Today, a senior citizen (aged 65 or older) has a one-in-four chance of spending time in a nursing home facility. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 5% of those 65 and older reside in a nursing home, assisted living or other continuing care facility at any given time. That rate increases with age, with almost 50% of those aged 95 and older residing in a nursing home.
As Elder Law attorneys, we have an arsenal of tools at our disposal that we use to help our clients protect their assets from long-term assisted living and nursing home expenses. Unfortunately, that toolbox continues to shrink.
Congress eliminated many planning opportunities with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006. The two major changes enacted by that Act were (1) to extend the "look-back" period from three to five years, and (2) to apply penalty periods (assessed for transfers made within the look-back period) prospectively, rather than allowing the penalty clock to start on the date of the transfer.
More recently, tools such as "Caregiver Agreements" and promissory notes have fallen under great scrutiny. With Caregiver Agreements, seniors could enter into contractual arrangements with family members who were providing them care and agree to pay the caregiver a fixed dollar amount each month. Unfortunately, most county Medicaid offices are now requiring that caregivers maintain a log of all of the time spent caring for the Medicaid applicant, on a daily basis, and they limit the amount, which can be paid to the caregiver to less than $15 per hour.
In many cases, these heightened requirements render Caregiver Agreements more hassle than they are worth. As for promissory notes, it used to be the case that, where the Medicaid applicant had a healthy spouse, the healthy spouse could gift a certain amount to children and simultaneously enter into a (nontransferable and non-assignable) promissory note whereby the parent transferred funds to the children in exchange for the promise to repay the funds over a specified period. The client could then apply for Medicaid, a penalty period would be assessed as a result of the gift to the children, but the payments to the parent made under the terms of the note would cover the expenses during the penalty period. The amount of the gift would be protected.
What this tells us is that we need to be more and more proactive about our asset protection planning for Medicaid purposes. The earlier we can meet with you to discuss your planning, the more likely it is that we will be able to protect significant assets for your spouse and children. Statistics show that one-in-four seniors (over age 65) will require some long-term care, and that more than fifty percent (50%) of those individuals over age 95 reside in a nursing home. You cannot afford to wait. We still have a number of planning tools to utilize for your benefit, including life estates and family protection trusts, among others. If you are approaching your senior years, or have a parent who is, the time is ripe to discuss your asset protection planning. Please contact us or give us a call at (856-489-8388) to schedule a consultation.


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Coronavirus: a quarter of new tests are positive
Orsi Sarány October 5, 2020
A new record number of daily coronavirus infections was registered last week in Romania: From Thursday to Friday, 2,343 new cases were reported, exceeding the record of 2,158 new daily infections announced on Wednesday. More than 2,000 new cases were also registered on Thursday and Saturday, and on Saturday, another record was broken: The number of patients treated in intensive care was the highest since the outbreak of COVID-19. From Saturday to Monday, only 1,591 new infections were reported, but one quarter of the tests analyzed in the last 24 hours were positive. The well-known infectious disease expert from Temesvár (Timişoara), Virgil Musta, said that "we are on the verge of life and death" after the intensive care unit of the Temesvár Infectious Diseases Hospital was filled up with coronavirus patients.
Doctor Virgil Musta, manager at the Victor Babeș Infectious Diseases Hospital in Temesvár, together with his team has cured hundreds of COVID-19 patients. The doctor transmitted a message on Facebook, asking Romanians to be more careful as the number of new cases is rising.
"The most important thing is to avoid getting infected. If you get infected, now or in a day or two, it may happen that you are sick and need to be hospitalized; but there are no beds left in the hospital. We cannot do anything; there are people who will have to remain home and not be able to get proper treatment. There are some types of medicines that you can take at home on your own, but essential medicines cannot be given at home. The intensive care unit is full. […] We are on the verge of life and death and we need to understand this and be very responsible," Virgil Musta announced on the Facebook page of the hospital.
Doctor Virgil Musta became famous after he and his team cured hundreds of COVID-19 patients. Photo: Spitalul Victor Babes Timisoara Facebook Page
In Temes (Timiş) County, 158 coronavirus patients are being treated in the hospital; 17 of these are in the anesthesia and intensive care departments.
The Infectious Diseases Hospital in Temesvár is not the only one struggling: The Hargita (Hargitha) County Emergency Hospital in Csíkszereda (Miercurea-Ciuc) also announced that it is overwhelmed after the number of new coronavirus cases increased last week in the county. The institute has sent patients to hospitals in neighboring Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc), Maroshévíz (Toplița), Nagyszeben (Sibiu) and Beszterce (Bistrița).
Raed Arafat: Local measures might be adopted
Raed Arafat, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Home Affairs and head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), said on Saturday in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș) that they are not considering suspending certain activities or re-introducing a curfew, but some additional measures may be adopted at a local level.
"I don't know if there is a discussion about the introduction of the state of emergency, but, considering the increase in the number of new cases, there might be a discussion about additional measures adopted on a local level. We have always stressed that local tightening and strengthening of controls is possible because we need to control the spread of the epidemic," the Secretary of State for Home Affairs said.
Raed Arafat: The state of emergency won't be re-introduced. Photo: Facebook
The head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) also stressed the importance of following the rules of social distancing, proper hygiene and mask-wearing; he also pointed out that during autumn, periodic viral illnesses can appear, making those most at risk for contracting coronavirus even more vulnerable.
The importance of wearing a mask was also emphasized by the Minister of Education, Monica Anisie, over the weekend. She announced that students' grades for their behavior may be decreased if they are not wearing masks (the behavior of each student is graded in Romania, and this grade may be decreased as a punishment – ed. note). Anisie asked teachers to warn the children to follow the rules.
"They need to tell students that they risk a reduction in their behavioral grade if they refuse to wear a mask," observatornews.ro quoted the head of the ministry. According to Anisie, educators also need to convince students with the argument that breaking the rules endangers the lives of those around them.
PM Orban requests to be tested
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban requested Monday morning to be tested for coronavirus, after the host of a TV show he was on last week tested positive, the Government announced. All of the prime minister's Monday meetings were canceled.
Orban was a guest on the "Dosar de politican" ("Politician Dossier") show of B1 Television, hosted by Silviu Mănăstire last Tuesday. The journalist was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, October 5; Mănăstire announced his illness himself.
The government's press office said a sample had been taken from the prime minister and that all his meetings are canceled until he receives the results of the coronavirus test. "Ludovic Orban showed no symptoms of the coronavirus," the statement says. The government's press office announced Monday afternoon that the result of the test is negative, but Prime Minister Ludovic Orban decided to stay in quarantine until Thursday.
Ludovic Orban was a guest on the "Dosar de politican" show, the host of which tested positive for COVID-19. Photo: Guvernul Romaniei
Ludovic Orban was not the only guest of Mănăstire, the new mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, and Health Minister Nelu Tătaru also appeared on the show last week. Nicuşor Dan already announced that he is in voluntary quarantine and will be tested for coronavirus.
Despite the possible infection and the increase in daily infections, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban insists on holding parliamentary elections on December 6.
Preparations for the December parliamentary elections have begun in accordance with current legal regulations and government decrees, the Prime Minister announced in a show on Romania TV on Saturday evening. Orban also said that the law authorizing the parliament to announce the date of the elections could not enter into force yet, as the Constitutional Court had not yet published the reasons for its decision in this regard. Until this legislation enters into force, it will not be possible to discuss the draft submitted by independent deputy Adrian Dohotaru, which would postpone the parliamentary elections until March 14, Orban said.
From Saturday to Monday, another 1,591 new infections were reported, bringing Romania's total number of coronavirus cases to 137,491. Out of this figure, 108,526 people have been declared fully cured, while 5,048 died due to the pandemic. According to GCS, 2,516,746 tests have been processed nationwide in Romania, out of which 6,534 were performed in the last 24 hours.
Title image: One quarter or 1,591 of the 6,534 tests performed in the last 24 hours were positive. Photo: Getty Images
Author: Orsi Sarány
Hungarian president under fire for comparing annexation of Crimea to Transylvania

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The best of the Ceresio lies at the peninsula's southern tip. Here you'll find the captivating village of MORCOTE, once a fishing community and now eking out a living as a lakeside attraction. Its photogenic arcaded houses – and slightly tacky antique shops – are strung along the shoreline road, with a web of tranquil, stepped lanes leading up the hill behind to the beautiful Chiesa di Santa Maria del Sasso, a fifteen-minute climb (April–Oct Mon–Fri 8am–6pm, Sat & Sun 9am–6pm; Nov–March Mon–Fri 1.30–6pm, Sat & Sun 9am–6pm). The atmospheric hillside church has well-preserved sixteenth-century frescoes inside, and boasts views from its terrace over the lake and hills beyond that are stunning. Several walks explore the lush woodlands nearby, including a long trail back up to San Salvatore (2hr 30min).
Morcote has a handful of hotels, but also suffers from a great deal of tourist attention, and very many feet tramping its alleys. One way to escape is to aim for the even tinier village of VICO MORCOTE, on the hard-to-reach hillside above and 1km north of Morcote. Here, although the church is just as picturesque and the tiny village piazzas are lined with old stone-built houses that are just as beautiful, unlike in Morcote you can actually hear the fountains tinkle, smell the camellias and stand alone in the middle of the street to absorb the atmosphere. On a junction within the village beside the rustic Osteria al Böcc (gnocchi or spaghetti Fr.14), you'll find the tranquil Bellavista (091/996 11 43, fax 996 12 88; c–f). Its impressive restaurant is run by a young, highly accomplished team, who serve exquisite, lightly prepared local cuisine on a beautiful terrace high above the lake; menus are around Fr.70. The hotel rooms to one side are outstanding, the bargain of the region – fresh and flooded with light. Their top-floor luxury suite, huge and spotless, with billowing curtains and a private terrace, is utterly romantic, and half the price of those in the more mundane surroundings of Lugano.


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About Dr. Chatman
Michelle Coghill Chatman, PhD
Contemplative Teaching, Living, and Activism
Michelle Coghill Chatman
"How Africa Changed My Life'
TEDx Talk, Bergen Community College, 2016
We are a community of scholars who work in various aspects of higher education -- teaching, research, student services, faculty development, and administration. Our institutions are land grant, public, community colleges, and HBCUs. We use various contemplative approaches in our work which reflect our understanding of the transformative nature of education and social change. Meet some our community members below. We'd love to have you join us!
Professor Stephanie Briggs
sbriggs@ccbcmd.edu
Professor Michelle Chatman
mchatman@udc.edu
Stephanie Briggs is an Assistant Professor of English at the Community College of Baltimore County in Baltimore, Maryland, where she teaches Developmental English and English Composition I classes. In addition to English classes, for the past 15 years she has taught and assisted in the long-term development of the college's History of Hip Hop course. She is a graduate of the New School and New York University in New York City. Her program, "Be. Still. Move: Creative Contemplative Movement," was developed using the teachings and various practices of a number of mindfulness practitioners. In 2006, Stephanie began exploring the use of movement and mindfulness in the college classroom after studying multi-disciplinary mindfulness practices, movement and vocalization with director/choreographer Meredith Monk. She also took Mudra Theater classes with Elaine Yuen, teacher and student of Chogyam Trungpa. She recently studied the research-to-performance methodology developed by teacher/poet Sekou Sundiata, and use his of storytelling and creative writing to create social engagement around social justice issues developed through his "America Project." In addition, Stephanie studied combining arts, play, and mindfulness practice with Thich Nhat Hanh ordained Buddhist nun, Sister Jewel.
Professor Briggs leads The Building Communities With Students of Color Initiative, funded by The Fetzer Institute and the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
Here is a link to her webinar Be.Still.Move. This webinar is offered by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
Michelle Chatman is an Assistant Professor in the Crime, Justice, and Security Studies program at The University of the District of Columbia (UDC), where she teaches courses on social justice, and urban inequality and where she is also designing a youth studies concentration within the Criminal Justice program. As a contemplative educator, she weaves meditation, music, and introspective practices into her teaching to help facilitate student learning and growth and build community. She is particularity interested in implementing culturally relevant, contemplative practices that foster critical inquiry and inspire justice activism. Her most recently published work, "At Eshu's Crossroad: Pan African Identity In a Changing City" appears in Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC (Routledge 2016), and examines the impact of gentrification upon the Pan African and Black Nationalist communities in her hometown of Washington, DC. Her current research focuses on the intersection of contemplative pedagogy with restorative justice and holistic youth development. Michelle earned her M.A. in Applied Anthropology and her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at American University.
Michelle leads a contemplative initiative at UDC which offers a monthly campus-wide meditation, contemplative pedagogy workshops, and an annual faculty and staff retreat. As a practitioner of the Yoruba belief system, the teachings of this ancient tradition, along with influences from her Christian upbringing and other spiritual traditions, serve as the basis of her personal, contemplative practices. Professor Chatman is also enrolled in the Koru Mindfulness Teacher Certification Program. Michelle has initiated youth leadership efforts in The Gambia, West Africa, and in the D.C. area. Her TEDx talk, How Africa Changed My Life, links her contemplative journey to her volunteerism in The Gambia, West Africa. Michelle is also the curator of www.wisdomfromthemat.com, a website devoted to promoting critical, contemplative pedagogy among faculty of color.


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PopChar 4 - find and insert special characters across font boundaries
Hagenberg, Austria: June 16, 2008 - Ergonis Software today announced the release of PopChar X 4.0, the award-winning tool for finding and typing special characters.
PopChar 4 introduces a new view that allows users to search for special characters in a new, system-wide way, without being limited to the characters available in a particular font.
Imagine you want to type the cubic meters symbol, but you don't know the keyboard combination, much less you know what font contains the required symbol. Up to now you would have to search all your installed fonts one by one. With PopChar 4 you just type "cub m" in the search field and switch to the new "All" view. If any of your installed fonts contains the cubic meters symbol, PopChar will show it to you, and will allow you to insert it into your document with a single click. You don't even have to know which font the symbol comes from.
"PopChar has been helping Mac users for more than 20 years to make best use of their installed fonts. With the power of Unicode fonts and today's support of Unicode in most applications, the utilization of Unicode should no longer be a matter of specialists," said Christoph Reichenberger, founder and CEO of Ergonis Software. "PopChar's new system-wide font view lets you make use of the full power of Unicode fonts in a simple, Mac-like way and emphasizes again that PopChar is the number-one utility when it comes to dealing with fonts and special characters".
The new version also adds other features like a new command for copying the selected character's Unicode name, support for Unicode 5.1, improved Leopard appearance, and more. Visit Ergonis Software's website at http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx to learn more about specific enhancements contained in this release and to download a trial copy.
PopChar solves a problem faced by every technologist and multi-lingual worker. Inserting special characters into application documents can be frustrating and results in a steady loss of productivity. With PopChar you no longer need to search for and remember keystrokes. Just pop up the PopChar window, click the desired character, and the character appears in your current document right away.
Availability and Pricing:
PopChar can be purchased securely on the Ergonis Software website. The upgrade to PopChar X 4.0 is free for anyone who purchased PopChar in the last 2 years. For information about purchases, including enterprise licenses, volume discounts, and upgrade pricing offers, visit the website at http://www.ergonis.com/popcharx.
Instead of purchasing PopChar by itself, customers can get the Macility Productivity Bundle that also contains two of the company's other productivity tools, Typinator and KeyCue. The pricing of the Productivity Bundle represents a saving of more than 35% over the separate purchase of its components. More information about the Productivity Bundle can be found at http://www.ergonis.com/productivity.
PopChar X 4.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or newer, Mac OS 10.5 is recommended.


Everybody knows about give and receive when in a relationship. It is like a flow just like waves lapping the shore. The energy of giving and the energy of receiving. You will notice I don't say take because implies force or stealing.
You offer your submission and your partner offers his skill as your spanker. He/she has to keep your trust and stay within your limits they have to read your reactions and continue to ensure you are still fine with it. You offer your submission, you place your body in your Top's hands and trust your partner not to break through your limits.
The Top receives your trust, submission, sexual desires and love. The submissive receives the Tops respect, skill with his hands and love.
If you look at this from any activity within the life style you can learn to see the waves lapping on the shore and recognise that nothing is only one way. The best relationships have this age-old toing and froing and if you look at it carefully, it will bring you peace and joy.


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The Hog Hunting in Oklahoma is unbelievable at Pennington Creek Hunting Club! We offer a 2-Day 2-Night fenced or free-range Hog Hunting Trip at the same price with no trophy fees and no size limitations and includes lodging.
Pennington Creek Hunting Club consists of 9,400 acres of privately owned ranch land located in Johnston and Murray Counties, Oklahoma. The ranch headquarters is located near Mill Creek, Oklahoma, which is located in the heart of Whitetail Deer country in the south-central portion of the state. Our Oklahoma Hunting Ranch offers excellent opportunities for you to harvest a trophy animal of a lifetime whether you are Deer Hunting, Hog Hunting, Turkey Hunting, or Bass Fishing.
Pennington Creek is one of Oklahoma's most beautiful streams that forms from a majestic spring just off the north side of the Hunting Ranch. Pennington Creek flows just under four miles through our Oklahoma Hunting Ranch bringing in a wide range of wildlife. In addition to the wildlife drawn to the creek, you'll find it stockpiled with Smallmouth Bass. The combination of multiple creek bottoms, rolling hills, dense woodlands, wooded draws and open grasslands on the Hunting Ranch offers you an excellent environment to have an opportunity for the harvest of a lifetime.
We limit the number of Turkey hunters we take each year in order to keep the Turkey Hunting in Oklahoma prime for the seasons to come. We offer a 2-Day 2-Night Turkey Hunting Trip that includes lodging and the harvest of a wild hog.
Here at Pennington Creek Hunting Club we have an abundance of mature Whitetail Bucks and Rio Grande Turkeys as a result of our managed Oklahoma Hunting tactics. We strive and succeed at offering our clients the prime Oklahoma Hunting they are scouting for. We also have an abundance of Wild Hogs which clients are able to hunt year around from any of our designated hunting zones. At each hunting zone we have a comfortable two-man tower box blind for rifle hunters as well quad pods and tree stands for our archery hunters. Spin-cast corn feeders and protein feeders are also present. These Wild Hogs know where their permanent food source is due to the fact that we feed year around.
Enjoy your Oklahoma Hunting Experience with us in Southern Oklahoma, and enjoy the views, as you step back in time while visiting a Oklahoma Hunting Ranch where things are like they used to be. No highways, high-lines, cell phone towers, or even county roads have swept across this part of the country. Before your Oklahoma Hunting Experience, Please purchase your Oklahoma Hunting /Fishing License online and review the Oklahoma Hunting Regulations and our Rules and Policies. Should you forget to do this ahead of time on-line, you can always make this purchase at any sporting goods store in Oklahoma on your way to the Hunting Ranch.
Here at PCHC we offer Bass Fishing in Oklahoma for Smallmouth Bass along our three miles of Pennington Creek and Largemouth Bass at our 18 different "Honey Holes". We offer multiple day Bass Fishing Trips with select trips that include lodging.
The Whitetail Deer Hunting in Oklahoma is fantastic here at PCHC. We maintain 13 Whitetail Deer Hunting zones that produce an abundance of mature Whitetail Deer. We offer a 3-Day 3-Night Whitetail Deer Hunting Trip that includes lodging and meals.


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Former Prime Minister Myasnikovich to ensure economic policy continuity by new government
A monitoring group led by former Prime Minister Vladimir Myasnikovich was set up in order to ensure continuity of social and economic policy by the Kobyakov's government. The group is also a mechanism for coordinating interests of different nomenclature groups aiming to prevent misbalances in the management in the election year. Its task is to adjust the Government's policy within the framework of the current socio-economic model in order to prevent economic destabilisation.
On February 26th, the president signed a decree establishing a monitoring group headed by Council of the Republic Chairman Mikhail Myasnikovich. The group was tasked to develop concrete proposals to address socio-economic issues in Belarus. The group's decisions would become recommendations for the government.
Chairman of the Council of the Republic Myasnikovich outlined the monitoring group's main objectives: to inform the population and workers about decisions made by the president and the government and to receive their feedback. In particular, Myasnikovich explained his vision of relations between people and the government: "We have a common cause. This work aims at the overall result – economic stabilisation and development".
Recently, President Lukashenko criticised the new government and referred to the economic deterioration: "The industry is slowing down, stocks at warehouses are building up so as mutual non-payments. So far, measures undertaken to support exports have not worked out. And it all starts to affect people. Real incomes are not growing". In January 2015, the average salary in Belarus decreased by 35% - from USD 620 to USD 400, as compared with January 2014.
The president also criticised the 2015 Government's Action Plan. When Prime Minister Kobyakov presented the Plan in the Parliament, he tried to pre-empt accusations of the Plan envisaging "manual control" of the economy. Nevertheless, the Plan contains numerous opportunities for rapid intervention by the authorities aiming to prevent economic destabilisation. In fact, the government in 2015 has received a carte blanche to sustain current socio-economic development by short-term actions depending on the situation.
Interestingly, the Plan also contains some elements, which resemble preparatory steps to structural economic reforms. Most likely, these elements were added to the Plan in order to receive positive reviews from international creditors, such as the IMF, World Bank and other financial organisations. Despite everything, the authorities have not yet demonstrated the explicit desire to implement structural economic reforms, inter alia, reducing the state's presence in the economy.
The authorities are willing to maintain financial and economic stability at people's costs – by introducing new 'taxation' forms and by weakening social protection. If necessary, the government is ready to introduce measures aiming to raise additional budget revenues, reduce costs and prevent macroeconomic imbalances from accumulation. For instance, subsidised housing construction, which has always been one of the strongest pillars of Lukashenko's socio-economic model, will be reduced by 30% in the election year. The authorities lack funds to increase people's incomes in 2015, however, they will implement price control in order to support the current level of well-being.
In the year of presidential elections, the government will attempt to keep the balance between financial, economic and social stability. If external funding is not secured, the authorities might review their social policy and partially take away people's proceeds to prevent economic destabilisation.
President ensures continuity of state administration with young middle-level personnel
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President Lukashenka continues to rotate staff and rejuvenate heads of departments and universities following new appointments in regional administrations. Apparently, new Information Minister Karliukevich could somewhat relax the state policy towards the independent media and introduce technological solutions for retaining control over Belarus' information space. New rectors could strengthen the trend for soft Belarusization in the regions and tighten the disciplinary and ideological control over the student movement in the capital.
President Lukashenka has appointed new ministers of culture and information, the new rector of the Belarusian State University and heads of three universities, assistants in the Minsk and Vitebsk regions.
The new Information Minister Karliukevich is likely to avoid controversial initiatives similar to those former Minister Ananich was famous for, however, certainly within his capacities. Nevertheless, the appointment of Belarusian-speaking writer Karliukevich could be regarded as the state's cautious attempt to relax environment in the media field and ensure the sovereignty of national media.
The Belarusian leadership has consolidated the trend for mild Belarusization by appointing a young historian and a 'reasonable nationalist', Duk as the rector at the Kuleshov State University in Mogilev. Meanwhile, while choosing the head of the Belarusian State University, the president apparently had in mind the strengthening of the ideological loyalty among the teaching staff and students at the main university in order to keep the youth movement at bay. Previously, Korol was the rector of the Kupala State University in Grodno, where he held purges among the disloyal teaching staff.
The trend for the renewal of mid-ranking executives and their rejuvenation has confirmed. The age of the Culture Minister and three new rectors varies from 39 to 44 years old.


Dr. Tatiana Degani Paes Leme Azevedo graduated in dentistry from the Federal University of Uberlândia (1996), Master in Science of Health from the University of Brasilia (2001) and a PhD in Health Sciences of the University of Brasilia (2006). Dr. Azevedo is currently a professor at the Catholic University of Brasilia with experience in dentistry, with emphasis in Oral Health Promotion.
Dental decay, structural defects of enamel, restorative treatment, health promotion, and cystic fibrosis minimal intervention dentistry.


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Piece is a counterweight driven mechanism that wedges itself into the inside of a cavity (the glass dome in this case), suspending itself.


This Senior App Support role is working within the foreign exchange group supporting their core trading platforms.
The Corporate & Institutional Banking division is making significant on-going investment in its FX systems. This includes the institutional trading platform and their corporate and retail distribution platform. The architecture comprises a mix of vendor (off-the-shelf) and in-house systems, with an increasing focus on internal build using Java and open source technologies. The infrastructure footprint covers multiple data centres in the UK, US, and Australia, including the banks hosting in AWS.
The FX technology team operates across Melbourne, Sydney and London and has end-to-end ownership of the software development process. We apply Agile SDLC practices, with frequent incremental deliveries to production, and achieve a high degree of automated test coverage. The team comprises business analysts, developers and testers all working together to deliver each sprint.
Investigate issues as and when they occur, participate in root cause analysis, and suggest and implement resolutions in a timely manner to prevent future occurrences of similar issues through incident and problem management best practices.
Drive continuous improvement opportunities i.e. event monitoring and alerting, automate the manual activities whenever possible, etc.
Collaborate with business partners, third party vendors, and technology groups to facilitate the support process and work toward issue resolution.
Work closely with project teams, provide the suggestion, support and assist with software releases and roll-outs in production environment, as needed, according to Change Management best practices.
Escalate of requests / incidents to the Production Support Manager as appropriate.
Strong understanding and experience of DB environments and queries (Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, SQL Server).
Strong problem solving skills and experienced in providing support in a fast paced environment.
Domain experience is essential for this role.
A fantastic and challenging opportunity to work for a market leading financial institution in the Melbourne CBD on a permanent basis as part of a new and growing team.


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How DSLR Camera Traps Are Capturing Stunning Wildlife Photos
Jason G. Goldman
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By now you've probably heard of camera traps, and if you haven't, you're definitely familiar with the photos they take. Camera traps are small cameras hidden inside sturdy boxes that a researcher or photographer attaches to a tree or stake or rock in order to spy on wild animals. The images are incredibly valuable for studying animal science, and now, next-level DSLR cameras are capturing photos that are visually stunning, too.
Images courtesy of Jeff Cremer
I spent some time this summer with wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer in the Peruvian Amazon. Together we worked to set up a DSLR camera trap rig along a game trail just above the Tambopata River. It wasn't always easy, but the camera captured beautiful and rare shots of wild animals in the rainforest.
How Scientists Use Camera Traps
The photos from traditional boxy camera traps have tremendous scientific value. They can help researchers estimate population sizes and species richness in a certain location; they can contribute to research on how animals use a habitat; and they can help biologists identify new species or gain information about endangered, rare, or dangerous animals.
The cameras provide scientists with year-round access to sites that are tough to get to physically, like Antarctica or jungle canopies. They let wildlife managers to keep tabs on the animals they're responsible for, in a completely hands-off way. They can even do visual health assessments. (A bobcat might not necessarily enjoy seeing a bright flash while tracking down its next meal, but it's far less stressful than capture techniques, which involve trapping and sedation.)
The photos captured can reveal surprising social behaviours, and give people a unique glimpse into life as a wild animal. How do they hunt? What do they eat? Which species tolerate each other, and which stay away?
Because they're so easy to use, camera traps have even been used to teach young children about biodiversity and the importance of conservation. In Nicaragua, Paso Pacifico's Junior Ranger program teaches kids to deploy their own camera traps along the edges of their communities. Since some of the most charismatic wild animals nearby are nocturnal or (wisely) stay away from humans, camera traps might be the only way that the program's 8- to 14-year-olds can glimpse an ocelot or a jaguar.
Camera traps have indisputably become indispensable in the field biologist's toolkit. Data can be continuously collected, all day and all night long. And they're cheaper than employing an army of field assistants to walk along transects every day counting critters.
DLSR Cameras Are Upping the Game
There's just one problem with traditional camera traps: While the photos are tremendously useful, they're not usually very pretty (although some higher-end models are producing better and better images as the technology improves). They're not exactly the kind of photographs you'd print and hang on your wall.
That's why wildlife photographers have recently started to use DSLRs as camera traps, and they're making some beautiful, artistic photos as a result. The famous National Geographic cover photo of mountain lion P-22 in front of the Hollywood sign was made using a DSLR camera trap, not a trail cam. That is a photo worth framing.
A DSLR-based camera trap is a leveled-up version of the simpler all-in-one variety.
While the cameras built into traditional camera traps are getting better and better, they just don't have the versatility of a DSLR (a digital single-lens reflex camera). For one, you can't switch out the lens on a trail cam like you can on a DSLR. You can't explicitly set the exposure, aperture, shutter speed, and so on. Trail cams are designed to be widely applicable across a broad range of conditions, while you can program a DSLR to produce the most optimal photos every time you set your camera up in a new spot.
Rather than relying on a motion sensor, which can be triggered by branches and raindrops, an animal must actively break an IR beam passing between a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver connects to the camera and triggers its remote shutter. Since this was a camera that Jeff intended to leave in the jungle for up to a month, it needed lots of batteries, so it was outfitted with an extended battery pack. The two flashes, which we enclosed within plastic boxes and duct taped to nearby trees, also had custom-made battery packs.
The challenge was that Jeff had a Canon camera body, but the best flashes for the job — ones that could enter into "sleep mode" to preserve battery life — are made by Nikon. To solve the problem, Jeff had a custom adaptor made that would translate the Canon signal from the camera into something the Nikon flashes could read.
DSLRs aren't as sturdy as traditional trail cams. They can suffer from moisture, mud, heat, cold, and so on. That's why we took steps to enclose the flashes in plastic boxes, and secured a plastic bag around the camera itself, leaving an opening just wide enough for the lens to poke through.
There's more to worry about than extreme weather in the Amazon. When he returned to check on the trap one month later, Jeff found that a colony of termites had decided to take up residence inside his camera.
"At first I thought that they only got at the outside of the camera and that it would be fine," said Jeff. "But when I took the lens off, I saw that they were inside the camera and started building on the lens as well. They even started eating the memory card that was inside the camera."
It isn't clear exactly what species it is, but the termites are Nasutitermes, a genus comprising some 70 species found throughout the jungle. It seems as if we made the unfortunate decision of placing the camera near an active termite colony.
"In the Amazon, every single niche is exploited, including Canon camera bodies. Maybe because Jeff weatherproofed it so well the termites found it to be a suitable fortress to colonize," said entomologist Aaron Pomerantz. "So they did what termites do and put muddy termite poo tunnels all over it while exploring the new terrain."
Still, some of the photos were absolutely stunning.
This mountain lion, for example, is quite a rare find. It seems as if the cat was walking along minding its own business when it tripped the IR beam. When it heard the camera shutter, it turned to investigate and approached the sound before losing curiosity and continuing on in search of something to eat — perhaps a tapir or peccary.
The ocelot is sort of a miniature jaguar.
Even more exciting than the ocelot and mountain lion is this margay. It's easy to confuse margays and ocelots, but margays are smaller, have longer tails, rounder ears, and larger eyes. This is an extremely rare find, even for a camera trap, since margays are arboreal, coming to the ground only occasionally to find a rat or another small mammal to eat.
Peccaries are common in southeastern Peru, though as more of the rainforest is being converted for agriculture they seem to be losing their habitat. The wild pigs need large, continuous tracts of lowland rainforest.
This giant armadillo, who is quite clearly a male, is also a fairly rare find. There are just one to two individuals found in every 100 square kilometers of rainforest. Adults are 30-40 inches long, with their tails adding another 20 inches. Think of them as massive, armoured tanks.
Tapirs are the largest mammals in the jungle and they, too, are notoriously hard to find. The Amazon is a biodiversity wonderland, but if you set out hoping to see any one particular species, you'd have to get extremely lucky. In the week I spent in the jungle, I didn't see a single one. While they look sort of like weird horses, tapirs are more closely related to rhinos.
This Spix's guan is a good sign that the rainforest surrounding the camera trap — the Tambopata Reserve — is quite healthy. The turkey-sized birds are a favourite for hunters, so if they're around it means that the jungle is well protected.
Jeff has already replaced his poo-covered camera and lens, and has also purchased a custom-made Pelican case with a lens-sized hole in it for added protection. Hopefully that will keep the termites out next time. And he's got big plans.
"I really want to capture a good shot of a wild black jaguar on camera. That would be totally awesome."


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Drug and Alcohol Abuse amongst Teenagers in North America
Over the years, problems concerning drug and alcohol abuse are becoming rampant. In almost all parts of the globe, drug and alcohol-related problems have been reported to increase making such problem a totally global crisis. With the implemented policies regarding the control and the prohibition of patronizing most abused drugs, the global community has really doing its task to eliminate such crisis and to preserve peace and order in the world.
However, no matter how the global community does its goal of eliminating the problems on drug and alcohol abuse, it seems that merely punishing those who manufacture, sell and distribute prohibited drugs is not really sufficient to completely solve the problems on drug abuse. Likewise, only reminding the public of what alcohol abuse can bring to individuals is literally inadequate to minimize the cases of alcohol abuse. In order to fully address the problems on drug and alcohol abuse, all must do their part in the pursuit of solving it. The government and even other institutions could never really do such undertaking by themselves only.
Involvement and participation of the people are the most necessary and integral part of it. Only when all the concerned factors and elements act upon the total elimination of drug and alcohol-related problems could such crisis be truly cured. This research paper would elaborate on the problems caused by drug and alcohol abuse. It has three parts: The first part of the paper would discuss the concepts of drug and alcohol abuse, the history of drug and alcohol abuse in North America, and the present situation of North America with reference to the problem on drug and alcohol abuse concerning teenagers.
The second part would tackle on the cases of drug and alcohol abuse in North America as compared to other countries; and the effects and consequences of drug and alcohol abuse. The third part would dwell on the treatment and actions done by the government and other institutions in North America in order to address the problems on drug and alcohol abuse by teenagers. The last part would elaborate on the future direction of the aforesaid problem. FIRST PART: What is Drug Abuse? The most common notion on drug abuse is the act of using drugs that can either affect an individual's psychological system or enhance an individual's performance.
It is to be noted that taking in or using such drugs is not really intended for medical and therapeutic treatment. The most frequently abused drugs are the following: alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, opium alkaloids, methaqualone, and minor tranquilizers. (Karch, 2006) There are different definitions of drug and alcohol abuse. They vary according to the scope in which the term drug and alcohol abuse is being examined and analyzed. By public health definition, drug and alcohol abuse is seen as a problem that is directed towards the concept of "use vs.
abuse" of drugs. It is illustrated by showing a transition of attitude regarding drugs from merely using them as cures for particular sicknesses into totally abusing them by becoming so dependent with them. The focus of the definition of the drug and alcohol abuse here is on the roles played by the society and culture as well as the availability of such drugs. (Karch, 2006) By mass communication definition, drug abuse is a term used to encompass all types of drug abuse. The term is being used to catch the attention of the people regarding certain issues on illicit drugs.
It is not directed towards a particular or specific kind of drug abuse but more on the general description of it. Such definition is often manifested on the news that are seen on televisions, internet, printed materials such as magazines, newspapers, flyers, etc. and heard on radios. (Karch, 2006) By medical definition, drug abuse is more termed as substance abuse. The focus of this definition is the effects, either physically or psychologically, of the abused substances. In addition, treatment and prevention of such drug and alcohol abuse are the main tasks of the medical institutions with regards to the drug and alcohol abuse.
(Karch, 2006) Lastly, by political definition, drug and alcohol abuse is more likely inclined on the concept of what does it take to say that a particular drug is being used illegally. The focus here is on the legality of the concept of illegal drugs and illegal use of it. (Karch, 2006) What is Alcohol Abuse? Alcohol abuse is also included on the list of most common drugs that are being abused. On the other hand, there are more specific problems and effects that alcohol abuse brings to particular societies and communities. Alcohol abuse pertains to the act of being alcohol-dependent.
It refers to the overuse and even misuse of alcohol. Such eventually leads to alcoholism, which can severely damaged mental and physical processes of the body. Being alcoholic means that the drinker cannot control the urge of taking in alcohol in such a way that even if he already perceives the harmful effects of it to his system. (Sales, 1999) Drug and Alcohol Abuse by Teenagers in North America According to a study carried out in the Maritime Provinces, marijuana, stimulants, mescaline and amphetamines were the most commonly abused drugs used by the teenagers in the North America particularly in distinct parts of Canada.
In addition, number of cases concerning alcoholism was also recorded. These drug and alcohol problems were said to be increasing and becoming more alarming in the North American regions. (Connecticut Drug Problem, Laws and Substance Abuse Issues, 2007) Furthermore, the conducted study showed that there was no sign that cases regarding drug and alcohol abuse were decreasing with reference to the teenagers who were used as the subjects of the study. The statistics illustrated that 1 out of 2 teenagers had used marijuana. The said problem was becoming more rampant in the urban regions of North America.
(Connecticut Drug Problem, Laws and Substance Abuse Issues, 2007) Also in Canada, a school named Saint John High School was said to have students that were using narcotic painkillers, ecstasy and cocaine. In order to address the problem the said school had conducted a drug and alcohol abuse-survey which is designed to observe the trend and the progress of drug and alcoholic addiction among their students. They did this for two years and arrived at shocking results. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) They discovered that most cases of drug and alcohol abuse were unknown to the parents of the students.
Moreover, the parents themselves, when asked, did not have enough knowledge on the kinds of drugs and substances that were prohibited. Also, the study showed that students started to involve themselves on drug and alcohol abuse by first ingesting marijuana. Eventually the students became so much in tuned of taking in heavy drugs such as dilaudid and some pharmaceutical drugs. Julie Dingwell, one if the project coordinators of that study said that students can even access and use ecstasy and cocaine. With the result of the survey, they realized the need for immediate action regarding the problems on drug and alcohol abuse.
(Connecticut Drug Problem, Laws and Substance Abuse Issues, 2007) The same case was reported in Connecticut. The use of heroin and cocaine by the teenagers were also alarming. Today, Connecticut is labeled as the chief transport district of illegal drugs from New York to the East Coast. These places were tagged as the principal route of drug transactions. (Connecticut Drug Problem, Laws and Substance Abuse Issues, 2007) And because the prices of heroin and cocaine are cheaper, they became more accessible to public such that even the students and minors can directly purchase them. The same went for marijuana. It costs cheaper.
Thus, it can be purchased easily to the public. In the United States, cases of using a drug known as ecstasy were reportedly widespread among the teenagers. Fortunately, in 2001 the rate of growth of such cases was beginning to slow. The said ecstasy was most used drug during night parties and hangouts. Such cases started in 1999. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) SECOND PART: Comparison between North America and other Countries concerning Drug and Alcohol Abuse In China, the history of drug abuse can be traced on the use of opium which caused the war between China and Great Britain. Truly, opium was the most abused drug during those times.
However, over the years, other kinds of illicit drugs were also introduced in China. Heroin became the next attraction in China followed by amphetamines and ketamine in 1997. Since then the increase of drug and alcohol abuse cases were doubled and even tripled. And by the end of 2002, there were 70,000 drug and alcohol addicts that were registered. Such number was very disturbing. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) Nevertheless, the number of teenagers who were reported to have involved in drug and alcohol abuse in China was lesser as compared to the number of teenagers in North America who engaged in drug and alcohol abuse.
In European countries like France, United Kingdom (UK), Italy and Great Britain, issues on drug and alcohol abuse were also found to be problematic. Britain was in top rank with reference to the cases of drug and alcohol abuse. Italy, France and Portugal were said to be in the last ranks when it comes to alcoholism. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) On the other hand, Denmark and UK ranked first and second respectively having reached very high numbers of teenagers who were so much indulged in alcohol abuse. Concerning prohibited drugs, marijuana, heroin and cocaine were the most commonly abused drug in Europe.
UK and France got the highest number of teenage population who used and abused those kinds of illicit drugs. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) In comparing Europe with the cases of drug and alcohol abuse in North America, the latter was still superior with regards to the cases of drug and alcohol abuse. Nevertheless, Europe was also alarmed with the fact that cases on drug and alcohol abuse on European states most especially in France and UK were staring to increase every year. Hence European states initiated various rehabilitation programs and policies regarding drug and alcohol abuse cases.
In South America, on the contrary, cases of drug and alcohol abuse were higher than North America. This was primarily due to the fact that states that lie in the region of South America have the most raw materials in manufacturing and producing illicit drugs. In addition, the South American region has an easy access to transport these prohibited drugs to their neighboring countries like USA, Canada, and Mexico, and even in Europe. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) The teenage addiction in illicit drugs and alcohol was reportedly more widespread and extensive in South America.
Even young teenagers had been traced of being dependent of those prohibited drugs. Likewise, the rate of alcoholism in the South American region was also high. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) It can be inferred that because North America is only closed to the major manufacturer of illegal drugs such as marijuana and the likes, drug and alcohol abuse cases are also prevalent in its region. Consequences and Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Regardless of the region or country, the effects that can be caused by drug and alcohol abuse are the same. First and foremost, it has bad effects on the health of the individual who is abusing it.
The effects on the individuals can either be manifested physiologically or psychologically or can be both. Furthermore, effects of drug and alcohol abuse can also be manifested through its implications on the relationship of those individuals who use illicit drugs to their family, to their community, to the society and even to the international community. Nonetheless, the risk of having reported many cases of drug and alcohol abuse concerning teenagers is really disquieting given that such abuse of drugs and alcohol could lead to total destruction of the abuser's mind and body system as well as the peace and order in the society.
Teenagers are said to be more prone to drug addiction and alcoholism. However, it does not suggest that only teenagers have the tendency to abuse drugs and alcohol. High number of adults has also been involved in cases regarding drug and alcohol abuse. Yet there is larger risk if the teenagers would be tolerated and not prevented from engaging on drug addiction and alcoholism. A. Physiological and Psychological Effects of Drugs and Alcohol Abuse The physiological and psychological effects of illegal drugs or illicit drugs depend on the substance or drug that is used or taken in by an individual.
(Yoslow, 1992) Marijuana has the following physiological and psychological effects: increased heart rate, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth and throat, increased appetite, short-term memory loss, reduced concentration and coordination, paranoia and psychosis. Cocaine has these following physiological and psychological effects: dilated pupils, elevated blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature, stuffy or runny nose, ulcerated mucous membranes of the nose, cardiac arrest and respiratory failure. Depressants are also being abused by teenagers.
Here are the most described mental and physical effects of ingesting it: calmness and relaxed muscles, slurred speech, staggering gait, altered perception, respiratory depression, coma and death. Hallucinogens are also being abused by teenagers. However, there is a low number of cases that are reported concerning the abuse of these types of illicit drugs. The excessive and uncontrolled take of them may cause the following: sense of distance and estrangement, mood disorders, dilated pupils, elevated body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, tremors, and heart and lung failure.
Inhalants are the most abused drugs or substances that are used by teenagers, Effects of inhaling it are the following: shot-term memory loss, loss of smell, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, brain damage, convulsions, coma, cardiac arrest nervous system damage and death. As mentioned earlier, one of the most common drugs that was being used and abused by the teenagers in North America was the drug known as ketamine. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) Its effects were the following: dream-like states, hallucinations, delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, high blood pressure, numbness, vomiting, and fatal respiratory problems.
On the other hand, alcohol abuse can also badly affect an individual's physical and mental state. Here are the ill-effects of taking in so much alcohol: hangovers, weight gain, high blood pressure, depressed immune system, cancer, liver disease, alcohol poisoning, and heart and respiratory failure. (Sales, 1999) In short, all the mentioned physiological and psychological effects of abusing drugs and alcohol can lead to deterioration of external and internal body system as well as can cause mental malfunction to the individuals.
It is to be noted that the worst effect of drug and alcohol abuse with regards to the individual's is the malfunctioning of the body systems that can lead to death. B. Social Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse It is said that whatever the action or the behavior of individuals would really have significant effect toward their society and even outside it. It is to be noted that every individual has duties to his family as well as his community hence if these duties and obligations would not really be performed by every individual, the family, the community and even the whole world would lost its peace and order.
The harmony that is an ideal goal of the society could only be achieved if all the people would do their part as members of the society. In connection with the effects of drug and alcohol abuse in North America, there were lots of cases wherein drug and alcohol abuses were the root causes. Crimes like murder, rape, robbery, homicide and the likes were reportedly committed by those individuals who were under the influence of the prohibited drugs and alcohol. The worst fact was that almost 75 percent of reported perpetrators of the mentioned crimes were teenagers.
The ages of these teenagers range from 14-19. Such cases were very alarming to the North American government. (Knafla, 2003) Moreover, one of the causes of the early death of teenagers was said to be due to the use of illicit drugs and being alcoholic. As mentioned earlier, abuse of drugs and alcohol can really cause death. However, teenagers took such risk in order to satisfy their cravings on those drugs and alcohol. And because of immaturity, they failed to realize how dangerous for them to do such undertaking.
Also, due to immaturity, their body cannot adequately control the intake of illicit drugs and alcohol hence it led to malfunctioning of body systems that can really cause death. (Knafla, 2003) Nonetheless there was this contention declared by the government of Canada in which they argued that their crime rates were not really perpetrated with the influence of drug and alcohol. According to them, although there was this high statistics that showed the high cases of drug and alcohol abuse, the crimes that were committed were not really under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Moreover, they said that such findings were done exaggeratedly.
(World Drug Report 2000, 2001) The same contention was raised by the US government. Drug and alcohol abuse was really rampant in the North American region however; reported crimes were not really due to the abuse of drugs and alcohol. The US government argued that they were strictly implementing policies to lower the cases of drug and alcohol abuse such that the assumption that the criminals were under the influence of drugs and alcohol was not really the case. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) THIRD PART: Prevention and Treatment on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention is better than cure.
Truly, it is more advantageous if the problem against drug and alcohol abuse should be prevented much earlier rather than finding ways on how it can be cured. With the mentioned ill-effects and consequences of drug and alcohol abuse, the North American region has really a reason to formulate and establish preventive measures and treatment in order to address the problems on drug and alcohol abuse. The first and primary mechanism that was being done by the North American region, particularly in Canada and US, was the establishment of rehabilitation centers that would treat individuals who became drug and alcohol-dependent.
The goal of such approach was to rehabilitate those individuals who were involved in drug and alcohol abuse. Also, it was institutionalized to confine those individuals so as to minimize the cases of drug and alcohol abuse-related crimes. (Fleming, 2006) In rehabilitation centers, those drug and alcohol dependent was being treated by medication and psychological treatments. These treatments were done to lower the urge that motivated the patients to use drugs and alcohol. (Cohen, 1982)
On the other hand, the governments in North America were trying to strengthen their laws and policies regarding drug and alcohol abuse by passing and enacting bills that were really necessary for the minimization if not totally elimination of the cases of drug and alcohol abuse. (Fleming, 2006) The international community, particularly the United Nations and World Health Organization, has been helping and supporting such campaign against drug and alcohol abuse by including in promoting a total war against drug manufacturers and drug pushers.
The UN has been also doing great effort in neutralizing major drug zones in the globe. (World Drug Report 2000, 2001) Future Direction If the individuals would really help the government in its goal to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse by participating and being involved in anti-drugs and alcohol programs and campaigns; and by being vigilant against trades on illegal drugs then the said goal would really be achieved. The world is now moving towards globalization.
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Q: Jquery - Change Option Value After Selection How to display different <option> text and value from a chosen checkbox using jquery Ajax. On my form, I have a two checkbox for user to choose price range. Example as below,
<input type="checkbox" name="price_range" value="1" id="ceo"> < RM 10,000
<input type="checkbox" name="price_range" value="2" id="bod"> < RM 200,000

If user choose value='1' or value='2', the output of two select option value will change base on the selected checkbox.
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//display name to approve application
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  <option value="0">Choose Price Range</option>
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Ajax to peform the change
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        type: 'POST',
        url: 'DropdownValuesForm.php',
        data: { price : price },
        success: function(data){
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        }
    });

});

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    mysqli_free_result($result);

} else {
    //do the Query

    if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0){
        while($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)){
            $submited_id = $row['staff_id'];
            $nama_pemohon = $row['nama'];

            echo '<option value=" ' . $submited_id . ' ">' . $nama_pemohon . '</option>';
        }
    }
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}
?>

On my case, it will change for <select name="submited_by"> only. Do I need to make another ajax function for the <select name="hod" id="hod"> and make another page to get the value from database like DropdownValuesForm.php.

A: To do what you are trying to do, you really just need to stick with one ajax page that will dispatch instructions. See my answer (second half under EDIT/JUST AS A SIDE) here to see how to implement a simple dispatcher. Using the dispatcher from that post, here is what this workflow would look like:
Form checkboxes:
<!-- Unless you need the form to submit a 1 or 2, it would be better to send 10,000 or 20,000 instead of 1 or 2 -->
<input type="checkbox" name="price_range" value="1" id="ceo" data-instructions='{"action":"get_price_range","value":"< RM 10,000","sendto":"#submited_by"}' class="ajax_trigger" />
<input type="checkbox" name="price_range" value="2" id="bod" data-instructions='{"action":"get_price_range","value":"< RM 20,000","sendto":"#hod"}' class="ajax_trigger" />

jQuery:
$(document).ready(function() {
    var doc = $(this);
    // Create ajax instance (from other post, see that script)
    var Ajax = new AjaxEngine($);
    // If you trigger on a class, you can do ajax anywhere on your page
    doc.on('click', '.ajax_trigger', function() {
        // You will likely want to check first that the click is enabling
        // the checkbox or disabling it (check/uncheck) before you run the ajax
        // Extract the instructions
        var dataInstr = $(this).data('instructions');
        // Send the instructions
        Ajax.send(dataInstr,function(response) {
            // Use the extracted sendto to save to a spot on this page
            // It would be better to return json string to decode. This way
            // you can return instructions along with the html for further
            // dynamic processing...but this instance, this should do
            $(dataInstr.sendto).html(response);
        });
    });
});

$_POST:
Your post would then send:
Array(
    [action] => get_price_range
    [value] => < RM 10,000
    [sendto] => #submited_by
)

XML:
Using the other post as a guide, you can create an xml to point your dispatch to that spot:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
    <ajax>
        <action>
            <get_price_range>
                <include>/actions/get_price_range.php</include>
            </get_price_range>
        </action>
    </ajax>
</config>

Your dispatch would then include this page into the call:
/actions/get_price_range.php

/functions/getPriceOptions.php
Put key scripts into functions (class/methods for even more flexibility) for portability and re-use.
<?php
/*
** @description  This will return your options
** @param $key [string] This is whatever you used to isolate the data in your sql call
** @param $db [resource] This is the mysqli connection that you need to run the query
*/
function getPriceOptions($key,$db)
    {
        ##################
        ## do the query ##
        ##################

        if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0){
            while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)){
                $submited_by = $row['staff_id'];
                $nama        = $row['nama'];
                # You may want to just return data and not a view
                # the function will be more flexible that way
                $disp[]      = '<option value=" ' . $submited_by . ' ">' . $nama . '</option>';
            }
        }
        mysqli_free_result($result);
        return (!empty($disp))? implode(PHP_EOL,$disp):'';
    }

/actions/get_price_range.php
<?php
require_once(__DIR__.'/db_connection.php');
# include the function
require_once(__DIR__.'/functions/getPriceOptions.php');
# Isolate the post
$price = $_POST['price'];
# Get the query key word/value to search your database
$key   = ($price == '< RM 10,000')? 'whatever' : 'otherwhatever';
# Write to the view
echo getPriceOptions($key,$db);

DEMO:
Here is a demo of all the integrating script from the linked post and the above. The example is slightly different because I don't have your table and I want to send back the post array so you can see that as well, but the end result is the same:
http://www.nubersoft.com/tester.php?example=39736539

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Шордик — река в России, протекает в Мантуровском и Нейском районах Костромской области. Устье реки находится в 8,5 км по левому берегу реки Кильни. Длина реки — 36 км, площадь её водосборного бассейна — 155 км²

Исток Шордика находится в 18 км к северо-западу от города Мантурово. Река течёт на запад, в нижнем течении на северо-запад по лесному массиву, населённых пунктов на реке нет, за исключением деревни Хутор Шордик у разъезда узкоколейной железной дороги Октябрьский — Монза в среднем течении. Впадает в Кильню выше деревни Конново в 20 км к северо-западу от Октябрьского.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Верхневолжскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Унжа от истока и до устья, речной подбассейн реки — Бассей притоков Волги ниже Рыбинского водохранилища до впадения Оки. Речной бассейн реки — (Верхняя) Волга до Куйбышевского водохранилища (без бассейна Оки).

По данным геоинформационной системы водохозяйственного районирования территории РФ, подготовленной Федеральным агентством водных ресурсов:
 Код водного объекта в государственном водном реестре — 08010300312110000016447
 Код по гидрологической изученности (ГИ) — 110001644
 Код бассейна — 08.01.03.003
 Номер тома по ГИ — 10
 Выпуск по ГИ — 0

Примечания

Реки Мантуровского района Костромской области
Реки Нейского района
Бассейн Нельши

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This is not an exhaustive list for any particular time period - just some records that I have come across during my research travels.
Above: Ballad from the Bodleian Library (Bod 12856), printed by Elias Keys, and sold by, amongst others, S Mann of Ashburton.
1793 William Waycott, sojourner in the parish, bachelor, and Mary Wilks Honeywell, spinster of the parish, November 10th, 17th, 24th.
1793 Nicholas Berry widower, and Thomzin Layman, both sojourners in the parish. November 24th, December 1st, 8th.
1793 Richard Taylor of the parish, bachelor, and Mary A_irs* sojourner in the parish, spinster, December 1st, 8th, 15th.
1794 William Hoper, bachelor and Phebe Home*, widow, both of the parish, January 7th, 12th, 19th.
1781 William Spiller and Thomasina Foot were married February 11th. Note: both parties sign with a cross. Besides the mark of the groom is written, 'the mark of William Avery'.
1792/93 Marriages. Thomas Tucker, attorney, to Miss Cookesley, both of Ashburton.
1793 William Waycot of Staverton married Mary Wilkes Honeywell on the 22nd December.
1795 Philip Berry married Mary Cranch Bennett on the 11th February.
1795 Matthew White, widower, married Mary Mugridge, widow, on the 25th February.
1795 Richard Tuckerman married Sarah Joyul on the 8th April.
1815 George Jackson of the parish of St. Botolph in the City of London and Amelia Gervis of Ashburton, married on September 7th, by licence.
1815 William Lamble, sojourner, married Mary Dolbeare on October 19th.
1817 At Stoodleigh, Col. John Hilley Symons, of the E.I. C's service, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late John Edmonds Esq. of Ashburton.
1833 John Holmen, chemist and druggist of Plymouth married Miss Matterface on 26th August.
1835 Henry Caunter of Ashburton married Sarah Fulford of Crediton on 15th October.
1836 Assistant Surgeon William Leggett, horse artillery, married Susan, daughter of the late John Higgins of Ashburton, Devon, at Bombay, India, on 8th June.
1836 John Saunders of Ashburton, carver and gilder, married Miss Tarr of Moretonhampstead on 15th November.
1837 Henry Gervis of Ashburton, surgeon, married Marianne, eldest daughter of William Edgcombe of Penryn, on 23rd May.
1837 J. P. P. Phillips of Gitcombe near Totnes, married Mary, eldest daughter of James Woodley of Halshanger, on 12th June.
1856 William M. Christian to Mary Ann, daughter of George Ireland of Ashburton, Devon.
1860 September 27th William Foot of Arfleet, Rolstone, Dorset, to Susan, only daughter of W R Whiteway, of Kingsbridge-House, Ashburton.
1860 June 7th The Rev. James Law Challis, Rector of Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, son of the Rev. James Challis, Plumian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, to Margaret Edmonds, daughter of the Rev. William Marsh, vicar of Ashburton.
1860 Marcus (?) Irvin, son of William Irvin, married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Solomon Northway, of Ashburton, Devon, on July 12th.
1870 William Willcocks, the son of John Willcocks, married Susan Brock, the daughter of James Brock, on March 16th at the parish church.
1871 Wm. I. Bawden, son of the late Isaac Bawden of Ashburton, Devon, married Margaret Ellen Creedon on 11th February at St. Patrick's, Melbourne. She was the daughter of the late Edward Creedon of Toureen, County Cork.
1876 Peter Dunstan Page, son of H. B. Page of Ashburton, Devon, married Annie Elizabeth Allmey on June 17th at All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst.
1885 Henry Bradridge Tucker, of the Bridge Hotel, Waltahuna, married Carrie Langler on January 8th at Holy Trinity Church, Lawrence. Carrie was the daughter of Mr. G. Langler of Ashburton, Devon.
1888 George Septimus Firth, youngest son of Frederic Hand Firth of Cator Court, Ashburton, Devon, married Annie Elizabeth, daughter of William Mason, by special licence. The marriage took place on January 18th at St. Joseph's, Woollahra.
1905 Mr H S Steele married Miss Wright of Paignton at Banff, Canada. He had previously been a captain of the Haytor Volunteers whilst living at Ashburton, and had served in the Boer War.
Above: Wedding photograph of unidentified couple by Miss Satterly, photographer, Ashburton. Assuming that Amy Satterly used her married name after 1909, this would be before that date.
1914 Corporal Thomas Bovey, 20th Batt. A.I.E.F., married Miss Gertrude Bessie Smerdon in November, at Narrogin, Western Australia. Thomas was the son of William Bovey, of Blackmoor, Ashburton, and Miss Smerdon was also from Ashburton - she had only just arrived in Australia. Corporal Bovey rejoined his regiment immediately after the wedding.
The couple celebrated their silver wedding in 1939, at which point they were living in Albany. Gertrude's parents were named as Elijah and Bessie Smerdon, and Thomas's late mother as Mary Elizabeth.
1922 James Byers Hay married Bessie, widow of the late S. Mann, on November 11th. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Abraham of Ashburton, Devon.
1925 Mary Louisa Flavell, widow of the Rev. Thomas Flavell, died at the home of her daughter in Ashburton, Devon, on May 17th.
1926 John Alfred Pym of Berkshire married Joyce Rose Godden on March 15th at St. Aidan's. Auckland. Miss Godden was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Godden of Ashburton, Devon.
1933 Gilbert James Palmer, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Palmer of Ashburton, Devon, married Mary Bridget Ruddy on January 14th, at St. Columba's Church, Charters Towers. Their future home was to be in Ayr.


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When you made the decision to marry your spouse, what were your expectations about how the family finances were going to be handled? Did you even have any? Marriage and money go hand in hand. When there is unity in handling money God's way, it helps lead to unity in your marriage as well. Whether you are a newlywed or married for 50 years, it is critical to learn what the Bible says about handling money God's way and the importance of this in our marriages.
I am a firm believer that "the burnt hand teaches best." Experience, especially the mistakes are the best teachers and my wife and I certainly have experienced our fair share in our relationship. So over the next 3 posts we will delve into "Marriage & Money" and how the two relate to one another in our relationships. My purpose is to share what God has placed on my heart and use bits and pieces of what we have learned to help you to avoid making the same mistakes in your Marriage and Finances.
What were your expectations about how the finances would be handled in your home??
Were you determined to be the one in control?
Or did you just bury your head in the sand?
Or did you even have any?
People's views of money vary considerably from those who are "Spenders" to those who are "Savers". When you factor that in, along with all the differences between men and women, a mathematical explosion of possibilities for conflicts can result without even realizing it. Most people have an idealized view of marriage which starts early on in childhood that has been so ingrained into our subconscious. The picture has been painted in our minds of the woman as a princess and that one day her knight in shining armor will come. Through the years Disney has contributed many different movie installments with this one central theme that ultimately ends with the tag line "and they lived happily ever after…." When you think of the constant bombardment of unrealistic fantasies, it is no wonder that the wedding day is the quintessential moment that every little girl dreams of. Months and months are spent planning a wedding, working on the invitations, searching for the dress, the rings, the music, the flowers, and working on all the intricate details. But what is usually left out of the equation is what happens when the Honeymoon's over (literally). When you think about this, it is absolutely insane, planning for months for one day but giving little thought for the future. Now I must confess, when we got married we were no different. The simple truth is that when a man and woman decide to "tie the knot" they typically never talk about how the finances will be handled and when that happens it will not take long for money fights and arguments to begin.
How do we get to a place of unity in both our marriage and our finances? Many people do not realize that Marriage and Money go hand in hand. When you have unity together in how you handle your finances, you will have unity in your marriage.
Now it will not necessary be in this order as I will not be so linear but we will weave and blend together these 5 major points.
Now I much prefer to mediate on this list for sure as there is power and victory through Jesus.
This verse is such a powerful statement from God which many people have misunderstood because they read that God hates divorce and make the jump that God hates them because of the divorce but that is a LIE OF THE ENEMY. Look at it again, God said "I hate divorce," NOT the "DIVORCEE." Divorce is real; many of you reading this post may have experienced one in your life whether it was your parents or yourself. I know firsthand what that "dismembering" felt like, having experienced this at the age of 5 when my parents divorced. That description is right on, it was a violent dismembering of the 'one flesh'. I have always related my parents divorce like a chess match where I was a pawn pinned between the King and Queen who were battling one another, using me to hurt the other. Now I don't mention this to condemn anyone but to show what God intended for marriage and what He thinks of Divorce.
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