main priority for Asos is to build up sales in the US and other parts of the world, as those markets are still underperforming compared to their UK performance. To further target potential customers outside of the UK, Asos has recently added new product lines, such as beauty, lingerie and activewear.
The company has also been investing in the expansion of its digital platform, such as developing mobile applications and improving customer service. Additionally, Asos has heavily invested in marketing initiatives to reach out to potential customers with an impactful message.
The financial performance of Asos reflects the challenges that numerous businesses have encountered amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, with the cost of living having risen, it’s led consumers to be more careful with their spending habits, no longer splashing out on non-essential items.
Despite facing these challenges, Asos is still remaining confident that it will again be profitable in the next six months. The company has a strong brand and a dedicated customer base that has been loyal throughout the pandemic and other struggles.
Furthermore, Asos’s ability to learn and adapt to its changed surroundings will be essential in the future if it hopes to remain successful. By investing in the expansion of its digital platform and pursuing marketing initiatives, Asos is taking all the necessary steps towards weathering and overcoming the storm caused by the pandemic and rising living costs. | <urn:uuid:064c1f6e-3427-451e-9ad8-d7a9928bd483> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://axies.digital/asos-market-trends/ | 2023-10-04T20:30:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.970112 | 918 |
Leunig has done it again with this image
for The Age.
He also wrote a great piece on Hope for the paper last year.
When I woke up this morning I again thought with dismay of John Howard’s cynical comments about renewable energy yesterday. I genuinely do wonder how he is going to explain to his grandchildren why he delayed the growth of renewable energy? It was the first period of stable climate after the last ice age that allowed agriculture to develop. This then allowed the development of civilization. Sadly this civilization, that so many worked and fought for with its hard won human rights, is now being eroded – not just by climate change but by a range of policies that care more about the profit margins of the aluminium, cement, oil, coal, mining and electricity companies than about the children of this world who will inherit the damage they cause.
I do believe that the rhetoric of the debate should shift more from saving “the planet” and “saving the environment” to include saving “civilization”. Until we do this the debate can continue to be polarised between environmentalists and people who care more about jobs (by implication, civilization). A civilized approach, as we try to teach our children, implies working co-operatively (eg Kyoto), not selfishly. Saving carbon sinks by not cutting down forests which absorb CO2, for example, is all about saving people’s lives – not just people in forestry areas but all the people of the world. Everything and everyone is connected.
There is an argument that carbon dioxide will be in the air for 100 years, so therefore we should just get as rich as possible under the deluded belief that wealth will save us. Of course the rich people in the richer countries (New Orleans being a case in point, where the rich got out and the poor didn’t) “may” have the ability to withstand the effects of climate change a little better and “possibly” a little longer (eg. they’ll be able to afford to build desalination plants and put solar panels on their rooves but they still won’t be immune from disease and catastrophes). The rich will attempt to fight off invasion by climate refugees (instead of helping them to survive) or simply move to another country. But what will be the ultimate cost if we go down this path of continued fossil fuel and nuclear use? The cost will be a whole generation of people destined to live without hope because deep down everyone will know that they have put all their faith in finite resources and that the fighting over them will only get worse. Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter was smart enough to recognise the importance of hope in his Crisis of Confidence Speech.
Our children need to grow up with the sort of hope that we were all lucky enough to have …. and I’m determined to keep working for.
Hope that it will be possible for them to have a future without cruel and inhumane border security patrols and major infertility issues (caused by all the chemicals etc) as visualised in Children of Men. Hope that people will work together for a better world, not just fight to the death over limited resources. Hope that being kind, caring and compassionate will always be a respected value rather than a sign of weakness. How can you move on with hope when you have this uneasy knowledge that all the choices your leaders are making will leave behind huge problems (nuclear waste, pollution, war over limited resources etc). Surely the greatest degree of hope comes from knowing that once our energy structures are built they can continue for eternity because there will always be sun, wind and hot rocks and no-one needs to fight over them because there will be enough to go around … which is what I tell my boys about my love for them when they fight for my attention … love is a renewable and an unlimited resource!
Will our gift to our children be to have turned what was once a Lucky Country into a polluted desert or will we act now to give them a future worth striving for?
I’ve been so busy with my new permaculture course (my personal action), picking green tomatoes, struggling to work out the technicalities of setting up this blog, enrolling the children in tumbling and trampolining classes, shopping for food etc etc etc … that I almost made it to the end of the day without doing a political action. Thank goodness for The Getup Campaign!
Even after 11pm at night I can just logon, read about an important action and sign the petition. Today’s one is crucial for climate change action because if the Federal Government’s extraordinary legislation goes through it threatens to cut out many new voters, like young people, who may not yet be enrolled.
The legislation aims to close the rolls for new voters at 8pm on the very night the election is officially called – known as issuing a writ. Last Federal Election, the AEC received a total of 423,975 enrolment cards in the week between the announcement and the close of rolls. 78,816 of those were new enrolments. But this time people won’t get that chance.
Closing the rolls early will make it especially difficult for certain groups, such as Australians overseas. The legislation also contains other problematic elements. There are a lot of questions raised by these changes, so to help you wade through them GetUp has prepared answers to the common questions.
Sign the petition and join the call to overturn this legislation. You can also visit the Australian Electoral Commission website to check your enrolment, register for the first time or update your details.
You can go to the website to sign the petition to our elected representatives:
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Arizona Small Business Association opposes Prop 205
Small businesses are the life blood of Arizona business, and every day the nearly 500,000 Arizona small businesses struggle to provide goods/services, pay employees, provide benefits and make a profit. It seems that more small businesses would benefit the Arizona economy.
Proposition 205, Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana, would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in Arizona, which would bring many new small businesses into the marketplace. Although many of these new businesses would be small businesses, ASBA believes the potentially overwhelming risks and costs to existing small businesses in Arizona far outweigh ASBA’s support of these new small businesses.
The risks to small business include increased costs for workers’ compensation insurance, liability insurance, and litigation, and increase the difficulty in managing employees. Worst case scenario from these additional cost burdens might force a small business to close.
There are too many unknowns about recreational marijuana, both clinically and from the Colorado experiment. For example, unlike alcohol, no standard of impairment has been established medically, nor has one been adopted, albeit arbitrarily, in Colorado.
“Alcohol has a .08% blood alcohol content standard of impairment,” said Jack Lunsford, ASBA’s Interim CEO, “a standard which has scientific backing, is understandable, and has been adopted by everyone.”
The lack of an impairment standard for marijuana use makes it difficult for employers to determine if an employee is impaired on the job, or if an accident on the job was the result of recreational marijuana use then or from previous use. As a result, defending against potential employment claims by employees resulting from disciplinary action is tenuous at best.
“Small business employers who believe an employee is marijuana-impaired and takes an action against that employee will quickly become the target of legal action.” Lunsford said.
He further explained such legal action could disproportionately impact and harm small businesses that don’t have the financial resources larger businesses have to fight/litigate such cases, which could dramatically harm the small business and possibly lead to the businesses closing.
The Prop 205 measure would also dramatically increase small business worker’s compensation and liability insurance costs, because it will be difficult for insurance companies to rate the risks so premiums will increase to adjust for the unknown number or amounts of claims.
“It’s all about the potential increase of costs and regulations on small businesses,” Petra said. “Very simply, legalization of recreational marijuana would dramatically increase small business worker’s compensation and liability insurance costs.”
Compounding the legal matters for small business employers – likely increasing them – is Prop 205’s establishment of unwarranted and unfair job protections for employees who use marijuana compared to those using alcohol. Such protections create more difficulty in managing employees and could also increase job claim actions.
Certain employee job protections are necessary,” Lunsford explained, “like for safety. But these new protections have the potential to undermine other safety protections. Until all of the issues are ferreted out with regard to legalized marijuana, Arizona should not begin the experiment.”
Small businesses are burdened with regulations and they don’t need any additional rules and regulations foisted upon us making it more difficult for them to stay in business and grow, Lunsford said.
Nick Petra closed with the reminder that if Prop 205 passes this poorly written initiative is subject to Arizona’s Prop 108, which means the Legislature can’t change it unless to make it better.
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