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Glenn Rawdon of LSC Talks Document Assembly at the White House
HotDocs, a Gartner best-of-breed vendor for document assembly in 2013 and a Cool Vendor for Content Management in 2014, is the platform on which LSC-funded entities automate the production of legal documents.
In a recent speech delivered at the White House, Glenn Rawdon, Technology Program Counsel at LSC, a government agency established to promote and fund access-to-justice for people who otherwise can't afford it, talked about five key technology initiatives that are critical to LSC's agenda. According to Glenn, these initiatives include the following:
Creating automated forms and other documents to support self-help and limited scope legal representation, the forms being, as Glenn puts it, "the cornerstone" of LSC's access-to-justice initiative.
Taking advantage of mobile technologies to reach more persons more effectively, a critical step in exposing these technologies to pro se litigants, many of whom have access to the Internet only through a mobile device.
Applying business process/analysis to all access-to-justice activities to make them as efficient as practicable.
Developing "expert systems" to assist lawyers and other services providers of persons otherwise unable to afford an attorney for dealing with essential civil legal needs.
Developing a state "triage" system for bringing all of these other initiatives together to make them accessible to the people who need them.
In essence, most of what Glenn is addressing can be rendered down to two activities: (1) developing software-based systems that will enable pro se litigants to effectively do some portion of their own legal work when and where they want and (2) developing technology systems that will enable lawyers to do pro bono work more efficiently, a necessary step for getting more practicing attorneys to commit to pro bono activities. As I listened to Glenn's speech I couldn't help but be impressed that much of what Glenn was addressing is (or could be) accomplished with HotDocs.
For the record, HotDocs has been a long-time contributor to LSC's access-to-justice initiative, a relationship that began back when HotDocs was a LexisNexis property but which has continued till the present day. The automated forms Glenn is referring to are built on the HotDocs platform and many of the 525 technology grants that LSC has issued during the past fifteen years have been to legal aid organizations for the purpose of developing automated HotDocs forms. With the advent of HotDocs Cloud Services and other HotDocs cloud technologies, these automated forms are available on mobile devices, a critical part of LSC's mission to deliver these technologies to pro se litigants who may only have access to them via handheld devices.
As for LSC's goal of developing "expert systems," it's interesting to note that many consider HotDocs process apps, themselves, to be expert systems, an accurate assessment given that legal experts are able to capture their own expertise in a HotDocs interview that can guide non experts (in this case, Pro Se litigants) through the process of generating the same legal document that an expert would generate, given the specific set of circumstances in question.
It's also interesting to note that HotDocs is already used by some sizeable organizations for what might be considered a more traditional expert system application—one designed to lead to an opinion, rather than to a transactional document. Thomson Reuters, for example, uses HotDocs in its Checkpoint product to enable tax professionals to arrive at situation specific opinions based on sophisticated HotDocs interviews. A checkpoint user just answers questions, and the HotDocs interview guides her through the complexities of tax and legal statutes to arrive at a legally valid opinion or recommendation.
HotDocs is proud of its relationship with LSC and with the broad pro-bono legal services effort in the United States and looks forward to working with LSC to accomplish its long-term goal to provide access to justice to any and all who need it.
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using Shouldly;
using Veggerby.Algorithm.Calculus;
using Veggerby.Algorithm.Calculus.Visitors;
using Xunit;

namespace Veggerby.Algorithm.Tests.Calculus.Visitors
{
    public class DepthOperandVisitorTests
    {
        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_constant()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = ValueConstant.One;
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_named_constant()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = ValueConstant.Pi;
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_variable()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Variable.x;
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_fraction()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Fraction.Create(1, 2);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_addition()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Addition.Create(ValueConstant.One, Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_multiplication()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Multiplication.Create(ValueConstant.Create(2), Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_subtraction()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Subtraction.Create(ValueConstant.Create(2), Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_negative()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Negative.Create(Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_division()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Division.Create(ValueConstant.Create(2), Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_power()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Power.Create(ValueConstant.Create(2), Variable.x);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_sine()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Sine.Create(ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_cosine()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Cosine.Create(ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_exponential()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Exponential.Create(ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_logarithm()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Logarithm.Create(ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_logarithm_base()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = LogarithmBase.Create(10, ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_tangent()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Tangent.Create(ValueConstant.One);
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_root()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Root.Create(3, ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_factorial()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Factorial.Create(ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_minimum()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Minimum.Create(Variable.x, ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_maximum()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Maximum.Create(Variable.x, ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_function()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = Function.Create("f", ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_function_reference()
        {
            // arrange
            var operand = FunctionReference.Create("f", ValueConstant.Create(2));
            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Should_return_complex_function()
        {
            // arrange
            Operand operand = "sin(x+2/cos(x^2))";
            /*
                Sine
                    Addition
                        Variable (x)
                        Division
                            Constant (2)
                            Cosine
                                Power
                                    Variable (x)
                                    Constant (2)
             */

            var visitor = new DepthOperandVisitor();

            // act
            var actual = operand.Accept(visitor);

            // assert
            actual.ShouldBe(6);
        }
    }
}

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Dear Evan Hansen: a Ben Platt vanity project
By Kaitlyn Riggio
Copyright: © 2021 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.
The Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation is a Ben Platt vanity project above all else.
The musical Dear Evan Hansen has been something of a cultural phenomenon since its first performances in 2015, and even more so since its Broadway debut in 2016. Following the story of an anxious high school student who gets caught up in a web of lies after a classmate, Connor, takes his own life, Dear Evan Hansen took Broadway by storm, won six Tony Awards including Best Musical, and has amassed a strong online fan community. It's a popular musical, so it would be reasonable to think audiences would be enthusiastic for a movie adaptation.
So why does the movie adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, released in October, currently have a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Movie adaptations of stage musicals are not a new. In fact, they've existed since the advent of sound films. Some, like The Sound of Music, have cemented themselves as timeless cultural staples. Others have been lucky enough to gain recognition broadly throughout the entertainment industry: the 2002 film adaptation of Chicago took home Best Picture at the Academy Awards, for example. If other movie adaptations of musicals found success, what went wrong with Dear Evan Hansen?
It could be the fact that from the outset, the reason behind creating the film was somewhat misguided. According to director Stephen Chbosky, one of the main purposes of creating the movie adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen was to immortalize Ben Platt's version of titular character Evan Hansen.
Platt originated the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway, and it's not uncommon for actors who originated Broadway roles to reach a sort of icon status. Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth will always be the Elphaba and the Glinda in Wicked, no matter how many incredibly talented performers succeed them.
The problem with Chbosky's approach is his attempts to immortalize Platt as Evan Hansen came at the expense of the overall quality of the film.
Chbosky's first error, arguably, was casting Platt in the movie at all. Chbosky seems to think that Platt's depiction of Evan Hansen is the end-all-be-all of Evan Hansens.
"His understanding of the character is so complete and so profound. I couldn't imagine anybody else playing it," Chbosky said in an interview with Vanity Fair. "I felt very strongly about it. And to me it was never even a consideration."
Despite what Chbosky may think, there is no shortage of viable candidates that could have played Evan in this film. Since opening on Broadway, 14 people have taken on the role of Evan Hansen, so to imply that playing this part is something only Platt can pull off feels misleading, if not insulting to the other actors who have played Evan.
And not only is Platt far from the only person capable of portraying Evan onscreen, it probably would have been a wise choice to go with someone other than Platt for the film. One common critique related to the casting of Platt in the film was his age: Evan is a senior in high school, Platt is 28 years old.
While age gaps like this are not uncommon in musicals (Andrew Rannells was 33 when he played the 19-year-old Kevin Price in The Book of Mormon, for example), the suspension of disbelief is greater on stage than it is on screen. There's less flexibility with age in a film, especially when Platt appears considerably older than Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg, his Dear Evan Hansen co-stars.
While Platt may have been able to pull off 18 years old on stage five years ago, he was far less convincing in the film. He just looked too old to be a senior in high school, which made it hard to engage with his character as an audience member. If the creative team was looking to prioritize the overall quality of the movie rather than just Platt, someone like Andrew Barth Feldman, a 19-year-old who has also played Evan Hansen on Broadway, would have been a much more effective choice.
This isn't the only time when prioritization of Platt negatively impacts the film. When adapting the story for film, the story was changed to focus squarely on Evan. Chbosky even admitted this in an interview with Variety: "We're really on Evan's journey. It freed us up to meet all the characters through Evan."
The problem with this approach is that characters that were previously well-developed and important to the story in the stage version are now sidelined and all but forgotten. The most obvious example of this is Connor, Evan's classmate who takes his own life.
Even though Connor dies early on in the story, he still appears throughout the stage version. He appears on stage occasionally, functioning as a sort of figment of Evan's imagination, embodying his inner thoughts and almost acting as his conscience at times. It's through these interactions between Evan and Connor where some of the motivations behind some of Evan's actions are revealed. By reducing Connor's role in the story, the motivation behind Evan's actions become less clear and the story suffers as a result.
Other characters and elements of the story are whittled down in the filmed version as well. The stage version's opening song, "Anybody Have A Map," is omitted from the film, taking valuable insight about Evan's and Connor's mothers with it. "Good For You," a song from late in the second act which highlights how people in Evan's life were hurt by his lies, also didn't make it to the movie.
While it's not uncommon for movie adaptations of musicals to deviate from their stage predecessors, the changes made to Dear Evan Hansen center the story too much on Evan himself at the expense of other interesting characters, which leads to a much flatter and less compelling story on the whole.
Dear Evan Hansen did not need a movie adaptation. It could have maintained its status in history as a well-liked musical had it just stayed on stage. But due to a misguided and borderline selfish attempt at immortalizing one person's performance, this film will forever exist as a black mark on Dear Evan Hansen's legacy.
At least we'll always remember that Ben Platt was in it.
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Lyndale ESL student profile: Maria Foushee
By Nicki Olalde (Lyndale Neighborhood Association) | February 2, 2014
ESL Student and LNA Volunteer, Maria Foushee
I first met Maria in September in our multi-level ESL class. Not long after I had first met her, our class split into two levels and she moved on to the advanced level class; which meant I only got to see her during our class coffee break. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to meet with Maria one-one-one over coffee and interview her for this story.
Originally form Colombia, Maria Foushee has made Minneapolis her home. She had lived in a couple of different regions of the United States before she decided that south Minneapolis was where she wanted to begin the next phase or her life. Maria says she was looking for a warm, welcoming community where she could be actively involved and make positive connections. The Lyndale neighborhood has connected her with Lyndale's La Posada event, the Toys for Tots drive, and Redeemer Health and Rehab (where she does volunteer work). Making positive connections is one reason Maria values LNA's ESL program so much.
In December 2013, Alison Bey's intermediate/advanced level ESL class welcomed a speaker from Project for Pride in Living. The PPL representative provided our ESL students with information about taking the next step in their professional lives and how PPL is dedicated to helping Twin Cities residents achieve self-sufficiency. This message strongly resonated with Maria.
As a certified psychologist, Maria has been looking for a way to positively affect her community. Her interest lies in helping immigrants to help themselves. "I love this phrase because it's so important in life to be a successful, independent person. Getting the things you need by your hard work makes you appreciate the things you get because you are working very hard," she says.
Immediately after listening to the PPL speaker, Maria followed up with them and inquired about their Human Services Pathways training program. She applied, was accepted and begins her 8 ½ month training in March. The program explores a variety of human services topics and includes a two week internship with Hennepin County.
Maria is grateful to LNA's ESL program for providing positive connections with community resources. One of her aims is to continually advise and counsel second language speakers to get connected and be open to the community. "Don't be afraid, LNA is here to help. Most of us feel shy to take that first step but you have to be brave. Now that you are here, it is important to get the things you need by hard work." Maria is passionate about spreading the word about how important it is to reach out and help fellow community members to be successful and to be better human beings. "Life is about taking care of each other."
To start with, Maria urges all second language speakers to take the first step by enrolling in an ESL class. She fondly reflects about her time in LNA's ESL classes. "I cannot miss a class. This is my schedule. Due to the weather, because the weather was dangerous, the class was cancelled, but you miss the teacher, the students. You get used to this class and it becomes a family. We share food, respect cultures and the teachers are so fantastic, patient. They take time to teach us the proper English and they care."
Even though Maria's job readiness class with PPL begins in March, she says she's not going anywhere just yet. "I will keep going. I cannot say goodbye. Not yet." She chuckles as she averts her gaze through the coffee shop window and smiles a bitter-sweet smile.
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Which country in Europe is landlocked by two landlocked countries?
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Belgrade is the largest city in which country?
Which mountain with a near-symmetric pyramidal peak overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt?
Which country shares the longest border with India? It is the fifth-longest land border in the world.
The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which Australian state?
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Election Law Getting Interested In Lobbying Reform
by Paul Blumenthal Feb 9, 2011 4:39 pm
An important piece from Heather Gerken:
Lobbying has been neglected by most people who write in the field (including me). I believe that Richard Briffault is the only election law professor to have written in depth about the many connections between the two (though others, like Sam Issacharoff and Rick Hasen, have recently moved in this direction). The rest of us, however, have made a serious mistake in neglecting the relationship between lobbying and campaign finance. That's because the two work in tandem with each other as interest groups seek political influence. As long as lobbying and campaign donations remain both substitutes and complements, we should not study one without studying the other. Both are different means for achieving a similar set of political ends, not isolated phenomena that fit neatly into different academic silos.
Just as the two fit together as a practical matter, they fit together as a theoretical one. That's not to say the problems are precisely the same, as Richard Briffault has pointed out. But campaign finance and lobbying share many important attributes. Both address the problem of political influence. Both involve legislative foxes guarding the regulatory henhouse. Both raise serious constitutional questions. And both require us to regulate shape shifters. As Michael Kang has argued, in politics we are rarely regulating stable legal entities. Instead, we are often trying to control a loose collection of interests that can take different forms as circumstances dictate. Each time the courts or legislatures try to regulate a particular type of political institution, political entrepreneurs find new outlets to channel their energies. Party donors become supporters of 527s, then 501c4s and c6s. Lobbyists deregister and become consultants. They are shapeshifters. We see it in campaign finance, and we see it in lobbying. If any regulatory area plays to our field's comparative strengths — raising the same sort of puzzles we routinely study — it's lobbying.
Several years ago, Richard Briffault suggested that the reason we don't study the two problems together is that the plausible solutions are quite different. As he noted, campaign finance reform has long had a strong egalitarian element to it, whereas lobbying reform focuses almost entirely on questions of disclosure and transparency. But Richard wrote that before Citizens United. It may well be that, by the time the Court is done with its work, his observation will no longer apply. I suspect that much of the future work on campaign finance will focus on disclosure and transparency simply out of necessity. These regulatory arenas will thus look even more alike than they do now. Indeed, as I'll argue in my next post, I think that we can build on what we've learned in the campaign finance arena to chart new paths on the lobbying front.
Tags: Lobbying, Lobbyist, Lobbyists


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Fortunately, Entertainment Weekly came prepared.
Now that we have Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Hollyood has turned our casting attention back to Marvel, with an update on Edgar Wright's Ant-Man with Variety reporting that former Lost star Evangeline Lilly is in talks to join the film as a romantic lead. Fans of the comic will undoubtedly remember Ant Man's wife and cohort Janet van Dyne aka Wasp as a regular member of The Avengers, so seeing her suit up in the Ant-Man stand alone is expected.
It does sound as though Wright is changing the book signifigantly, making Janet the daughter of Hank Pym, rather than romantic interest. But with the news that Paul Rudd will be playing Scott Lang the theif who stole the supre suit from an aging Hank Pym (played by Michael Douglas), putting Wasp in a younger role seems logical enough.
Personally I would prefer the often rumored Rashida Jones over Evangeline Lilly. What do you think?
Ant-Man is an NCR ranger.


oh no! That was such a neat pattern, but you're right, it's just way too curly. Do you think that pattern could work with a sturdier fiber?
I totally agree. I hate patterns that look so good but just don't work out in the end. I definitely have a cowl and scarf in my knitting basket that need to be reworked. Good luck, and show us the final results!
I'm sorry this cowl didn't work out the first time. But if at first you don't succeed: try, try again! The great thing about knitting is the opportunity to live, learn, and repeat!


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Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Preliminary results of a feasibility study
Laura Marucci, Barbara Pichi, Giuseppe Laccarino, Paolo Ruscito, Giuseppe Spriano, Giorgio Arcangeli
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Background. The acute toxicity of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) delivered as an "early boost" after tumor resection in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer was evaluated. Methods. Twenty-five patients were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent surgery with radical intent, and 17 had microvascular flap reconstruction. The IORT was delivered in the operating room. Twenty patients received adjuvant external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Results. Five patients experienced various degrees of complications in the postoperative period, all of which were treated conservatively. One patient had a partial flap necrosis after EBRT that was treated with flap removal. Six deaths were recorded during the mean follow-up period of 8 months; none of the deaths were related to radiation treatment. Conclusion. This feasibility study shows that the use of IORT as an early boost is feasible with no increase in acute toxicity directly attributable to radiation.
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Marucci, L., Pichi, B., Laccarino, G., Ruscito, P., Spriano, G., & Arcangeli, G. (2008). Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Preliminary results of a feasibility study. Head and Neck, 30(6), 701-708. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.20777
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In: Head and Neck, Vol. 30, No. 6, 06.2008, p. 701-708.
Marucci, L, Pichi, B, Laccarino, G, Ruscito, P, Spriano, G & Arcangeli, G 2008, 'Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Preliminary results of a feasibility study', Head and Neck, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 701-708. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.20777
Marucci L, Pichi B, Laccarino G, Ruscito P, Spriano G, Arcangeli G. Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Preliminary results of a feasibility study. Head and Neck. 2008 Jun;30(6):701-708. doi: 10.1002/hed.20777
Marucci, Laura ; Pichi, Barbara ; Laccarino, Giuseppe et al. / Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer : Preliminary results of a feasibility study. In: Head and Neck. 2008 ; Vol. 30, No. 6. pp. 701-708.
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Hiring the right team for your PT practice is critical to keeping patients happy and growing your business. But, we all know too well the challenges of recruiting and hiring top talent that can enhance your existing team—and not disrupt the flow. Many practice owners also struggle with the time and dedicated attention needed to staffing. Already busy schedules and day to day pressures make interviewing candidates and observing interactions just another item on the to-do list.
So how can you set up a system for hiring physical therapy teams that works for your practice? Start by analyzing your current process—what works and what doesn't. Then, explore HR and recruiting best practices to build a more robust system. Lastly, you should test and implement the changes to see the results. Solicit direct feedback from your staff and monitor new hire experiences to measure success. Let's explore some easy tips to help you turn from hiring newbie to recruiting pro.
Determine which job postings work best.
Most practices post job listings on multiple websites such as LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor. Often, this could mean 30 minutes or more per posting, which translates into hours of work for one position. Instead, track your last couple successful hires. Which website did they apply from? Did you see better results with interviews from a certain site or group of sites? Start by posting only on these ones and save time up front.
Have job descriptions for every role in the practice.
As a best practice, you should have job descriptions for every position from physical therapist to administrative assistant. Keep these current and modify them to suit your changing business needs. You can easily copy and paste these into job postings, offer letters, onboarding materials, and compliance documents.
Most practices only recruit new candidates when there is a need—someone left or your staff cannot keep up with demand. A consistent brand presence in the recruiting world helps potential candidates connect with your practice. Mailing quarterly postcards to recruitment lists promotes your practice and makes it easier to find candidates when needed.
Have a careers section of your website.
Screen out applicants before interviewing.
Some practice owners are worried about missing "the one" and decided to interview every applicant. If you only have a few responses, this might be the only solution. But, it is better time spent to interview two good candidates than 10 mediocre ones. If you can look at a resume and tell the candidate isn't a good fit, don't interview them. You will save time communicating, scheduling interviews etc.
Use a framework for phone and in-person interviews.
Especially if you have a lot of applicants, it can be hard to make comparisons across interviews. A framework can provide objectivity to the review and help identify stellar candidates. SOAR or Situation Obstacles Actions Results is a common framework that works well for both practical and professional questions. For example, as the candidate to describe a time when they disagreed with the doctor's diagnosis and how they solved for the patient. Then, use the SOAR method to categorize their response. Look for key words like "coordinated, collaborated, advised" to identify leadership and solution seeking skills.
Decline unfit candidates right away.
There is no need to dangle the carrot in front of someone who is just not a good fit. It could be experience, behavior, attitude or references. But, if someone is not going to add value to your team then you need to politely let them know. A simple phone call or email with "Thank you for your interest, but we will not be pursuing you as a candidate for the role" suffices.
Keep top candidates around until you know the new hire works out.
For the most part, once someone accepts an offer, you will have a new staff member if 2-4 weeks. But, we have all seen this not work out. Accepted offers do not always equal new employees or ones that last. Too many practice owners let other good, viable candidates loose once anyone accepts. Instead, keep the candidates informed and let them know you will get back to them in a few weeks once some decisions are made. This gives you time to ensure the offered applicant passes all checks and meshes well with your team.
Get testimonials from new employees once they have settled in.
It makes it a lot easier to attract more great talent if your current employees are raving about working at the practice. Once a new hire hits the 30 day mark, ask them to review your interview process on whichever website they applied through. Positive reviews from newly hired, happy staff boost your recruiting strategy and professional outlook.
Introduce your new hire to patients and the public through marketing.
Once onboard, new staff members sometimes struggle to find their spot in the practice. Take the time to check in regularly during the first couple weeks to ensure they are getting the support and coaching needed. Also, have their bio and picture added to the website so that any prior patients can find them and come see you for care. Include a spotlight in your newsletter to let readers know you have a new team member. If they have certain skills or experiences that are interesting, readers may connect and be more likely to call and book an appointment for PT.
Hiring physical therapy teams that work for your practice is one of the toughest roles as an owner. You need to be confident that everyone on the staff is happy and representing your mission and brand to patients. For more information on physical therapy recruiting and practice management, Subscribe to the PT Marketing Blog and follow us on LinkedIn!


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As all are aware, Indian software companies will have to shell out almost ten times by hike in visa fee, if it is implemented. Under the border security bill signed into law by President Obama nearly US$ 550 million would be raised by hike in visa fees for H1B and L1 visas for the next five years, mostly affecting the IT companies.
Corporate circles both in India and US have termed this as discriminatory and would undermine the Indo-US relationship. Using innovation as a tool to enhance productivity, N R Narayana Murthy, Founder Chairman, of Infosys expressed confidence that IT companies in India will counter the pressure of visa fee hike by the US government, Number of Indian companies obtain visa for their US project. An additional US $ 200 million strain is expected on Indian firms.
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What did '03 hold for the world of video game racers?
Racing games have definitely changed from the days when we were some snot-nosed, pamper-clad kids playing Pole Position--and this was just last week. Joking aside, however, racing games have changed for the better and 2003 was one of the best racing years we've seen in recent memory. If ever there was a time to pick up a wheel and give the world of virtual racing a go, now would be the time.
In fact, we'd go so far as to call it The Year of the Racer. Sure, some of our favorites slipped (ahem, GT4), but some games were pushed forward, like Need for Speed Underground. And others are just in some far off limbo that we'll never know what to do with, SRS and The Fast and the Furious.
With 2003 just about over, everyone is taking the time to reflect on the events of the year. So without further delay, may we present our list of the "Best Racing Games for 2003". This list doesn't represent the best of the best or worst of the worst, for that matter, but more some of this year's more notable games.
Good thing Logitech released that handy, dandy Driving Force Pro, it'll work on any PS2 racing game; we'll use our NeGCon, though. And GameCube owners, don't worry, Logitech also offers a GCN equivalent. But if you're an Xbox owner, you're going to have to race without the aid of a steering wheel.
The original ATV Offroad Fury was one of the first sleeper hits for the PS2. The first game was so good that Rainbow Studios didn't need to do much for the sequel. Take the same tight control, challenging terrain, add in some prettier graphics, and top it off with on-line play, and you have a game that belongs your PS2's library.
This is one of the most stylish racing games around. Capcom has added a lot of cool visual tricks to make this cel-shaded racer stand out from the rest. Seeing real-life cars rendered in an anime style is just extra sweet. GameCube owners, however, will be missing out on the online play that the PS2 and Xbox versions have.
How can you dislike a game that rewards you for grandiose crashes? This is a pure, arcade-style racer that anyone can pick up and play. Drive through traffic as quickly and recklessly as possible to reach the finish line first. Should you happen to "accidentally" get involved in a 10-car collision, watch the camera pull back, show and replay the wreck in all of its glory.
Nintendo's legendary racer, F-Zero, makes its triumphant debut on the GameCube. This is the fastest racing game you will ever play. Period. The premise is as follows: run at break-neck speeds through breathtaking futuristic courses while avoiding the 29 on-screen opponents trying to do you in. The 4-player action also makes this a killer party game.
Nintendo's other legendary racing game has just recently blessed us with its presence. All the <i .Mario Kart staples are here: brightly-colored courses excellent control multi-player action and turtle shells. This new edition now features two riders to a kart enabling up to people to play at once through a LAN connection. If you havent experienced Mario Kart before for those of you living under a rock now is the time.


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When there's a parental death by suicide, there are resources to help the children left behind.
We watch their shows, we carry their bags, and we listen to their music. We know their names, their voices, and their faces. So, when a celebrity dies, we all suffer a sense of loss. Yet, as we may grieve as fans and followers, the tragedy is felt far deeper and longer for the family of those who end their lives, especially their children.
For those who know children affected by the suicide of a loved one, there is a sense of wanting to help but perhaps not knowing the best way to approach the subject. It's complicated, it's emotional, and there are no clear-cut answers.
That's where some guidance can help. The New York Life Foundation, in partnership with Julie Kaplow developed guidance for parents and caregivers to help with the challenging task of approaching the subject of suicide.
Some things to keep in mind:
When discussing suicide with children, it's important to be truthful. It may seem like the right thing to skate around the cause of death, but that can lead to more problems down the road, as issues of trust might arise.
Keep information clear and age-appropriate. Mention the influence of mental illness and depression, and that help is available for those who seek it.Be prepared to have a similar discussion in the future, as your child grows and their understanding of the world and of suicide changes.
Remember that physical contact and comfort is as important as the words you choose. Your role is not necessarily to take away the pain, but to share it and to show that it's ok to feel the grief as you cope with the death as well. Just like when the flight attendant tells you to put on your oxygen mask first, make sure you are getting help you may need. Many caregivers are so focused on their children that they might be ignoring their own issues.
You may do all these things and still find it's not enough. That's when you need to get outside help from a trained professional. Red flags include wishing to be dead in order to be with the deceased, excessive worry or discussion about death, extreme sadness or lack of interest in daily activities, reckless behavior, and changes in socializing, eating, and sleeping for more than six months after the suicide.
For more detailed information, as well as a list of resources, please check out these bereavement resources and the pamphlet mentioned above.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 5, 2009 (Health.com) — Children who lack vitamin D in the womb or in early childhood may be more susceptible to developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life, according to a study that suggests the vitamin helps control an MS-associated gene. The findings were published in the February 6 issue of the journal Public Library of Science (PloS) Genetics.
The findings could explain why MS, an autoimmune condition in which the body mistakenly attacks brain tissue and nerves, is relatively rare in countries near the sunny equator. MS is much more common in the darker and gloomier northern latitudes (and far southern latitudes).
Other studies have suggested that people with MS were more likely to have been born in the spring (with the bulk of pregnancy during the dark winter months) than in the fall. Sunlight is the main source of vitamin D, although it's also found in salmon, mackerel, tuna fish, and as an additive to milk and other products.
No one really knows the exact cause of MS, but researchers suspect it's a combination of genes and environmental factors. About 2.5 million people worldwide have MS.
In the study, researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia looked at a gene variant known as DRB1*1501, which is associated with MS. About 1 in 100 people who inherit two copies of the gene (one from each parent) develop MS, compared to 1 in 300 who have only one copy and 1 in 1,000 of those in the general population.
The researchers found that proteins activated by vitamin D bind to a DNA sequence next to the DRB1*1501 variant, which switches the gene on. If too little vitamin D is present, the gene may not function properly, which may cause a susceptibility to MS.
There is no proof that vitamin D will prevent, treat, or cure the disease. However, the researchers suspect that a lack of vitamin D during early life may prevent the thymus, an immune system gland that sits on the top of the heart, from deleting harmful white blood cells.
These cells, known as T cells, may go on to attack the central nervous system and damage myelin, the insulation that protects nerves. In MS, this abnormal immune response affects nerve impulses to and from the brain. Symptoms of MS include numbness in the limbs, pain, coordination problems, vertigo, and vision impairment, depending on the nerves that are affected.
If you're looking for a vitamin D fix, get out in the sun—and expose children to sunlight, as well. Don't skip the sunscreen, however: Abhijit Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, a consultant neurologist and clinical lead in neurology for the Essex Centre for Neurological Sciences for Queen's Hospital, says sunscreen should be used to protect against burns. Taking a supplement in addition to using sunblock outdoors may help maximize the health benefits, Dr. Chaudhuri says.
Dr. Rodriguez recommends a vitamin D–containing multivitamin for patients with MS and those who may be susceptible to the disease.
While an adequate vitamin D intake is good, it doesn't mean that more of it is better or even safe, especially during pregnancy. The National Institutes of Health recommends a vitamin D intake (assuming no exposure to sunlight) that varies depending on age and gender, from 5 micrograms per day (200 International Units) in children and pregnant women to 15 micrograms (600 IU) in people 71 or older.


What better way to welcome the New Year than with a bang? That's precisely why we once again got the extraordinary Edu Imbernon on board to follow up on last year's outstanding 'Mystery Inside'. On 'Leopard', Edu teams up with Barcelona residents Los Suruba and the vocal talent Daniel Wild to dazzling effect.
The original mix kicks off the A-Side with shuffling rhythms and atmospheric pads that make way for a beautiful synth bass-line, echoing bells and Wilde's sensuous voice, driven forward by a sharp snare. Striking a perfect balance between restraint and euphoria, we are invited on a dreamy musical journey that arrests both, body and soul.
On the flip, things get colourful on Boy Next Door's remix of 'Leopard' as neon disco chords lighten up a deep bass-line, while Wilde's vocals are given ample room to work their magic. Last but not least, Sascha Braemer & Dan Caster create something entirely different by pitching down the vocals, replacing the original's synths with enchanting guitar loops and steely high hats. Never surrender!


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King Britt will relaunch collab label The Buddy System
June 7th, 2018 | 2:33PM | By Sarah Hojsak
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Legendary Philadelphia electronic artist, DJ and producer King Britt is known for his various artistic efforts around town, but the local visionary's latest endeavor is actually an older project. Back in 2014, Britt started a record label called The Buddy System, which released monthly collaborative EPs — the twist being that the collaborators remained anonymous. Their names were revealed with each following release, surrounding the project with an air of mystery and anticipation.
The label put out five releases that year, but has been dormant ever since. Until now, that is. This summer, King Britt will revive the label, continuing the series with the release of its 6th and 7th installments. This time, though, we know the artists' identities in advance — two of King Britt's own aliases, Firefly and Dynamic, are back in use. One track from each is out now; listen below.
The two new EPs will be released June 29. All previous releases are available on The Buddy System's Bandcamp page, and preorders for the first two releases can be found here and here. Read The Key's recent feature on King Britt here.
(h/t FACT Mag)
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With only two minor injuries, it was a close call that could have turned out worse. Two Coast Guard 33-foot vessels and a CG helicopter responded along with another vessel. The motor vessel Kwaietek, a1923 ex-BC Forestry vessel was en route down from Canada to it's new home in Bellingham and assisted with the CG by taking the passengers back to the dock.
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At Luke Dow Law Firm, we are committed to providing personalized legal services, tailored to your unique case. We understand how overwhelming the effects of a car accident can be, especially when compounded by the complexity of legal proceedings. Our team in Austin, TX, has dedicated their careers to advocating for the best interests of our clients, and we can provide the support and counsel you need to help you recover. As your injury lawyer, Luke Dow can handle all aspects of your personal injury case with care and consideration, and deliver strong litigation when needed. Using our vast knowledge, resources, and strategic negotiation tactics, we can prove your claim, establish liability, and secure maximum compensation.
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Oh, how we love you Amy Ross. We admire your work - whimsical combinations of mammal and mushroom. Miss Ross uses collage, watercolor, and graphite for her works on paper, in addition to her massive Nature Morph wall drawings. We like how she thinks, likening herself to a mad scientist as well as an artist - DNA mutations that are so wrong, yet so right.
For more of her gorgeous work: naturemorph.


If you're heading out of town this holiday weekend, don't just protect your skin from the sun. There is another serious summer menace: Lyme disease. Because of an increase in the mouse population due to a bountiful acorn crop a couple of years ago combined with a milder winter, blacklegged ticks are out in full force and with them comes the potential to become infected with Lyme disease.
In 1977 Lyme disease was recognized in Lyme, Connecticut and it was first mistaken as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It wasn't until the early 1980s that the scientist Willy Burgdorfer made the link between a spiral-appearing bacterium that lives on deer ticks and the disease. Because of his discovery, the bacterium — a type of spirochete — was named Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacterium causes flu-like symptoms, fever, muscle and joint aches. If not treated with antibiotics early enough, the infection can even spread to the heart and nervous system and settle into joints.
But can you get Lyme disease in New York City? Well, yes and no. Theoretically, there are some parts of NYC where deer and mice may be more prevalent such as Staten Island and the northern Bronx, but most New Yorkers who get Lyme disease are infected when they leave town and go to places such as upstate New York where deer ticks are more widespread.
However, as more people and their pets go back and forth from endemic areas (essentially any wooded areas where deer, mice and people converge), ticks will be increasingly brought into NYC and the possibility of local transmission will occur.
Since there is no available vaccine for Lyme diesease (vaccines were introduced in the early 1990s, but were controversial because of possible side effects and were consequently pulled from the market), prevention is still the number one defense. If you're going to be outside this summer in heavily forested areas where deer and mice are prevalent, wear long pants and shirts, hats, and use bug spray. On the skin, DEET should be applied using a 20 to 30 percent concentration for best efficacy without toxicity. You can spray your clothes and sneakers with Permethrin for added protection. Take a shower after being outside to wash off any possible unattached ticks. And you can throw your dry clothes in the dryer at high heat for 10 minutes to kill any surface ticks.
The next line of defense is the tick check. I cannot stress this enough. To get infected with Lyme disease, the tick needs to stay attached to your body for at least 24 hours. This means you have time, even if there is a tick on you, to not get infected with Lyme disease. Check your head, behind the ears, your arm pits, your groin, behind your knees, and if you can't reach, ask a friend or family member to help you. If there is a tick on you, relax, take a deep breath, and don't get the matches. Just get the tweezer and start at the head of the tick and pull it out with firm, even pressure. If the tick is not engorged, it is unlikely to have had a blood meal and transmitted the disease-causing bacteria. Make sure to disinfect the area afterwards. Save the tick in the plastic bag if you want to get it identified for the Lyme bacteria, or throw it away in the plastic bag to make sure it is properly discarded. Watch for any flu-like symptoms or rash within a two-week time period.
Call your doctor if these symptoms occur: fever, severe headaches and neck stiffness, bull's-eye-shaped rash at the site of the bite that appears about a week later, joint stiffness, or nerve pain. Keep in mind the rash may be missed, or may not present in about 20 to 30 percent of patients. It can also vary in appearance and look like a red sunburn patch or patches that expand, so look carefully. Blood tests are available, but if the symptoms are typical, testing may not be necessary.
Remember too that ticks can carry other pathogens such as the parasite Babesia and bacteria in the Anaplasma family. These too cause flu-like illness and make you sick as a dog, but like Lyme disease all are treatable.
So this summer, be sure to stay one step ahead of those dreaded insects and add tick check to your nightly routine. And don't forget to pack the tweezers along with the sunscreen, bathing suits and flip-flops.


ITV2 sketch show starring Katy Brand. 19 episodes (3 series), 2007 - 2009. Stars Katy Brand, Katherine Parkinson, David Armand, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and others.
Katy introduced her sketch show to ITV2 viewers in 2007. The first series featuring parodies of stars ranging from Kate Winslet to Angelina Jolie, alongside the exploits of roving reporter Captain Rosie Fielding and other original comic creations.
Pop star parodies for the second series included Amy Winehouse, The Ting Tings, Kate Nash, Leona Lewis, Mika, Usher, and Take That. Meanwhile new sketches included The Secret Diary of a Victorian Strumpet, hapless Olympic hopeful Cheryl Mirmikidis and East End gangster Her Majesty, The Queen.
There's a double albums worth of totally new musical send ups in Series 3, including: Kanye West, Coldplay, Duffy, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Alexandra Burke, Rihanna, Little Boots, U2, The Saturdays, Rihanna, Blur and The Killers.


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The following lists events that happened during 1949 in Jordan.

Incumbents
Monarch: Abdullah I
Prime Minister: Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Events

June
 June 2 - Transjordan becomes the Kingdom of Jordan.

September
 September 13 - The Soviet Union vetoes United Nations membership for Ceylon, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan and Portugal.

See also
 Years in Iraq
 Years in Syria
 Years in Saudi Arabia

References

1940s in Jordan
Jordan
Jordan
Years of the 20th century in Jordan


Common Cause – Thank you for taking action on money in Oregon politics.
I ran five times for public offices,2003 LCC Board, 2005 4J School Board,2008 Lane County Commissioner N.Seat,2010 City Councilor, and 2012 Lane County Commission! Each time I was cheated and my name was not on the ballot. "Voter fraud".
I've been unemployed since 2001. I've lost my fully paid Condo, by fraud & forgery! None of the government official stopped this crime!
I filed with OSB and tried to hire an attorney to represent me. But no attorney would take my case! Since it's against public officials!
I can't pay off my student loan. I don't have any decent income to live on!
NOW I left with no income, no job, no home & getting older.
Dave Frohnmayer had blocked me from getting employed, after, he fired me from the UO. In 2005 I was hired to teach at OSU. The same thing happened to me I got fired, after two weeks!!


Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill sets a time in the Liana as a Racing Driver in a Reasonably Priced Car. The Aston Martin DB5 and Jaguar E-Type are compared; the snipers of the Irish Guards try to shoot Jeremy as he drives the new Mercedes SLK and the new Porsche Boxster 2 around a deserted village. James drives the new 4×4 from Nissan, the Murano and Richard travels to Italy to drive the Maserati Gran Sport around the Maserati test track.
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Aitken Scientific Develops Pocket-Sized Sample Tracking Solution
Product News Sep 07, 2005
Aitken Scientific has announced the release of software that is designed to make sample tracking from creation, through storage to end usage practical for pharmaceutical companies and life science laboratories, preventing loss, wastage or duplication of samples.
According to Aitken, the software has been designed for use with portable, hand-held bar code readers, giving the user freedom and mobility to scan the relevant codes and collect information from samples, microplates, readers, refrigerator units or other pieces of equipment, wherever they are in the laboratory.
Aitken claims that, the software synchronises directly with the user's PC and recorded data is automatically uploaded when the reader is returned to its cradle.
The data is then transferred into a specified database, ready for later analysis, and allows previous data sets to be downloaded and reviewed.
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