Yes. It's the end of July (or near enough). Time to take a bit of a look at the accomplishments of the month, and a look ahead at what's to come, both in writing and on this blog.
I'll also take a look at my writing goals for 2012, and see where I am in terms of meeting them.
Conference: When I think of this July, topmost in my mind will always be my experience at Stony Brook Southampton Children's Literature Conference. I learned so much there, met some fabulous people and made some wonderful friends, and came back inspired and energized to write, write, and write some more.
12 x 12 in 2012: Although my focus for much of the month was middle grade, with the conference and all, I did manage to get a picture book draft written, using as a springboard into fiction a snippet of an experience I learned about at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum.
Blog: In June, as I neared the half-way mark in the first year of this blog (although I've had other blogs over the years) I decided it was time to make a few changes. The first six months of By Word of Beth turned out to be quite intense, with post-a-day challenges, and incredible interviews, etc. I enjoyed it all, but there were times when the blogging time overtook the writing time. Since my main objective at this stage of my life is to launch my writing career, I'm finding it necessary to pull back on the blogging a bit.
For the next five months (since most of July was a hiatus while I prepared for, then attended, the conference), I will be blogging twice a week, on Mondays with musings about "writing, reading, the arts and life" as my tagline suggests is the focus of my blog, and on Fridays with Perfect Picture Book Friday when it resumes on September 7th. During August, I'll share some of my favorite middle grade novels on Fridays. The "Wednesday Worthies" posts will only make an appearance sporadically. I will still be open to posting about other things when I feel inspired. So — watch for a streamlined blog beginning today. I hope that you'll still find things to enjoy and learn from in my words.
Writing Plans for August: I am working intensively on the middle grade novel I workshopped at the Children's Lit Conference. I hope to have it ready to send for manuscript evaluation by the beginning of September. If time permits, I will also work on one of my chapter book projects and do some revisions on two picture books that have come back from evaluation. Plus, of course, coming up with a picture book draft for 12 x 12 in 2012! That should keep me out of mischief.
1. Contacting groups to find listeners/readers for feedback has not happened. I'm still pondering how best to get feedback from kids.
2. Except while I was away at the Conference, I have done my best to post to the Children's Book Hub Facebook Group whenever I find valuable content. Sometimes that has meant posting links, questions, discussion topics more than once a day! Emma and I are delighted to have seen our group grow greatly since its beginning in early December 2011, and there are now 162 members. If any children's writers, illustrators or editors are interested in joining our Facebook Group (it's free!), I encourage you to request membership at the Children's Book Hub Facebook Group … for information on the full (subscription-based) Children's Book Hub, please click Children's Book Hub.
3. 12 x 12 in 2012 — I have kept to this goal, and I am 7 for 7 in my attempt to write one picture book draft manuscript each month. There are just over 400 writers and illustrators participating in this challenge, and another one is planned for 2013. To sign up to receive information on next year's challenge, check this link. To read blog posts from some of the participants, check Julie Hedlund's blog.
4. Three chapter book drafts did not get written by June 2012. I *do* have three ideas for chapter books, and will be pursuing them in the very near future.
5. In the first six months of the year, I don't think I missed a week for posting to Susanna Leonard Hill's Perfect Picture Book Fridays. I've also promoted the concept in many different arenas.
7. My blog was critiqued by Laura B. Writer, and I have been able to incorporate many of her suggestions into the set-up and appearance of my blog.
8. I have created a list of agents to query. For now, my list focuses on agents who can handle multiple genres, and whose agency has the potential to also deal with my adult fiction.
9. Querying/submitting to agents has not yet begun. The game plan changed when I decided to work on a chapter book series related to my picture book series. I have been advised to have a few of each ready to go before I begin the querying process. Stay tuned!
10. I have done major revisions to my middle grade novel, based on workshopping it at the Stony Brook Southampton Children's Literature Conference. That novel is my main focus at the moment, and I am excited and energized by the potential it holds.
11. As is evident from my last several blog posts, I did attend the Stony Brook Southampton Children's Literature Conference, and benefited greatly from the experience. I hope to attend both parts of the Conference next year, all being well.
12. I've enjoyed several other opportunities to spread my wings in the blogging and the writing world, including participating in the "world tour" of Susanna Leonard Hill's book April Fool Phyllis; being interviewed or doing guest posts on other writers' blogs; interviewing writers, artists, dramatists, and others on my own blog; participating in a Platform Building Challenge on Robert Lee Brewer's blog… who knows what the next few months will hold!
How has your year been thus far? What are your hopes and dreams for the next part of the year?
What a joy — and an honor!
You have been a very busy lady. I'm almost exhausted just reading what you've done.
Thanks, Rob-bear. Not working full-time (other than at writing) makes an incredible difference in what one can accomplish!
Congrats you have been very, very busy! You've got a lot going on. Good Luck!
Your list of goals is so impressive that to be at this point and to have accomplished so much is wonderful. Keep it up!!
Thanks, Angela. Here's to the next five months!
All I can say is, Wow! I'm totally impressed. I'm going to look up the 12 X 12 in 2012 Challenge, which is intriguing. There are enough fascinating links in this post to keep me busy for a while. But you have inspired me to set my own writing goals in the different areas in which I work, and then to institute regular "accountability check-ins." Thanks!
I'm delighted if I've inspired you! I always feel as if there is so much more I could do, if I would just DO it. I suppose I might feel that way no matter how much I accomplished. Enjoy the links!


In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top IB Schools in the UK. These positions are compiled from the average points achieved by sixth formers taking the Diploma Programme of the IB. The International Baccalaureate Organisation refuses to publish results and we have had to collect these statistics by asking each school individually. We show two league tables - the first for schools with a cohort of IB DP students of 20 or more and the second with cohorts of 10-19 students. Schools entering fewer than 10 candidates are not included. The IB is a relatively new qualification in the UK and therefore some designated IB schools will not yet have any results to publish. Only a handful of schools offer the IB DP exclusively. Most IB schools are also offering A levels as an alternative, in which case the IB cohort is often in the minority. This is especially true of the smaller cohort IB schools. Speak to us on +44 1622 813870 for advice.
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Note 2. Exam results are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (to read our eGuide on selection factors click here). Indeed some of the schools in this TOP table are quite selective on their admissions. Be aware your child may not necessarily thrive in a high pressure academic environment - take our advice.
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Windsor Assembly Plant
2199 Chrysler Centre, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Floor Space: 4.4 million square feet
Acreage: 177 acres
Products: Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, Chrysler Voyager and Dodge Grand Caravan
Employment: 5,844 (5,610 hourly; 234 salaried) on three shifts
Union Local: Unifor Local 195, 444 and 1498
Plant History: Facility was built in 1928. In 1939, a special Chrysler royal convertible sedan was built for the 1939 Royal Tour and thousands were shipped overseas. From 1925-1965, vehicles produced at the plant included Plymouth two- and four-door sedans, Dodge hardtops, DeSoto convertibles, Chrysler station wagons and club coupes. Production of the Plymouth Valiant began in 1966 and concluded in 1975. Production of Chrysler Cordoba and Dodge Charger SE began in 1981. Production of the original Chrysler Pacifica launched in August 2002 and ran until November 2007. Nearly 400,000 Pacificas were built.
The plant began building minivans in 1983. The 2005 Chrysler and Dodge minivans with Stow 'n Go® seating and storage system launched in January 2004, with Swivel 'n Go coming on board in 2007. Production of the Volkswagen Routan, a rebadged Chrysler minivan, began in August 2008. The Company recognized 25 years of minivan leadership in 2008. Production of the Ram Cargo Van began on Aug. 31, 2011, and ended in early 2015 as the Company retooled the plant for production of the next generation minivan. The Company celebrated 30 years of minivan leadership in 2013. Production of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica launched on Feb. 29, 2016, followed by the Pacifica Hybrid on Dec. 1, 2016. The last Chrysler Town & Country rolled off the assembly line on March 21, 2016.
World Class Manufacturing Accomplishments
Windsor received a silver designation in World Class Manufacturing (WCM) in March 2014, the first North American FCA US facility to reach the award level. The plant achieved bronze in April 2012. WCM is a methodology that focuses on eliminating waste, increasing productivity, and improving quality and safety in a systematic and organized way. It engages the workforce to provide and implement suggestions on how to improve their jobs and their plants.
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Are you looking for a renowned mobile app development company in Canada? All About Apps brings the list of top companies after research and analyzing the companies for helping out our audience to get the best team of developers for developing their products. Having a right set of resources is important to transform your idea into real applications. Thus, we bring a list of prominent app development companies that are following the current market trends in Canada to deliver the best mobile app solutions.
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Yeah, Right. But… No ones concerned about future in regards to other aspects, pollution is also one of the probable cause for cancer, plastic usage and plastic remnants causes cancer in different ways. so basically future has been one way decided already.
Yeah ! You are right….actually we all know that today'syoutha are the next generation but who cares…..
I mean they themselves not care about their health how can anyone???
Imean we say earlier that the people did't know the side effects of smoking tobacco….but today when every one know the side effect behind this still everyone commit sucide by doing this….
I am not getting the exact differences on a live vaccine , live attenuated and a conjugate vaccine? Again, can we get the distinct list of the vaccines that belong to each group. It appears like their is no clear margins on the differences of these vaccines.
can u please mention that when these vaccines are necessary in a life cycle of an infant.
For what the abravation stands for H.I.B vaccine?
should experimental or novel vaccines be categorised under here?
This article was published on February 19, 2015.
Its very informative. Happy for this information.
Are there vaccines that are needed yearly?
As I read comments by Netizens and even learned people, many really don't know the facts. Maybe, during the Dengvaxia hearings, let a vaccine expert do a short informative talk; what is a vaccine, its action, and the indications, side-effects. There must be an informed consent, past medical history of the patient to be vaccinated (by the mother or person who raised the patient), and recorded on paper.
I think, researchers should more focus on genetic engineered vaccine rather than others for betterment of safety, efficacy as well as potentiality.


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. AGAPITO AGUILAR-SOSTENES and TRAVIS R. CHISHOLM, Defendants.
This matter is before the court on the motion to continue by defendant Travis R. Chisholm (Chisholm) (Filing No. 35). Chisholm seeks a continuance of the trial of this matter which is scheduled for March 12, 2012. The court held a telephone conference with counsel on February 17, 2012. James K. McGough represented Chisholm. First Assistant Federal Public Defender Shannon P. O'Connor and Reginald L. Young represented Aguilar-Sostenes. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith B. Tyrakoski represented the United States. Counsel for the government and counsel for Aguilar-Sostenes had no objection to the motion. Mr. McGough represented that Chisholm will file an affidavit wherein he agrees to the motion and understand the additional time will be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act. Upon consideration, the motion will be granted.
1. Chisholm's motion to continue trial (Filing No. 35) is granted.
2. Trial of this matter as to both defendants is re-scheduled for April 9, 2012, before Judge Joseph F. Bataillon and a jury. The ends of justice have been served by granting such motion and outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. The additional time arising as a result of the granting of the motion, i.e., the time between February 17, 2012, and April 9, 2012, shall be deemed excludable time in any computation of time under the requirement of the Speedy Trial Act for the reason that defendants' counsel require additional time to adequately prepare the case. The failure to grant additional time might result in a miscarriage of justice. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) & (B).


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Q: What files/folders should I ignore in a git repository of an iOS app? I have found questions about what to ignore in an Android app and questions regarding ignoring of cocoapods. However, I am asking about an iOS project generally.
I have an iOS app that displays ads provided by AdMob and uses Firebase to see the analytics of my app. And it uses a few cocoapods.
From one of my previous questions, I learnt that my ad unit id is a private thing. Therefore, I put my ad unit id in a separate file and ignored it:
// Secret Stuff.swift
let adUnitId = "dianfkebsfiubugb"

I think this way people will never know my ad unit ID.
But what about other stuff? Do the files generated by cocoapods contain some of my private information? Does info.plist file contain my private stuff as well? Also, when I was putting Firebase into my app, I downloaded a GoogleService-Info.plist. Should I ignore it as well? What things should I ignore?
Private information includes

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*My email

*Home address

*My phone number

*Ad Unit ID

*My passwords

*Other things that, when disclosed, will cause adverse effect on my life, such as a loss of money/income or being in danger. For example, if I disclose my Ad Unit ID, people will spam ads and my account will be banned.

Private Information does not include:

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*My real name

*My age

A: I'd suggest you take a look at what GitHub uses for when people create repos. You can find all their examples here. These ones will be of particular interest to you:

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*Xcode template

*Objective-C template

*Swift template
Adding the templates below incase the links break in the future.
For Xcode Projects in General:
# Xcode
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# gitignore contributors: remember to update Global/Xcode.gitignore, Objective-C.gitignore & Swift.gitignore

## Build generated
build/
DerivedData/

## Various settings
*.pbxuser
!default.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
!default.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
!default.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
!default.perspectivev3
xcuserdata/

## Other
*.moved-aside
*.xccheckout
*.xcscmblueprint

For Objective-C Projects:
# Xcode
#
# gitignore contributors: remember to update Global/Xcode.gitignore, Objective-C.gitignore & Swift.gitignore

## Build generated
build/
DerivedData/

## Various settings
*.pbxuser
!default.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
!default.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
!default.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
!default.perspectivev3
xcuserdata/

## Other
*.moved-aside
*.xcuserstate

## Obj-C/Swift specific
*.hmap
*.ipa
*.dSYM.zip
*.dSYM

# CocoaPods
#
# We recommend against adding the Pods directory to your .gitignore. However
# you should judge for yourself, the pros and cons are mentioned at:
# https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html#should-i-check-the-pods-directory-into-source-control
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# Carthage
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# Carthage/Checkouts

Carthage/Build

# fastlane
#
# It is recommended to not store the screenshots in the git repo. Instead, use fastlane to re-generate the
# screenshots whenever they are needed.
# For more information about the recommended setup visit:
# https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/fastlane/docs/Gitignore.md

fastlane/report.xml
fastlane/screenshots

#Code Injection
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# After new code Injection tools there's a generated folder /iOSInjectionProject
# https://github.com/johnno1962/injectionforxcode

iOSInjectionProject/

For Swift Projects:
# Xcode
#
# gitignore contributors: remember to update Global/Xcode.gitignore, Objective-C.gitignore & Swift.gitignore

## Build generated
build/
DerivedData/

## Various settings
*.pbxuser
!default.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
!default.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
!default.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
!default.perspectivev3
xcuserdata/

## Other
*.moved-aside
*.xcuserstate

## Obj-C/Swift specific
*.hmap
*.ipa
*.dSYM.zip
*.dSYM

## Playgrounds
timeline.xctimeline
playground.xcworkspace

# Swift Package Manager
#
# Add this line if you want to avoid checking in source code from Swift Package Manager dependencies.
# Packages/
.build/

# CocoaPods
#
# We recommend against adding the Pods directory to your .gitignore. However
# you should judge for yourself, the pros and cons are mentioned at:
# https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html#should-i-check-the-pods-directory-into-source-control
#
# Pods/

# Carthage
#
# Add this line if you want to avoid checking in source code from Carthage dependencies.
# Carthage/Checkouts

Carthage/Build

# fastlane
#
# It is recommended to not store the screenshots in the git repo. Instead, use fastlane to re-generate the
# screenshots whenever they are needed.
# For more information about the recommended setup visit:
# https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/fastlane/docs/Gitignore.md

fastlane/report.xml
fastlane/Preview.html
fastlane/screenshots
fastlane/test_output

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If you enjoy jailbreaking your iPhone, then you might want to avoid using Snapchat. A couple of recent Reddit reports are showing that Snapchat is temporarily banning people who installed a jailbreak tool on their iPhone. The social media app recognizes the jailbreaking tool as a third-party program and it automatically bans the user. We should add that popular member of the jailbreaking community are advising people to not use Snapchat.
The reason why Snapchat bans people who use jailbroken iPhones is that third-party apps go against Snapchat's terms of service. Snapchat approves a limited number of third-party apps that can run at the same time such as SoundHound, Pandora and Tinder for example. However, it doesn't look like Snapchat is ever going to permit jailbreaking apps to run.
The developers who are in charge of Snapchat even made a blog post in which they announced that using SCOthman, Snapchat++, Phantom, SnapTools, Emulator or Sneakaboo will result in an automatic ban. Therefore, make sure to not sideload this app on any jailbroken iPhone.
On the bright side of things, the ban is not permanent and Snapchat is giving jailbreak fans a chance to reboot their system and install an official version of iOS. As we all know, Apple is adamant about removing all types of jailbreak tools and it's even giving out rewards for people who report exploits so that the developers can fix them before jailbreak fans can use them.
With that said, it should come as no surprise that some people from Reddit are speculating that Apple might have something to do with this. Banning all Snapchat fans who jailbreak their iPhones might be Apple's way fighting against the jailbreak community.


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BUSINESSMAN MANUEL V. Pangilinan yesterday signaled continued interest in acquiring GMA Network, Inc. to add to his growing stake in various media platforms.
Ang ingay ingay na ni Willi Revillame bout the possibility of MVP acquiring GMA 7. Mukhang totoo na nga ito? Magkano kaya ang offer ni banker?? This is the reason why MCq is buying heavily in the market for the past weeks.
Sell on news kaya dito mamaya due to confirmation of rumor or convincing breakout sa 10? esep-esep kung titikim..
GMA NETWORK, Inc. has moved to take advantage of the foreseen growth in the local gambling industry by establishing a joint venture that will broadcast horse races and manage betting systems.
MANILA, Philippines - GMA Network Inc. dominated the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM) ratings last March, data from Nielsen TV Audience Measurement showed.
For the period March 1 to 31 GMA scored an average household share of 35.1 points in NUTAM, notably higher than main rival ABS-CBN's 31.3 points and TV5's 14.6 points.
Ano meron nito ngayon,pa north sya?
FIRST METRO Securities and Brokerage Corp. has placed a "sell into strength" tag on GMA Network, Inc., noting that the stock's price is driven by rumors of an acquisition by the Manuel V. Pangilinan-led PLDT group.
said to fit well with the plans of First Pacific to have a regional presence in the broadcasting field.


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Home Article Getting What They Wanted.
Getting What They Wanted.
The reason I'm ambivalent about Barack Obama weighing in on Cordoba House is that, while it was absolutely the right thing to do, he's given the GOP the excuse it needed to really nationalize the issue. As I said before, Muslims have always been collateral damage here -- the goal was to force the Democrats into the position of defending the rights of an unpopular group. Because the Democrats waited so long to do so, and because the president was among the only prominent Democratic voices to do it, they've allowed Republicans to completely define the issue. And they've found a way to capitalize on the fears from the original "madrassa" smear that emerged during the presidential campaign without dealing with the absurd specifics. No, Obama isn't a secret Muslim. Just a dirty Muslim-lover.
I doubt this has the potency Republicans hope and Democrats fear -- the economy, not the Cordoba House, will be the decisive factor in the midterm elections. The Republican position -- that the government can tell people where to build houses of worship, that fundamental rights can be subject to a show of hands, that religions are collectively responsible for the actions of a few extremists -- are weak ones. Perhaps I'm naive in saying that, but certainly if the framers had bought into them, America as we know it would not exist. But even a weak position can win if it is argued forcefully, particularly if the other side is silent or trembles at the prospect of taking its own side.
(MediaMatters)


Folate is one of the few vitamins for which a widespread deficiency is generally accepted (1). An adequate intake, particularly for women of childbearing age who wish to have children, is essential for the prevention of neural tube defects and other birth defects in infants. Folate also plays an important role in the prevention of chronic diseases. The fortification of staple foods (eg flour) that contain folic acid is an effective way to provide adequate folic acid intake for the population. Countries in North and South America and Australia have been practising this successfully for many years.
However, concerns about a possible increased risk of certain cancers, eg colon cancer, have prevented the further spread of this practice.
The recently in The Lancet published meta-analysis (2) has given the all clear on this issue. This is an important development concerning the question in the recommendation of folic acid supplementation. The meta-analysis also took high doses into account and found no increased risk.


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Those are the opening words of the report titled A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians.
That was April 1974, exactly 40 years ago.
The now-legendary document, commonly referred to as the Lalonde Report (after then-minister of health and welfare Marc Lalonde), marked a dramatic shift in thinking.
While making medical treatment available is important, the report stressed that the real impact on health comes from social and economic factors, what are now called the socio-economic determinants of health – income, education, housing, the physical environment, discrimination, gender and so on. The report was one of the first to talk in detail about the importance of lifestyle, and the need for public health promotion and prevention.
Make a commitment to the health goals of the World Health Organization.
While the Lalonde report does not say a lot specifically about income, we need to remember that there was a companion report, published a few months earlier, A Working Paper on Social Security in Canada, which addressed this issue in detail and which, among other things, examined the notion of a guaranteed annual income.
It's worth noting, at least in passing, that the Lalonde report got virtually no media attention when it was released, just as it is getting no media attention (present company excluded) on its 40th anniversary.
Yet it had a dramatic impact on health systems around the world; Nordic countries, in particular, embraced the Lalonde report and its philosophy, and their health and welfare system are better for it.
Yet, in Canada, the Lalonde report could be published today and be current. That's because we've implemented so few of its recommendations, except around the margins.
In Canadian health care, we are still discussing the same issues today as in 1974. We are still making the same recommendations today as 1974.
In 1974, we spent $10-billion on health care; in 2014, we will spend in excess of $211-billion.
We have spent, in those ensuing 40 years, approximately $1.8-trillion (with a T) on health care in Canada, and about 2 per cent of that has gone to prevention.
If anything, our health care system is more oriented toward sickness care than ever before. We chant a constant refrain, demanding "more, more, more" of the same.
In the past 40 years we have improved the standard of living, but inequalities and disparities are staggering. We continue to spend on sickness care but we have savaged many social programs and made our tax system far less progressive.
The result: The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the comfortable, healthy middle class is disappearing.
Are we, as a society, any healthier in 2014 than we were in 1974?
Perhaps it's time for a New Perspective on the Health of Canadians? Or at least a new appreciation for an old and wise perspective.
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As a social work student, one of the first things we learn about is the 12 Socio-economic Determinants Of Health. I did not know that they were part of the recommendation that was written 40 years ago. These 12 determinants have come to be so neatly defined for us to identify the issues troubling our country, individuals and communities. These assist us with those who need our assistance, by giving us tools to better identify and examine a clients needs. For example: a better social environment, better access to a healthier environment, and access to health care to name a few. As Canadian we take health care for granted, we feel or believe Medicare will always be there. It may be in jeopardy. Perhaps if the Liberal Federal Gov't in 1974 would have seriously considered these recommendations, we too could be more of a Socialist state like Sweden and not a Neo-liberal ideological country.
Many political parties have used bits and pieces of Lalonde's recommendations, picking on the dusty remains of this very valid, and still timely piece of health promotion strategy to their benefit, trying to make themselves look benevolent. Meanwhile, taxes go up and Medicare gets clawed back, which endangers our working, poor because they have to make the decision to buy groceries or pay to get their eyes examined. Or pay their child's daycare or get their necessary prescription filled. As you can see we already have a two-tier healthcare system, which marginalizes those who don't have a secondary source of health insurance after Medicare. The Conservative/Liberal capitalists want us to pay more taxes and still get fewer services. It's time for our Health Care Policies to change for the better, and we have an oldie but a goodie of a recommendation that fits the bill.
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AEVOLO READY FOR JOE MARTIN DEBUT
Aevolo Cycling will make its racing debut at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Thursday. While several Aevolo riders have pinned on numbers already this season, the four-day UCI stage race marks the first team race for new US outfit.
"I hope that we can show that we've provided our athletes and our staff with the tools to succeed," said team manager Mike Creed. "We have no real backbone or spine. We didn't merge with another team or poach their sponsors. This is the first outing for a brand new team, and we want to have a respectable start. Hopefully our colleagues see what we've done in a short amount of time and have some respect for that."
Aevolo's roster includes Jack Burke, Jokin Etxabe Leturia, Laurent Gervais, Lance Haidet, Michael Hernandez, Jason Saltzman, Tyler Stites and Luis Villalobos. The group is a mix of climbers and fast finishers that are well-suited to contest the challenges that Joe Martin throws at them: an uphill prologue, two road races and a dynamic criterium.
"I have no hard expectations," said Creed. "I'm very curious to see how they stack up and what they and we have to work on. I'm treating this race as a real diagnostic tool to see what we have to work with and where we can go from here."
Creed anticipates the 40th edition of Joe Martin will be the most challenging yet.
"It's the strongest men's field they've ever had, and I think it will be the most aggressive race I've known of with Joe Martin," Creed said. "A time that would have gotten you in the top ten two or three years ago won't get you inside the top 20 this year. I welcome a fast and aggressive race. It will more accurately show any flaws in our game and what we have to work on."
Admitting that he's slightly superstitious, Creed was hesitant to name his ambitions for his squad in Arkansas. He sees opportunities for Villalobos, Stites and Extabe Leturia on the prologue and stage one. He hopes Hernandez, Gervais and Stites will contest the flat, fast finishes.
"The final stage suits us as a whole, and I'd like to see us do something there," said Creed. "It's hard to say exactly what that 'something' would be until I have a better sense of how we stack up.
"We're here to learn and grow," said Creed. "For us, Joe Martin is a starting point – and I think we can have a solid start."
Aevolo Cycling for Joe Martin Stage Race:
Jack Burke (CAN)
Jokin Etxabe Leturia (ESP)
Laurent Gervais (CAN)
Lance Haidet (USA)
Michael Hernandez (USA)
Jason Saltzman (USA)
Tyler Stites (USA)
Luis Villalobos (MAC)


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Ponzi scheme DMG to compensate investors $11.7M
by Tim Hinchliffe November 30, 2011
Colombian Ponzi scheme DMG must pay victims $11.7 million, a Bogota court decided Tuesday.
The court ruled that DMG, which Colombian authorities said was a pyramid scheme that laundered money for drug lords, must repay its investors after two years of lawsuits.
To date, $13 million in cash, $3.4 million in goods, and $11.4 million in real estate have been appropriated for about 73,000 victims who invested in DMG.
The former head of the company, David Murcia Guzman, was sentenced to nine years in a U.S. prison in July for money laundering and fraud.
Hundreds of thousands of Colombians lost their life savings through investing in DMG, which stole more than $400 million from its investors in the U.S. and Colombia.
The company's jailed former lawyer, Margarita Pabon, returned to complete her sentence in Colombia this week after serving 15 months in a U.S. prison. Several other extradited DMG executives, including Pabon's husband Luis Fernando Cediel, remain in custody in the U.S..
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Colombia's emerald industry continues to be tied to violence and organized crime
Narco cryptocurrency laundering network busted in Spain
Colombia's FARC guerrillas under pressure over assets


Anthology Call for Submissions: "Reel Dark: Twisted Fantasies Projected on the Flickering Page"
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BlackWyrm Publishing is opening several positions in its spring short fiction anthology for general submissions. We offer professional rates (typically $.05/word) for full members of professional organizations such as the HWA, MWA, RWA, and SFWA; other stories accepted through general submissions receive a flat semi‐professional rate of $25. All contributors receive copies. The collection, tentatively titled Reel Dark: Twisted Fantasies Projected on the Flickering Page, focuses on the infection of (prose‐fictional) worlds by movies. We want innovative approaches: if you think endless references to films or characters stepping into or off of the screen is innovative, reconsider submitting. Although the anthology as a whole will be dark in tone, it will speak to a range of audiences interested in horror, science‐fiction, fantasy, and/or romance (particularly paranormal). Stories should not exceed 3,500 words. Submissions are open now and close November 1, 2014. We intend to launch the collection at the World Horror Convention in May 2015. Submit stories in standard manuscript format via movieantho@blackwyrm.com. Direct questions about the focus, rates, etc. to Editor‐in‐Chief L. Andrew Cooper via landrewcooper@blackwyrm.com. Submissions sent directly to the editor will be deleted unread. Authors accepted or invited to submit may join the group at www.blackwyrm.com/movieantho for more information.


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Nova Scotia > More
Sharing experiences with others makes the difference to mental illness recovery
Catherine McKellar · Contributed | Posted: Aug. 9, 2019, 4:38 p.m. | Updated: Aug. 21, 2019, 10:18 a.m. | 3 Min Read
Talking with someone who has experienced what you are going through is critical to someone with mental illness and health challenges. Tyler Simmonds (right) is a Laing House peer support worker and Aly Aly (left) is a youth at the Halifax location of Laing House.
If you ask Tyler Simmonds and Aly Aly about Laing House's peer support program, you are going to first see a slight smile on their faces, a quick look at each other and then learn that their relationship has been an important part of both of their mental illness recoveries.
Tyler is a Laing House peer support worker and Aly is a youth at the Halifax location of Laing House. Aly came to Laing House two years ago struggling with his mental illness and looking for support and friends. He soon connected with Tyler, who was a staff member recruited to be a peer support worker.
"It really is like having a buddy to hang out with," says Aly. "Talking with Tyler helps me to redirect my thinking when I'm having a tough day. I start talking about our shared interests and soon we are talking about goals and aspirations. The conversation helps my mind to refocus on the good things."
"I've learned things from Aly as well. It goes both ways with peer support," adds Tyler.
Talking with someone who understands what you are going through is critical to someone with mental illness and challenges. According to the National Mental Health Commission, peer support not only improves people's lives but also saves money by reducing the use of more formal mental health, medical and social services. That's why peer support to mental illness recovery is the foundation of Laing House.
"Peer support is woven into every program and every activity that Laing House offers," says Hilary Rankin, Executive Director of Laing House.
"Essentially, peer support is a supportive relationship between people that share a lived experience. Learning from each other in a safe place like Laing House means youth with mental illness or challenges are surrounded by others who understand how they are feeling," adds Rankin. "A peer support worker can understand what scares a youth with mental illness, why they might be feeling overwhelmed or frustrated, and what might help a youth get on to a recovery plan. The peer support worker has been in the same boat. They can share their own experience and be a role model for hope and wellness."
Peer support is not about an expert telling you what your experience means or what you need to do. It is not a benevolent paternalistic relationship and it is not a one-way relationship.
"The peer support relationship is organic," says Simmonds. "Often you meet each other through programs or activities and find common interests. Then the conversations start to evolve and you realize that you share maybe an illness. Soon you are talking about what you do to move forward and what goals and aspirations you have."
"I connected with Tyler just by hanging around the House. Our paths crossed as I was attending a few programming activities and soon we started chatting about things we had in common — including mental illness," says Aly.
So why does peer support work?
"This relationship is outside of the clinical setting. People are not looking for answers with peer support. They are looking to be heard and see there is hope," says Aly. "Peer support gives people inspiration, hope and motivation. It helps us to see others dealing with mental illness when they talk about their experience and how they got well. We then see that we can do things to improve. We can see a way to move forward and be well."
Laing House is a not-for-profit with three locations—Halifax, Sackville and Yarmouth. It is the only organization in Nova Scotia that solely focuses on youth with mental illness or mental health challenges and their recovery. To learn more about Laing House or to donate, visit www.lainghouse.org
Join us at the Laing House Masquerade Ball on October 26, 2019. For tickets visit https://ball.lainghouse.org/
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Change and isolate colors! Learn secondary color correction techniques in Final Cut Pro X!
Secondary color correction allows you to isolate a very narrow hue spectrum and affect it without changing the rest of the image.
Watch this video tutorial to find out how to perform single and multiple secondary color corrections in Final Cut Pro X!
Hello. This is Ashley Kennedy with PremiumBeat.com, here to show you how to perform a secondary color correction in Final Cut Pro X. Now, secondary color correction is when you affect a very narrow range of hues and don't really affect the rest of the image. So for example, in this picture I have a garden with some yellow roses, and we're going to make them orange. So to do that, we're going to go ahead and just click on the clip and open the Inspector – shortcut, command and 4. Over here in the color panel we want to add a color mask, which is this button right here. I'm going to go ahead and click on it, and then when we come over into our Viewer we have an eye dropper. I'm going to go ahead and click right here, right on the yellow rose, and then drag out. The more I drag out, the wider range of yellow hues are sampled.
Now I don't want to go too much or else is will get all of that green. So I want to find just the right amount so that it's just primarily those yellow roses, and I'll let go. I notice that my color mask is sampled right here. This is going to allow me to affect just that color. So, I'm going to go to my color board, and now we can affect the color however we want. Here in the color tab, I can take my global control and move it up into that orange category like so, and you can see that now I have my orange flowers. I can then come into saturation and bump up the saturation, or down. So we'll kind of bump it up a little bit here. And same thing with exposure. I like the exposure kind of where it was. It seems the most realistic. OK. So basically here we have performed a pretty simple secondary color correction. If we go back to my Inspector here, you can see that here's my color mask. We now have masked the original yellow color with orange, and I have a slider right next to it which controls the softness, or basically the falloff from my selected color to the rest of the color palette. So I can drag it back and forth to soften it or make it sharper. I think we'll leave it right where it is. So here we go. We've changed the color of those roses.
Now, you can apply multiple secondary color corrections as well. Let's go ahead to a little bit more of a complex picture here. Let's go ahead and make this entire group of flowers all orange flowers. Alright. So, I'm going to go ahead and click on this image. Again, we want to add a color mask, so I am going to click right here and we'll start with the yellow. Now notice that our sun is also a little yellow so we want to be careful as we drag. I'll go ahead and drag, and there's my yellow flowers. You notice the sun kind of picks it up right there. It's really a judgment call, as to if you go a little bit under or a little bit over. I'm going to go ahead and do a little bit over, so that a little bit of that sun is going to get that orange glow as well. So, I'm going to come into my color board and starting over with the color adjustment, I'm going to go ahead and drag that up to orange. Alright. And I might go in and adjust my saturation and exposure as well, but just for the purposes of this demonstration, I'm going to leave it at that. I'm going to go ahead and go back to my inspector, and we're going to press this button which is "add a correction". We'll go ahead and add a color correction right underneath it. Again, get another color mask. Let's go ahead and get our red this time. It's sampling all of our red. Again, if I go too far it's going to get too much, so I'm going to stop right there. Let go, and go in and get those to be orange.
Next we need to go in for the purple. Add the color correction. Get the color mask. Grab my purple. And make that orange as well. Alright, so we're back out of the inspector and we have three corrections applied with three different masks. We're well on our way of making our meadow full of orange tulips. It does need a little bit of tweaking in terms of exposure and saturation. They're probably a little bit too orange. So we can come in and adjust those as necessary. Also, if you want to look at any of these color corrections in their original state, you just need to click on the button to the left of the correction and you can see what it came from before you applied it. OK. Thanks for joining us on this lesson on secondary color correction in Final Cut Pro X. Remember to check back often at PremiumBeat.com for more exciting video tutorials on both Avid and Final Cut Pro. This is Ashley Kennedy with PremiumBeat.com.


An estimated 20% of people experience dental anxiety, but less than half this number experience dental phobia, a severe fear that prevents people from going to the dentist entirely. Dental anxiety and dental phobia prevent patients all over the world from seeking the preventative care they need as well as restorative care. Many dentists are experienced in helping patients with dental phobia get the care they need without experiencing debilitating stress and anxiety over the event.
How can the right dentist help you overcome your dental phobia?
An article by Dr. Mojgan Mazhari. Originally published by Your Dental Health Resource.
Dr. Mazhari is an Alexandria dentist with specializing training in TMJ, sleep apnea, dental implants, Invisalign and, lumineers, and is known for her compassionate, caring manner and comprehensive approach to dental care. She strives to build a lasting relationship built on patient focused dentistry and mutual trust.