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Las Vegas Valley students join walkouts over gun violence
Students in Clark County joined young Americans around the country Wednesday by walking out of class to honor victims of last month's mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Valley High School students coordinate assembly to call attention to gun violence (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Academy students participate in national school walkout (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
By Meghin Delaney, Amelia Pak-Harvey and Natalie Bruzda Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 14, 2018 - 9:01 am
Updated March 14, 2018 - 7:07 pm
UNLV students, including Karl Catarata, second left, Tiffany Alm, center, and Aron Csiki shout slogans as they march on campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
UNLV students gather in a free speech zone on campus to march to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students at Las Vegas Academy sit on the steps at the entrance to the school after walking out of class Wednesday, March 14, 2018, to mark the one-month anniversary of a shooting at a Florida school. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Students at Las Vegas Academy gather on the steps at the entrance to the school after walking out of class Wednesday, March 14, 2018, to mark the one-month anniversary of a shooting at a Florida school. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Students at Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas participate in the national walkout to protest gun violence. 14 March 2018
Crossing guards Cliff Leonard and Kay Leonard show their support for students at Clark High School in Las Vegas participating in the national student walkout, March 14, 2018. (Marcus Villagran)
Students at Clark High School in Las Vegas hold up names of each of the 17 victims in the Parkland shooting during the national student walkout, March 14, 2018. (Marcus Villagran)
Students at Clark High School in Las Vegas have moments of silence for the victims in the Parkland shooting during the national student walkout, March 14, 2018. (Marcus Villagran)
Jake Rouse, 18, rallies his fellow students participating in the national walkout to protest gun violence, at Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Signs outside of Las Vegas Academy following a student walkout to protest gun violence, in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Students participate in the national walkout to protest gun violence, at Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Students from left, Yasmine Abdelshahid, 15, Katelyn Murphy, 15, and Audrey Freund, 15, participate in the national walkout to protest gun violence, at Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Students listen during an assembly at Valley High School in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students organized an assembly to talk about gun control in response to the Parkland shooting. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Students at the Las Vegas Academy in downtown Las Vegas take part in the national walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Karl Catarata, right, shouts slogans as UNLV students prepare to march on campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
UNLV students, including Emily Bolshazy, right, shout slogans as they march at their campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
UNLV students gather after marching at their campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Student participate in a nationwide protest against gun violence at Western High School in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Rose Sailcat)
Kai Catarata speaks to students at Valley High School in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Catarata was one of the students to organize an assembly to talk about gun control in response to the Parkland shooting. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
UNLV students take part in a protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Tara Mack/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Janelle Anderson's reasons for marching in Wednesday's protest of school gun violence were twofold.
A 17-year-old senior at Las Vegas Academy, Anderson said she is concerned about school safety in the wake of last month's shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead. But, she's also concerned about everyday gun violence. Anderson's older cousin, 20-year-old Dylan Ray Martin, was shot dead in late February in the desert area of east of Las Vegas.
"He was my cousin, but he's more like a brother to me," she said outside the school during the walkout, wearing a blue T-shirt with Dylan's name on it. "It wasn't a public, mass shooting, but he still died at the end of a gun."
Across Clark County, students at nearly two dozen schools called for change through walkouts, sit-ins and other presentations. The 10 a.m. events happened across the country one month after the Parkland shooting — with media outlets reporting tens of thousands of students participating in every corner of the country. Schools that have witnessed mass shooting, including Columbine High School, Newtown High School (where former Sandy Hook Elementary School students now attend), and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
In Clark County, the demonstrations took different forms. Some lasted 17 minutes — one for each of the victims — but others were extended with speakers and presentations.
Taking a different tack
Shadow Ridge High School took a different tack altogether. Each student was given 17 Hershey's Kisses and encouraged to find a student they didn't know, give them a candy and then ask them an ice-breaker question, Principal Travis Warnick said. Students also engaged in a letter-writing campaign.
The total number of local school observances was not clear, but events occurred at Bonanza, Clark, Coronado, Desert Oasis, Desert Pines, Eldorado, Liberty, Mojave, Palo Verde, Rancho, Shadow Ridge, Silverado, Spring Valley, Sierra Vista, Valley and Western high schools; A-TECH, Las Vegas and West CTA academies; the private Meadows School prep school; and Democracy Prep and Equipo Academy charter schools. It was not immediately known if protests that weren't sanctioned by school administrators were taking place at other schools.
At least three middle schools marked the occasion, as well. Students were shown a video Sig Rogich Middle School, according to officials.
About 185 students at Mannion Middle School in Henderson exited the building and congregated around the flag pole at 10 a.m., according to a message sent home to parents. None of the students was disciplined for participating, but students that climbed onto block walls and into planters were reprimanded, Principal Todd Petersen said.
The Clark County School District initially opposed the walkouts, warning that students could face consequences if they participated. But officials later softened that stance, noting in a message to parents that it's acceptable for students to participate in activities that remain on campuses and are approved by administrators beforehand.
Clark County School District Police Capt. Ken Young said "nothing major" occurred at any of the protests.
Chanting and carrying signs
At Las Vegas Academy, students and at least one teacher poured out of the school during its lunch break, holding signs and chanting "protect kids not guns" and "NRA stay away."
Fran Curcio, a 45-year-old English teacher carried a sign reading "Arm me with social workers."
"The issue is bigger than the NRA and guns. It's about mental health," said Curcio, adding that she opposes being armed with a gun, as some politicians have proposed as a way to beef up school security.
At Valley High School, the "walkouts" consisted of three separate events at different parts of the campus that were addressed by six student organizers.
The message: stricter gun control and change driven by youth.
"A gun doesn't matter more than lives taken," said senior Mateo Beers, speaking to hundreds of students inside the main gym. "A gun doesn't matter more than you."
Beers and fellow senior Kyle Catarata read the names of the 17 victims in the Parkland shooting before encouraging students to take action.
"Everybody is going to look at you one day or another and they're going to say, 'No, you can't do that. No, no, n-o,'" Catarata said. "Flip those words and what do you get? On. Like carry on. So when they tell us no, we carry on."
While the presentations were occurring inside, a separate group of nearly 40 protesters held their own protest outside, linking arms and facing away from the school.
At UNLV, student gathered at the alumni amphitheater before marching to the campus free speech zone. Along the way, they chanted "Tell me what democracy looks like — this is what democracy looks like!" and "Hey, hey, ho, ho, gun violence has got to go."
A series of speakers addressed the gathering, including faculty member Fawn Douglas, Micajah Daniels, president of the campus chapter of Black Lives Matter, and Annette Magnus, executive director of the progressive nonprofit Battle Born Progress.
"For the first time in a long time, I feel like we are making progress on this issue," Magnus told the students. "… The pressure you all are exuding is exactly what we need."
Speakers also remarked on the need to help make campuses physically safer. Located in downtown, Las Vegas Academy lacks thorough perimeter fencing, Principal Scott Walker. That means vagrants and homeless people often end up on campus.
For the most part, they're harmless and leave when asked, but it is a security concern, he said.
It's one shared by some students. Julia Dreitzer, an 18-year-old senior, said the random people on campus never really bothered her until last month.
"It never occurred to me they could be an active shooter," she said, carrying a sign directed at NRA members that read "We will outlive you."
Students at Clark High School in Las Vegas walked out of their school on Wednesday, joining a national protest against gun violence.(Marcus Villagran)
Contact Amelia Pak-Harvey at apak-harvey@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4630. Follow @ameliapakharvey on Twitter. Contact Meghin Delaney at mdelaney@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0281. Follow @MeghinDelaney on Twitter. Contact Natalie Bruzda at nbruzda@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3897. Follow @NatalieBruzda on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Blake Apgar contributed to this report.
Laxalt sketches school safety plan
As students walked out of class Wednesday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt met with top law enforcement officials and educators to discuss bolstering protections at schools.
Laxalt's law enforcement summit on school safety focused on schools' existing security measures and active shooter response plans, how police and educators exchange information and how they can use analytics and background checks to prevent violence.
The attorney general commended school and law enforcement officials for working together on the issue, but said there's more work to do to "harden" schools. Some ideas floated Wednesday included putting a uniformed officer at every school, working with the FBI on active shooter plans and creating a statewide data system for officers to see if individuals suffer from mental illness.
Laxalt said his top priority will be improving the Legal 2000 process, which enables dangerous mentally ill individuals to be placed on a 72-hour medical hold. Police leaders last week told the Review-Journal that hospitals are releasing mentally ill patients too quickly.
Asked about the school walkouts, Laxalt said he "applauds" the students for being active. Laxalt, the Republican front-runner in the governor's race, said he does not support arming teachers but is open to restrictions on bump stocks. He would not say whether he supports banning assault weapons.
"I think the political response is what's Washington doing to fix this," Laxalt said. "What we learned today is that people on a local level are already working on this."
— Ramona Giwargis
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I know a lot of Canadians are weighing in on UBB (not enough mind you) but a good chunk of us are. Meanwhile most other countries are pointing at Canada and laughing. So, I thought I'd take a few minutes, and jot down my own thoughts on the matter, mostly for my own benefit.
In doing a bit of background research, I happened across a Canadian Heritage parody done by none other than Rick Mercer – video after the jump. To summarize – Canada – Gouging consumers since the advent of the telegraph.
I'm a self-professed tech guy, and I literally have spent the last 10 years of my life building / working on the web. I also find things like network stacks / transmission interesting, so I've done a lot of reading on the topic. So, armed with all that knowledge, I've been following this UBB scandal with some significant interest. I should also mention that in my house, we have Netflix and make liberal use of the Boxee box that Tania bought me. With Tania being home / on mat leave – we can pull anywhere from 3 GB – 40 GB in a day. Fortunately we're signed up with a smaller ISP (Acanac) who are awesome and provide us unlimited bandwidth over cable for less than Rogers was screwing charging us.
Now, what does all that have to do with UBB – well, lets say I was still paying Rogers (for their terrible service / low bandwidth caps) – I'd be paying around $60 / month ($46.99 + modem rental + tax) for 60GB of bandwidth with $2 / GB of overage beyond 60GB. Well, doing some quick math, average usage for my house is 450GB / month – making my monthly bill from Rogers $840 / month.
Am I a "bandwidth hog", I wouldn't consider myself one, if I'm paying for 10mbit service, I expect to be able to use that 10mbit whenever and however I want. If I decide I want to use 10mbit for an entire month, I'd better be able to pull down 2.5ish TB in a month without incurring overages.
Now, why am I writing all this – because I do believe in UBB, go ahead and charge me for my usage, I really don't have a problem with that. The problem I have is with "what" they're charging me. Instead of charging me $2.00 / GB over a set limit, why not charge me a reasonable markup on what they pay for bandwidth. If it costs them $0.05 / GB (which is what most people are estimating it actually costs Bell / Rogers), then they'd better not charge me more than $0.10 / GB – plus a flat monthly fee for the connection (something like $20 / month seems reasonable).
So, if the CRTC decides to make Canadian ISP billing into a more utility based billing, they'd better damn well put limits on the markup ISPs can charge. Of course all this is just me speculating – Bell / Rogers owns the CRTC, and in the end will get what they want.


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According to the Internet Trends report for 2017, the average enterprise uses 91 marketing cloud services. To be fair, this number represents a broad suite of tools ranging from LinkedIn to Slack to Dropbox. Still, that's a lot of tools to manage on a daily basis.
Because managing all of the various tech you use day in and day out is no small challenge, it shouldn't come as a surprise that more customers appear to be gravitating toward convenience. Instead of using 10 different pieces of technology, they're opting to cut back on the number of tools they use to make their lives easier. It's similar to the content we consume. People aren't scouring the internet for various content sources. We rely on RSS feeds like Feedly, social media posts on LinkedIn, or publishing platforms like Medium.
Because of this shift in customer preferences, businesses are starting to provide more all-in-one solutions. For example, Adobe recently acquired Marketo, a marketing automation SaaS platform that was known to mainly support B2B marketing campaigns and lead management. With this acquisition, Adobe now has a highly competitive B2B marketing/lead management product that can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Oracle and Salesforce.
All-in-one tech can also reduce the time and mental investment you have to make in your work by automating recurring tasks or integrating key features into one platform. For example, in the early stages of Calendar, a company I'm a co-founder of, we started our market research by looking for specific tools needed in the calendar space. However, what we found was an oversaturation of niche, specific calendar tools. From a user experience standpoint, it was a pain logging into a bunch of different calendar tools to get the features that made work and personal life easier. We saw that rather than another niche calendar app, what users really needed was something that could cover the most important areas for them without them logging in to so many software tools.
Years ago, I would have advised others to find a specific niche and foster it, but with the eruption of specificity in each space, there's a level of convenience I have learned that people appreciate and can only find in all-in-one solutions. You can expect this trend of consolidating technology to continue because it presents the following five benefits to users.
1. It saves money and time.
Right off the bat, this is the main benefit of the all-in-one technology trend. All-in-one technology can save you money, as either a business owner or in your personal life. Instead of purchasing multiple solutions, you can streamline them and purchase only the essential tech that you need.
Let's say that you're using several different marketing tools at your business. Wouldn't it make sense to use a single interface so that you can reduce the cost and time of implementing multiple solutions? Because you're using just that one marketing tool, you only have to train your team members in using that specific technology.
Consider what would likely happen if you introduce and integrate more than one tech solution in your small business all at once. Your team members may get overwhelmed at the information overload since they have to learn how to use multiple tech solutions. They may also get confused on how to use each piece of tech, which can result in your team making mistakes.
However, by using an all-in-one tech solution, team members only have to learn how to properly use and maintain the one piece of technology. They're not wasting time going back and forth between solutions, getting distracted and frustrated. After they've been trained on the all-in-one tool, they can easily get back to work.
3. It offers faster and easier access to information.
It's no secret that being able to collect and analyze data has been a popular trend in technology for years. The problem is that when you have various data sets all over the place, you can't quickly and easily review them because you're bouncing between solutions. That's not the case when you're using an all-in-one solution.
Because all your data is gathered and stored in one interface, you can easily access it whenever you need it. For instance, when using Marketo, you can engage with your customers through their entire journey with just one tool, as opposed to using multiple tools for lead management, email marketing, etc. This way everything that you need to know about your audience is in one convenient location.
4. It requires just a single log-in.
191. That's how many passwords the average business employee has. As a result, passwords have become a serious security threat and a barrier to productivity.
According to Security Magazine, 81 percent of confirmed data breaches occur because of passwords. That can be a costly mistake for any individual or organization due to the time and money spent resolving the issue. And that's not even taking into account the time wasted searching for or resetting lost passwords.
Switching over to an all-in-one technology solution reduces the number of passwords that you or your team must create, remember, and store. When there are fewer passwords, there are fewer chances of data breaches or spending valuable time resetting forgotten passwords.
When you have a single, integrated system for data like customer information, it makes it much easier to share that info with various departments. For instance, your marketing team could pass along valuable customer information that your sales team could then use to close a deal.
That's far more effective than compartmentalizing information, which can result in miscommunication, delays, and even a loss of vital information.
Some people might argue that staying specific is more of trend with products, and years ago I would have agreed. It was commonly thought that standing out for a specific niche feature was the key to success for new applications. But as all-in-one solutions become more common (as a result of acquisitions like Adobe's purchase of Marketo earlier this year), consumers will increasingly demand the convenience of integrated apps. They're looking for solutions that fill in all the gaps, not yet another username and password.


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Sorting out the Samuels
In an earlier blog, I wrote about the family of Stephen and Mehitable (Eaton) Leavitt of Gilford. In their family record [Desc. of Samuel Leavitt, pg 98], it was determined (through Stephen's probate file) that the Samuel Leavitt who married Nancy Gilman was far too old to be the correct son of this couple, and had been erroneously placed in this family. It was found that Samuel T. Leavitt, of Gilford and Meredith (currently in the Desc. of Nehemiah book), would instead be the correct son of Stephen Leavitt.
Where, then, did this now unattached Samuel belong?
First of all, a correction must be made with the birth and death dates given him in the Samuel genealogy (1784-1866). It seems his death in 1860, at age 82, was misread in the Gilford, NH VR as 1866, and so entered into the Samuel book with a birth year calculated from the wrong death date. A new birth date of 21 Jan 1778 is now the more accurate one, based on the full age from his obit (see below).
So, who was the father of this Samuel?
The answer lies in a certain land conveyance, found in Strafford County Deeds: Vol. 136, pg 300. It read, in part:
I, Jonathan Leavitt of Gilford, County of Strafford, State of NH, Gent, for in consideration of the sum of $500. paid by my son Samuel Leavitt of same Gilford, Gent.
In this deed, dated 23 July 1814, Jonathan sold 20 acres of his homestead farm in Lot 18, 15th Range, in Gilford, and also part of his land in Lot 1, 16th Range. On this same day, he would also sell portions of his land holdings to sons Jonathan Jr and Miles Leavitt. Both of them would receive a portion of this lot in the 16th Range.
The 1772 plan of Gilmanton, showing where the two lots were located
Previously, on 1 Sep 1813 [Strafford County Deed Vol. 81, pg 521], Jonathan had sold Samuel 1 1/2 acres in Gilford, where he now lived, but no lot number was listed, nor any relationship between the two given.
This Jonathan Leavitt was the son of Miles and Lydia Leavitt [Desc. of Samuel Leavitt, pg 89-90], and was a brother of Stephen Leavitt. Jonathan had purchased these lots back in 1808, the same day he (and wife Abigail) sold off his other land holdings in town, including property his mother had left him and his brother.
Samuel and his siblings
On January 1st, 1828, Jonathan (Jr) sold his shares of these lots to (brother) Samuel [Strafford Deeds, Vol. 134 pg 568]. In turn, Samuel would sell 50 acres of it to son Taylor [Belknap Deeds, Vol. 15, pg 14].
The 1840 census for Gilford (names listed in geographical, not alphabetical order) shows the neighborhood of these two lots, all four of the names belonging to the family of Jonathan: Martha, widow of Miles (Jonathan's son), Mary, his unmarried dau, living on her father's homestead with sister Hannah; Samuel, son of Jonathan, and Taylor, Samuel's son.
1840 Gilford, Strafford, NH census
The census for Gilford, NH in 1850 again records the families together:
113/129 Samuel, 72, and Nancy, 72 value $1300
114/130 Martha Leavitt, 49, w/ family (no estate value)
115/131 (town farm)
116/132 Taylor Leavitt, 43, and his family val $100.
/133 Polly Leavitt, 70 and Hannah Welch, 66 (no value)
The death of Samuel
Samuel Leavitt, Esq. died on 7 March 1860, aged 82 yrs, 1 mo, 15 das, according to Concord's Independent Democrat published on the 15th. His obituary reads:
The U.S. Mortality Schedule for Gilford (pg 2) listed typhoid fever as cause of death, with 6 days duration. There was no burial place given, nor has a gravestone yet been found for him or Nancy (who died in 1870). They may be in McCoy Cemetery, in the plot with their son Jonathan.
Samuel had written a will on 5 Jan 1857 [Belknap County Probate, Vol. 8, pg 390], which was presented to the court on the 3rd Tues. in Mar. 1860. Son Gilman received $300, wife Nancy would get 1/4 of all crops raised on the farm, with privilege of house and barn, while Taylor, named the executor, received the real estate. On 10 Nov 1865, Taylor (and wife Lydia) would sell his rights [Belknap County deed, Vol. 42, pg 565] to both Lot 18, 15 R and Lot 1, 16 R in Gilford to his son John R.
On 19 Dec 1860, Jonathan (Jr) sold all of his right to Lot 18, 15 Range to Taylor Leavitt [Belknap County Deed, Vol. 35, pg 31]. Two days earlier, in deed Vol. 35, pg 19, Polly Leavitt and Hannah Welch also sold their share of the same lot to Taylor. The heirs of Miles and Martha Leavitt, on 16 Dec 1861 [Belknap Deed Vol. 36, pg 390], would also sell off their part in Lot 18 to Taylor.
The other Samuel Leavitt
With sorting these Samuels into the correct families, the move of Samuel Leavitt, Esq., to a different set of parents within the same genealogy book was a minor change. With Samuel T. Leavitt, however, it involves moving a whole family (with over 50 descendants currently in our Nehemiah database) into an entirely different book. With that, we now turn to Nehemiah and Sally (Philbrick), who we formerly had listed as his parents. Did they have a son named Samuel? Yes, they did. He didn't make it into any of the original NALF books, though, but was mentioned in the JPL writings that Emily had used to form this family in the Nehemiah genealogy. In "Notebook 6", pg 39, info was transcribed from a letter written by George A. Leavitt of Suncook, NH to JPL on 10 May 1878. It stated that (George's uncle) "Samuel lived in Cabot, VT". Back in 2018, NALF Secretary Anne Wilson, while travelling in Vermont, came across the Cabot Plains Cemetery. In it, was this stone:
Samuel Leavitt
Died Dec. 29, 1831, AE 41 yrs.
Abigail, his wife,
died Nov 30, 1871, AE 81 yrs
This family was in Walden, VT for the 1820 census, and in Cabot by 1830. They had two known daughters, Mary and Almira (perhaps a third, according to census numbers).
A Gilford, NH Family Reorganized
The family of STEPHEN LEAVITT, printed in the Descendants of Samuel Leavitt on pages 98-99, had been found to contain a few errors many years back. The major one involved his son Samuel, listed in the book as being born in 1784 and dying on 7 Mar 1866. According to Stephen's probate, his son Samuel was still a minor in 1814, so this eliminated the one listed in his place. "Sorting out the Samuels" will be a future entry, but the following research about Stephen and Mehitable Leavitt of Gilford, New Hampshire will be shared, with a reorganization of the family.
Stephen Leavitt was probably born circa 1754 (based on his age during enlistments in Rev. War), a few years off from the 1757 year that Daniel T. Leavitt wrote on 12/17/1877 (and Emily Noyes included in her book). He died on 2 Apr 1812 [D.T.L. letter, 12/17/77] in Gilford (actually still a part of Gilmanton at that time). He was the son of Miles Leavitt, who died at Crown Point on 10 July 1756 while serving during the French & Indian War. He was married to Mehitable Eaton around 1781 (based on birth date of first born child). She died on 15 Jan 1825 [Gilford VR].
Land Deeds
In the will of his grandfather Ephraim Leavitt, Stephen was one of four grandchildren (all children of the deceased Miles Leavitt) to receive all the land Ephraim owned in Gilmanton, to be equally divided among them. This included part of the 40-acre lot #27 in the 1st Division, which was sold on 4 Jun 1776 to Paul Bickford [Strafford County Deed, Vol. 3, pg 320]. At this time, Stephen was in Epping, a yeoman. On 5 Feb 1780 [Vol. 3, pg 514], Martha Thurston (and husb Benjamin) sold all of her right to her grandfather's Gilmanton land to her brothers Jonathan and Stephen (another brother, Samuel, had died by 1771). Martha and Stephen were both living in Chichester, NH when this deed was signed. The next deed would be dated 22 Sep 1784 [Vol. 7, pg 119], when Stephen, now a husbandman of Gilmanton, was highest bidder on Lot #2, 5th Range, 2nd Div (original right of Ephraim), which had been put up for sale due to delinquent taxes. On 6 Dec 1784, he sold this [Vol. 7, pg 117] to Ebenezer Smith of Meredith (himself owning 15 acres in said lot). Brothers Jonathan and Stephen also owned Lot #15, 13th Range, in Gilmanton, and jointly purchased Lot #13, 14th Range [Vol. 8, pg 32]. They would partition these properties between themselves on a later date.
Some of the lots in Gilmanton/Gilford held by Stephen Leavitt
Revolutionary War service [War Rolls on Fold3.com]
Only one Stephen Leavitt was known to reside in Epping, NH, so the following service records likely belong to him. He did not file for a pension.
- Stephen of Epping, age 21, husbandman, enlisted 26 May 1775 in Capt. James Norris' Co., 9th NH (Poor's) Regiment; paid off on 1 Aug '75, having served 2 months, 11 days
- Stephen of Epping, age 22, 5 foot, 7 inches tall, black hair and eyes, enlisted 1 Jan 1776 in Norris' Co., Col. Poor's Reg't; listed as deserter on 28 Mar '76
- Stephen of Epping, private, Capt. Wiggin's Company, Col. Pierce Long's (1st NH) Regiment, served at Portsmouth, NH from 30 Sept to 7 Dec 1776, 2 months, 7 days in service. Mustered in again on 7 Jan 1777, being part of the company fit for marching to Ticonderoga (receiving advance pay), was at the fort on 27 Feb when muster roll called. Another card in his file lists 7 Aug 1776 to 11 Jun 1777 as his service time.
Signature of Stephen Leavitt on 7 Dec 1776, receiving his pay under Capt. Wiggin
Strafford County Probate
Stephen died intestate, having left no will. Administration was granted to son Jacob on 20 Apr 1813 [Vol. 20, pg 184], with son Benjamin and Miles Leavitt Thurston as bondsmen. Jacob would have just turned 21 years of age, and it is interesting that his two elder brothers hadn't been chosen for the task of caring for the estate.
It would be another year before guardianship of the youngest children of Stephen was granted. Vol. 19, pgs 197-199 lists the five appointments, which took place 15-18 April 1814: Samuel Leavitt of Gilford, husb., guardian of Stephen, "a minor above the age of 14 years" (so born ca 1793-1800); John Smith of Gilford, guardian of Samuel, minor above 14 years; Miles L. Thurston, grdn of Sally Leavitt, minor above 14 yrs; Ebenezer Smith of Gilford, Esq., grdn of Jonathan, minor under 14 years of age; and the widow Mehitable, granted guardianship over dau. Mehitable, minor under 14 years.
The inventory of the estate of Stephen Leavitt was taken on 28 Apr 1813 [Vol. 16, pg 340-344], which included part of Lot 5, 5th Range, in Gilford (32 acres on west side of road), value $160, and his homestead farm (about 100 acres) in Gilford, valued at $1650. A portion of his land needed to be sold to pay off the debts and, when his widow Mehitable had her dower set off on 19 June 1813 (approved 13 July), she received 12 plus acres of homestead farm, with rooms in the mansion house and part of barn, 108 square rods of orchard, and 1/3 of 70 acres in Lot 3, 14th Range, in Gilford [Vol. 15, pg 325].
The children of Stephen and Mehitable (Eaton) Leavitt:
As listed in the Descendants of Samuel Leavitt, on pages 98-99, they were probably all born in the part of Gilmanton, NH which would become Gilford in 1812. Errors have been marked, and their proper order of births numbered, with family record following. There were ten in number, as written by Daniel T. Leavitt, in letter to JPL.
i. LYDIA LEAVITT, b. 23 Dec 1781, d. 26 Mar 1855; married ca 1806, DANIEL MOULTON THURSTON of Gilford, b. 27 Apr 1784, d. 26 Feb 1842, Adrian, MI. Moved to Michigan in 1829; had three children, b. 1807-09 [Thurston Genealogies, pg 347]. Their dau, Mrs. Eliza Gouldsborough of Grand Rapids, MI, wrote to JPL in 1878, providing mother's birth date.
ii. BENJAMIN LEAVITT, b. 8 Nov 1783 [grave], d. 7 Oct 1873 [grave]; marr. JEMIMA AMES, d. 28 Nov 1856, AE 71 yrs. Six children listed in Desc. of Samuel Leavitt, pg 104
iii. MILES LEAVITT, b. 8 Feb 1788, d. 27 Jan 1870; Marr. 3 Sep 1815, SARAH BROWN, b. 19 Jun 1797, d. 7 Sep 1871 [Gilford Town Rec]. They had twelve children [Desc. of Samuel Leavitt, pg 122]. JPL corresponded with son Edward S. Leavitt, as well as Ida and John Hatch, ch of dau Eleanor (Leavitt) Hatch. He also wrote to son John P.
iv. ESTHER LEAVITT, b. 15 Feb 1790 [Ida Hatch letter, 2/9/1879], d. 1 Mar 1886, Gilford, aged 96 yrs, 10 das [NH VR]; married 26 Oct 1815, DANIEL FROHOCK, b. ca 1797, d. 25 Oct 1873. She was erroneously listed as having died young, and listed as a child of Stephen's brother Jonathan [Desc of Samuel, pg 90]. Both buried in Lamphrey Cem, Gilford, listed on monument with several of their children [Find a Grave]. In 1878, she was living with son Richard Frohock, Esq., in Gilford Village (JPL wrote to him in 1878).
v. JACOB E. LEAVITT, b. 1792, d. 10 Jan 1862 in Moultonborough, aged 70 [NH VR; grave, McCoy Cem]; marr. SALLY FLANDERS, b. , d. Campton, NH, 25 Jun 1881, AE 84 [grave, McCoy Cem]. Numbers listed for Jacob's household in the 1820-40 Gilford, NH censuses would suggest only three children. Moved to Moultonborough, NH prior to 1850 census.
1. Hannah D. Leavitt, b. ca 1816, d. Campton, NH, 29 Jul 1891, aged 74 yrs, 7 mos; marr Benjamin Adams. Several ch, listed on Find a Grave (Blair Cem, Campton).
2. Jacob E. Leavitt, b. 25 Sep 1820, d. 15 Jan 1863; marr. 1 Jan 1846, Sarah A. Conner, b. 14 Aug 1824, d. 20 Apr 1898. Five children (and wife) were listed under his father in Desc of Samuel, pg 98 (Caroline B is error; only four ch in probate - a 5th, Ai Hanson Leavitt, d. young).
3. Elizabeth F. Leavitt, b. ca 1824, d. 3 Sep 1864, AE 40. Marr. Enoch Flanders Jr, 5 Jan 1848.
vi. SAMUEL T. LEAVITT, (Samuel Jr until 1817) b. ca 1793-4 (age 56 in Aug. 1850 census), d. 5 Nov 1852, aged 60 [NH VR]; marr 1st, 17 Nov 1814, to HANNAH DUDLEY SANBORN, b. 26 Jan 1796, d. 9 May 1817 [Genealogy of the family of Samborne or Sanborn in England and America, 1194-1898, pg 195], the dau of Joseph and Sally (Thing) Sanborn.; 2ndly marr, 24 Dec 1817, DOROTHY J. STEVENS, b. ca 1797, d. 1875 [grave]. Buried in Laconia's Union Cemetery. Attempts were made by JPL, in 1878, to make contact with his son Alvah E. Leavitt in Detroit, MI for family history. He was erroneously placed in the Desc. of Nehemiah book, pg 27/44.
vii. STEPHEN LEAVITT, b. 10 Mar 1796 [per Dan'l T letter, 12/17/77], d. 24 Feb 1870; Marr. 20 Nov 1822, CHARLOTTE SARGENT, b. 4 Dec 1799, d. 7 Jun 1857. They had three children [Desc. of Samuel, pg 129], including Daniel T. Leavitt, who corresponded with JPL.
viii. SALLY/SARAH LEAVITT, b. 1798, d. aft 1870 census; marr. (as his 2nd wife), HENRY MALLARD, b. 1787, d. 16 Jun 1844, AE 56 yrs.
1. Clarissa "Clara" A. Mallard, b. 3 Aug 1838, Gilford; marr John A. Davis. Her name given to JPL by Daniel T. Leavitt in 1878, as contact for further info from this family.
2. William H. Mallard, b. ca 1842, Gilford, NH
ix. JONATHAN LEAVITT, b. 1800, d. 18 Sep 1883, Laconia, NH, aged 83; Marr. 6 May 1822 [New Hampton, NH VR, v.1 pg338] SUSANNA SLEEPER, b. 1795-97. Lived in Alton, NH, 1840-50 censuses; Gilmanton, NH, 1860; Pittsfield, 1870. Two known ch, listed on pg 99 of Samuel gen.
1. Susan T. Leavitt, b. ca 1821-25 (aged 15-19 in 1840)
2. Joseph A. Leavitt, b. ca 1833-4, d. 1 Aug 1885
x. MEHITABLE LEAVITT, b. 23 Sep 1804, d. 31 Aug 1851, Gilford; Marr. 15 Feb 1827 [NH VR - rep from Gilford], JOHN F. COLEMAN, b. 1 Aug 1805, Dover, NH; d. 23 Nov 1864. Information on family came from dau Laura in 1878 (JPL).
1. Laura Ann Coleman, b. 5 Aug 1831, d. ; marr. David H. Rice, 9 Apr 1851, Lowell, MA. Living in Bristol, NH in 1878 when she replied to JPL's letter for family info.
2. Henrietta Addams(sic?) Coleman, b. 31 Oct 1837, d. 15 Feb 1848
3. John Woodman Coleman, b. 30 Dec 1833, d. 7 Dec 1854
1. William S. Leavitt - no descendants of Stephen Leavitt made any mention of there being a son with this name, nor has he been found in any records to support his placement here. Also, the marriage to Anna Leavitt in 1806 belongs to a Tuftonboro and Moultonborough NH line. Based on his placement in the above list of children, directly below Samuel's name, I believe one of the letters to JPL (this one not yet found) made mention of Samuel T.'s son William S. Leavitt as a contact, which was misinterpreted as a son of Stephen. This William S. Leavitt (1820-1903) lived in East Milton, MASS in 1878.
2. Eliza b. 1809 - she was not a child of Stephen Leavitt, but a daughter of Lydia (Leavitt) Thurston. In the 8 Jan 1878 Daniel T. Leavitt letter to JPL, he listed all of Stephen's offspring, and the contact info for each of them. It looks like Emily may have misread this letter, and thought Eliza was listed as one of the children.


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Мария Лусия Санчес Бенитес (), позната повече просто като Малу, е испанска певица, родена на 15 март 1982 година в Мадрид.

Биография
Родена в семейството на артисти, Малу носи таланта в себе си. Тя е дъщеря на певеца Пепе де Лусия и племенничка на китариста Пако де Лусия. Започва да пее в училище на 15 години, без да прави планове за кариера, но днес има издадени над 10 диска и дългогодишна успешна сценична изява.

Началото: 1998 – 2000
Кариерата ѝ започва на 15 години, когато продуцента Хесус Янес я чува да пее на домашно събиране. Хесус Янес решава да запише демо с гласа на Малу и така през февруари 1998 излиза първият ѝ диск: Aprendiz, което означава Урок. В този първи проект Малу записва песни с най-големите звезди на испанската сцена Алехандро Санс и Педро Гера. Успехът идва светкавично, продадени са над 700 000 копия. Първата песен в диска Aprendiz няколко седмици е на първо място като най-слушана в испанските медии. Други хитови песни са Como una flor (Като едно цвете) и Si tú me dejas (Ако ти ме оставиш). С този първи албум Малу придобива световна известност. Няколко месеца след излизането на диска подписва договор с Walt Disney Records за изпълнение на песента "Mi Reflejo" (Моето отражение) във филма Mulán (Мулан).

През 1999 излиза вторият ѝ диск:Cambiarás (Промяна). За него Малу казва, че се чувства помъдряла и започва турне в цяла Испания и Латинска Америка. Най-популярна става песента 'Duele' (Боли). За първата седмица от излизането си на пазара, диска е продаден в над 100 000 копия. През същата година Малу участва в съвместен проект с други испански певци като Росарио Флорес, Марта Санчес и Хоакин Сабина. Наименованието му е Tatuaje (Татуировка) и в него Малу изпълнява песента A tu vera ("Винаги ще те следвам").

2001 – 2002: Esta Vez (Този път)
През 2001 година Малу подписва договор с музикалната компания Sony BMG. В Маями тя записва нов диск Esta vez ("Този път"). Продаден е в над 350 000 копия. Най-големите хитове от този продукт са Sin ti todo anda mal ("Без теб нищо не върви"), Ven a pervertirme, Me quedó grande tu amor ("Твоята голяма любов") и Toda ("Цяла").

2003 – 2004: Otra Piel (Втора кожа) и Por una vez (Само веднъж)
След успеха на Esta vez, Малу започва работа по четвъртия си диск. Нарича се Otra Piel (Втора кожа) и е записан в Маями. Продава се ѝ в Мексико. В Испания излиза на 30 юни 2003 с първата песен 'No me extraña nada' (Вече не ме засяга). В този проект Малу залага на нов стил с повече инструментал. Песни като 'Enamorada' (Влюбена), 'Inevitable' (Неизбежно) и 'Devuélveme la vida' (Върни ми живота), заедно с Антонио Ороско са пример за това. Малу записва песента Enamorada (Влюбена) в дует с Давид де Мария.

На 3 февруари 2004 Малу записва първият си диск в DVD формат. Това е петият ѝ проект Por Una Vez (Само веднъж), в който участват други известни певци Алехандро Санс, Давид де Мариа, Антонио Ороско, баща ѝ Пепе де Лусия и чичо ѝ Пако де Лусия. Дискът е записан с концерта на живо, проведен на 3 февруари 2004 в Мадрид и излиза на пазара на 19 април същата година.

2005: Malú (Малу)
През 2005 година Малу започва работа с шестия си проект. На 22 години тя осъзнава успеха си и създава песни, с които разкрива душата си. През април 2005 година излиза диска, титулуван просто Malú, продаден в над 150 000 копия. Най-популярни песни стават 'Diles' (Кажи им), 'Te conozco desde siempre' (Винаги съм те познавала) и 'Sabes bien' (Знаеш добре).

Малу е и първата певица, която записва песен с мексикански изпълнител. Дуетът ѝ с Алехандро Фернандес – Contigo Aprendí (С теб се учех) се превръща в хит.

2006 – 2008: Desafío (Предизвикателство) и Gracias (Благодаря)
Година по-късно Малу подготвя нов диск. Този път тя участва във всички етапи на създаването на продукта, включително избирането на песните. Дискът излиза на 31 октомври 2006 година и се казва Desafío (Предизвикателство). Първото парче се казва Si estoy loca' (Ако бях луда), а клипът е заснет в градчето в Лерида, (Испания). Клипът към втората песен No voy a cambiar (Няма да се променя), заснет заедно с актьора Алехандро Торс се превръща в най-позитивния и забавен клип в кариерата на Малу.

През март 2007 Малу започва турнето си Desafío (Предизвикателство), едно от най-продължителните в живота ѝ. За по-малко от година тя обикаля 120 градчета в страната. По време на интензивното турне Малу записва и диск – Gracias (Благодаря). Това е първият диск, в който участва и самата публика, а причината е, че по този начин Малу благодари за подкрепата.

През 2008 година Малу започва турне заедно с Давид де Мария.

2009: Vive (Живея)
През 2009 година Малу записва нов албум – Vive (Живея). Той е нейното доказателство за всички, че живее за музиката и публиката. На 17 март диска излиза на пазара и се продава в градове като Мадрид, Лос Анджелис и Нешвил. За първата седмица от излизането, диска се превръща в най-продаваните и запазва челната позиция цели 40 седмици. Тогава е позлатен.

2010 – 2012: Guerra Fría (Студена война) y Dual (Двоен)
През 2010 година Малу издава нов диск Guerra Fría (Студена война). В него проличава израстването в кариерата ѝ, като дори няколко от песните са изцяло нейно дело. Продуцент на диска е мексиканеца Армандо Авила. Първата песен в диска 'Blanco y Negro' ('Черно и бяло') дори става основна музикална тема на теленовела от Венесуела.

През февруари 2012 Малу приема да бъде 'треньор' в La voz, музикална програма на канал Telecinco, базирана на холандската програма Гласът. Програма с такъв формат е излъчвана и в България.

През ноември същата година излиза последният ѝ проект Dual ('Двоен'), който събира всичките дуети през кариерата ѝ, но има и много нови. Песните са с други известни испански изпълнители като Алехандро Санс, Пабло Алборан, Давид Бисбал, Пастора Солер, Меленди и много други.

Дискография

Студийни албуми
 1998: Aprendiz
 1999: Cambiarás
 2001: Esta vez
 2003: Otra piel
 2005: Malú
 2006: Desafío
 2009: Vive
 2010: Guerra fría

Колекционерски
 2007: Gracias
 2012: Dual

На живо
 2004: Por una vez
 2011: Íntima Guerra Fría

Дуети
Малу записва много дуети с изпълнители като:

 Miguel Mateos ("Solos en América")
 Francisco Céspedes ("Vida Loca")
 Los Caños ("Dime algo bonito")
 Antonio Orozco ("Devuélveme la vida")
 Alejandro Sanz ("Aprendiz", "Corazón partío", "Desde cuando")
 Rocío Jurado ("Se nos rompió el amor")
 Alejandro Fernández ("Contigo aprendí")
 Alejandro Sanz, Niña Pastori y Miguel Bosé ("Corazón partío")
 David DeMaría ("Enamorada", "La Puerta de Alcalá")
 Pepe de Lucía ("Andalucía", "Al alba")
 Jerry Rivera ("Como te olvido")
 Revólver ("El peligro")
 Pastora Soler ("Y qué pequeña soy yo")
 Carlos Baute ("Toda una vida"")
 Miguel Gallardo ("Hoy tengo ganas de ti")
 Lola Flores ("Pena, penita, pena")
 Raphael ("Que sabe nadie", "Noche de paz")
 Marta Sánchez ("Más mujer") y ("Soldados del amor")
 Diego Martín ("Haces llover")
 Vanesa Martín ("Ni un segundo", "Trampas", "No te pude retener")
 Manuel Carrasco ("Que nadie")
 Nacho Cano ("Ha nacido un gitanito")
 Lolita ("Estúpido")
 Lorca ("Dicen por ahí")
 Pastora Soler y Vanesa Martín ("Vamos")
 Lya ("Nadie")
 Melendi ("El apagón", "Amigo")
 Yahir ("Callados")
 Tony Bennett ("The way you look tonight")
 Miguel Bosé ("Linda")
 Tiziano Ferro ("El amor es una cosa simple")
 David Bisbal ("Doy la vida")
 Aleks Syntek ("Sólo el amor nos salvará")
 Leonel García ("Cuando digo tu nombre")
 Pablo Alborán ("Vuelvo a verte")

Испански певци
Мадридчани


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New Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show is Big Fun!
We love all the new shows coming to streaming channels, and the new Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show on Netflix is no exception. While I've known the duo since I was little, my kids were only just introduced when the major movie was released last year. They really fell in love with the boy and his dog. Their witty humor has carried over into the cartoon talk show that features special guests that have time traveled to be there!
My kids had a great time playing with a specially-themed talk show kit that featured mugs, a microphone, cue cards, and masks. You'll never believe who my kids decided to interview first!
George Washington may not have all the answers, but he sure is blast to chat with!
You can catch this all-new DreamWorks show right now, anytime it is convenient for your family to watch. The episodes feature the voice talents of Chris Parnell and Max Stewart!
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ALTOONA, Pa. — Sheetz convenience store has officially opened its 10th E85 and E15 Biofuel station in Virginia.
The Sheetz site — located at 11774 Sudley Manor Dr. in Manassas, Va. — is the 10th gas station to offer E15 in Virginia through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership, which aims to increase the availability of domestic biofuel in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Sheetz, is proud to be a partner in the Biofuel Infrastructure Project Grant," said Mike Lorenz, Sheetz executive vice president of petroleum supply. "As we continue our reputation as an industry innovator and the ultimate one-stop shop, we are pleased to continue expanding the offering of E85 and E15, the new and innovative blends of fuel, to consumers in Virginia."
E15 was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 for 2001 or newer cars. It is a fuel blend containing 15-percent ethanol and 85-percent gasoline.
An additional 10 Sheetz stores offering E85 and E15 are planned for Virginia through the project as part of the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership Grant. The Virginia project aims to add nearly 40 total stations in Virginia and Maryland. It is supported by Virginia Clean Cities, and is an award to the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
The Biofuel Infranstructure Partnership Grant — totaling nearly $5 million to install ethanol refueling infranstructure in Virginia and Maryland — brings more access to clean, home-grown renewable fuel, and gives Virginia and Maryland residents more access to a broader range of fuels options, Sheetz said in a company statement.
As a significant private sector infrastructure partner, Sheetz has committed to offering cleaner burned E15 product at more Sheetz locations in the coming years. As CSNews Online previously reported, the company began installing new E15 options in early 2015 with the expectation of 60 Sheetz locations to sell the alternative fuel by spring 2016.
"Virginia drivers now have cleaner and more affordable fuel choices thanks to the availability of higher ethanol blends at the pump," said Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse. "Now that projects across the country are starting to take shape, it is clear that the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership is working to increase access to renewable, American-made fuels that will help reduce our environmental impact and support rural economies."
Altoona-based Sheetz Inc. operates more than 500 locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and North Carolina.


Students are required to complete three (3) online modules found on the LEO site. The online modules cover a range of content related to the clinical specialty practice of your choice. Each module has an activity attached which the students are required to complete.
Purpose: Online module tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate understanding of the specialty practice environment in terms of roles and responsibilities, rights, communication processes and the meaning of illness for patients. The modules include a reflection on learning to consolidate learning about the specialty practice environment.
How to submit: Student should compile their answers to the three (3) online modules into a single document and submit into the appropriate Turnitin drop box located in the assessment block.
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Am sending 3 different online modules. Each contains a question that we have to write 400 words for each . So that will sum up to 1200 words. I want 2 references for each and please use the references in the online modules, and references lists am sending.
All the 3 modules are on this page you can see each module question highlighted and the word count . and website you ned to use . Everything is here you only need to click on each link has provided in each module to answer the questions.
1. I just did my community mental health in nursing placement and this questions should be answered according to my speciality i choose in uni which is mental health.
In this module we will explore the role of the specialist nurse, including identifying the special skill set of the specialist nurse in your elective area. We will identify some of the physical and emotional safety issues related to the specialty and determine some strategies you can use to keep yourself safe. We will conclude the module with examining the legal aspects associated with the specialty, both in terms of your responsibilities and the responsibilities of the employer.
In Australia specialty nursing practice is a post graduate qualification. As registered Nurses you can work in any area of nursing, so what defines specialty practice? What is the difference between a nurse practitioner and an advanced practice nurse as opposed to someone who has worked in same clinical area for 10yrs or someone who has a postgraduate certificate or Diploma in specialty area?
For your assessment: write 400 words on an issue of safety or of legal responsibility that you explored in some depth, ensuring it is specifically related to the specialty area.
PLEASE USE THIS FACT SHEET TO DO MOUDLE ONE and to use the reference from here.
PLEASE use all the website highlighted.
Shields (2013) discusses the role of the nurse in a reflective personal essay that makes for interesting reading on how nursing is viewed and where Australian nursing fits in the global scene. It makes for a good introduction to the elective and to the module. Please read this article: Shields, L. (2013). A personal essay on the role of the nurse. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 43(2), 213-218.
Having read the above resources it is time to explore what you know and understand about the role of the specialty nurse within your clinical practice area. Consider what you already know in relation to the NMBA standards of practice for registered nurses. If all registered nurses need to meet these standards then what more is expected of someone with specialty experience?
And here is another link to an article exploring issues of financial abuse of older adults in residential aged care.
Trinkoff, A. M., Geiger-Brown, J. M., Caruso, C. C., Lipscomb, J. A., Johantgen, M. Nelson, A. L., ... Selby, V. L. (2008). Personal safety for nurses. In R. G. Hughes (Ed.)., Patient Safety and Quality: an Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (pp. 1-36). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US).
The next reading is an systematic review looking at stress in the Australian nursing workforce.
This final link discusses the concept of 'burnout', and although the focus is on medical burnout, the author makes some important and relevant points that can be applied to nursing.
Module two looks specifically at the rights of clients and in more depth the rights of their carers in the process of treatment and recovery. It raises some questions about how the nursing profession views and deals with the rights of the carers and their need for information, particularly in the context of patients/clients who may lack insight in their care needs.
For your assessment: Write 400 words on your understanding of the dilemma of providing information to carers while considering the confidentiality concerns relating to the patient/client. Don't forget to consider the ethical implications in your consideration of the issues.
Most health care organisations have a patient charter or similar document that is given to patients or clients in the care of the organisation, to explain their rights.
• Find this document for your specialty area and read it.
• Consider, who is it aimed at and does it include the rights of the carers as well?
It would also be worth finding out if the health care organisation has specific policies to cover the rights of patients/clients and their carers.
• Go to the organisation's policies and procedures manual or web page, and find out what the relevant policies are.
Jot down some answers to these points as they will assist you incompleting the assessment task 3 component for this module.
Buchanan, H., Cooper, L., Fielding, A., Godwin, I., Hird, A., Migliorino, S., . . . Isted, Lyn. (2012). Ethical practice for health professionals (2nd Ed.). Australia: Cengage Learning Australia.
The perspectives on and understanding of health, illness, dying and the experience of someone's death is a very personal matter and the meaning a persona ascribes to it varies from person to person. As nurses it is important for us to understand that different people view these concepts and experiences in a variety of ways, and some of those ways may surprise or even dismay us.
For this module you are asked to explore some of the writings in the public domain on how people have made meaning of their health related issues.
Exploring how people perceive a variety of issues in health, illness and dying may help us make meaning of it, both in terms of our own views on these concepts, and in terms of how the people in our care or people related to those in our care, may respond to alterations in health and experience illness.
Reflection is not a new concept, the ancient Greek philosopher Plato insisted that reflection and ultimately change was important component of our humanity. Reflection is not an artificial technique it is inherently human and reflection and action are the impetus for change and personal improvement (Daly, Speedy & Jackson, 2014). This being said in order to reflect fully we must know ourselves well, our drive, ambition and prejudices if we are going to understand others fully.
Find three articles from magazines, journals, blogs, online postings (most numerous), where the person writes about the meaning an illness has had for them. Preferably this will be from your area of specialty practice however this may prove difficult for some specialties in this case pick a specialty area that interests you where there is information available. Choose one article each from the following perspectives or points of view.
Choose one of your readings and write a reflection on how that has changed your perspective or given you some insight into the meaning illness has for a particular person.
When writing your reflection make sure you consider your own perceptions, morals and ethics.


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If you own a baby video monitor on you, you won't be asked to remain in precisely the same room where your kid is currently playing or sleeping for keeping a watchful eye catching. If you're moving out from your house might possibly be in your garden, garden or garage that you take a track which has a protracted selection. Last, the room has to for ever somewhat well-lit.
It's interference-free because there's no radio broadcasting. It's possible to only observe the electronic sound indicator and can not hear the infant by the opposite end. Seize charge your nursery's electronic equipment in which you are as long as you are in possession of an invisible or phone sign.
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You must alert us within 7 days of receiving the product of your intent to return. All returned items must be new, unused, unassembled and include all original parts and packaging materials. Returns will not be granted after 7 days of receiving the product. Returns will not be granted if the product is used, does not have all original parts and original packing materials. You can expect a refund after we have we received back the product, inspected it to be assured it is in new condition and eligible for resale. You will be refunded the purchase price, EXCLUDING the original "free shipping" cost included in the original price of the product, return shipping fees and a 50% restocking fee. Original shipping charges are non-refundable. Customers are responsible for returning the product at their own expense. You can expect a refund within 7 days of our receiving your returned product back complete and in new, unused condition with all parts and original packaging.
You must alert us within 7 days of receiving the product of your intent to exchange. All exchanged items must be new, unused, unassembled and include all original parts and packaging materials. Exchanges will not be granted after 7 days of receiving the product. Exchanges will not be granted if the product is used, does not have all original parts and original packing materials. You will be issued a credit to be used toward your purchase of another product once we receive back the product, inspected it to be assured it is in new condition and eligible for resale. You will be credited the purchase price, EXCLUDING the original "free shipping" cost included in the original price of the product, return shipping fees and a 50% restocking fee. Original shipping charges are non-refundable. Exchanged products must be in selling condition as new, unused and with all original parts and packing materials. Customers are responsible for returning the product at their own expense. You can expect a credit within 7 days of our receiving your returned product back complete and in new, unused condition with all parts and original packaging.
Orders canceled after purchase are subject to the normal return policy. You must accept delivery, obtain an RA Number and ship the item back to the correct address. If delivery of an item is refused, you will be refunded the purchase price, EXCLUDING the original "free shipping" cost included in the original price of the product, return shipping fees and a 50% restocking fee. Original shipping charges are non-refundable. Returned and exchanged products must be in selling condition as new, unused and with all original part and packing materials. Customers are responsible for returning the product at their own expense.
Damaged or Defective Items
If you receive a damaged or defective item, contact our Customer Service Department within 3 days of delivery at support@electricbikecity.com. If there is significant visible damage to the carton upon receipt, request that the delivery person note the damage and request a claim be filed with the carrier for damage. Take photos of the damage that is clear. Please be prepared to supply your name and order number from your original confirmation e-mail. Electric Bike City will make every reasonable effort to assist you by either providing replacement parts or technical assistance to solve the problem. As a rule, products which are eligible for replacement parts under manufacturer warranty are subject to the normal return policy. Products that have cosmetic damages are subject to the returns policy above. The manufacturer will issue touch up paint for scratches or in the rare cases we can't supply touch up paint we will issue a small refund fee no higher than $10 for touch up paint that you buy, provided that you provide proof of purchase with a copy of the receipt. Products that require tuning and adjustments are not damaged or defective. During shipping, the product and components may shift, and the product may need to be tuned and adjusted.
Pack the item(s) securely in the original product packaging. Please include all paperwork, parts, and accessories. All products must be returned in new, unused condition, to ensure a credit or refund.
Before sending your return shipment, please remove all extra labels from the outside of the package.
Send the return package to the address we provide.
All return shipping charges must be prepaid. We cannot accept C.O.D. deliveries.
It is recommended that you use UPS whenever possible for your return. Retain the return Tracking Number to monitor delivery status.
To receive a refund or credit, items must be returned within 10 days of original shipment date.
Credit for gift returns will be issued to the original purchaser.
You will not be refunded original "free shipping" charges included in the original price of the product under any circumstances on the product that is returned. Please be aware that shipping charges can be very expensive.
Please include all paperwork, parts, and accessories.
Contact a Customer Service Specialist at support@electricbikecity.com for instructions on arranging a freight delivery pickup for your items. You will be responsible for freight shipping costs. You must be present at the location and time of pickup. All packaged item(s) must be at the front door for the freight driver.


We finish out the weekend on Sunday with the Moon in Aquarius. It's time to think about the future. If you could invest in something "newfangled" that would make caring for your home easier, what would it be? Oh, forget that. You don't really need a new gadget. Just think about something you can do now that will make the future better. Forward thinking. Ahead of your time. That's Aquarius! Make the change now.
I mentioned in last week's tips that Aquarius is connected to air conditioning and heat pumps. If you're supposed to change your air filters monthly but forget, change them during Aquarius.
The Moon moves into Pisces early, early Monday morning staying through midday Wednesday. These are excellent days to pay attention to aquariums, your pool (if you're lucky enough to have one, invite me over), your home bar, and your cameras and video equipment. Photographers take note! Charge your camera batteries.
If you have space in your home devoted to meditation or yoga practice, that's your Pisces space. Also, any space that is a little bit whimsical and otherworldly. I have a small collection of fairy statues that were given to me as gifts. They are so sweet and magical. But they need dusting. I'll be escaping into a little fantasy as I spruce them up this year.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Moon moves into Aries and remains there through Friday. Ready to tackle cleaning the oven and really scrubbing down the stove? Now's the time. Cleaning the oven is one chore that I can put off forever. It seems like every time I clean it, I cook something that spills over. Takes the thrill out, you know?
Saturday finds the Moon in Taurus for the weekend ~ a great time for cleaning or polishing anything made of copper, the metal of Venus. If you have coin collections or a secret stash of cash hidden away, make sure all keys and locks are working properly, so that your stash is secure, but available when you need it. Storage spaces of all kinds fit the Taurus need for plentiful provisions. Storage areas can get out of control quickly. Taurus days can help you get them organized. If you've been hoarding, make an effort to save only the best and get rid of the rest.
The Sun moves into Taurus on Wednesday, the 19th, and we have a New Moon in Taurus on Saturday. This will give you more than a few days to spend on bringing an extra bit of security to your home. Get outdoor security lights working properly, make sure window and door locks are completely functional and that you have a key deposited safely somewhere in case you lock yourself out. Think protection!
If you're buying new furniture during Taurus, remember that quality not quantity will serve you best in the long run.
Pisces ~ areas considered sanctuaries or private spaces for meditation and yoga.
Aries ~ the stove in your kitchen, outdoor grills and firepots.
nice info.. but this activities affect to all the zodiac.. i'am a libra.. is it same what i have to do with other zodiac that u have said it?
Hi, zeista. All the info in the Zodiactivities posts are based on the Moon's current sign and note the general mood of the day. Activities are enhanced because they are in tune with the Moon, just like gardening with the Moon. It doesn't mean that we can't perform these activities on other days, but we all the Sun signs can get an extra boost by tapping into the daily Moon sign. Note which Moon signs are stressful and which are helpful for you personally. It will help you plan your week.


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Q: How do I avoid an uninitialized value? I use this scrub function to clean up output from other functions.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my %h = (
    a => 1,
    b => 1
    );

print scrub($h{c});

sub scrub {
    my $a = shift;

    return ($a eq '' or $a eq '~' or not defined $a) ? -1 : $a;
}

The problem occurs when I also would like to handle the case, where the key in a hash doesn't exist, which is shown in the example with scrub($h{c}).
What change should be make to scrub so it can handle this case?

A: You're checking whether $a eq '' before checking whether it's defined, hence the warning "Use of uninitialized value in string eq". Simply change the order of things in the conditional:
return (!defined($a) or $a eq '' or $a eq '~') ? -1 : $a;

As soon as anything in the chain of 'or's matches, Perl will stop processing the conditional, thus avoiding the erroneous attempt to compare undef to a string.

A: In scrub it is too late to check, if the hash has an entry for key key. scrub() only sees a scalar, which is undef, if the hash key does not exist. But a hash could have an entry with the value undef also, like this:
my %h = (
 a => 1,
 b => 1,
 c => undef
);

So I suggest to check for hash entries with the exists function.


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When it comes to alternative investing options, NFTs (also called non-fungible tokens) are one of the most unusual choices out there. An NFT is a digital asset of some kind that is part of the Ethereum blockchain. When you invest in an NFT, you could be purchasing a digital piece of art, the rights to a tweet or logo, or even a character you can use for play-to-earn gaming.
While investing into a digital anything might seem strange, NFTs are currently on a wild trajectory that appears to be heading "to the moon," as they often say. As an example, CNBC reported that an investor paid $1.3 million for a digital picture of a rock in August. Further, big brands are getting in the game, with companies like Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Pringles coming out with their own NFTs. Even Visa bought an NFT for $150,000 this year, and Adidas forked over another $156,000 for a digital piece of art.
Why are all these companies spending millions buying or conceptualizing digital "assets" nobody will ever touch or feel? We asked some of the top experts in this space, and here's what they said.
Major brands are spending a lot of money on NFTs.
Companies Are Riding The Wave
According to attorney Tal Lifshitz, a partner and co-chair of the cryptocurrency, digital asset, and blockchain group at Miami-based Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton (KTT), it's easy to see why big brands are spending big money on NFTs.
"It's trendy, it's fun, and it's cutting edge technology that actually has the potential to redefine the way these brands do business and engage with their consumers," he says. "The more important question is, why are big brands not spending big money on NFTs?"
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The reality is that increased adoption tends to take on a life of its own, and NFTs are currently in the early stages of becoming a major part of our lives.
"Increased adoption means exponentially increased value and utility," said Lifshitz. "If you're the only person who owns a cell phone, it's useless. If two people own cell phones, there's some value. If billions of people have cell phones, you need a cell phone. That's the impact of increased adoption. That's the potential future of NFTs."
Companies Are Looking For Ways To Boost Earnings
Lydia Hylton, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, also points out that companies are ultimately driven by the potential for earnings, and NFTs are a new revenue stream and engagement tool for brands.
"Exclusive brands like Louis Vuitton thrive on scarcity and are exploring LV-branded NFTs for the metaverse," says Hylton. "Brands are also constantly looking for ways to increase engagement with customers."
Ultimately, NFTs can be used to reward and incentivize consumers through innovative gifts, exclusive access, and more, says the investor.
Businesses Follow Trends
Dr. Dustin York, who serves as an associate professor of communication at Maryville University, says companies are jumping on board based on the simple fact people are spending more of their lives in virtual worlds.
"When customers gravitated toward malls, brands followed. When customers gravitated toward e-commerce, brands followed," he says. "And when customers are now gravitating toward Web 3.0, digitally native brands are following, giving even more legitimacy to NFTs."
With that being said, York says consumers should prepare for an NFT hype cycle, and that we're currently in the fast growing hype stage. At some point, he says, there will be a dramatic drop in the demand for standard NFT art.
"Critics will then call NFTs a fad, just like they called e-commerce a fad during the dot-com bubble," he says. "NFTs will then rise back up and be part of our everyday lives."
The Metaverse Is The Future
NFT investor Andrew Lokenauth says that, by and large, big brands are spending cash on NFTs because the digital world is the future.
We already have large amounts of people who spend several hours in virtual worlds daily, he says, and those numbers will continue to increase. This is ultimately why brands see the benefits of marketing in the metaverse and have already done so.
Lokenauth points out that we have already had many popular artists perform concerts in the Metaverse, such as Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, the Weeknd, and Ariana Grande.
"Perhaps high fashion companies will be next, and hold fashion shows in the metaverse," he says. "The possibilities are endless and this is why brands are spending big."
What Consumers Need To Know About NFTs
While big brands are spending millions on digital assets, there are plenty of reasons for newer investors to approach NFTs with caution. For starters, the virtual aspect of NFTs means this industry is ripe for scams. For example, it's not uncommon for fake NFTs to be marketed to unsuspecting investors.
"You need to make sure the person selling you the token actually owns the rights to the token they're selling," said Lifshitz. "The IP issues associated with NFTs are being worked out as we speak, but they all boil down to that — a seller can't sell you something they don't own."
Justin Giudici, Head of Product at Telos Foundation, says that this shouldn't necessarily be a cause for alarm since every marketplace has its share of scammers.
"Before purchasing any NFT, research the asset and ensure that the person/brand isn't scamming you, or selling assets that aren't theirs to sell," says Guidici. "With mainstream brands joining the fray, there is an opportunity for scammers to take advantage of the hype."
He also adds that many platforms don't have the best verification methods set up quite yet, so there is always a risk involved.
Akbar Hamid, Founder & CEO 5CRYPTO by 5th Column, a unique cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFT practice, also says consumers need to educate themselves on the utility of NFTs and crypto 101 before they dive in. In addition to learning more about blockchain technology, potential investors also need to learn how to open and use a wallet.
Hamid points out that there are countless NFT communities popping up, and that it's important to immerse yourself in discourse and ask questions. At the end of the day, asking questions and speaking to other investors is the best way to learn.


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