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Debunking Senior Living COVID-19 Myths
It's difficult to watch the news these days without hearing senior living COVID-19 myths. At Querencia, we frequently talk to older adults considering a move to a senior living community about these misconceptions. We're offering the following information to help clarify what is true and what is a myth about the coronavirus and the senior living industry; we hope this will alleviate fear and assist you and your loved ones in moving forward.
Myth 1: Communities Aren't Safe
Perhaps the biggest concern for many people is the safety of their loved one(s) residing in a senior living community. Older adults are at higher risk than other populations, especially if they have underlying medical conditions. Fortunately, team members are already specially trained to focus on the health and safety of these residents and staff. While retirement communities currently are home for many seniors, it's important to remember that these communities are also businesses with diligent protocols for operating successfully during challenging times. Like all businesses, senior living communities follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health department regulations and recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to residents and their families.
What COVID-19 safety precautions are in place for communities like Querencia (a Lifespace community):
A universal policy requiring all team members, visitors and vendors to wear masks
Screening upon entrance to the community for all team members and approved visitors to check for elevated temperatures or signs of respiratory illness
Prohibition of workers entering the community if exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illnesses
Notification to all residents and their families, team members, and responsible parties when residents or staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19
Rest assured, the health and well-being of our residents, their families and our team members remains our priority during this pandemic. Locally, additional protective measures are recommended for older adults (age 65+) or those who are immunocompromised. However, for specific details of a community's safety regulations during COVID-19, it's best to reach out to them directly.
Don't be fooled by senior living COVID-19 myths about the safety of our residents and staff. The new risk-based guidelines for Austin and Travis County set out five distinct stages of risk, from the lowest threat, Stage 1, through the most serious, Stage 5, along with recommended behaviors for each stage. See our greater community's current stage of risk and detailed recommendations here.
Myth 2: Residents Are Isolated
Senior living communities are taking safety precautions to protect their residents and staff from COVID-19. At Querencia, this includes social distancing and encouraging community members to stay home as much as possible in accordance with Austin's Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe order. However, ensuring our residents have an active social life remains important. Most communities, like Querencia, restrict gatherings in common areas and individual living spaces, but encourage independent residents to take a walk, get fresh air and participate in community-sponsored activities. For individuals requiring higher levels of care, specific guidance is given to assist these residents, based on their individual needs, schedules and preferences.
Here are just a few ways Querencia ensures our residents remain connected and active:
We continue to coordinate activities with measures in place for safety, like creating gratitude notes for our local mailman and other indoor activities.
We welcome pets, which have been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce stress and increase socialization for older adults.
We stream exercise classes, movies and lectures over our in-house TV station.
Myth 3: Residents Are Inactive
Despite the senior living COVID-19 myths you may have read or heard, an active lifestyle is always important for the health of older adults — even during a pandemic. Although communities work closely with local, state, and federal agencies to maintain necessary safety precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, opportunities remain for residents to remain physically active. The pandemic has brought more accessibility for online offerings to senior living communities, such as exercise programs. This may even be more convenient for some residents with physical limitations. For more ideas, see our Tips for Staying Active While Sheltering in Place.
Residents of senior living communities are also adapting to new ways of learning to stay intellectually engaged. Many communities offer programs for participants to continue their education during the pandemic, which has been shown to improve cognitive function and memory. These types of programs offer individuals the opportunity to connect socially, as well.
Myth 4: Family Members Aren't Allowed Contact With Residents
While visits are now often restricted to ensure the safety of residents and their families, rest assured that family members are always welcome to call their loved ones, drop off essential items or gifts and conduct video calls with residents. They may also assist with critical care appointments. While your access to see a loved one may be restricted to certain areas, every senior living community is different. Please contact your specific community for more details and to confirm rules and regulations at any time. As cities reopen, COVID-19 guidelines for residents in senior living communities may change over time, as administrators make adjustments to meet the individual needs and circumstances of their local community. These should always remain in accordance with all required local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations, as well as those of the senior living community itself.
At Querencia, we also recommend that loved ones take all recommended precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help keep our residents and staff safe from harm. We believe it's important to stay updated on the latest resources and information. Stay informed about COVID-19 In Austin with this important hub for coronavirus information.
Even during a pandemic, Querencia remains Austin's foremost Life Care community, designed to exceed your expectations. To learn more about how we're debunking senior living COVID-19 myths, and how our community enables an active lifestyle while working to ensure the health and safety of residents and staff, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.


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It is cool that animal sounds in Japanese and English are different!
Animal sounds in Japanese and English are different. Even in English speaking countries, the animal sounds differ depending on the country. Why are the sounds different in English and Japanese even though it is the same animal? In this article, we will introduce animal sounds used mainly in America.
Let's take a look at the sounds from a variety of animals
Even when talking about the same animal, the Japanese and English sounds are different. For example, in Japan, the sound a dog makes is "wan-wan" but in English it is "bow-wow". The sound a cat makes is "meow" and the sound a cow makes is "moo-moo" in English, which are similar to the Japanese sounds. The sound a pig makes is "oink-oink" in English and "boo-boo" in Japanese which are two totally different sounds. In Japan, a rooster says "cokecoco" and in English they say "cock-a-doodle-do". A standard bird says "tweet-tweet", a pigeon says "coo-coo" and a duck says "quack-quack". A sheep says "baa-baa" and a lion says "roar".
Why is there a difference in animal sounds depending on the country?
Although animals make the same sounds in all countries, the way they are expressed differ by country. This is because the pronunciation differs by language and the sounds are arranged so it is easy for young children in the country to say. In Japan, the sound of a dog is taught as "wan-wan" but if you listen to an actual dog you can sometimes hear that he is saying "bow-wow". Try listening to animal sounds at the zoo with your child and ask them which sound they hear. Do they hear the lion saying "roar"?
Try playing English games using animal sounds
Using a game will help your child learn the English animal sounds. When mom or dad say "Be a dog", ask your child to say "bow-wow", the sound that a dog makes. You can also ask, "Who says meow" and have your child answer "a cat". Creating flash cards with pictures of the animals on one side and the sound it makes on the other side is also a good idea. You can use the cards to play "karuta" so your child can learn the animal sounds in a fun way. You will be surprised how fast your child remembers the animal sounds.
It is fun to compare the animal sounds in Japanese and English. Try using various animal sounds when playing with your child. If your child shows interest in learning English, it is a good idea to sign them up for lessons at a "mommy and me" school that focuses on English. Children pick up English really quickly when they are playing and singing with friends while using the language.
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January 28, 2011 by Taylor Blog
I love Facebook.
I know there are 500 million others out there who think they're like me, but my story is a little different. What we have is special.
This love started as most loves do – as infatuation. When I was first told about Facebook, it was almost like a scene in a movie. My roommate's older, cooler sister came into our dorm room, plopped down in front of my computer and announced that she was going to "check her Facebook." "Your what?" my roommate and I said in near unison. "My Facebook," she repeated, the disdain for these two clueless losers in front of her dripping off each of the three syllables. We had to know more.
Grudgingly, she took pity on us and let us into the world of The Facebook (because that's the thing about Facebook, it's no good unless the people you know are on it, too). Well, I can't speak for my roommate, but I jumped in I never looked back.
And how amazing it was. As my digital wants and needs grew, Facebook was growing with me. As I considered how bored I was with my Profile page, Facebook redesigned the format. As I tired of searching out my friends and acquaintances to see their posts, Facebook introduced News Feeds. When I realized that "chatting" with people instead of messaging them would be so much faster, viola, Facebook chat was born. And the pictures…all of those glorious pictures!
Needless to say, we were in the honeymoon period. Just two kids without a care in the world. And then it came. Graduation. The real world. I call these days "the bad time." I was told that I was going to have to break ties with Facebook if I wanted to make it. Work was no place for a social network. Facebook had no place in public relations. I'm ashamed to say it, but I believed them. I abandoned Facebook all day, only to visit under the cover of a spreadsheet or the sanctuary of my bedroom.
And this is how I lived, if you can call it living, for almost a full year…almost…
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Q: Persmissions Cordova iPhone plugin I made an app where the users record voice and send the voice to each other. The app is using the media plugin to cordova, and when you press the record button on iPhone an alert pops up and ask the user for their permission to record audio. This happens of course only once, but how can I remove it so it never happens? I have noticed that a lot of users tend to click on no, and then they are not able to record anything if they not delete the app and download it again.

A: You cannot remove the user permission alert box. Best way to handle this is to check the status, if user has disabled then show alert with instructions how to enable from iPhone -> Settings -> ...
Not sure if the plugin you are using supports status, with native code you can do detect if user has not given permission and display alert.

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The Real Remembered a solo exhibition of "quilts made for remembering and prints made from clothes that are too small or that are no longer needed" will be mounted at 1550 Main Street in Springfield, MA. The show is part of the Art Stop(s) program and will be up through June, 2017. Opening: Wednesday, April 5, 4:30–6pm.


Days Gone launches in a few weeks and you can expect a lot more trailers. Today, a new video was released highlighting the world and the importance of Deacon's bike.
Sony has a lot of exclusives in development right now. Spider-Man PS4 and Days Gone will follow after Detroit: Become Human launches later this week.


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Q: how to select image from JSON parsed in Array I am using JSON parsing, I put data in array named JSON Array. In console it looks like
JSON Array=(
 {
    "created_by" = 42;
    "created_on" = "2012-02-29 11:23:37";
    "file_description" = "";
    "file_is_downloadable" = 0;
    "file_is_forSale" = 0;
    "file_is_product_image" = 1;
    "file_meta" = "";
    "file_mimetype" = "image/jpeg";
    "file_params" = "";
    "file_title" = "hand shovel";
    "file_type" = product;
    "file_url" = "images/stories/virtuemart/product/cca3cd5db813ee6badf6a3598832f2fc.jpg";
    "file_url_thumb" = "images/stories/virtuemart/product/resized/cca3cd5db813ee6badf6a3598832f2fc_90x90.jpg";
    "locked_by" = 0;
    "locked_on" = "0000-00-00 00:00:00";
    "modified_by" = 42;
    "modified_on" = "2012-02-29 11:23:37";
    ordering = 0;
    "product_name" = "Hand Shovel";
    published = 0;
    shared = 0;
    "virtuemart_category_id" = 1;
    "virtuemart_media_id" = 13;
    "virtuemart_product_id" = 1;
    "virtuemart_vendor_id" = 1;
},

    {
    "created_by" = 42;
    "created_on" = "2012-02-29 11:35:09";
    "file_description" = "";
    "file_is_downloadable" = 0;
    "file_is_forSale" = 0;
    "file_is_product_image" = 1;
    "file_meta" = "";
    "file_mimetype" = "image/jpeg";
    "file_params" = "";
    "file_title" = "our ladder";
    "file_type" = product;
    "file_url" = "images/stories/virtuemart/product/8cb8d644ef299639b7eab25829d13dbc.jpg";
    "file_url_thumb" = "images/stories/virtuemart/product/resized/8cb8d644ef299639b7eab25829d13dbc_90x90.jpg";
    "locked_by" = 0;
    "locked_on" = "0000-00-00 00:00:00";
    "modified_by" = 42;
    "modified_on" = "2012-02-29 11:35:09";
    ordering = 0;
    "product_name" = Ladder;
    published = 0;
    shared = 0;
    "virtuemart_category_id" = 3;
    "virtuemart_media_id" = 8;
    "virtuemart_product_id" = 2;
    "virtuemart_vendor_id" = 1;
},

Now  from this i need to select "file_url_thumb" which is actually image in seperate array.
please let me know how can i do this?

A: //Your array has two dictionary ..

for(NSMutableDictionary *dict in JSON_Array){
       NSString *urlString =  [dict objectForKey:@"file_url_thumb"];
       if(urlString){
       NSURL *url = [NSURL urlWithString:urlString];
       NSData* imageData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url]];
       UIImage* image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:imageData];
       //show your image on imageview
      }
}

Hope this will help you

A: NSString *str_URL =[ [json objectAtIndex:anIndex] valueForKey:@"file_url_thumb"];

A: NSString *urlString = [[jsonArray objectAtIndex:0] objectForKey:@"file_url_thumb"];

This will give you value for "file_url_thumb" as a string.


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Why Many Christians Are Calling for a Full Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
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WASHINGTON — The early word on President Donald Trump's religious freedom executive order is that it doesn't go far enough.
Many Christians want a full repeal of the Johnson Amendment in order to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from going after non-profit organizations and churches.
For it to go away, Congress will need to make it happen.
The 1954 amendment was the brainchild of then Sen. Lyndon Johnson. It prohibits registered 501(c)(3) organizations from participating in political campaigns and endorsing candidates at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status.
Critics say the measure's true power lies in its ability to take away free speech, a gag rule of sorts.
"The IRS used the Johnson Amendment as a gateway to attack our organization and then colluded with other agencies to keep us silent for about three years," said Catherine Engelbrecht, who runs the non-profit, True The Vote.
She adds that since her organization went non-profit, she was targeted not just by the IRS, but by other agencies as well.
"They came after us with the IRS, with FBI, with OSHA, with the Bureau of Alcohol and Firearms – all asking questions about our public and private life, while asking for all the tweets I tweeted, all the Facebook postings I posted, all of the written speeches I'd given since the inception of the organization and what I was to give for the next two years," Engelbrecht said.
The Family Research Council also opposes the amendment.
"Pastors and churches should be able to speak about whatever the tenants of their faith direct them to speak about," Mandi Ancalle, general counsel for government affairs at the FRC, told CBN News.
"The government shouldn't be trying to protect churches from being divisive; rather the government should stay out of the church's affairs," she said.
Supporters of the amendment say it protects religious freedom the way it is. They add that it keeps transparency in the country's campaign financing system.
Given presidential backing and total GOP control of Congress, the Johnson Amendment's days could be numbered. If it is amended or repealed it would be historic.
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Description Photograph of John Trumbull's miniature painting, 'John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850)' completed in 1827. This oil on wood piece measures 3 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. and is part of the Trumbull Collection housed in the Yale Art Gallery (left image). Photograph of John Trumbull's miniature painting of General William Moultrie. It is an oil on wood piece and is part of the Trumbull Collection in the Yale Art Gallery (right image). Left image 907; right image 908.


Visits is the number of sessions on a website, the number of times someone interacted with a site.
Bounce Rate is the percentage of single-page visits or number of visitors who left instantly from the entrance page.
Page View is the instance that a page is loaded by a browser.
Average Time on Site is how long visitors stay on a site.
% New Visits is how many sessions or interactions were from first-time visitors.
Once you get the basics, find out where people are coming from.
Referring URLs are other websites sending traffic to a website. These can be from banner ads or campaigns, and they can include blogs or affiliates that link to a site.
Search engines are – you know – Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, others. This subset includes both organic and paid (PPC/SEM) traffic.
Other means campaigns that have run: email, direct marketing, and so on.
Learn how to read data and make use of reports.
Look for trends and see where growth is coming from in the last three to six months. Is it from free traffic? Paid traffic? Have efforts to get people through other channels succeeded?
Drill down to specific websites that send traffic and, of course, to keywords and key phrases that are sending traffic. Both of those help make sense of customer intent.
Improve pages that need attention. Pages with a high Bounce Rate are not delivering on the promise that drives customers to a site.
Make sure an ad campaign's keywords are not leading to high Bounce Rates and are delivering on an intended action or conversion.
Search for surprises in your data, such as unexpected or unusual patterns.
Identify and label goal pages in order to calculate return on investment.
Experience a website as a visitor.
Look for clusters of heavy clicks, links that ultimately drive high conversions and items that connect with people. Do more people convert on a site if they click on product comparison on the homepage, or do they go directly to a product page?
Follow the heavy clicks and see what people do next.
Check out referrers to each page. It may explain bounce and exit rates.
Measure and evangelize your data, and take action.
Identify needed improvements to your pages.
Consider merchandizing, cross-sell and up-sell opportunities.
Answer the question: why does a website exist? Then go through the four steps mentioned above to identify the two or three key metrics that help measure those outcomes.


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The DeKalb County Public Library has earned the title of Georgia's Public Library of the Year, according to a press release from the county.
Recognized by the Georgia Public Library Service, DeKalb was recognized for offering public programming that embraces the county's "diverse community," according to the release. The award is one of five annual Georgia Public Library Awards, honoring the outstanding service and achievements of Georgia's public libraries, librarians and advocates during the past year.
In 2018, DeKalb expanded library funding by $2.2 million following a push from Thurmond and approval by the county Board of Commissioners. County leadership also raised the minimum wage to $14 an hour, affecting 90 library employees.
One of the largest counties in the state, DeKalb is home to a wide network of libraries, which have been unified through a number of initiatives, according to Alison Weissinger, the public library director.
– PRIME TIME Preschool: Introduced children ages 3-4 to literature through storytelling techniques and playtime led by trained facilitators.
– Fine Free Summer: Exempted all overdue juvenile materials from overdue fees from June to September 2018. The program encouraged parents and children to check out books to prevent summer learning loss.
– Human Library Project: Involved human "books" sharing life experiences with participants in one-on-one conversations.


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Levi's Fit Guide | Discover New Levi's® Collections
3月 16, 2017 投稿者 DRAY WALK
Levi's & Strauss are the undisputed kings of the denim game. We are firm believers that everyone should have a pair of Levi's, the iconic red tab is a sign of good things in our eyes. We wanted to help you guys out with a brief history and a rough guide to how things fit.
It wouldn't be much of a lesson on Levi's without a little history. Levi's and Strauss are the originators of the five pocket riveted jeans. The design was first patented in 1872 with the copper rivets used to reinforce the stress points. Jeans remained a staple of the working mans wardrobe until the 50's and 60's. The rise of youth culture solidified denim as a casual classic. From Hippies to Skinheads jeans played a crucial part in the wardrobes of kids and adults alike.
Words that might help you understand-
Rise- The rise on a pair of jeans is that part that goes from the centre of the leg seams all the way to the top fly button. The style of a jean can change depending on this for example a high rise means that your jeans would sit higher on the waist.
Taper- The taper on a leg is where it slims through the seam. This more tapered the leg of a pair of jeans is the slimmer they will fit.
Selvedge- Selvedge is the finished edge of a fabric. This is used on jeans to create a clean outer seam on the legs.
501's -
The 501 cut it the classic Levi's fit. Over the years it has changed but the essence remains the same, mid rise through the waist, straight through the leg with a slight taper towards the bottom. The 501 should be your go to jean for a classic straight fit. The Levi's 501 Original (Long Day) is the original straight leg cut with a selvedge finish, it's very much a purist Levi's jean.
Next up we have the 501's cousin. The 511 is a very similar pair of jeans. They have a medium rise through the waist, however they are a slim straight and taper from the thigh through to the ankle. The result is a closer fit without looking like you are wearing tights.
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I've been participating in an industry association committee that is evaluating data exchange standards. Part of this process is mapping representative documents to potential standards (this week, OAGIS and UDEF). Naturally, this is being done by filling in an existing Excel worksheet with a row for each data element.
This works out well for the need being addressed; the data is structured in simple hierarchies that recur across documents, thanks largely to the influence of one particularly large industry customer.
I wonder, though, how to best represent these maps for the purposes of transforming between disparate formats with wildly divergent structure. Context will be critical, "name and mailing address state" aren't enough, neither is "name and mailing address state of the shipping party." To completely describe semantics, we'll need to describe "name of the shipping party of an item, and mailing address state of shipping location of same item" in an example structure. That might be mapped to "name and mailing address state of the party labeled as shipper for the transaction that includes the item" in a second structure.
Users will drive a need for a way to consistently describe format maps, as integration initiatives continue to capture a larger portion of IT budgets. People will realize how much intellectual capital is embodied by these mappings and won't want to be tied to a translation vendor.
For business analysts to make any sense of this, we need graphical tools. Contivo has one, middleware vendors have theirs, but I don't know of an interchangeable "document mapping" language. Reverse-engineering generated XSLT is too unwieldy, because there are too many ways to describe location, so different tools will generate wildly different sheets for the same map.


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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-a ) in Diabetes Mellitus.
1Ghonaim M and 2EL-Kafrawi N.
1Microbiology and 2Internal Medicine Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University.
Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a ) is a cytokine that has potent immune regulatory functions. Recently, it has been implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), however, the role of TNF-a in occurrence of IDDM and the relation between it and control of the disease have not been well studied. This study was undertaken to evaluate TNF-a levels in IDDM and in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and to identify its relationship to laboratory features, complications and duration of the disease. The study included 40 IDDM and 23 NIDDM patients with varying durations of the disease. The results were compared to that of 26 age- and sex- matched healthy controls with no family history of diabetes. Sera were obtained from patients and controls and TNF-a was estimated by ELISA and C-peptide was estimated by radioimmunoassay. Results revealed that TNF-a levels were significantly elevated in patients with recent onset (P< 0.001) and long-standing (P<0.001) IDDM and in those with NIDDM compared to controls. C-peptide levels were significantly lower (P<0.001) in IDDM than in NIDDM patients, however, there was no significant correlation between the levels of TNF-a and that of C-peptide. A number (10/22) of IDDM patients with low TNF-a levels (£ 5 pg/ml) showed complications in the form of neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy, however, none of the patients with higher levels had any of these complications. It is concluded that TNF-a is increased in the early phase of IDDM and may have an important role in its pathogenesis. TNF-a may also have a role in occurrence of NIDDM by increasing resistance to insulin. However, it may have no direct role in occurrence of complications.


Can a change in thinking conjure big, beautiful changes in life? Reiki Healer and Empowerment Teacher, Carrie Beleno of the Beleno Center in Bethlehem says yes. Her coaching is designed to take an uncertain and, in some cases, anxiety-ridden future and put it squarely in your purposeful hands. Whether known by the term "manifestation," "the law of attraction" or "conscious creating," Beleno's philosophy has grown in popularity over the last decade, appealing to anyone who wants to feel in control of life.
"Everything we say, do and feel results in a manifestation of some sort," says Beleno. That's obvious when it comes to rear-ending an ice cream truck because you were Instagramming your kids being cute in the back seat, but what about feelings? Beleno teaches that health, happiness and even wealth are manifested through peaceful, joyful emotions, while anger and fear call pain and difficulty into your life. "The key is to realize that you have a choice to consciously create or inadvertently create," she says. With her help, clients become "conscious creators," aware of what they're feeling and empowered to manifest what they want in life by managing their emotions and expectations.
One of the most devastating feelings in life is powerlessness, and if you pay attention, it's remarkable how often people choose powerlessness for themselves. Beleno describes a "bad movie" we play over and over for ourselves that creates a rut in behavior and expectation.
Sabotaging belief patterns like, "I can't be happy until XYZ happens," or, "I can't leave my job because there's not another one out there for me," put off our pursuit of happiness sometimes indefinitely.
"Typically, the stories involve guilt, regret and remorse," Beleno says. These emotions feed into subconscious patterns and what Beleno calls the "I'm not worthy" syndrome. Feelings like these are all too seductive and can drown out what your gut tells you, and what your heart wants. Life becomes something that happens to you, and often disappoints.
For example, when your boss asks you to work overtime and your instinct says NO but your mouth, putting others' expectations or opinions first, says "Sure, no problem," you're the one who will suffer physically and emotionally in the long run. You knew it, on some level, and yet you chose it. It's denying what your heart wants, over and over in life, according to Beleno's teaching, that leads to illness and injury.
Taking the mind-body connection a bit further, Beleno teaches that our bodies are constant barometers of our emotional balance. "If you experience dis-ease," she says, "then, quite simply, you are emotionally imbalanced, holding onto emotions that are fear-based." Listen to your intuition when you are not feeling emotionally "quite right," and you can stave off the manifestation of that cold or flu or broken bone.
To go from a victim mentality to empowerment, Beleno helps clients reflect on their emotions without judgment and begin to view things through a joyful, confident perspective. Identify and release emotions that are not serving you and recognize the freedom you've had all along. "Embracing the fact that there are endless possibilities awaiting each of us, because we can, and should, be conscious creators of our realities, lends itself to limitless choices," she says.
When you're giving your heart and gut the attention they deserve, you can allow yourself to identify and pursue what you want from life and use an empowered perspective to tell stories of success and happiness. First date flopped? Your gut is holding out for The One. Fired from a job you didn't love? That was the out you needed to go after something better. Instead of feeling like a victim, you're propelling yourself toward your heart's calling.


The World Health Organization today put its global, biweekly "eHealth Intelligence Report" online. Right now, you can only get 2009 issues from the site, but the WHO is promising to have the archives, dating to 2005, up by April.
Seriously, what took so long? The WHO site has Russian, Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish versions, but this report seems to be available only in English.


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Whiplash by ontara
TV » Supernatural Rated: T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, Dean W., Sam W., Words: 82k+, Favs: 94, Follows: 48, Published: 8/29/2009 Updated: 12/12/2009}
169 Chapter 1
Alright...so, this is a sequel to my very first story - demons I get.
I know it wasn't the most brilliant thing I've ever written, but it kinda called for a sequel - I left the end open, in the hopes of having a real bright idea of how to end it at some point.
Well, I can't promise you a genious thought or brilliant idea, unfortunately, I've been debating with myself if I should even start posting, because, seriously, this is just a while bunch of hurt Dean with a bit of a story wrapped around it... But I've written it - have finished the first couple of chapters already, and there's no use to let them rot on my computer forever, so I thought I'd just dish it out- maybe someone actually likes it, after all.
Basically, I'm posting this first chapter to see if anyone's even still interested in reading in the first place - so please, if you want me to go on, let me know.
So, this is season 3, so of course the deal is mentioned, but I don't think I'm going to spoil much more of the rest of the season. This story is really mostly focusing on what happened to Dean back then, the torture and how he's never told Sam anything about it.
If you haven't read demons I get, I guess it would make sense if you did before reading this...
The short version is, that Dean, then 16 years old, had been taken hostage by a group of tennagers from his school - only humans, and tortured pretty badly. He managed to escape and eventually got to his feet again, but he never went after the kids, never told Sam what really happened to him, either.
I hope I'll be able to tie up some of the lose ends with this sequel - like I've been asked to do by some readers for the past year since finishing the first story. I hope you're at least party satisfied with this version of a show-down...
Also, this first chapter hasn't been beta-ed. Again I wanted to make sure that you even want me to coninue before I go bothering some poor soul with my incoherent ramblings and bad english - because, those of you who haven't guessed it already - english is not my first language, unfortunately, but I'm doing my best to cover it up!
So...not sure I'm doing the right thing here, but here goes the first chapter of Whiplash - please read and let me know what you think...
Dean didn't like splitting up on hunts.
Hell, he'd been the one always going on and on about how important it was to stick together in the first place, so it was kind of contradictory that this time it had been him basically ordering Sam to scout out a location while he himself would take a different one, one as far away from Sam as he could find.
Or rather, find one for Sam that was as far away from the one Dean had focused on.
Sure, Sam had looked at him funny, but for once he hadn't said anything, hadn't given Dean some smart-ass lecture on contradicting his own rules or something the like. As a matter of fact, he'd taken it far too willingly, like he really couldn't get away from his big brother fast enough. Which was definitely not true, Dean knew that. He knew it because Sam was the one practically clinging to Dean's leg, never letting him out of his sight, never letting him do anything by himself anymore.
Always looking at him with that crease in the middle of his forehead, too, the slightly mental eyes… Dean really was afraid that one of these days Sam would just downright start bawling on him – or worse, force-hug him or something, and that prospect did nothing to set Dean's mind at ease any.
Sam couldn't go soft on him now of all times…well, alright, it might have been a little too late for that…but he couldn't afford getting even softer than he already was. Sam needed to toughen up – Dean was trying to tell the kid that forever, but especially now…
But maybe Sam did need some time on his own for a change, just a couple of hours to unwind, to not think about the deal anymore, about Dean going to hell – for Sam…
Hell…yeah.
Well, Dean wasn't going to go there today – neither literally nor was he going to delve into the topic, punching himself out of order in the process - he sure wasn't going to get all emo over it now of all times. He had more important things on his mind. And maybe it was best for Sam to be out of sight for a while to just think about something else but a way to save Dean from going to the pit.
But Dean had to admit that this now – this hunt, splitting up, had very little to do with making it easy on Sam. Dean knew he was a bastard for it, but just this once he had set out just for himself. Something that he couldn't share with Sam, no matter what. Something that Sam would never know about, if it was up to Dean - and if everything went as planned.
The trees were pretty dense in these parts of the woods and Dean took off his canvas-jacket, slinging it around his hips. The terrain was rough and mostly uphill from where they'd parked the Impala in the secluded parking lot of a run down picnic area. Dean had chosen to leave his car there because it was closer to where Sam would be looking into an abandoned hut somewhere deep in the woods and farther away from Dean's object of interest.
They'd found a strange string of mauling in these parts of the woods through one of the websites they used to find out about cases that were their kind of strange. All it had taken for Dean was reading the name of the town and he'd been in. Sam had been a little surprised at Dean's immediate willingness to drive all across the best part of three states to check out something that could very well be a "regular" serial killer, or even wild animal attacks, but in the end he'd barely even lifted an eyebrow and shrugged his consent.
Right now, they were back to Sam doing everything to keep Dean happy. Going along with so many hilarious things Dean suggested, it was almost pitiful. Not that he'd take advantage of the situation… But Dean knew, he just knew that it wouldn't last, that before long Sam would be back to being his old brooding and resentful self - determined to find a way to get Dean out of the deal, to put everything else aside to accomplish this one, monumental task. And Dean planned on making the best out of the time till that happened. He'd think about a way to stop or slow Sam down when the time came.
Now they were here, in the middle of nowhere/Montana, and as far as Dean could tell Sam didn't remember this town or ever being here before for that matter. Which was fine with Dean. He'd taken extra precautions to choose a different motel, trying not to drive by the school or other places Sam might have recognized - even though he was pretty sure that Sam wouldn't remember anyway.
It had been close to 13 years ago – give or take – and they'd been through about two dozen different schools after, number of motels and apartments they stayed in since close to uncountable. To Sam, most likely, it had been one town of a string of anonymous ones while growing up, so this particular one would barely stand out among them – despite everything that had happened.
Dean was ripped out of his thoughts as he stumbled, his foot catching on a root, almost sending him sprawling. He caught himself against the trunk of a tree just in time, stopping to catch his breath for a second, working hard on keeping his breathing even.
For a second there – for just a second…
No, no, there was nothing. Nothing. He was fine – needed to move on. So Dean pushed himself back to his feet and walked on.
Another 20 minutes of hiking through the damn bush later he finally came to a road. It was barely recognizable as one anymore, the years having taken off most of the tiny stones that the way had been covered with back then. Grass and all kinds of other fauna were sprouting all over the place now, obscuring the road to anyone who did not know that it had once been there.
Again, Dean stopped, took a deep breath.
He felt himself falling, stumbling outside, losing his equilibrium. Tiny sharp pebbles cut into the soles of his feet, suffocating dark obliterating his vision all of a sudden, the sharp pull of broken ribs crushing his chest, burning slash-marks on his bare back…
Again Dean stumbled, hitting the ground hard, his knees scraping over the stones, catching himself with his hands before face-planting.
Fuck…how was this even possible?
He blinked his eyes back into focus, taken aback by the fact that they'd been out of focus in the first place, found himself kneeling in the middle of the old road, head down between his shoulder, chin tucked against his chest. His breathing was ragged, forced, burning in lungs that seemed to be starved beyond belief.
But his hands were free - in front of him and unbound. His mouth open, his eyes too. Dean blinked rapidly a couple of times, his vision clearing as sweat that had soaked into his eyes fanned off his heavy lashes, dripping from the tip of his nose and chin. This was it – had to be it - the path that led to the hall or shack or building where he'd been…that he'd escaped from.
Blindfolded and tied up and beaten half to death. More dead than alive, as a matter of fact, according to what the doctors and his father had told him back then. And still he'd made it back. He'd fucking walked out of there and had made it back. Had taken him a while, sure, had taken almost more than he'd been able to give, but he'd made it.
By himself.
And he wasn't going to be breaking apart now, of all times.
There were worse things he was facing now – worse things than memories of something he fucked up royally many, many years ago. He had a future to worry about, or rather - eternity in hell, whatever.
So this - was not going to break him.
He wouldn't let it.
He cast a quick look around, just to make sure that nobody had witnessed his little…loss of control, then pushed himself back to his feet, ran a slightly shaky hand through his hair and over his face before starting to walk towards his right – towards the direction of the house. He squared his shoulders, put determination in his step that he really did feel – he really did. Because this time, he was not going to back down, was not going to be weak. This time, if it turned out to be who he thought it was, he'd not let them get away with it.
Humans or not, they deserved to be punished for what they'd done.
For what they'd done to those people that had disappeared in those woods during the past months only to be found mauled and slashed and cut open a couple of days later. Their wrists marked by what looked like the burn of ropes, their backs slashed open by an unknown weapon. The remnants of gags and blindfolds still visible their skin in places, even though it couldn't be proven, so the police had explained it away – too embarrassed to admit that they had no idea who or what had done this. Their bodies ripped to shreds by animals, destroying what little evidence had been there when being discarded like pieces of meat in the middle of the forest. Dead.
Those freaking monsters deserved to be punished for what they'd done…to all these innocent victims. And maybe even for what they'd done to Dean.
With that resolution Dean straightened up even more, reached for his gun and pulled it out from the hem of his jeans against the small of his back, the weapon weighing comfortably in his palm, calming him down immediately.
Real bullets.
He'd exchanged those with the silver ones the gun had been loaded with before, after Sam and he had split up, so the kid wouldn't see and get the idea to ask any questions. Not that silver bullets wouldn't have worked, but he really didn't want to waste those on human waste like he thought, no knew he'd encounter.
Ten more steps and Dean rounded a bend in the path and the beaten down structure that held some of his worst memories came into view.
He'd thought that the mere sight of it would make him nauseous, the memory of what happened there too fresh still in his mind, even after all these years, but in reality, there was nothing. Nothing like his little breakdown only a couple of minutes ago. No flicker of recognition, no breaking down or starting to sweat, his heartbeat staying perfectly normal. Normal after a hike through the forest, that was. Normal after almost spacing out from just stepping onto a fucking regular overgrown path.
Well, it wasn't as if he'd ever really seen the place he'd been held in…most of his memories, his nightmares reduced to the feeling of things, sounds, smells – pain.
He felt better now, stronger. He could do this. End it and go back to…well, normal. Whatever the hell that meant lately. He'd end this and go spend some more time with Sam, preferably, hang out at Bobby's for a while, kill as many monsters as possible, bang as many girls as he could get his hands on. To make the most of it.
But first things first.
Dean kept to the side of the road, close to the bushes and trees walking slowly but confidently towards the beat down structure at the end of the path.
It looked…smaller than he'd expected, more dilapidated. Well, it had been 13 years, but still… even now, actually looking at it, he had no idea what the building had been intended for, originally. It looked almost like a warehouse in miniature form, only that it wouldn't make much sense to built something like this into the middle of the forest. Maybe it had been used for storage – that actually made the most sense to Dean right at the moment. To store what exactly didn't really matter, in the end. Right now all it held were bad memories, but it wouldn't for much longer.
There were no windows anywhere all around the building, at least not at ground level. As he rounded the structure Dean made out a string of small, narrow openings around the top of the building, about 15 feet up, right underneath the by now partially caved in roof. The glass, if there ever had been any, long since smashed out by wind and weather and probably stones thrown by teenagers making out and partying here.
Back in front, where the only entrance and exit of the building seemed to be, Dean tested the door carefully but found it unlocked, opening out towards him.
To his immense surprise, the door actually gave in to his weight, swinging outwards and Dean tumbled with it, hitting the ground hard. He cried out, his body trembling in agony.
At least, he was outside.
Dean basically jerked back, his hand snapping away from the door as if it had been burned.
Goddamnit. Where the hell did the flashbacks come from all of a sudden? He always thought that things like that, that physically feel-able flashbacks were something that only existed in movies, but this right now… He'd smelled it, felt it… It was a memory he didn't even know he had, certainly not one of those that had been plaguing him in his sleep for weeks and months after he'd gotten out, back to safety. Those had been even worse.
Dean shifted uncomfortably, adjusting his hold on the gun while wiping his sweating left hand on his jeans.
Don't even think about it. Just get in and get it done…
The first step in, against everything he'd have thought, didn't trigger anything. He'd been prepared, almost, for something else, another flashback, another travel back in time but there was nothing. Nothing but a fairly large room (it looked larger from the inside than from the outside) that was bare except for some beams crossing the room about 2/3rds up towards the ceiling.
Dean frowned at that, chose not to look too closely.
He knew what those had been used for without any time travel in his head, unfortunately.
So, focus and move.
There wasn't much worth checking out inside. The room was devoid of any nooks and crannies, there were no other doors or corners to be rounded, no furniture or machinery whatsoever.
All was empty except for some ominous dark stains on the far end of the room, opposite the door he'd just entered through. But again, no recognition, just a sharp churning motion in his stomach that almost made him throw up his dinner all over said stains, add his own signature to it.
That had to be where the bodies had been…mauled. None of the victims had been found here, though, all of them found somewhere in the forest, always smack in the middle of some kind of road, a parking lot, a picnic area. All of the quite a distance away from here – ground zero – almost like Dean, after he'd made his way out of the forest, to finally break down in the middle of a road, almost getting run over by a car in the process. But he'd been saved – had been found. Just like the bodies had been found, only that there'd been no way to save them anymore.
Most of the recent vics had been bled out, some already feasted on by scavengers, so the suspicious lack of blood on the supposed crime scene hadn't really bothered the authorities, apparently. It had bothered Sam and Dean. Because they knew - or at least Dean knew, Sam only thought he did.
Sam had thought Wendigo, right from the start. Everything pointed right to it, the rope-marks, the dismemberments. Only that the last Wendigo they'd encountered had eaten the victims – head to toe – only left behind the bones. This one apparently left whole body-parts behind. What to the authorities had been wild animals ripping the bodies to shreds, Sam had seen as the wendigo eating only "special" body-parts, scorning the rest and leaving it behind. Not that that was a "normal" MO, but then again – what did they know, really. "Normal" so far off the scale in most everything they did…
Once Dean was certain that the room indeed was empty, he lowered his gun, stood there thinking. He closed his eyes, let his chin drop to his chest and just waited, breathing, smelling…hearing…
He was sitting on the floor now, back resting against the wall he probably had been smashed against.
It took him a few moments to clear his head, but as soon as he had, he struggled to sit up straighter, wincing as his bruised side sent jolts of pain through his body.
His mouth was free now, and he greedily sucked in a deep breath, only to regret it again a second later when his side insistently reminded him that he should better not move too much. The kicks to his body stopped. He could hear them laughing again, voices all around him, teasing him.
What confused him the most was the fact that even though he could now breathe more or less freely, he still couldn't see. Something was still covering his eyes, something far tighter, far more confining, sticking closely to his skin.
He turned his head, tried to rub the thing off on his arms, panic coming back with a snap. He hated the darkness, hated confinement, feared the helplessness. His breathing came in quick, heaving gulps he was unable to control and he felt big beads of cold sweat starting to roll down his face.
A voice suddenly came from only inches away, startling him.
"Now, now, look who's awake…"
Dean tore his eyes open, the room tilting dangerously around the edges of his vision and he swayed on his feet, put out an arm to steady himself.
This was new, it was definitely something new altogether. And he needed to stop it. Needed to get a grip, goddamnit. He knew how to do this, he had plenty of experience.
Just recently, he'd been pretty damn good at repressing the thought of going to hell…right? Well, maybe not entirely, 100% successful, but pretty damn close, most of the time. Deceiving Sam – and himself – that he'd always known how to handle.
Dean rolled his shoulders, took a deep breath, wiping sweat out of his eyes with his left while keeping a death-grip on the gun with the right.
He looked around once more, his gaze again settling on the beams around the room, the one above the far wall. He could make out grooves in the wood if he looked real close, as if something had been fixed there, something hanging from them, something heavy. Something fighting nail and teeth to get away, scraping the wood from the beam, splintering and sawing it off. Only not quite succeeding…
Suddenly, a strong jolt went through his body, his arms were pulled upwards, his body being hauled off the floor.
The joints and sinews in his elbows and shoulders screamed out in protest and he instinctively struggled to pull his legs underneath his body to take the weight off his arms. The bonds were cutting deeply into his wrists and already he could feel warm blood trickling down his arms.
"Alright, enough already with the flashbacks…" Dean growled, practically panting as he oriented himself in the here and now again.
He rubbed a weary hand over his face viciously, felt the day old stubble on his cheek scrape over the skin of his palm, remembering that this morning he'd simply refused to shave – for the manly look – that's what he'd told Sammy. In reality, he'd simply been too tired and grumpy after a night of too little and not at all peaceful sleep.
Which, of course, Sam probably noticed, but had chosen to ignore, at least for today. He probably thought that it was thoughts about hell plaguing him…and he might have been right about it, too. Only, for the last couple of nights it had been a completely different kind of hell that had captured and held him close like a hungry lover.
A hell that mere humans had subjected him too.
Which somehow only made it even worse.
Alright, so the room or house or shack was empty. Well, Dean hadn't exactly expected them to sit here and wait for him to come to them, now had he? Only, it would have been kinda nice, would have made things a whole lot easier. Preferably, they'd be smeared with the victims blood, their fingerprints all over the place, a new victim just about to be killed fresh but still alive in their hands. A hot, female victim – no, scratch that – a hot, female, thankful victim. One, that would show how thankful she was for being saved, once they were out of here and back at the cabin…
Hell, yeah, like that ever happened. This wasn't a movie, unfortunately. Things never went smoothly, why should his luck start showing up now, all of a sudden?
So, all he could do, really, was wait and see. He had no idea, of course, if they'd even come back tonight, had no idea on what kind of sick schedule they operated as of late.
Back then, with him…not that he'd had any idea why exactly they'd done what they'd done, but for some reason he'd always told himself that there had to have been a reason, however sick and twisted, but surely there had to have been some kind of reason to their action. Even fucking monsters had a motivation for whatever madness they were dishing out, after all.
But, yeah, wasn't like he didn't know already…humans, unfortunately, were way below monsters and ghouls in so many more ways than one. Plus, they were protected by law. The unfairness of it all still baffled Dean, on more occasion than one, but then again…he had no right to judge… He had no right…the number of laws he himself had broken in his life so far were pretty impressive to say the least – so was he really all that much better than them?
Yes, yes he was. He was. He didn't torture other humans just for the kicks of it, didn't enjoy the bloodshed and violence he was forced to dish out most of the time. It was his job – he was helping people. Saving people. He was not them.
This was just way too fucked up for Dean to contemplate, it really was.
Back then, he'd had reasons for not wanting to go after those fucking punks that had done this to him. He had pretty damn good reason, or so he'd told himself. It had made perfect sense, he'd spent hours and weeks and months to convince himself of it - and had come to believe it, in the end. Besides, it had just been him, right? They'd chosen him, and however wrong and fucked up that was, it was still not entirely…unjustified. He'd told himself over and over again that as long as they didn't go after anyone else…it was alright. Maybe not alright but, you know, alright…somehow. At least it wasn't some innocent person involved.
And Dean had kept taps on them, just like he'd promised Janie he would, had made sure they didn't step out of line again. Dean also had a distinct feeling that his dad had not quite stuck to his promise of not going after the punks himself…Dean couldn't really put a finger to it, couldn't prove anything, but the way those guys had stayed so completely off the radar, in every way possible, was kinda suspicious.
Up until now, that was. Why they'd chose to wait more than a century before picking up on their old habits again, Dean didn't know – didn't care to know. Maybe Dean had missed something – had gotten lazy and now look what had come of it… All he knew is that he was going to stop it, once and for all.
A sound behind him stopped his thoughts so suddenly, he basically froze. For one second, the world stopped spinning. It was nothing more then the rustle of air, a slight wisp of breath ghosting over the back of his neck, making the fine hair there rise up, fighting for standing room. Maybe it wasn't even a sound or perception of the physical kind, after all, maybe it was just the thought, the feeling.
But it was enough to send him into action.
Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough.
He ducked and started to spin around, bringing his gun-arm up in one swift motion but never made it all the way.
Pain suddenly exploded in his temple, washing over him in one swift, smooth motion, sending him tumbling into blackness before he ever even get a glimpse of his attacker.
Alright- not sure I'm ready for it, but please let me know if I should go on or not.
Also, those of you who've enjoyed my previous stories and now find this weird or whatever- please don't give up on me and just wait this one out - and maybe give me another chance - pretty please?!
Alright, thanks to you all for reading - and if you want to you'll hear from me again soon!
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Born in the UK and arrived in Tasmania in 1921, studied 1925-29 Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, fellow students include Edith Holmes, Eileen Crowe, Jean Bellete. Studies George Bell School, Melbourne, where she remembered Russell Drysdale as fellow student. 1940 appointed art instructor Hobart Technical College remained until retirement 1964, notable among fellow instructors where Jack Carrington Smith, Rosamond McCulloch, George Davis, notable students included Tony Woods, Owen Lade. April 1949 till June 1950 she studied at the Anglo-French Centre, St Johns Wood, London and in Paris at the Academie Chaumiere, and Atelier Croqouis, Paris. She also took extra instruction privately from Eduoard-Georges MacAvoy (who taught at the Chaumiere), interested in the school of Paris' such as that by Picasso, Matisse, Marcharnd and Yves Brayer.
After some travel in France Italy and England (where she met Philip Connard and attended classes at Goldsmith's College, London, she returned to Hobart in 1950. Further studies at East Sydney Technical College under John Passmore, Godfrey Miller and Dorothy Thornhill 1961 - 1966. Late teaching connections connected her with Frank Hodgkinson and Michael Shannon. First exhibited Art Society of Tasmania 1929, founding member Contemporary Art Society of Australia in Melbourne and Hobart.
One of Tasmania's most prominent landscape painter, Geoff Dyer is best known for having won the Archibald with his portrait of Tasmanian environmentalist and writer, Richard Flanagan. Geoff Dyer's expressive landscapes reflect Tasmanian and Australian scenes. Geoff Dyer has exhibited throughout Australian and internationally for the last 30 years, major shows including China and New York. Geoff Dyer describes the inspiration behind his work including 'Turner, the genius of light, whose paintings dissolve into vapor and shadowy forms and, ultimately, anticipate a new language of art, that of the abstractionists of the 20th century.
Studies at Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo's Saturday morning class and later East Sydney Technical College and Julian Ashton's Sydney art School. In 1934 he left for London where the modernist artist Roy De Maistre, who had been an early influence, introduced him to artists and galleries. He exhibited in London 1935-38 returning to Sydney 1939 exhibiting at Macquarie Galleries. After the war he spend 5 years in London returning 1955 and living in Adelaide. AGSA Retrospective 1984 and joint exhibition of his art with that of his wife Dora Chapman in 1995.
Highly regarded Tasmanian based painter with high level of realism and narrative, she has been represented in the Glover Art Prize 2010-12, and also finalist in Tattersalls and City of Albany.
An outstanding artist with a career covering many decades, Rees early studies and interest lay in careful studies of topography and buildings. From Brisbane he moved to Sydney 1917 and 1923 marked his first trip overseas. Lloyd stayed at Kingsand in Cornwall with the Brantons, people he met on the voyage to England. This painting was presented to Lloyd's sister Enid and her husband Merlin, of Brisbane; hence by descent.
This painting is listed as 'Plymouth Sound' however it is also labelled 'Barrenjoey Lighthouse' Further to research and reference through the Allan and Jan Rees, the following would seem fitting, and that original title of this painting was Plymouth Sound.
Exhibited The Art of Lloyd Rees Exton House, Brisbane 22 July to 1st August, 1924 Cat 3 'Plymouth Sound, oil.' Ref Renee Free's Lloyd Rees, 1972 Cat 09,' Plymouth Sound 1923 Oil 9 3/8 x 13 3/8. Collection of Mr Merlin Rees, Brisbane, Qld' p.109. Merlin died at the end of 1971 and it is presumed that he provided the data for this work to Renee Free for the publication in 1972. Label on verso Queensland Art Gallery 'Barrenjoey Lighthouse/ From the collection of Mrs E Rees (and late Mr M Rees)' Exhibited Queensland Art Gallery / Warana Festival A Tribute to Lloyd Rees Sept – Oct 1975 Cat no 13 Barrenjoey Lighthouse, oil 24 x 34cm Details for this catalogue presumed to have been provided by Enid, who perhaps had not remembered the title, provided an erroneous one.
This is the only work by Lloyd Rees within the estate and by descent from his sister Enid. The Plymouth Sound and Barrenjoey Lighthouse share the same medium, dimensions and provenance, in all catalogues and book references. The subject is certainly not Barrenjoey lighthouse which is on a headland. Topographically the scene could be the lighthouse on the western end of the Plymouth Breakwater, with Fort, these features being easily visable from where Lloyd's accommodation in Cornwall. The style of this painting is consistent with his other Cornish paintings (see illustrated in Renee Free Lloyd Rees 1972 p. 109 Cat 11 A Cornish Village 1923, Cat 12 The Old Fort, Portsmouth Harbour 1923, Cat 14 Cornish Coast 1923). (Also see additional image 'The Lane' 1924) There is no record of anything titled Barrenjoey Lighthouse, certainly from the 1920's period, prior to the Warana Festival.
Consistent with evidence of catalogue records and family ownership, it is confident to say that this is the painting originally know as Plymouth Sound.
Glasgow born and educated, John Mather came to Melbourne pursued a full time career as an artist, also working as an interior decorator. Foundation member of the Victorian Artists Society and also the Australian Art Association. His own works were very much in the plein air tradition, but he worked separately from Louis Buvelot and his circle.


Some of you may have been seeing me on my bike a lot lately. I bought this nifty EZ on EZ off wicker basket for my lightweight aluminum Jeep bicycle and when the weather is favorable I am really enjoying running my errands via bicycle and leaving the van parked.
So there I am zooming along Padre Blvd. thinking about the plan to improve our main drag by adding center medians, thinking about the proposed plans I have seen and trying to remember what happens to the breakdown lane - the lane that I am zooming along in. I could be wrong but I think it pretty much disappears.
Can anyone tell me for sure?
I read in the Breeze that the new business persons association has taken an oppositional stance to the median plan for reasons only tangentially related to bike riding (drainage, pedestrian safety, disruption of traffic flow and loss of access to businesses are their stated concerns). Clearly we need some straight answers from our city officials regarding this plan and what the resulting boulevard will look like. Spare us the whimsical artistic renderings in pretty pastels populated with non-native vegetation and give us solid answers to questions like... where will I be able to ride my bike? The town website would be a great place to describe this project - if it is there my search did not turn it up.
Like Amazing I have a few observations and no pat answers. First, I remember being rebuked (like verbally slapped) when I mentioned the median project as being for "beautification." In fact it is not; it is funded solely for safety, and if the Town wanted some plants in the median they (we) would buy them ourselves. Apparently, that area up to Red Snapper is infamous for automobile incidents, or has some potential for that.
Be it as it is, that project won't solve the roadway sides where the cars roll over the sidewalk for parking. In fact, a median could cause additional problems by requiring additional stormwater drainage.
It could be that over the years, Padre Blvd went from a 2-lane road to the 7-lane behemouth it is today, and thus took away some real nice real estate in front of the stores (I may be wrong here). But clearly, something should be done because there are few palms (and not maple trees)- on a bad day, certain parts of the roadsides are downright ugly and quite dangerous-looking.
But all that requires a lot of very expensive underground work, stormwater drainage, contingencies for burying power lines, whether the median is actually done, and how to work with the local businesses. There are no simple solutions here, folks.
And, as you and Amazing suggest, promoting bicycling would be good.
losers -- ran for office and lost.
carpetbaggers -- make money on the Island and live on five acres somewhere else.
Has anyone tried the "feedback" page on the town site to ask for this information?
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Enhancing Readiness for Large-Scale Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine
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Advance country preparation and global collaboration are crucial to the efficient, effective, and equitable delivery of the future vaccine.
The death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact on lives and livelihoods continue to increase as the world waits for a vaccine.
Substantial resources have been deployed to accelerate vaccine development. While governments are heavily banking on these efforts to return life to normal, a safe and effective vaccine will likely be in limited supply initially. Therefore, a strategy for phased vaccine rollout and continued pandemic control using public health measures and other tools will be required.
Countries need to address their unique epidemiologic, demographic, infrastructure, and financing challenges in their national plan for introducing the vaccine in a manner that will reduce mortality, strengthen health system response, and build economic resilience. They also need to work with other countries to ensure equitable and speedy access to the vaccine for all.
This policy brief is based on presentations by PATH, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to health for all, at the Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogues organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
High Hopes amid the Challenges
Latest data from the New York Times shows that more than 165 vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are under development and 42 of these are undergoing human trials. Several candidates are from Asian countries, including the People's Republic of China (PRC), India, Republic of Korea, and Thailand.
The extraordinary scale and speed of vaccine research and development efforts are fuelling high hopes, but expectations should be tempered as several prospects may fail. Previous experience has demonstrated that the probability of success for a vaccine in early stage development is around 7% in the preclinical phase and 17% in clinical trial stages. The absence of a blueprint makes the process even more complex for a first-of-its-kind vaccine.
If and when a vaccine comes to fruition, worldwide demand is undoubtedly going to exceed initial supply. Addressing the epidemiological needs globally requires massive doses for 215 states and territories, but the current best-case estimate is that only two billion doses will be available by end of the year. This shortage obviously raises a conundrum as a study conducted by epidemiologists David Dowdy and Gypsyamber D'Souza suggests that 70% or more of a population would need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. On top of this, some products in the current pipeline will require more than one dose, and possibly larger amounts for adults and high-risk groups.
To meet demand, scaling up vaccine production will be imperative. However, the manufacturing facilities and technology transfer will depend on which vaccine will emerge successful. Although there are a few frontrunners that show promise against the virus, it is unclear which one will demonstrate efficacy against COVID-19 and gain safety approval in the quickest possible time.
Another issue lies in the divergence of regulatory requirements and processes across the world, which could be a hurdle for countries to quickly obtain access to the vaccine for their respective citizens. Additionally, the income disparity among countries could result in access inequities. Wealthy economies are well-positioned to directly secure deals with other governments and vaccine developers and to pay more for the much-needed supply—which may leave the low- and middle-income nations at a disadvantage.
Posing another challenge is the vaccine delivery—an equally daunting and resource-intensive endeavor as vaccine development. Effectively launching a new vaccine and its efficient delivery will be contingent upon financing and the capacities of health systems, which may be lacking in most low-income countries.
Logistical considerations also come into play, with packaging and cold chain requirements conditional on a viable vaccine. The end-to-end temperature control and other storage and handling factors could be major implementation barriers for low-resource nations that likely have inadequate infrastructure. Physical distancing, which is a necessary measure to limit transmission, and vaccine hesitancy could also affect delivery and uptake.
Obtaining the Vaccine
Funding for vaccines
With the staggering impact of COVID-19 on societies and economies, investments in vaccines must be rapidly mobilized. Along with government contributions, innovative finance mechanisms, such as vaccine bonds, should be leveraged to fund vaccines. Advance purchase commitments are also useful instruments designed to incentivize vaccine developers to produce enough eligible vaccines through demand guarantees.
Innovative regulatory processes
The crisis urges a rethink of the traditional course of vaccine development to expedite solutions while adhering to high standards of quality, safety, and efficacy. Innovative approaches, such as parallel and adaptive trials, could speed up testing and comply with safety protocols at the same time.
Assuming a vaccine is proven safe and efficacious, researchers will apply to regulatory bodies globally for production and distribution. However, the lack of alignment on regulatory standards from one country to another can cause inefficiencies, which could impede the immediate introduction of the vaccine across the globe. Therefore, countries need to take steps toward harmonization by coordinating on policies for vaccine approval by regulatory agencies.
Manufacturing scale-up plans
Action should be taken now to build production capacity while research and development are still underway. The facilities and equipment necessary for manufacturing depend on what will turn out to be the best vaccine. Thus, investing in manufacturing at this point could be a risky undertaking. However, there is a strong case for making this uncertain investment given the urgent need for universal access to the vaccine.
The expected high demand for lower-priced vaccines could stimulate local manufacturing, particularly in developing countries, where pharmaceutical or biological manufacturing capacity is in place. In Asia, countries should coordinate to harness the capabilities of neighboring nations with existing facilities.
Countries should evaluate timelines, financial and human resource investment needs, regulatory requirements, and technical risks associated with manufacturing biologics prior to exploring technology transfer options.
Delivering the Vaccine
Planning and communications
Successful vaccine delivery is rooted in proper strategic planning, which should encompass regular consultations with key stakeholders, prioritization of target segments, review of vaccine suitability, assessment of current delivery channels, and evaluation of resource requirements. It is important for countries to consider how to introduce the vaccine without disrupting existing routine immunization services.
Advocacy and communications will be an integral part of the vaccine introduction and delivery process, from ensuring the public is informed on the criteria used to allocate doses within the country to reaching target groups not normally part of vaccination programs. Crisis communication plans should also be put in place. Transparency will be essential to mitigate the effects of misinformation and mistrust around vaccines.
Mass campaigns that rely on large gatherings may not be possible or appropriate because of the need for physical distancing. As such, new delivery strategies will likely need to be designed and deployed.
COVID-19 vaccine development, manufacturing, financing, and procurement need to be complemented by strengthening the capacity of countries on the development of an allocation methodology, administration of vaccines, reporting, and post-marketing surveillance. Following immunization, post-marketing surveillance will be essential to rigorously monitor outcomes and identify and investigate adverse events in relation to the vaccine.
In addition to vaccine procurement, the financial implications of distribution should be evaluated. Because COVID-19 requires nontraditional approaches, any additional costs for new modes of distribution should be integrated into national financing plans. The supplies, personal protective equipment, and cold chain logistics, among many others, also need to be factored into the budgeting exercise.
Mobilizing Financing
Governments around the world have marshalled billions of dollars for vaccine research and development in response to COVID-19. Several arrangements between countries and companies have also been established to secure the supply of future COVID-19 vaccines. For example, the United States has committed to providing $10 billion to several vaccine developers and vial and syringe manufacturers under Operation Warp Speed.
In July 2020, the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) issued over $220 million in vaccine bonds to support the vaccine development efforts of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
Alongside these initiatives, the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator was formed to serve as a framework for collaboration to make swift progress on the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
Within the ACT-Accelerator, COVAX, which stands for COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access, is driving the work on vaccine development, manufacturing, procurement and delivery at scale, as well as policy and allocation. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (Gavi), CEPI, and World Health Organization (WHO) lead COVAX. CEPI steers product development and manufacturing capacity efforts while Gavi manages global financing and procurement in collaboration with WHO on the delivery of any successful vaccine.
COVAX ensures that the most suitable candidate vaccines get the backing they need to maximize the probability of success. It invites global participation to pool demand and resources to support vaccine procurement. COVAX negotiates five to 10 advance purchase agreements at the highest possible volume and most reasonable price for vaccine candidates that meet the technical threshold criteria. There are nine vaccines that are part of the COVAX initiative, with an additional nine candidates under evaluation.
To address funding for developing economies, Gavi launched in June 2020 the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to support the participation of low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries. Fundraising for COVAX is ongoing, with $600 million raised against the goal of securing $2 billion by the end of 2020 to fund the initial cost of the AMC. An additional $3.54 billion will be required to procure two billion doses for all COVAX members and $3.2 billion to cover delivery costs by the end of 2021.
This leaves a sizable funding gap that will need to be filled. It is also important to note that there are potential products that are not yet part of COVAX. In terms of supply, the facility will be designating doses for only 20% of the population of participating countries, thereby offering a partial solution to abate the global pandemic.
Given the need for universal coverage and the complexities of vaccine development, procurement, and delivery, countries have been pursuing initiatives apart from COVAX and forging bilateral deals with developers. Inclusive Vaccine Alliance, for instance, has been set up by France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands to solidify their negotiating positions and secure doses for the European Union. Bangladesh's Beximco Pharmaceuticals has entered a pact with Serum Institute of India (SII) to ensure the country receives an agreed quantity from the institute. Sinovac Biotech in the PRC has also signed a supply agreement with Bio Farma in Indonesia.
Ensuring Global Access
Through the COVAX Facility, doses will be distributed equitably to participating countries—giving priority to their health workers and then the most vulnerable segments of their population—as vaccines become available. Further amounts will be provided based on the country's need, vulnerability, and COVID-19 threats. A small proportion of the total doses may be kept in reserve for emergency and humanitarian response.
Self-financing high-income countries and upper-middle-income countries that are part of COVAX will be required to contribute a portion of the procurement amount upfront to support the facility's ability to negotiate supply agreements with companies and a speed premium. About 80 of these countries have submitted nonbinding expressions of interest to COVAX.
Doses for countries with a gross national income (GNI) per capita under $4,000 or that are eligible for funding under the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) will be subsidized through the COVAX AMC. With this facility, OECD donors make commitments to vaccine manufacturers through official development assistance funds in exchange for sufficient vaccines at a price affordable to these countries. There are 92 countries that qualify for AMC, including seven Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.
Expanding Manufacturing Capacity
An estimated supply of one billion doses by end of the year will hinge on production expansion. COVAX will encourage manufacturers to invest in scaling up and help share the associated risks.
Twelve developers in Phase 2/3 trials have announced their vaccine capacity estimates. AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are projected to have 700 million doses available in 2020, followed by Sinopharm with 200 million and ImmunityBio with 100 million doses.
Recently, Gavi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced their collaboration with SII—the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume—to accelerate its production and distribution of up to 100 million doses to low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries, as part of the COVAX AMC.
Preparing for Vaccine Introduction
To guide countries in ensuring fair allocation of doses for their respective populations, the WHO has created a draft framework, outlining recommendations on initial doses to be given to health and social workers, then to the elderly and high-risk adults with co-morbidities.
As every region and country may be different, vaccination protocols should be reflective of the demographic context. For instance, intergenerational households are common in Asian countries and the elderly should be given high priority in these locations since they could be at a greater risk when younger members of the family must return to work and schools.
Moreover, the pandemic severity in countries and their primary objectives—whether it is interrupting transmission, averting deaths and severe cases, or restarting the economy—have implications on the way they will shape their allocation systems and procurement investment plans.
For vaccine candidates and the product attributes that will be most appropriate for delivery in low-income contexts, WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) will be issuing recommendations on specific vaccines with their safety and efficacy profiles as well as guidance on delivery approaches as data become available.
For its part, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the strengthening of the health systems of its developing member countries as well as regulatory mechanisms of vaccines to facilitate regulatory approval processes of countries and the harmonization of regulatory decisions. ADB is also generating a vaccine knowledge-sharing portal to inform member countries of the latest developments and strengthen their decision-making on future vaccines.
Forge coalitions and partnerships for the common good.
Partnerships can offer a means for countries to catalyze innovation, coordinate approaches, and foster global solidarity. A framework should be put in place to ensure equity in access because monopolizing supply would run counter to the collective efforts of limiting transmission.
Countries also need to agree on regulatory policies for vaccine approval to reduce time lags. Regional cooperation can make this possible.
Plan for vaccine procurement in tandem with strengthening delivery systems.
In this crisis, delays mean more lives are put at risk. Hence, planning for obtaining vaccines should be done in parallel with preparing systems for distribution. It is crucial for countries to identify implementation barriers and bottlenecks, and invest in making improvements now to ensure safe, effective, and efficient rollout once a vaccine is ready. These investments will reap long-term gains even after the pandemic.
Use a phased approach for vaccine introduction.
With the anticipated scarcity of initial supply, a fair rationing system needs to be established. The first batch of vaccines should be provided in phases to different cohorts—immunizing health care workers first since they are essential to help preserve the health of others, as well as people at greatest risk of severe illness and death.
When countries apply their allocation framework, these key considerations should be considered: the available resources, the context, and the stage of the pandemic.
Commit to sharing of data.
Facilitating the timely development of safe and quality vaccines and efficient distribution will hinge on data. The exchange of information could advance the pace of vaccine research and development and enable arrangements on equitable allocation of doses and manufacturing expansion.
After distribution, it will be critical for countries to maintain data-sharing on vaccination outcomes to continuously monitor the vaccine's long-term safety and efficacy.
Build trust and cooperation through transparent communications.
Even before the pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has been rising in many parts of the world. Low confidence in vaccines, lack of health literacy, and other concerns about immunization need to be tackled through communication campaigns to cultivate trust and overcome behavioral barriers.
There should also be proactive communication strategies regarding the allocation model criteria, adverse events after immunization, and any new findings on the vaccine.
Leverage innovative financing vehicles.
The investments needed to outpace the fast-moving pandemic are immense, and innovative financing instruments can amass the large sums of money that no single party could do alone. Mechanisms that crowd in financing could bring the necessary capital to back a diversified portfolio of vaccines and increase the likelihood of finding a viable solution. These could also consolidate demand for a guaranteed market, minimizing risks for manufacturers and encouraging them to supply countries with adequate doses.
Avoid crowding out other vaccines and health services.
There is a risk of disruption to routine immunization activities and health services when a vaccine for COVID-19 is introduced. Countries will need to design strategies to mitigate such risk. If COVID-19 negatively impacts other immunization services, a catch-up program should be initiated for missed vaccinations.
Once a COVID-19 vaccine is distributed, treatment, testing, and contact tracing services should be maintained, and individuals need to be reminded of the importance of upholding standards for COVID-19 infection prevention and control since only a small fraction of the population will be vaccinated in the early stages of the rollout.
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Huong Vu Minh
Regional Technical Advisor for Vaccine Implementation, PATH
Huong Vu Minh is the regional technical advisor for vaccine implementation at PATH. He has been working on vaccination and immunization projects for 20 years. He earned his MD and Ph.D. in Medical Epidemiology from Hanoi Medical School.
Hannah Kettler
Director for Financing and Partnerships, PATH's Center for Vaccines Innovation and Access
Hannah Kettler serves as the director for financing and partnerships at PATH's Center for Vaccines Innovation and Access. She is a recognized authority and published author on policy incentives and partnership models to mobilize corporate investment in global health. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.
Farzana Muhib
Asia Team Lead for Vaccine Implementation, PATH
Farzana Muhib is the Asia team lead for vaccine implementation at PATH. She received a master's degree in Public Health from Emory University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Home Sports Betting Football NFL OBJ Gone Hollywood: LA Rams Sign WR Odell Beckham Jr
OBJ Gone Hollywood: LA Rams Sign WR Odell Beckham Jr
By Pauly McGuire on November 12, 2021 3 min read
Odell Beckham Jr and the Cleveland Browns parted ways earlier in the week, which cleared the path for the Los Angeles Rams to sign the insanely talented, yet mercurial wide receiver also known as OBJ.
Ex-Cleveland Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr scores a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys in 2020., Now, he's joining the LA Rams for the second half of the season. (Image: Getty)
The Rams (7-2) have their eye on winning Super Bowl 56 and made several additions to the team in recent weeks, including Von Miller and Beckham, that indicate they're all-in on trying to win it now. Super Bowl 56 will be played at So-Fi Stadium in Los Angeles, so the Rams have extra incentive to win the NFC Championship and lock up a Super Bowl berth on their home turf.
The Rams signed Beckham for $1.5 million, but he could earn another $3 million in incentives and bonuses.
Breakup in Cleveland
Beckham wore out his welcome with the New York Giants several seasons ago and it happened again with the Cleveland Browns this season. Beckham can be a royal pain in the ass for the coaching staff, especially if he feels the starting quarterback isn't throwing to him.
Then again, the Rams love to pass. Even though there's only one ball to go around, Beckham could see more of it with Matthew Stafford at the helm versus the most-recent situation in Cleveland. Browns QB Baker Mayfield has been playing through a series of injuries, including a left shoulder that pops out of the socket at random moments. But Cleveland's offense is run-heavy with one of the top rushing attacks in the league. Their O-line is so damn good that even a third-stringer can rack up a 100 yards.
Beckham found himself on one of the few run-oriented offenses in the NFL, and with a banged-up quarterback who didn't deliver him the ball as much as he'd like. He caught just 17 passes for 232 yards this season. In his career, Beckham caught 504 passes including 51 touchdowns.
Rams lobby for OBJ
At first look, it doesn't make sense as to why the Rams would risk tainting their chemistry with a high-risk signing like Beckham. However, on paper, it's impossible to deny the tremendous talent that he can bring to an already stocked batch of wide receivers that includes Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods, and Van Jefferson. But it's those wideouts who were an integral part of convincing OBJ to join their ranks instead of heading to another team, including division rivals the Seattle Seahawks or the Green Bay Packers. The Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and New England Patriots were also on Beckham's shortlist.
"Pretty much just receiver to receiver telling him what's it like here in this offense and come and be a part of our team," said Robert Woods, who chatted with Beckham.
"We were really just telling him obviously he's an incredible football player, so just to have the opportunity to take the field with someone like that, to have someone like that around here would be incredible," added Cooper Kupp.
"He's outstanding when the ball is in the air, going up and making catches," explained Stafford. "He's really good after the catch as well when he can stay grounded and catch and run."
We'll find out quickly if Beckham can stay chill and fit in with everyone in the locker room.
The LA Rams are +800 odds to win Super Bowl 56, but the OBJ addition did not affect the betting markets. Only the Tampa Bay Bucs (+550) and Buffalo Bills (+600) are higher than the Rams on the NFL futures board over at DraftKings. The Rams are also +400 odds to win the NFC Championship trailing the Bucs (+275).
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