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18.06.2015/Events
Participation in an International HIV Conference
On the 10th and 11th of June, an international scientific-practical conference entitled "Relevant Issues in Preventing Transmission of HIV Infection from Mothers to Children" was…
On the 10th and 11th of June, an international scientific-practical conference entitled "Relevant Issues in Preventing Transmission of HIV Infection from Mothers to Children" was held in Saint Petersburg.
The issue of preventing the transmission of HIV from mothers to children is becoming more and more relevant each year in Russia. This is related to the fact that towards the beginning of 2014 there were 290,000 women who were diagnosed with HIV infection and the share of HIV infection among pregnant women in the general population grew from 0.3% in 2004 to 0.62% in 2013. In 9 regions of the Russian Federation this number exceeded 1% and HIV positive women gave birth to more than 100,000 children.
NP "E.V.A." members and staff presented at the conference on the following topics:
"Risky Behaviour and Spread of HIV Infection Among Women Who Participated in Rapid-Testing for Antibodies to HIV in 2013-2014" — Julia Godunova (Saint Petersburg)
"The Relevance of Counselling HIV Positive Women on Issues of Contraception, Including During Tuberculosis Treatment" — Natalia Sidorenko (Tomsk)
"Problems in Increasing Adherence to Prenatal and Antenatal Care Among Drug-Addicted Women" — Natalia Sidorenko (Tomsk)
"Women and HIV in EECA Countries" — Irina Evdokimova (Saint Petersburg)
"Results from Monitoring the Access of HIV Positive Women to Reproductive Health Services" — Irina Evdokimova (Saint Petersburg)
"Outcomes of the Work with the SHE Module in Women's Associations from 8 Regions" — Svetlana Komissarova (Tula)
"Peer Counselor as a Navigator Between Infectious Disease Services and Support for Reproductive Health" — Maria Godlevskaya (Saint Petersburg)
"Peer Counselors' Contribution to Preventing the Transmission of HIV Infection from Mothers to Children" — Maria Godlevskaya (Saint Petersburg)
Comments from participants of the conference:
Irina Evdokimova: "For them the most interesting block was on reproductive health and cooperation between AIDS centers and obstetric/gynecologic services. The presentation by A.V. Samarina was especially important in this regard, as she shared her vision on how to establish links between these kinds of institutions. In particular, Anna Valentinova acknowledged that, unfortunately, gynecologists in OB-GYN offices do not always have the opportunity to conduct full pre- and post-testing counseling. She expressed the idea that OB-GYN offices could engage peer counselors from non-profits to fulfill this, especially since the existing legislation allows for this.
In my opinion, that kind of interaction would lower the number of women who "get lost" and make their way to AIDS centers late and additionally start to take ARVT to prevent vertical transmission of the virus too late."
Natalia Sidorenko: "It's really unfortunate that there were very few non-profits and one of the most important presentations was made on the second day of the conference after lunch, when the audience was not as large as at the beginning. I was not thrilled by the position that many doctors had against "voluntary" HIV testing – when one needs to bring a document from their partner. At the session on co-infection – HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis – of the seven, only two were about tuberculosis while all the others were on hepatitis. Additionally, to me they seemed to be too scientific and, in my opinion, did not touch upon the important issues of counseling pregnant women IDUs living with hepatitis. For example, if they can breastfeed, which method of delivery should be used, etc. In terms of the conference in general, I enjoyed the high level of the reporting and the execution of the presentations. I am glad that there were very few sessions that were frankly boring and that the audience had "lively" and specific questions".
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1. Pastor Ryan pointed out that, for wives' submission, their emphasis should not be on who their husbands are but rather that Christ has put him in the position of husband and head. Because of this we play our part even if/when our spouse isn't doing so. To wives: Are you currently 'stuck' on focusing on who your husband is rather than on the One who has made him your husband? In what ways are you seeking to fight against focusing only on your husband? To husbands: What are some ways that you're aware of that you need to change which would serve your wives in making submission to you a joy (note, this is also an issue of focus for you).
2. Anxiety is the root of quarreling. We see from 1 Peter 3:1-6 that Sarah's relationship to Abraham was marked by a quiet trust in the Lord that guarded her from anxiety. Wives: In what ways are you letting anxiety produce quarreling with your husband? Is it around circumstances that are beyond his control? Is it around his blind spots or weaknesses that you're trying to change? What kind of communication should a quiet trust in the Lord produce in you (even in the face of difficult circumstances or a husband's blind spots)?
3. To couples: The health of marriages at Immanuel is at different levels from couple to the next. As you think about strengthening your marriage do you really believe that by he Holy Spirit you can actually grow to what God calls you to within your marriage? How is your faith reflected practically in the work you put into your marriage?


uProtect.it, a new application from Reputation.com, enables users to restrict who can see their data on Facebook. David Kirkpatrick tracks down Reputation.com CEO Michael Fertik in Davos for more details on the tech bombshell—from its implications in revolts like Tunisia to whether it'll be banned by Facebook.
A new application on Facebook gives users, for the first time, ironclad control over the data they post on the social-networking site.
uProtect.it, as the application is known, has not been announced by its creator, the small security company Reputation.com, but was reported in The Wall Street Journal's Digits Blog on Monday. I ran into CEO Michael Fertik Tuesday night in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, where Reputation.com, formerly known as ReputationDefender, has been honored as a so-called Tech Pioneer, one of a small number of startups so designated each year and given a chance to attend the Davos conference. Fertik was excited about the potential of his new application, which enables users to carefully restrict who sees their status updates, photos, or videos, and which he says remains in the early stages of development. The Journal appears to have forced him a bit out of the closet, and he told me more about the product and its potential.
Giving full control over the disposition of a user's content on Facebook into his or her hands is likely to be very popular. While Facebook itself offers a variety of privacy protections, its controls are often difficult to use, and it is by no means always clear who will or won't see a supposedly protected item. As the author of a history of the company called The Facebook Effect, I speak to audiences regularly about the impacts and future of Facebook. The issue of how to retain control over personal data never fails to emerge with any audience. And having just spent four days in Germany, I can attest that concern over this issue prevails there in public discussion over almost all other aspects of Facebook. Germans fear having a company deciding what happens to their data.
"This is the delete button for the Internet," says Fertik. Users can even schedule certain posts to expire at a specific time.
Once users install the uProtect.it Facebook application, they can select to use it sometimes or always. If I do so, the status updates or photos I post will initially appear to my Facebook friends as only "David made a protected post." If users have the application installed and they are allowed by the poster to see the post, then it becomes readable. If they don't have the app, they see a link that enables them to download it. If they install the app but aren't on the sender's list to view the update, they remain out of luck.
"This is a private network on Facebook," says Fertik. "Putin and Obama could have a conversation there and nobody but the two of them could know what they're saying." One interesting corollary capability is that if users want to retract access from someone who formerly could see an update or photo, uProtect.it lets you do so. "This is the delete button for the Internet," says Fertik. Users can even schedule certain posts to expire at a specific time. That might be useful, for instance, for political activists who scheduled a demonstration using Facebook but wanted to be untraceable after it occurred.
The application is free, and Fertik says it will remain so. The way Reputation.com hopes to make money is by using the consumer awareness the app generates to upsell users to its paid suite of privacy services. The company will, for a few dollars a month, remove users' name from unflattering databases and massage the way they appear in search results.
Fertik points out that there has been a lot of excitement in the tech community about a social-networking product called Diaspora, intended to be an open-source service that enables users to control where their own information resides, even as they retain the ability to share it selectively with others. uProtect.it brings that exact capability to Facebook. The posts users make with the product do not reside on Facebook's servers. For now they are on Reputation.com's, and Fertik says in the near future the company will make it possible for users to put their posts on servers they personally control. He also foreswears any desire to make money with the data that his system sequesters.


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Blackmail (stylised as Blackमेल)[1] is an upcoming 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film co-produced and directed by Abhinay Deo, starring an ensemble cast including Irfan Khan and Kirti Kulhari in the lead roles while Divya Dutta, Arunoday Singh and Omi Vaidya in supporting roles, produced under T-Series Films and RDP Motion Pictures banners.
The first teaser of the film was released on 13 February 2018 and is scheduled to release on 6 April 2018.The official trailer of the film was released on 21 February, 2018. The film depicts life of a middle-aged married-man stuck in a full day-time job and unexciting life but things turn after he finds that his wife is having an extramarital affair.
1) Irrfan Khan as Dev
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5) Omi Vaidya
6) Anuja Sathe
7) Urmila Matondkar as special appearance in the item number: Bewafa Beauty.
The film was initially titled as Raita. It was scheduled for release on 30 March 2018 but was postponed to 6 April 2018.
Lead single Happy Happy, followed by Patola (which is a remastered version of year 2015 non-album single of same name by Guru Randhawafeaturing Bohemia and lyrics written by Randhawa and Sabi), Badla and Bewafa Beauty, from the film's soundtrack album, were released on 24 February 2018, 5 March 2018, 16 March 2018, 22 March 2018 and 23 March 2018 respectively.
The album is a compilation of six tracks composed by Badshah, Guru Randhawa and Amit Trivedi while lyrics are penned by Badshah, Guru Randhawa, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Divine and Dhaval Parab. It was also released on 23 March 2018, Read more on wikipedia.
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Skydiver Plans Jump With No Parachute
Luke Akins, 42, plans to jump out of an airplane from 25,000 feet on live TV with no parachute.
If a person keeps tempting fate it is hard to feel each time will end with a happy ending. This is stupid and he is putting his passion for danger ahead of his loved ones. But that is his choice, I hope he will be OK.
Posted by Wild Thing at 01:13 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Officer Has Tea Party With Toddler He Saved
This is very special for this little girl and how wonderful that the Officer responded to her invitation.
Bill Clinton And Tim Kaine Fight To Stay Awake During Hillary's Acceptance Speech
Go ahead and go to sleep, it was a terrible,boring speech.
Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence's full speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention
Pence is a good man.
Dallas Shooter Had 'Devastating Amount Of Explosives", Planned A Bigger Attack
In an exclusive interview Dallas Police Chief David Brown gives Jake Tapper the latest on the investigation into the Dallas police ambush.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that Micah X. Johnson, the gunman who killed five Dallas-area police officers Thursday night, had enough explosives in his home to "have devastating effects throughout our city…"
Brown's comments came Sunday morning during a CNN interview with Jake Tapper. "We are convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to make law enforcement… and target law enforcement… and make us pay for what he sees as law enforcement's effort to punish people of color," Brown told Tapper.
Thank God for our police and our firefighters.
Vile Obama Pushes More Federal Oversight of Cops After Dallas Attack on Cops
Obama Pushes More Federal Oversight of Cops After Dallas Attack on Cops
Barack Obama is harnessing the increasing attacks on police — and the periodic shootings of people by stressed cops — to push his agenda to federalize state and local police forces.
"I want to start moving on constructive actions that are actually going to make a difference," he said during his evening press conference in Poland when he was asked about the Dallas attack.
Those actions, he said, would be based on the recommendations of the panel that he picked after the 2014 street riots in Ferguson, Missouri. The panel offered "practical concrete solutions that can reduce — if not eliminate — the problems of racial bias," Obama said.
The dramatic shootings are an opportunity to push that agenda, Obama said. "If my voice has been true and positive, my hope would be that… [the panel] surfaces problems, it frames them, it allows us to wrestle with these issue and try to come up with practical solutions," he said.
Obama began touting the panel's recommendations in March 2015. The report, titled "President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report," was published in May 2015.
The report urges the federal government to federalize police training and practices, via the use of federal lawsuits, grants and threats to cut federal aid. So far, Obama's deputies have cajoled and sued more than 30 police jurisdictions to adopt federal rules in a slow-motion creation of a national police system, similar to the slow-motion creation of a federal-run health-sector via Obamacare.
Obama also used the press conference to insulate his federalized police program — and his allies in the Black Live Matter movement — from popular rejection after the five police were murdered by the anti-cop African-American in Dallas.
"The danger is that we somehow think the act of a troubled person speaks to some larger political statement across the country — it doesn't," Obama insisted.
Obama shrugged off growing criticism that his own anti-cop statements helped trigger the shootings in Dallas and several other cities on Thursday and Friday. "It is very hard to untangle to motives of this [Dallas] shooter … you have a troubled mind … what feeds it, what sets it off, I'll leave that to psychologists and people who study these kinds of incidents."
Throughout his press conference, Obama tried to play the role of national healer. "As painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested. Americans of all races and all backgrounds are rightly outraged by the inexcusable attacks on police … that includes protestors, it includes family members who have grave concerns about police conduct, and they've said that this is unacceptable, there is no division there," he said.
Obama should be arrested, everything EVERYTHING he does is against our country. FUBO!!!!!!
Allen West: Lynch-Clinton meeting "reeks of corruption"
West: Lynch-Clinton meeting "reeks of corruption"
Dems all reek of lies and corruption.
Hillary Clinton's public and private Benghazi remarks
Jake Tapper compares Hillary Clinton's public and private statements in the aftermath of the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
Hilary Clinton guilty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Vermont Snowmaking Upgrades Prove Timely
Sarah Wojcik
sarah@skivermont.com
Vermont is the most prepared state to tackle a low snowfall season with snowmaking systems that can cover up to 80% of the state's ski and snowboard terrain. A concerted investment by Vermont ski and snowboard areas last year in high efficiency snowmaking equipment is paying dividends for skiers and riders this season, allowing many Vermont resorts to maintain open trail counts despite fluctuating weather patterns. Vermont resorts continue to fire up snowmaking systems when possible, honoring their commitment to provide the best possible conditions and an extended season to their customers.
Last year during the Great Snow Gun Round Up, Vermont resorts collectively invested in more than $15 million worth of high efficiency snow guns. More than 2,700 new snow guns are in place this year as a result of that investment replacing over 1800 old guns in 2014. Before that, approximately 3,600 newer snow guns had been brought into operation over a nine year period.
When snowmaking operations are running at full tilt, new high efficiency guns are not only saving ski areas on energy costs, they're also able to crank out more snow with the same amount of compressed air as older guns. Depending on air temperature, the newer technology allows ski areas to run three to ten times as many guns with the same amount of compressed air.
"While businesses have certainly felt the impact of the low snow season so far, it's great to hear testaments from skiers and riders about how well the resorts are dealing with the wild weather patterns with continued snowmaking operations," said Ski Vermont President Parker Riehle. "They've really pulled out the stops when it comes to preparing the terrain as best as possible and have been creative with off-slope alternative activities."
Okemo is approaching the 400 million mark – that's the number of gallons of water Okemo has turned into snow so far this season. Okemo pumps water from the Black River and from its 155 million gallon snowmaking reservoir at 7,000 to 9,000 gallons per minute.
Okemo's dedication to snowmaking and grooming extends to offering seven terrain parks with more than 70 features and the building and maintaining of the East's only superpipe this season. At 500 feet long with walls measuring 18 feet high, Okemo's Amp Energy Superpipe demonstrates the resort's commitment and ability to make things happen when it comes to snowmaking.
"In a year where natural snowfall has been sparse, snowmaking has been key," said Bolton Valley's Josh Arneson. "There have been several days this season where the only trails open are the ones where we have made snow. Snowmaking has allowed us to deliver skiable terrain to our loyal skiers and riders."
At Rikert Nordic Center, the uncooperative winter of 2015-16 has proven the value of their snowmaking system, which has allowed them to cover the 5K Tormondsen Family Trail for over 80 days of continuous skiing since December, providing terrain for the casual adult skier, kids' groups and collegiate-level racers. Trapp Family Lodge is also continuing snowmaking efforts in hopes to stay open as long as possible. Fatbiking is also gaining popularity at Nordic and alpine resorts. They can be ridden on grass, dirt or snow so it's isn't as weather dependent.
The trend to diversify offerings at ski resorts continues to grow and can offset less than perfect winter conditions and supports off-season business. The importance of business diversification was evident at Jay Peak Resort during the Presidents' holiday week. Hosting a mid-week 16-team hockey tournament that brought in more than 500 players, families and spectators for four nights, helped the resort beat last year's revenue number for the same week.
Festivals and family-friendly events throughout March also aim to entertain. Find a list of highlighted events and deals at skivermont.com.
Photos of snowmaking at Vermont resorts can be viewed and downloaded here.
Efficiency Vermont
Contact: Jeff Buell
802-540-7662, jbuell@veic.org
The snowmaking upgrades result from the ski industry's collaboration with Efficiency Vermont, the statewide energy efficiency utility that has provided third-party testing and verification of performance claims made by manufacturers, along with incentives to encourage ski industry investment in the more efficient guns. The significant energy savings benefit all of Vermont by reducing total system demand for electricity and the need for costly new infrastructure investments.
Keepers of the Flake: Snowmaking and Grooming at Vermont Ski Areas
Uphill Travel and Backcountry Policies at Vermont Ski Areas
Cross Country Skiing in the Mountains of Vermont
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New Liberal Christian PAC supports Obama for President with Television Ad
The 2004 Presidential campaign saw the national rise to fame (or perhaps infamy) of political ads put together by independent political action committees (PACs). The Swiftboat Veterans for Truth famously torpedoed John Kerry's service record and courage by airing ads mocking his war wounds and subsequent activism. While conservative PACs have been vocal, there are also voices on the left working to move elections independently of the Obama campaign. Moveon.org is a high profile example. However, until recently the Republicans seemed to have a monopoly on support from Christian PACs. Now, a new voice is beginning to rise up in support of progressive causes, candidates, and campaigns. The Matthew 25 Network is a new liberal Christian PAC that is putting together a national operation in support of Senators Obama and Biden. Their aim is to give voice to the considerable support that Obama and Biden have in this election from Christians in many denominations and congregations.
The public face of The Matthew 25 Network is Brian McLaren, activist, minister and author of several books including A Generous Orthodoxy, but hundreds of ministers and Christian leaders have joined the organization's call to help realize the vision of Matthew 25 in our national and state governments. They are running a national ad campaign aimed at supporting the actual needs of families, and fighting for the common good. Interestingly, they are also active in the movement to refute false rumors and innuendo about Sen. Obama's religious identity and activities at their affiliate site putawayfalsehood.com.
The nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has energized conservative religious Republicans, but not all Christians are excited by Palin. Even some Evangelicals are concerned that her nomination and public proclamation of her faith will give the impression that she speaks for the "faith vote" or "values voters." The Matthew 25 Network is working hard to counter that impression.
Read The Seattle Post-Intelligencer article on the work of The Matthew 25 Network.
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Q: Observable of IDB does not return values I'm trying to convert the promises from the indexDB library 'idb' to an Observable.
Putting values into the database works, but when initialising my service, I want it to check the indexDB for values to get.
To accomplish this I need to make sure the indexDB initialisation has finished before calling the getTable functions I have. So far the initialisation works, but reading the values afterwards doesn't.
private indexDB: IDBPDatabase<DatabaseSchemaV1>;
indexDB$ = new Subject<IDBPDatabase<DatabaseSchemaV1>>();

private initIndexDB$() {
        return from(
            openDB<DatabaseSchemaV1>(this.dbName, this.DB_VERSION, {
                upgrade(db) {
                    db.createObjectStore(IndexDBTable.TABLE1);
                    db.createObjectStore(IndexDBTable.TABLE2);
                },
            })
        ).pipe(
            map((indexDB) => {
                this.indexDB$.next(indexDB);
                this.indexDB = indexDB;
                return this.indexDB$;
            })
        );
    }

public getTableUserExercises$(): Observable<ExerciseTableItem[]> {
    if (!this.indexDB) {
        return of([]);
    }
    return from(
        this.indexDB
            .transaction(IndexDBTable.UserExercises)
            .objectStore(IndexDBTable.UserExercises)
            .getAll()
    );
}

public getTableTrainUnits$(): Observable<TrainUnit[]> {
    if (!this.indexDB) {
        return of([]);
    }
    return from(
        this.indexDB
            .transaction(IndexDBTable.TrainUnit)
            .objectStore(IndexDBTable.TrainUnit)
            .getAll()
    );
}

private getTables$() {
    return combineLatest([
        this.getTableUserExercises$().pipe(),
        this.getTableTrainUnits$().pipe(),
    ]);
}

constructor() {
        // this._indexDBSub = this.initIndexDB$()
        //  .pipe(map(() => this.getTables$()))
        //  .subscribe((values) =>
        //      console.log('In IndexDBSub after getTables: ', this.userExerciseTable)
        //  );

        // this._getTablesSub = this.getTables$()
        //  .pipe(
        //      map((values) => {
        //          console.log('Arrays in getTablesSub: ', values[0], values[1]);
        //      })
        //  )
        //  .subscribe((what) => console.log(what));

        const indexDB = this.initIndexDB$();
        const trainUnits = this.getTableTrainUnits$();
        indexDB.pipe(concat(trainUnits)).subscribe((x) => console.log(x));
    }

In the constructor you can see that I tried working with concat and mapping as well as with combineLatest calls from RxJS, but none of them got it to work. What works is calling a single observable and subscribing to it with the downside of having to wait for the indexDB manually:
this.getTableUserExercises$()
            .subscribe((values) => console.log(values));

A: I do not understand the entire example, but there is one thing that does not make too much sense to me.
In this line
indexDB.pipe(concat(trainUnits)).subscribe((x) => console.log(x));

you are using the concat operator and you pass to it a function that returns an Observable. In such cases, i.e. the concatenation of a chain of Observables which have to be executed in sequence, you should use an operator like concatMap, which flattens the inner Observable and pass to the following subscribe the value notified by the inner Observable.
So the code should be
indexDB.pipe(concatMap(trainUnits)).subscribe((x) => console.log(x));

Similar operators, i.e. operators that flatten the inner Observables, are mergeMap (aka flatMap), switchMap and exuastMap.
You may fins some inspiration to deal with typical rxJs uses cases in this article.

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Panke ist der Name zweier Flüsse:

 der Panke, Nebenfluss der Spree zwischen Bernau und Berlin
 der Panke (Stepenitz), Nebenfluss der Stepenitz in der Prignitz

Panke ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Claudia Panke (* 1968), deutsche Politikerin
 Diana Panke (* 1978), deutsche Politikwissenschaftlerin
 Günter Panke (* 1929), deutscher NDPD-Funktionär
 Helmut Panke (* 1946), deutscher Manager, ehemaliger BMW-Vorstandsvorsitzender
 Thomas Panke (* 1980), deutscher Webvideoproduzent

Siehe auch:
 Pankeparcours
 Pahnke (Begriffsklärung)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Barbus mariae е вид лъчеперка от семейство Шаранови (Cyprinidae).

Разпространение
Видът е разпространен в Кения.

Описание
На дължина достигат до 34,2 cm, а теглото им е максимум 2150 g.

Източници

Литература

Мрени
Фауна на Кения


TORONTO (September 1, 2016) — The Government of Ontario took an important step in addressing the wage gap in Ontario by releasing a report on its final recommendations. OASIS applauds the government for taking steps to strengthen economic opportunities for women and for recognizing the crucial, hidden intersection between developmental services formally, and the informal care economy that provides for the thousands of Ontarians who are currently on wait lists for formal developmental services.
The report acknowledges that there are many complications in Ontario's proxy method of pay equity and recognizes the variations in pay within child care, developmental services and personal support workers. Further, it raises the point that female dominated sectors are struggling to meet the mandated raises, and failing to attract talent without appropriate wage enhancements from the government.
A number of the report's recommendations call for increased consultations between the Ontario Government and the various relevant government sectors. OASIS recognizes that the gender wage gap will not be closed as a result of any single solution, and will therefore continue to work with the Ontario Government to develop a multi-faceted approach to closing the gender wage gap.
to please reach out to us so that we can work together to find a solution that benefits all Ontarians.
2. Employees Matter: More than 80% of the developmental services workforce is made up of women. Attraction and retention in our sector, and many others, is problematic due to non-competitive wages, lack of full-time opportunity and advancement positions.
3. Agencies Matter: Frontline developmental services agencies help address systemic pressures and provide the support needed when vulnerable individuals with a developmental disabilities are no longer in school, so that parents can continue to work and contribute to the economic health of the province.
4. Sustainable Services Matter: Pay Equity burdens continue to have unintended consequences on frontline services.
This report is an important step towards closing the gender gap while maintaining frontline services. OASIS thanks the government for incorporating our earlier feedback on the legislation in the report and looks forward to continuing to work with the government to end waitlists and close the gender wage gap in Ontario.
OASIS is a volunteer-run, member-driven organization. Its member agencies serve over 65,000 of Ontario's most vulnerable citizens and employ 25,000 full and part-time staff. Its 190 member agencies currently provide more than 85 per cent of all developmental services funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services.


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Tonight, the Kansas City Chiefs will go against the Los Angeles Chargers in a primetime fight, for the division. The Chargers are red hot, winners of their last four, while the Chiefs have won just twice since starting the season 5-0. These two faced off in Week 3, and Kansas City won 24-10, and while the teams are quite different today than that week, the Chiefs can draw much from their victory if they're to repeat it tonight.
With a win, the Chiefs – who would hold the tie-breaker over the Chargers, thanks to a season sweep, with two games left. The only way they could lose the lead would be losing their final two games, while the Chargers would need to win their final two games.
The standout rookie FINALLY hit the 100-yard mark (and the endzone) last weekend against Oakland, and in Week 3 he rushed for 172 yards and a score. The Chargers have played some seriously good defense since then, allowing more than 20 points just four times. However, they've yet to face a back like Hunt in that time frame. Hunt caused them serious problems in the first meeting with his patience on cutback runs, and the Chiefs would be use to use a heavy dose of them again.
Despite the win, their week 3 match was Kelce's wost performance of the season. Catching one pass for one yard, he was effectively nonexistent from the offense (due to the Chargers defensive effort or game planning, I haven't figured out). He's been on a tear lately, gaining 70 or more yards in six of the last seven games. With Casey Heyward (97.0 PFF grade) sure to give Tyreek Hill fits, Kelce must make himself an open target for the gun shy Alex Smith.
Anyone watching the Chargers lately can attest to the majesty of Keenan Allen. He's gone over 100 yards in each of the last four games, with four trips to the end zone as well. If the Chargers are going to be stopped, the Chiefs will need a steady performance from their best defensive back. He won't match up on Peters all game, as LA will be sure to move him around, but it's easily one of the most important battles of the night.
4. Which Alex Smith do we see tonight?
While the Chiefs won last weekend, controlling the Raiders handily until deep in the fourth, Alex Smith didn't play a great game. He had a host of turnover worthy throws (one INT, and another called back due to penalty), and faltered against the Raiders pass rush. Faced with Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram, in a game that could decide their playoff hopes, Smith must maneuver the pocket with care. If he starts scrambling from empty pockets, the Chiefs offense will get ugly. Quickly.
Predoction: Arrowhead will be rocking, but the last time the Chiefs played a playoff-like game at home, it was in the playoffs, and they lost. Expecting the same tonight. Chargers 26-23.
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French Scientists Help Paralysed Man to Walk with Robot Exoskeleton
Friday's I, for 4th October 2019, also carried the astonishing news that a paralysed man had been able to walk and move his arms using an exoskeleton developed by scientists at the university of Grenoble. The article, 'Paralysed man walks with help of exoskeleton' by Rhiannon Williams and Tom Bawden, on page 5 of the newspaper, ran
A paralysed man has been able to move his arms and walk with the assistance of a robotic exoskeleton suit controlled by his thoughts, in a breakthrough that could revolutionise the lives of patients around the world.
The 28-yeard-old man is paralysed from the shoulders down with only partial movement in his biceps and left wrist, meaning he is classified as a tetraplegic and operates a joystick-controlled wheelchair.
Over the course of a two-year trial conducted by French researchers including the University of Grenoble, he was able to move all four of his limbs through brain signals recorded and interpreted by the robotic suit.
The team implanted a recording device between the patient's brain and skull either side of his head, containing electrodes to collect brain signals and transmit them to a decoding algorithm. Those signals were translated into his desired movements and communicated to the exoskeleton suit to move it, after activating a brain-operated "on" switch. The suit was suspended from the ceiling to allow it to balance correctly.
The patient trained the decoding algorithm to understand his thoughts by using it to move a digital avatar in a video game before raching out for 2D and 3D objects while wearing the suit. He spent 95 days training the algorithm at home playing the game and teaching an avatar to walk onscreen, and a further 45 days operating the suit in the lab. In the first two months, he was able to activate the switch 73 per cent of the time over six sessions, while over 39 sessions he was able to walk over a total of 145m.
The study, published in The Lancet Neurology, has the potential to enhance patient autonomy and quality of life. "Our finds could move us a step closer to helping tetraplegic patients to drive computers using braini signals alone, perhaps starting with driving wheelchairs using brain activity instead of joysticks and progressing to developing an exoskeleton for increased mobility," said Professor Stephan Chabardes, a neurosurgeon from the CHU Grenoble-Alpes teachinig hospital. The trial is continuing with three more patients as researchers seek to remove the ceiling-mounted harness.
While the study is a "welcome and exciting advance", its findings are a long way from reality, said Professor Tom Shakespeare from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. "Even if workable, cost contraints mean hi-tech options are never going to be available to most people with spinal cord injury,m" he said. "One analysis suggests only 15 per cent of the world's disabled population have access to the wheelchairs or other assistive technologies they need."
A related peace, 'Success: Real-world results after months of training' adds
Robotic exoskeletons have been touted for years as a way to increase the mobility of elderly people and those who have limited movement, with global companies such as LG, Honda, Panasonic, Audi and Hyundai among the investors.
The trial's exoskeleton is operated by a semi-invasive brain-computer system, and is the first of its kind designed for long-term use to activate all four limbs, according to Professor Alim-Louis Benabid, from the University of Grenoble.
'Previous brain-computer studies have used more invasive recording devices implanted beneath the outermost membrane of the brain, where they eventually stop working. They have been connected to wires, limited to creating movement in just one limb, or have focused on restoring movement to patients' own muscles', he said.
The exoskeleton in the trial has 14 degrees of movement, meaning it can move in 14 different ways. Over time the patient progressed from reaching towards targets on cubes using one hand to using both hands to touch targets including rotating both wrists after 16 months. On average, the patient was able to perform tasks between 10 per cent and 20 per cent more successfully with the exoskeleton than by controlling the digital avatar, suggesting he received richer feedback in the real world.
Here's the picture that accompanied the article of the man wearing the suit.
As the article says, there have been designs for robotic exoskeletons for some time. IN the 50s – 60s American scientists had plans for one. However, only the claw was built because the motors that they were using were so powerful they would have shaken the whole suit apart. Then in the 1990s there were designs for robotic leggings very much like those in the Wallace and Gromit film, The Wrong Trousers. They were designed to help paralysed people to walk. Driven by electric motors and with a computer learning system, the trousers would have first been worn by an able-bodied person. They would have walked about to teach the machine how to do it. After the machine had taken in this information, they would have been passed on to the disabled people needing them. A similar machine appeared in the I a few weeks ago, when it reported the development of robotic shorts.
At the moment, I'm afraid Professor Shakespeare is right, and such exoskeletons are too expensive for general use by the disabled. But hopefully if this technology is improved and developed, the price will come down and something like this machine might become affordable. It would certainly improve disabled people's quality of life. In the meantime, we could do much by giving far more disabled people throughout the world access to the devices and machines we have now, like wheelchairs, so that far more than 15 per cent of the global disabled population have them.
Tags:'I' Newspaper, 'The Lancet Neurology', 'The Wrong Trousers', Alim-Louis Benabid, Audi, CHU Grenoble-Alpes Teaching Hospital, Computers, Exoskeletons, Honda, Hyundai, LG, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Neurology, Panasonic, Rhiannon Williams, Robotics, Stephan Chabardes, Tom Bawden, Tom Shakespeare, University of Grenable
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'I' Newspaper on Scientist Building Artificial Arms from Lego
Last weekend's I newspaper for Saturday, 9th February 2019, carried a profile of David Aguilar, a disabled Andorran scientist, who has been building artificial arms out of Lego since he was a small boy. The article by David Woode, ran
Hand Solo?
A university student who was born without a forearm due to a rare genetic condition has created a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego. David Aguilar, who built three other models before his current one, said "I wanted to see myself in the mirror like I see other guys with two hands.
Is this his first bionic arm?
No. David, 19, began experimenting with artificial limbs as a child. he said his father bought him a lego Titanic set aged five and the colourful bricks became one of his favourite toys. David made his first artificial arm, albeit with limited movement, aged nine. 'As a child I was very nervous to be in front of other guys, because I was different, but that didn't stop me believing in my dreams,' he said.
David uses Lego pieces given to him by a friend. Last year he built a red-and-yellow, fully functional robotic arm, it's fitted with an electric motor and he can bend it at the joint and flex a grabber attached at the end. His latest prototypes are marked MK followed by the number – a tribute to comic book superhero Iron Man and his MK armour suits.
Could this spawn an army of Iron men and Iron Women?
The rookie inventor from the small principality of Andorra is studying bioengineering at the Universität Internacional de Catalunya in Spain. His post-graduation dream is to design affordable robotic limbs for those in need. He said "I would try to give them a prosthetic arm, even if it's for free, to make them feel like a normal person, because what is normal, right".
There's a lot of research going on into artificial limbs, some of it very inspiring. The robotics unit at the University of the West of England has formed a private company to build artificial hands for children. They've produced one with the consent of Hollywood shaped like the hand of the Marvel superhero, Iron Man. I think they were also planning to produce one based on C3PO in collaboration with Disney, if I recall correctly. Aguilar's clearly a very skilled engineer, and his own experience of disability undoubtedly gives him real, personal insight into what disabled people need in artificial limbs and how they can be best designed for them. I wonder what his work will be like after he's graduated and, hopefully, begun working on them at a higher level. It should be really good.
In the meantime, I'd really have loved to be able to make a proper, working robotic arm out of Lego, Meccano or any other construction kit when I was child as well as knowing how he does it now.
Tags:'I' Newspaper, Artificial Limbs, Children, David Aguilar, David Woode, Disney, Iron Man, Lego, Marvel Comics, Meccano, Robotics, the Disabled, Titanic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Universities, University of the West of England
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Hammond Blames the Disabled for Fall in Productivity
This is another outrageous statement. But it really doesn't come as a surprise, as it was mouthed by the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, a poisonous incompetent amongst a government of poisonous incompetents.
When Hammond was asked about the fall in British productivity, he responded by blaming it on the inclusion of various marginal groups in the workforce, such as the disabled. Mike over at Vox Political has posted a piece commenting on this stupid, insensitive and mendacious reply. He points out that if productivity has fallen, it might have something to do with a lack of motivation coming from insultingly low pay, poor nutrition, overwork, tiredness and anxiety due to zero hours contracts to care about profits or productivity.
He also points out that, thanks to May's government fully supporting poor wages and precarity, employers now find it cheaper to employ people under these wretched conditions than invest in new equipment.
Mike also points out that Hammond's comments follow the usual Tory line of blaming and demonising the disabled. But this doesn't mean that they're coming for them to throw them in the gas ovens just yet. No, they're just content to let the stress of dealing with the benefit system either worsen their mental health, or force them to commit suicide. All while denying that people are being driven to take their own lives by the stress of their benefit reforms.
This is despite suicide notes left behind by those who have committed suicide, explicitly saying that this is why they have been reduced to taking their own lives.
And Mike also rightly notes how DWP staff are asking people with suicidal tendencies why they haven't taken their own lives. Which sounds like a question from the infamous 'Nudge' Unit, the psychological manipulation department set up to manoeuvre people's thinking so that they come to the decision the authorities want.
Mike also quotes Labour's Debbie Abrahams, who has condemned Hammond's comments, pointing out that disabled people are paying the price for the government's failed austerity policy. This has included scrapping the schemes to get disabled people into the workforce. She states that we should be doing more to get disabled people into work, and definitely not denigrate their contributions. She went on to demand an apology from Hammond.
Abrahams also points out the contradiction that's also hidden in Hammond's statement. He states that there are more disabled people in the workforce, which we should be proud of, but the Tories have actually cut the programmes to get the disabled into work, as well as scrapping their manifesto pledge to halve the gap between the employment rates for disabled and able people.
You can't have it both ways, so one way or another, Hammond is clearly lying.
http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/12/07/chancellor-blames-fall-in-uk-productivity-on-disabled-people-in-the-workforce/
Hammond's comment is disgusting, but it is more or less standard Tory replies. The Tories' entire economic strategy is to prolong the deficit crisis as long as possible, so they have an excuse for cutting welfare benefits, privatising whatever remains of the state sector, including education, and removing workers' rights. All to create a cowed, beaten workforce that will accept starvation wages, for the benefit of ultra-rich profiteers, including the banksters, hedge fund managers and multinational corporations that are currently keeping their wretched party afloat.
At the same time, they desperately need a scapegoat. Usually this function is filled by the unions, who provide them with an excuse for taking away more workers' rights while at the same time trying to dismember the Labour party by attacking its foundations in the trade union movement. But as no-one's currently on strike, they can't do it.
So Spreadsheet Phil has to blame the disabled.
As with everything else the Tories utter, a few moment's thought can show that the reality may be the very opposite of what they're saying. Let's examine Hammond's statement that the fall in productivity is due to too many disabled people in the workforce. Quite apart from the fact that, as Mike has pointed out, the Tories have actually cut initiatives to stop disabled people finding work, you can find reasons how disabled people in the workforce may actually be a boost to productivity.
Firstly, there's the obvious point that just because a person suffers from one type of disability does not mean that they are totally incapable of work. One of the blokes I met years ago was a computer whizzkid, who was totally paralysed from the neck down. But he was very, very good at his job, and was earning a very high salary for his skill. Which he clearly earned and deserved. Despite the problems of dealing with this gent's handicap, his firm clearly found it well worth their while to employ him. And he wasn't the only one. I've heard of other, physically disabled people with mobility problems, who have also pursued successful careers in computing. Clearly, these peeps are anything but unproductive individuals.
Disabled people also act to stimulate innovation. I blogged a little while ago about how the robotics department at the University of the West of England in Bristol had set up a company to manufacture and sell their artificial hands, which are designed specifically for children. Never mind the hype and bullsh*t about self-driving cars: this is precisely the type of robotics we need. This technology is making it possible for disabled children and their parents to have more normal, better lives. It is positively enabling them, giving them the ability to do things that they otherwise couldn't do, or would find more difficult. The technology is brilliant, and I'm sure will have other applications as well. And its effect on the children is liberating and empowering. If adults with similar disabilities also have access to improved artificial limbs, then you can expect that their productivity will also improve, as well as simply quality of life.
And this can be said of almost any technical innovation that improves the lives of disabled people, and gives them more independence and freedom, if only a little.
Then there's the fact that disabled people, like everyone else, contribute to the economy. They have to eat, pay bills and the rent or mortgage. Getting disabled people into proper paid employment, rather than just subsisting on whatever benefits the DWP deigns to throw their way, means that they have surplus cash to spend. Which means that their purchasing power also pumps more money into the economy, and encourages manufacturers to produce more.
And the disabled have also contributed to British culture. Remember Evelyn Glennie, a drummer with one of our orchestras? She's actually deaf, but that hasn't prevented her from excelling at her instrument. And those of us, who were kids in the 1970s will remember the brilliant madness that was Vision On. This was a show for deaf children, so that the dialogue was signed as well as spoken. Much of it was silent, accompanied only by music. Among those on the show were Sylvester McCoy as a mad professor, a couple of young animators, who went on to form Aardman Animations, and the artistic genius that was Tony Hart. It also launched the career of another star, at least down here in Bristol: Morph, the mischievous plasticene man, who acted as a kind of comic foil to Hart's artistic endeavours. The show brought joy to millions of kids, both deaf and hearing, and part of its legacy has been Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts and the other films to come out of Aardman. Vision On is remarkable because, by taking the job seriously and doing it well, it became more than a programme aimed at children with a particular type of disability, and was a massive source of TV creativity.
This makes me wonder about the possible potential out there for other programmes aimed at or with a disable audience, that could also do the same today.
But this is all too much for their Tories. Their whole philosophy is based around grinding their social inferiors down, and then blaming them for their poverty.
But this also shows how desperate the Tories are getting, and how they're running out of plausible excuses.
Once upon a time, they would simply have blamed British workers, claiming that we're too lazy, work shorter hours and go on strike more than our French or German competitors. But they can't do that, as it's notorious that we work far longer hours than them. In fact, the Germans even make jokes about how we work ourselves into the ground, but nothing in this country still works properly. So that excuse simply won't do. You still hear though, occasionally, from the odd CEO windbag, who feels like giving the rest of us the benefit of his decades of ignorance. But it's very definitely not true, and Hammond knows it. Thus he's been reduced to blaming the disabled.
I'm sick of him, sick of this government, and sick of their lies and bullying – of the disabled and of ordinary working people. Debbie Abrahams is right: Hammond should apologise. And then I want him and his vile government cleaned out like the parasites they are.
Tags:'Vision On', Aardman Animation, Austerity, Benefit Cuts, Children, Computing, Conservatives, Creature Comforts, Deaths, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Evelyn Glennie, Hedge Funds, Jokes, Labour Party, Multinationals, Nudge Unit, Philip Hammond, Privatisation, Productivity, Robotics, Starvation, Strikes, Sylvester McCoy, the Disabled, Tony Hart, University of the West of England, Vox Political, Wallace and Gromit, Workers' Rights
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Diagram of Renaissance Artificial Hand
Readers of this blog will know that I've got an interest in ancient and medieval technology, robotics, and early attempts to create artificial limbs. This is a diagram of a 16th/17th century artificial hand I found over at another Tumblr site, Magic Transistor. I find this particularly interesting as it shows the mechanisms by which it was operated, demonstrating just how sophisticated these devices were. Geoff Simons in his book Robots: The Quest for Living Machines states that some scientists believe that the hand is more complicated in its structure than the human brain (false, in my view), and that the mechanical hands produced in the 16th and 17th centuries are still used by modern robotics scientists and engineers when designing their prosthetic limbs today. It's a truly fascinating piece of engineering.
Tags:Artifical hand, Geoff Simons, Magic Transistor, Prosthetic limbs, Robotics
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