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NGO Overview
GeOnG 2018
CartONG joins forces with The Global Healthsites Mapping Project to generate accurate healthcare location data worldwide
In August 2017, CartONG signed the Global Healthsites Mapping Project's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a partnership with Healthsites.io focused on the development of an open data online map of every health-care facility in the world.
The Global Healthsites Mapping Project was initiated during the Ebola response by Mark Herringer, Tim Sutton and Dražen Odobašić. This innovative initiative – to create an online map of every health facility in the world and make the details of each location easily accessible – was subsequently launched through The Red Innovation Unit of the The International Committee of the Red Cross at the Global Partnership for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation (GPHI2) in Lausanne on March, 3rd 2016.
In a situation of armed conflict, natural disaster or disease outbreak, knowing where the nearest health-care facilities are, and which types of resources and services they offer is critical for first responders. Healthsites.io aims to become a reference point for health-care workers, aid agencies and government agencies in their response to emergency and crisis situations. It also strives to enable the available data to serve as a resource for members of the general public, healthcare service providers, governments and other institutional actors to improve local populations' access to primary health care, with support for people with disabilities and women and girls, and WASH programs.
Healthsites is an open development initiative, where health facility data is freely available to everyone and everyone can contribute by authenticating through a social media account, and easily adding, updating or sharing data on Healthsites.io. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a data life cycle with OpenStreetMap (OSM) – where imported OSM data is validated and improved by users and humanitarian organizations and then saved back to OSM (see model here).
Since 2016, the Global Healthsite Mapping Project has grown into a partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Hospital Federation (IHF), Médecins Sans Frontières GIS Unit (MSF Switzerland), the Health Care in Danger Project and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team – a partnership to which CartONG is now hoping to contribute.
As a strong believer of, and an active member of the open data community, CartONG is always committed to support initiatives of a similar design and magnitude as Healthsites.io. As new partners, CartONG and Healhsites' initial focus will be on the evolution of the baseline health facility attributes. Initially developed by the International Hospital Federation this baseline of health facility attributes will be aligned with OpenStreetmap and lay the foundation for the data life cycle.
CartONG and Healthsites are also currently collaborating with the Netherlands Red Cross, the Malawi Red Cross Society and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, on launching a data collaborative to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Malawi. More precisely, the project will be conducted as a pilot to develop an innovative grass-root monitoring methodology to monitor a specific sets of SDGs indicators (3.3, 3.8, 6.1 and 6.2).
The project will be kicked off by a field mission in the DRC in the coming months to:
Identify and address legal, technical and commercial barriers to data sharing.
Raise awareness and build capacity of key stakeholders.
Map currently available geospatial data on WASH and health SDG indicators, and identify gaps.
Review data curation and dissemination platforms, develop workflows on data migration to/from them.
Build tools and trainings on data visualization to make the data actionable to decision makers.
The ultimate hope of the project is that the pilots in the DRC and Malawi be duplicable to support more SDGs indicators and be operational in other countries.
You too can be a part of the Healthsites initiative by joining Healthsites.io here! All you need is a Facebook or Twitter account.
Global Healthsites Mapping Project MoU_signed.pdf
Data Collaborative for SDG flyer 2017.pdf
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Occupational Employment and Wages in Olympia, May 2013
Workers in the Olympia Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.45 in May 2013, about 1 percent above the nationwide average of $22.33, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Richard J. Holden noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wages in the local area were significantly higher than their respective national averages in 8 of the 22 major occupational groups, including protective service, healthcare support, and construction and extraction. Nine groups had significantly lower wages than their respective national averages, including legal; management; and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media.
When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was more highly concentrated in 8 of the 22 occupational groups, including business and financial operations; computer and mathematical; and life, physical, and social science. Conversely, nine groups had employment shares significantly below their national representation, including production, transportation and material moving, and healthcare practitioners and technical. (See table A and box note at end of release.)
Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Olympia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and measures of statistical significance, May 2013
Major occupational group
Percent of total employment
Mean hourly wage
Percent difference (1)
Total, all occupations
100.0% 100.0% $22.33 $22.45 1
4.9 4.5* 53.15 45.57* -14
Business and financial operations
1.8 1.8 38.51 33.87* -12
0.9 2.1* 33.37 30.32* -9
1.4 1.7* 21.50 21.38 -1
6.3 6.5 24.76 22.47* -9
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
3.0 2.3* 13.61 17.24* 27
Food preparation and serving related
9.0 8.7 10.38 11.77* 13
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
3.2 2.7* 12.51 13.09* 5
Personal care and service
Sales and related
10.6 11.4* 18.37 16.14* -12
Office and administrative support
16.2 16.7* 16.78 17.77* 6
Installation, maintenance, and repair
3.9 3.3* 21.35 22.28 4
Transportation and material moving
(1) A positive percent difference measures how much the mean wage in Olympia is above the national mean wage, while a negative difference reflects a lower wage.
* The percent share of employment or mean hourly wage for this area is significantly different from the national average of all areas at the 90-percent confidence level.
One occupational group—business and financial operations—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Olympia had 8,870 jobs in business and financial operations, accounting for 9.3 percent of local area employment, significantly higher than the 5.0-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $29.61, measurably below the national wage of $34.14.
Some of the largest detailed occupations within the business and financial operations group included accountants and auditors (2,260), compliance officers (940), and claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators (850). Among the higher paying jobs were personal financial advisors and financial analysts, with mean hourly wages of $49.61 and $35.45, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were tax preparers ($13.74) and meeting, convention, and event planners ($21.20). (Detailed occupational data for business and financial operations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/2013/may/oes_36500.htm.)
Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Olympia Metropolitan Statistical Area, above average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the business and financial operations group. For instance, compliance officers were employed at 5.5 times the national rate in Olympia, and claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, at 4.3 times the U.S. average. On the other hand, loan officers had a location quotient of 0.9 in Olympia, indicating that this particular occupation's local and national employment shares were similar.
These statistics are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case, the Washington Employment Security Department.
OES wage and employment data for the 22 major occupational groups in the Olympia metropolitan statistical area were compared to their respective national averages based on statistical significance testing. Only those occupations with wages or employment shares above or below the national wage or share after testing for significance at the 90-percent confidence level meet the criteria.
NOTE: A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested.
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are also surveyed, but their data are not included in the national estimates. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed to approximately 200,000 sampled establishments in May and November each year for a 3-year period. May 2013 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected in May 2013, November 2012, May 2012, November 2011, May 2011, and November 2010. The overall national response rate for the six panels is 75.3 percent based on establishments and 71.6 percent based on employment. The sample in the Olympia Metropolitan Statistical Area included 1,332 establishments with a response rate of 76 percent. For more information about OES concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.
The OES survey provides estimates of employment and hourly and annual wages for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and 821 detailed occupations for the nation, states, metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas. In addition, employment and wage estimates for 94 minor groups and 458 broad occupations are available in the national data. OES data by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm , respectively.
The May 2013 OES estimates are based on the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Information about the 2010 SOC is available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/soc and information about the 2012 NAICS is available at www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm .
Area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The Olympia, Wash. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Thurston County.
OES data are available on our regional web page at www.bls.gov/regions/west/home.htm. Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed technical information about the OES survey is available in our Survey Methods and Reliability Statement on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/oes/2013/may/methods_statement.pdf. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request – Voice phone: 202-691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
Table 1. Employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey, by occupation, Olympia Metropolitan Statistical Area, May 2013
Mean wages
Level (2)
Location quotient (3)
Annual(4)
8,870 1.8 $29.61 $61,590
50 0.6 24.37 50,680
350 1.7 26.50 55,120
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
Human Resources Specialists
Labor Relations Specialists
1,050 1.6 31.25 65,000
60 0.5 49.61 103,200
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in Olympia, WA, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_36500.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
Last Modified Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014

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So let's talk about different linkage techniques that we have at our disposal.
happens increasingly common in the social, but in particular in the health sciences.
common variables in both data sets.
So yeah, that's a starting point often.
And the hope that you can combine records to each other on these matching variables.
less so, to statistic matching or data fusion.
they assume that the linked records belong to the same unit.
born, not going to tell you, and some other identifying variable.
you would, in the second data set, find that case as well, right?
a particular person, and you could find that in both data sets.
So that would be an exact matching.
Sometimes, if you don't have as good of an identifier, you can't do that.
And so you need to move to probabilistic matching.
Statistical matching is a totally different game.
these are completely different data sets.
difference between these techniques as we revisit this.
the link is established based on a single unique identifier.
So first name, last name, birthdate, birthplace.
That together could be a single unique identifier for a case.
Easier would be a social security number or an establishment number.
able to ask in your survey, if you were to link administrative data with survey data.
where you have one case here, one case there, you combine the two.
particular identifier from the respondent prior to linkage.
So,it's good to plan your whole data collection at once.
each data set in place, as you go into this.
Now, this also assumes that you've record the identifier without error.
then it will be very hard to find me in the database.
a fixed term like probabilistic record linkage is.
techniques from database and information retrieval systems.
They are basically techniques that are used for prediction.
That's why I use this kind of labeling here.
But let me talk first about the probabilistic record linkage.
in 1969, discussed in a paper widely cited.
here linking administrative records of all sorts.
you use a set of available attributes for linking.
That could be personal information, names, addresses, date of birth, and so on.
And then you calculate match weights for attributes.
linkage, you could create a unique key out of that string.
set of variables, which eventually then is unique.
on birthdates, and each of them should have a different weight.
and so, you assume every one of these variables could have an error.
the birthplace could be wrong, the address could be wrong.
name change, less likely to happen, right?
Whereas address changes maybe more so, right?
two different addresses, then maybe the address shouldn't have as much weight.
Or depending on what it is, maybe you have different decisions going on here, right?
therefore the address is good.
Then you might have a different rationale here, right?
what these weights are for the particular variables.
you create a score in which you merge.
Not going to go into the statistical details here.
That's not the right course for this.
But it gives you a sense of what's behind this technique.
most of them are sort of driven by machine learning techniques.
on using these techniques for various data linkage endeavors.
Supervised learning basically being like regression techniques.
where you already had a link and you know, okay, these really are true matches.
what are good predictive variables for these matches and use those.
those are usually clustering techniques or some graph based techniques.
both data sources, or if you have multiple sources across the multiple data sources.
unique identifier available, then this can be quite difficult.
you want to assign different weights even if we are not dealing with dirty data.
not on address because address changes, right?
This is not counting for typos.
it might be necessary to have a lot of preprocessing.
So let's take my name again, right?
So sometimes you will see Frauke Kreuter, PhD.
because the Germans like to spell out the full titling.
you wouldn't even see that this is the same case, right?
you drop the doctor and then you merge these two pieces, right?
So there's a lot of work going on ahead of time.
Don't underestimate that when you try to create a record linkage project.
as a function of this dirty data.
if you really try to find 1 to 1 match, right?
is available, this is computationally very, very effortful.
any computational power you have.
that you only search within a certain area.
variable and you would just search within Washington D.C.
rather than everybody and stuff like that.
something to take a look at there.
Ian Foster and others that's coming out in 2016 that Josh Tarko and Jeff wrote.
They give you a good sense of this.
obviously something interesting for you to look at.
data in many linkage applications, so then some of these techniques don't even work.
Because personal information, names, and addresses are commonly used.
Now, on the latter, there's a lot of exciting research going on.
currently in London with the European Social Survey.
And that institute the US is housed in.
so that it can be more easily used for these record linkage endeavors.
which is the issue of consent which is the next piece we're going to talk about.
sort of used to portray all the work that needs to be done.
think about and capture any data definition and be clear what these are.
you have day, day, month, month and then a year or even a year with four digits.
until you need to learn about these data definitions ahead of time.
Then there's the parsing I all ready gave that example with the names.
a data table that has a lot of redundancy into a separate data table.
would be helpful to have these tables spread out in a household level file.
or addresses for that matter, much faster record linkage possible that way.
you just keep that in a separate person level file.
because you take certain variables and combine them or what have you.
there could be filtering going on.
And then of course, the data linkage itself.
the program on time that you might need to know in order to do this.
There's software that can help you with this.
the R Paket, RecordLinkage, probably popular.
But the others too, so you can look at them.
See what speaks to you and fits your purposes the best.
MTB, which is a Java application developed in the German Record Linkage Center.
The last version update's from November 2012.
This is free for anyone who does research.
counseling on how to use that software by the German Record Linkage Center.
Now a very different technique, as I promised, would be statistical matching.
Here you combine distinct data sources, okay?
So remember earlier we said we have the same cases and they are linked together.
Here we have a situation where we have disjointed data sets.
And you try to find good fitting cases across the two data sets.
Here records are linked, if there are similar based on similarity measures.
But how you create these similarity measures, up to you, right?
A lot of different techniques available.
Nearest neighbor would be one, regression based techniques.
Another one many use propensity score matching.
at the record linkage literature, but you can read up on if you look closely.
anything that has to do with generalization of experimental results.
so someone else does, and it's a small set of cases.
a treatment, but weren't randomized.
what would have happened had these people not undergone this treatment?
And so you're looking for a control group to compare them to.
And you then later on want to analyze, what is the effect between those two?
as I said, there's a ton of literature out there.
The steps, when you do that, are also pretty straight forward.
You have to determine a set of covariates to use.
You define a distance measure.
You select a matching method and carry it out.
often graphically, but other statistical techniques are there too.
And then you carry out the analysis on the matched samples.
in gray on the left side you see all the cases for which no matches were found.
the cases that had treatment and control units that could be matched to each other.
are very accessible on this topic.


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Meet the woman who was told she would never work in beauty after losing her legs to meningitis - now she helps people overcome their scars
Sophia, who nearly died from the illness aged 16, was told she "needed to be beautiful to work in beauty" - she didn't need any greater motivation
Charles Capel
Sophia at work microblading, a form of permanent make up (Image: Sophia Wyatt)
"You need to be beautiful to work in beauty."
That's what a beauty tutor told Sophia Wyatt after she vowed to work in the industry, despite losing both her legs and some of her fingers to meningitis.
Sophia's response?
The Guildford resident said: "They didn't want me to work in beauty therapy and they made it very clear someone with false legs would never be able to be a makeup artist."
Sophia has now worked extensively in television and film, contributing to films like Atonement and working with stars like Keira Knightley and James McAvoy.
These photos show why it's so important young people get vaccinated against meningitis
The discrimination didn't end there: "As a disabled person, working in television was pretty much unheard of," she said.
"All of my career, I've not talked about my legs and I've not talked about my illness because celebrities and models are very superficial they probably wouldn't want a disabled makeup artist working on them."
Sophia Wyatt was told she would not have a career in beauty (Image: Sophia Wyatt)
Sophia continued: "A lot of the time, people had no idea, they just thought I walked with a limp, they didn't know I'd lost my legs. I've had models tell me that they didn't want me to touch their face because I've lost fingers.
"But I'd be doing their makeup and tell them I have leprosy and scare the hell out of them. I used humour to get back at them."
Sophia has also worked on news and sports programmes - she says politicians are the most superficial of all.
'I was so close to dying; I was just happy to be alive'
It was New Year's Eve 1993 when 16-year-old Sophia started to feel unwell.
By January 2, she was placed in an induced coma where she fought for her life for 20 days.
When she woke up, Sophia was told she would have to lose her legs in order to save her life.
"It was horrific, but because I was so close to dying, I was just happy to be alive," she said.
"Being next to the burns unit and hearing those people crying and screaming, that kept me grounded. My doctors were saying that as soon your wounds heal we'll get you new legs."
Sophia Wyatt lost both of her legs to meningitis when she was 16 (Image: Sophia Wyatt)
While in hospital Sophia, found inspiration in a makeup artist who helps survivors of burns cover their scars.
"She inspired me to make the most of my life and I kind of feel like it's my turn to do that to other people," said Sophia, who has now found her vocation in permanent makeup and cosmetic tattooing.
"It wasn't until I started to work with people who have burns or scarring or alopecia or cancer patients, that I've started to share what I've been through," she said.
"It's really boosted them to know that someone who has gone through really traumatic times has actually got through it. "
'I feel so grateful to know I am making a difference to someone's life'
Sophia's clients are often misunderstood by consultants obsessed with perfection.
"With permanent makeup and the way that industry works, it is very superficial," she said,
"A lot of my clients when they go and have consultations with other therapists, they feel they don't have any kind of empathy with them it's all about beauty and looking perfect.
"But my clients know it's not about perfection, it's about making their lives easier."
What is meningitis? What are the symptoms? And what to do if you suspect you have it?
Sophia specialises in permanent makeup and cosmetic tattoos, semi-permanent markings to cover scarring or physical effects of illness.
Someone who has lost their eyebrows or hair from cancer treatment might have them tattooed on, or stroke survivor might redefined the outside of their lips.
When she was 16, Sophia was taken to Royal Surrey County Hospital for treatment.
Her mum is currently seeking cancer treatment there. She now gives back to the hospital that saved her life.
"I spend much of my spare time volunteering for Look Good Feel Better at Royal Surrey, a charity who offer makeup workshops for women going through or recovering from cancer.
"After the trauma I went through as a teenager, I feel so grateful to be able to wake up in the morning and know that today I am going to make a real difference to someone's life.
"It is such a rewarding and humbling position to be in."
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Aesthetics for Worldbuilding
Reflections on Caldonyx
Our most recent interview with RPG For You And Me has got my juices flowing about aesthetics and tone in worldbuilding.
During the podcast I kept making reference to a painting 'The Nighthawks' because the city of Caldonyx, the primary city and key setting in their world, just kept drawing me back to it. The painting draws you to the quiet interior of a diner with folks walking in smelling of cold and chatting about their evening quietly over coffee, light streaming out into a sleeping city beyond. The world that Alli and Doug are creating both through deliberate preemptive worldcrafting and on the spot, as characters in their game, is rich in part because they built it off the back of a feeling, a tone and vision.
Their love of food, for example turns up throughout. The culinary world of Caldonyx is rich and vibrant in part because food is so central to their own lives and the human experience in general. It's comforting, warm and inviting. That's the goal of creating a world built on the back of a feeling or a tone. It makes for a great piece of fairycake that can be applied very broadly while still feeling very coherent to your audience. It means the smell test is usually an easy pass provided you made something that feels right.
I know there are some of us for whom this doesn't work. Where the expectation of their constructed world is far more concrete. They want deep intricate worlds, established rules and very bright lines. This, however, can be genre and medium specific. TTRPG requires some flexibility so players can help you make your world, beyond that RPG For You and Me are not making a hard science fiction world where they're using spreadsheets to determine relativity (as IE Horton does), they're making something deliberately light (though they are far from avoiding deep content) that also radiates warmth.
There's a comedian Bill Bailey who hilariously said he creates his jokes backwards. He titters to himself and asks 'what would it take to generate that much mirth?' He's obviously being a little silly but for the purposes of worldbuilding I think it's pretty valid. When you're stepping out to a cool night in the city, there's a sense of quiet and stillness for a moment, even with the press of a crowd and for a minute the neon lights seem inviting. You smell the rich spicy aroma of a street vendor selling lamb gyros nearby. You can look at that moment and ask the question 'how do I make more of that?'.


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Coheed And Cambria launch Here To Mars video
By Martin Kielty
View lyric promo for track from non-concept album The Color Before The Sun
Coheed And Cambria have released a lyric video for their track Here To Mars.
It's taken from eighth album The Color Before The Sun, their first non-concept title, to be launched on October 9 via 300 Entertainment.
Mainman Claudio Sanchez recently said: "I want people to know that Coheed can write that sort of record. I've always said there's never been a limitation on the band – it makes no sense to me to draw a line in the sand and never cross it."
The band released a video for You Got Spirit, Kid last month.
Here To Mars
You Got Spirit, Kid
Peace To The Mountain
Freelance Online News Contributor
Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he's also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (opens in new tab), a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories (opens in new tab) about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He's appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK's vast canal network.
"We had no interest in being rock stars": The story behind Jethro Tull's Aqualung
Moby: "The first time I saw The Misfits I was just glad they didn't eat me"
Avenged Sevenfold's M Shadows: "we try to stay as much away from the leather pant butt-wiggle 80s ballad as we can"
Fall Out Boy announce US arena tour with Bring Me The Horizon
Skindred, The Bronx, Witch Fever, Mimi Barks and more added to 2000trees bill


My poem "The Salt March" published in Writers Resist is my response to another poem. The internet age makes it possible to "interact" with other writers, to produce the equivalent of "call and response." When I saw video and photos of protesters in wheel chairs being dragged from the halls of the U.S. Congress I was at first enraged. Then I read my poet friend Alan Catlin's poem "Mixed Message: A History Lesson 2017". I wrote and told him that the piece authentically demonstrates the poetry of bearing witness. I felt the need to provide a complementing piece, "The Salt March" is my contribution to the colloquy.
In this era of fake news and tweets, with knowledge being devalued in many places, we need, more than ever, to rely on humanity's history in all its truth, both the ugly and exemplary, to guide our decisions about what is happening around us, pointing where we might be headed.
My essay "The Holocaust on Display" published in Hevria is written to justify the arts confronting the Holocaust, as they can and should and focuses on the exhibit of the remarkable photos of Henryk Ross at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. I hope I have shed some light on the subject. The essay includes my poem "Pictures Of The Lodz Ghetto" with an accompanying audio reading.
Howard Richard Debs received a University of Colorado Poetry Prize at age 19. After spending the past fifty years in the field of communications, with recognitions including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America, he resumed his creative pursuits. Finalist and recipient 28th Annual 2015 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards, his work appears internationally in numerous publications such as Yellow Chair Review, Silver Birch Press, China Grove, The Galway Review, Cleaver Magazine, The Clear Poetry 2015 Anthology, among others. His photography will be found in select publications, including in Rattle online as "Ekphrastic Challenge" artist and guest editor.
Gallery is written to be an example of how Milosz urges writers respond to the Holocaust in a post Holocaust world.
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Cardi B Says She Turned Down Super Bowl Gig To 'Stand Behind' Colin Kaepernick. Do you support this decision?
Recently, the Grammy-nominated rapper says she declined an offer to perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show. According to media reports, Cardi B said she received an offer to perform at the Super Bowl but struggled with the decision to turn down the lucrative opportunity in support of ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick.
Some media analysts believe that artists like Cardi B and Rihanna took bold and brave actions by turning down super Bowl gig to 'stand behind' Colin Kaepernick. They believe that Cardi B actions are backed by a great cause. Whereas, others believe that by supporting Colin Kaepernick, Cardi B's anti-police ideology is exposed.
This scenario instigated a debate across social media regarding whether Cardi B took the right decision by turning down Super Bowl Gig?
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Who Are the Lone Workers at My Organisation?
Nowadays, most jurisdictions impose a strict duty of care obligation on employers. In other words, employers must provide a baseline level of care for their employees, i.e. ensure security and safety. That requirement, however, doesn't just apply to employees working within the four walls of the traditional office; it also extends to lone workers.
And for reasons of the trade they practice, many lone workers usually have a higher level of work health and safety risk; in other words, guaranteeing their security and safety requires more effort from and better planning by employers. What then are the critical steps? The first is adequately identifying lone workers. Easier said than done.
That's because individual jurisdictions often create their own definitions of lone work. For instance, Safe Work Australia, the country's occupational health and safety regulator uses the term remote and isolated work instead. Remote and isolated work is defined as work that's isolated from the assistance of other people, either because of the location, time, or nature of the work being done.
Further, remote and isolated work doesn't even have to be lone work. Case in point: a contract building cleaner in a busy office qualifies as a remote or isolated worker just as much a truck driver operating hundreds of miles from a densely populated urban center.
Health and community workers working in isolation with members of the public.
The implication (of those examples) is clear. Since lone work is a capacious term, organizations need to do their homework to develop a detailed understanding of who's included (per jurisdictional standards) and who's not.
The risk of misidentifying this class of worker is grave: specifically, companies will incur higher levels of business risk. What's more, in failing to adequately manage lone workers, organizations also court risks adverse to the business. For one, lone-worker anxiety, from mismanagement, tends to erode employee productivity, engagement, and morale, leading to increased turnover and a lower corporate reputation. Further, without internal regulations, lone workers might put themselves in harm's way. Accidents owing to insufficient or ineffective lone-worker risk management can, then, create serious liability for an organisation.
So who, then, are your lone workers? Maybe, we think first of traditional representatives of the lone-worker class: social workers, security officers, truck drivers, delivery agents, realtors, in-home health aides, traveling sales people, etc. And then, we turn to the industries who've historically employed the bulk of the lone-worker population, i.e. manufacturing, construction, property maintenance and real estate, retail, healthcare, utilities, operational security, logistics, energy, and the creative industries. But generally speaking, most jurisdictions define lone work as any professional work undertaken in a remote or isolated fashion and carried out in a fixed facility or away from the worker's typical base.
Finally, the take-off of mobile work and concomitant growth in contracting only complicate a neat demographic picture of lone workers. In most jurisdictions, now, lone worker is a catchall term used to describe any employee, direct or contracted, who works in a location where regular communications and steady supervision aren't always available.
The moral of the story: cast your eye far and wide to find your lone workers. Need further help mitigating the work health and safety risks to this population? Download our lone-worker risk mitigation guide for tips.
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(October 4, 2018) The Alliance for Agroecology in West Africa (3AO) took major steps forward over recent weeks, as its members refined its work program and prepared to launch the platform at a series of high-level events.
3AO supports the development of agroecology and sustainable food systems in West Africa. Its goals and activities are described in a brochure (also available in French) co-developed by the members. The platform will be profiled at a side event on Transitions to Agroecology at the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on October 15.
On November 3-5, the platform will be represented at the African Food Systems and the SDGs conference, hosted by AFSA (Saly, Senegal).
Born from the April 2018 multi-stakeholder meeting organised by IPES-Food and ROPPA in Dakar, the Alliance includes farmers' organizations, research institutes / universities, international NGOs and social movements. The alliance's activities are structured around an evolving action plan (available on request) which comprises over fifty initiatives, divided into five priority areas in which members participate actively: 1) food system governance & agricultural financing; 2) participatory research & knowledge consolidation; 3) civil society network & mobilization; 4) farmer-to-farmer training systems; and 5) local food systems & market access.


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Climate change is coming for fishing, too
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Shoreline recreational fishing will likely be another casualty of climate change, according to new research.
The study finds some regions of the US may benefit from increasing temperatures, but those benefits will be more than offset by declines in fishing elsewhere.
"If there are not significant efforts to curtail climate change, we're looking at declines in recreational fishing participation of around 15% by 2080," says Roger von Haefen, coauthor of the study and a professor of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University.
"We also want to stress that this study looks solely at how changes in temperature and precipitation are likely to affect people's willingness to go fishing from the shore," von Haefen says. "This work doesn't get at shifts in fish populations, water quality impacts, or other climate-related changes that could affect recreational fishing demand."
To examine this issue, the researchers looked at shoreline recreational fishing data from 2004 through 2009, encompassing all Atlantic coast states, as well as Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Specifically, the researchers examined how different temperature and precipitation conditions impacted decisions to participate in recreational fishing.
They found that temperature did affect people's willingness to go fishing, but that the relationship wasn't linear. In other words, temperature extremes (hot or cold) tended to reduce participation relative to an "ideal" 75° F day.
"Going from chilly to balmy weather can stimulate more recreation, and our data and models bear that out," says Steven Dundas, corresponding author of the study and an assistant professor of applied economics at Oregon State University. "But increasing temperature when it's already hot can curtail fishing participation. For example, we estimate participation declines once daily high temperatures reach the mid-90s Fahrenheit."
The researchers incorporated this data into a simulation model of recreational behavior. They then coupled their estimates with forecasts from 132 general circulation models, each of which predicts future weather under different greenhouse gas reduction scenarios.
"If the world adopts stringent climate change mitigation efforts, we predict a 2.6% decline in fishing participation by 2080," Dundas says. "That's the overall best-case scenario."
"Worst-case scenario, we see participation drop 15% by 2080. It could drop by 3.4% in the next 30 years, and by 9.9% as early as 2050."
"It's important to note that this decline won't be evenly spread across states," von Haefen says. "Cooler areas, such as New England, may see increases in fishing, especially during the 'shoulder' seasons—early spring and late autumn. But hotter states, like those in the Southeast and Gulf regions, will experience significant summertime declines that will likely offset those gains.
"In addition, some people who still fish on hot days may shift the time of day when they fish. For example, our results suggest that people fish more in the early mornings and at night to avoid extreme heat."
The paper appears in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The work took place with support from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Multi-State Project W-4133.
Original Study DOI: 10.1086/706343
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The Role Of Biometrics In Healthcare
By	David Orme
Biometrics can transform crucial aspects of healthcare, and in doing so protect people at their most vulnerable. Biometric authentication can drive up clinical standards, protect staff and patients, and combat fraud. When used in large-scale private and public healthcare systems such as hospitals, doctors' offices, national or regional medical insurance programmes those benefits can be very substantial and can make a life-changing difference.
Access to records
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) view medical records for many reasons: research, individual treatment plans, insurance reimbursement or payment schedules and diagnostics are just a few. However, medical records are among the most sensitive personal data, so great care must be taken to protect them.
Broadly speaking, HCPs can only look at records they have good reason to look at and most organisations and healthcare facilities have robust protocols in place to ensure that. However, those protocols often rely on outdated authentication methods such as PINs and passwords, which are known to be unreliable. As a result, they are vulnerable to breaches, interception and even theft.
With many healthcare providers seeking to increase the digitisation of information, including medical records, the vulnerability of outdated protocols is an ethical, financial and reputational concern. Healthcare organisations that inadvertently allow the wrong people to access records or sensitive data may incur large penalties under data protection laws or through civil prosecution by aggrieved parties. What's more, the resulting publicity can undermine the confidence of patients and clinicians.
Fingerprint biometric authentication reduces such risk because unlike PINs and passwords, fingerprints are unique and cannot be lost, forgotten or shared. What's more, when fingerprints are stored locally on a smart ID card to access information, no matter if it is held in a storage cabinet or devices, they are not stored centrally so cannot be copied or stolen. That's why biometric authentication is ideal when security is paramount.
Fraud is a major headache for most healthcare providers, funders and insurers, and every year money that could have been spent on medical care and treatment goes towards fighting crime instead. Despite this, prescription fraud alone costs the NHS around £25,000,000 annually.
Other types of fraud include the use of services by people who are not entitled to them or who have no intention of settling their medical bills, and the use of multiple fake identities by individuals who abuse health provision, for example by securing multiple prescriptions for the same controlled drug.
Honest errors also occur. Healthcare providers and funding bodies generally operate at scale and hold thousands, if not millions, of records. Often these are kept at various sites and in a range of formats or systems. With patients frequently changing names and addresses, it's hardly surprising that even the most robustly-managed database is likely to contain duplicate records, out-of-date information and straightforward mistakes. Even where records are regularly audited, there is still a vulnerable time between audits.
Its unequivocal nature makes fingerprint ID perfect for these situations. If patients' identities are verified using fingerprints, rather than the current variables of name, date of birth and/or patient number, the risk of misidentification is greatly reduced. Not only is this much more clinically and ethically safe, it has the potential to save — from the very outset — millions in revenue and ultimately, increase patient satisfaction by reducing healthcare errors.
Keeping staff and patients safe
Nowhere is safety more important than in healthcare. As a result, most healthcare facilities are partially locked down; even in a public hospital, clinic or surgery the 'staff only' areas have door codes or swipe card entry. But once again, these often rely on PINs (easily stolen by 'shoulder-surfing' as a staff member taps in their code) or credit card-style ID cards that are easily stolen and duplicated.
Fingerprint authentication, especially where the prints are stored on a smart ID card, is a better guarantor of staff safety. It can also be used to limit access to wards and treatment areas, protecting patients too.
In medical terms, it is vital that clinicians are certain of every patient's ID. Patients' identities are linked to their records, treatment plans and future plans (such as transfer to another health or social care facility). Most importantly, they are linked to crucial details such as blood type, drug sensitivities and even body parts waiting for transplants.
HCPs know how important these things are: transfusing a patient with incompatible blood may kill them, as might the administration of penicillin to a patient acutely allergic to it.
The use of fingerprint biometric authentication can safeguard against this thus it has huge potential for changing — and saving — lives. If patients are linked to vital items by a smart ID card, the risk of error is dramatically reduced. In operating theatres and the emergency department — where patients may arrive unconscious, with no means of ID and needing urgent intervention — accurate authentication really matters.
It is clear that, wherever authentication is critical, biometric identification is the way forward. Healthcare is a superb example of this. With the roll-out of fingerprint authentication as a standard, clinical, regulatory and financial outcomes are likely to improve: and that's great news for HCPs, funding bodies, insurers and patients alike.
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Home News Collecting Vintage Star Wars auction could hit £250,000
Vintage Star Wars auction could hit £250,000
As Astons Auctioneers prepare to enter a new phase of their own, soon to be under new ownership, the current owners go out on a high as a treasure trove of vintage Star Wars toys from a Stourbridge collection goes under the hammer. Chris Aston from Astons describes the incredible haul, which was kept in bin bags and left to a neighbour after the man's death.
"This auction is going to do double our previous record. It's the most expensive auction we've ever done – and it was all in bin bags.
"Jawa is up to £11,500 before the auction on pre-bids so that could make £25,000. The last one sold in the UK for £26,000. The Star Destroyer, there's only two or three in the world of that kind. It could make anything."
"All the Star Wars collectors are going mad about it on the forums. We've had people viewing for six or seven hours because there's so much stuff. People have driven down from Scotland and coming up from London, and people enquiring from America."
Up to 1,000 bidders could join the auction, which stars at 10am, and competition could be fierce.
It will be the final sale before the Dudley auction house is taken over by new owners. Mr Aston said: "It's going to go crazy. It is weird how it has fallen. It will be nice to go out with a bang and get the record to finish on."
Of note are the two figures Chris is holding above. The Star Destroyer Commander is one of only 3 known variations of this card, while the Jawa is one of only 10 known versions, with one selling in 2019 for £26,000. Best of luck to Chris and the team, and we'll bring you news of the final tally once it's been accumulated.
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Truth in 24 Now Available in iTunes
Mar 26, 2009 | Company, Video
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Due to popular demand, Audi has released Truth in 24, the racing documentary about the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film is now available on iTunes for free to download to your computer, iPod, or iPhone, and will be available in high definition next week.
Truth in 24 provides an unprecedented behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Audi Sport auto racing dynasty pushing to maintain its dominance at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in France against a powerful new rival. Although Audi had claimed seven of the previous eight Le Mans competitions, its chances entering the 2008 race were far from certain.
I haven't personally seen the film yet, because frankly I can't stand using iTunes on my PC, and for some reason the iTunes app on my iPhone can't find the video. Once it becomes available though, you better bet I'll download and watch it. It's gotten some great reviews from users, and won awards at international film festivals in Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida.
Check out a 30-second trailer below, then download Truth in 24 at iTunes
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Saving Hope Season 3 Episode 7 "The Way We Were" Recap
Posted on November 26, 2014 by Vanessa Ho in Saving Hope, TV Recaps // 0 Comments
Erica Durance (Alex Reid) and Huse Madhavji (Shahir Hamza)
Huse Madhavji (Shahir Hamza)
After almost a month off, Saving Hope is back for a stretch of episodes before its fall finale on December 17. So let's dive right into the action of Hope-Zion. Tonight we get two characters that we don't see too much of have significant story lines tonight: Shahir and Reycraft.
We open with Alex and Shahir doing some pre-surgery fencing. Alex has to stop because her hand starts to cramp plus Shahir was getting a bit aggressive. Alex finds out the reason why is Shahir is in love with a married straight man and wants to know what to do.
Maggie finds Alex practicing suturing and wants in on Shahir's but no luck as it is Reycraft that is the lucky one to assist. Maggie then teases Alex about sexy Skyping with Joel who is in New Zealand but in reality Daniel Gillies is off filming The Originals.
Later, Maggie talks to Dr. Day about wanting to wish ill-will on Alex so she can be in on the surgery. Dr. Day thinks that Maggie might be hitting on him and says he is celibate. In a later conversation, Day tells Maggie that he is celibate to see if not having sex won't get in the way of things.
Shahir's patient has early onset alzheimer, Maria is 42-years old and has a devoted husband in Malcolm. We soon realize that it is Malcolm whom Shahir has a crush on. Shahir talks over the surgery with the two and both really hope that the surgery will bring her back.
With Dawn and Charlie, they are making out in her office when she starts to pressure him about having a baby together. Dawn even schedule an appointment with both of them with Dr. Katz to make sure both are good to go to start making babies.
Charlie is called away to the ER to treat man that stepped in front of a street car and lost a leg. Unfortunately, the man, Oliver, dies in the OR and his spirit appears to Charlie when he tries to give a sample to Katz. Olive wants Charlie to get his personal effects for him as something is in there that could be embarrassing. Zach refuses to do so unless Charlie gives him a player in their fantasy baseball league. This is truly a Canadian show now as they were talking about Toronto Blue Jays players.
Katz comes to take Dawn's blood work and she is confident that there will be no problem with her. When Charlie and Dawn meet up in the elevator, he tells Dawn that he is ready to move forward and have a baby with Dawn as he likes to think about the future for a change.
However, when Katz brings the results back to Dawn, it is bad news. Dawn can't have kids.
Back to Charlie and his spirit, what was in his personal effects was a key to a lockbox that contains $20,000 Oliver wants Charlie to take $20,000 in order to complete a deal that would make it $60,000 that will help clear his debts. Charlie at first refuses to do so but later agrees to consult Oliver's kids. When Oliver's son and daughter comes in, Charlie shows a treasure map of sorts. The daughter doesn't want to chase after a treasure as she has bad childhood memories but the son wants to take a look. When the pair return with the lockbox, the daughter believes there is nothing in it as she has little faith in her dad. But when the son opens the lockbox, there is indeed $20,000 in it and two siblings start to cry. Just before Oliver's spirit disappears, he tells Charlie that it could have been $60,000.
Reycraft's storyline is about him operating on his mentor, Sam Campbell (Robert Joy) on an appendectomy. While sharing stories about Campbell with Rian during the surgery, Rian accidentally cuts Reycraft and some of his blood gets into Sam and vice versa. The two go and tell Campbell the situation and he reassures Reycraft that he has no blood-borne diseases. But Zach points out when looking at Campbell's chart that he is Hep C positive. When Reycraft tells his mentor this news, he wants Raycraft to cover it up as it is a career ender. So Reycraft gets Rian to tell the lab he mixed up the patients in order to get Campbell's blood work re-labeled. The cover up is on and Reycraft goes to tell Campbell that he has nothing to worry about. When Reycraft's goes to get tested himself for Hep C, Campbell promises to have his back as he is used to this. Hearing that Reycraft realizes that Campbell has known all along that he had Hep C so Reycraft decides to go back to the lab to say he made the mistake and gets Campbell's blood to be re-label correctly. When Reycraft tells this to his mentor, Campbell flips out and starts to demean Reycraft but he stands his ground to his mentor to make things rights. To apologize to Rian, Reycraft gives him Miguel Cabrera for his fantasy baseball league. Reycraft tells Rian he will take interferon and take some time off.
It is because of this situation that Alex steps into the surgery of Maria for Reycraft. Alex goes over the surgery with Maria and Malcolm. It is all about taking a certain fatty tissue from the abdomen into brain as it has neurotransmitters that should help Maria's brain to start firing again. During the conversation, Alex's starts to cramp and Malcolm thinks that she has focal distonia as he has seen it as a former musician.
Wendy Crewson (Dana Kinney) and Erica Durance (Alex Reid)
So Alex sees Dana about her hand and she suggests getting an injection of botox in her hand so she can do the surgery. Alex agrees to it.
Maggie does manage to get into the surgery and during it, the two ladies tease Shahir on his crush on Malcolm. The surgery seems to be going okay but Maggie and Alex notice Shahir sweating profusely. The surgery continues on and when Maria's brain is exposed, Shahir then tells Alex he thinks he is having a heart attack. Shahir is stubborn though and continues on to complete the surgery. All the while, Maggie and Alex start to treat Shahir, taking his pants down to get an EKG on him. When Shahir completes as much as he can, Dawn gets him to finally get treatment while Alex finishes. Later, Dawn wonders if he noticed any symptoms, Shahir says no. Charlie pays him a visit and Shahir gives high praise to Alex, the two share a tentative glance that Dawn notices.
Michael Shanks (Charlie Harris) and Michelle Nolden (Dawn Bell)
Later at Dawn's office, to cover up the disappointment that she can't have kids, Dawn breaks up with Charlie stating that he is still hung up on Alex. To further he point, Dawn says that the two of them wouldn't make good parents together as they would always argue. Charlie agrees and the two part ways on good terms this time. Later when Dawn is alone in the elevator, she stops and grieves over the fact that she will not be a mother.
Maria wakes up from her surgery and immediately calls for Malcolm. Malcolm is pleased at that as before Maria didn't know who Malcolm was. When Malcolm sees Shahir, he thanks him for risking his own life to save his wife.
When Shahir returns to his room, Alex is in his bead and the two have a talk about the heart and the head that while he has spent his life learning about the brain, he knows nothing about the heart. Alex is there to comfort him.
I have to say it was nice to see KC Collins and Huse Madhavji have some significant screen time tonight, especially Collins as we get learn more about Reycraft.
Next week it looks like we get Joel back and also Lexa Doig too!
Daniel Gillies
Hope-Zion
Huse Madhavji


Spring cleaning got you down?
Looking for someone to do yardwork for you? Raking, cleaning up fallen branches/ sticks, mulching, etc.
Does your lawn equipment need a tune-up?
Prepping your snow blower for storage?
Have lawn furniture or other items that require assembly?
Need painting or staining on decks, outdoor furniture, retaining walls, etc?
Looking for some odd/ small jobs to keep me busy. Capable of doing most jobs. Let me know what you need done.
Contact me to discuss details.


Join Chuck for a 2 hour power flow with a sequence designed to take you through a variety of poses in every category while keeping your energy high and a smile on your face.
You will use a variety of props (including the wall and/or a partner), as well as different modifications, to keep you safe while assisting you in finding your grandest expression in every pose.
Reinvigorate your yoga practice with this Spring Renewal Workshop lead by Kristine. The first part of the practice will be a Yin yoga sequence. Yin Yoga is a slow, mindful practice during which floor-based poses are passively held for 3-5 minutes. The second part of the practice is devoted to a unique style of guided meditation called Yoga Nidra, often translated as 'yogic sleep.' In Yoga Nidra students lie down and are guided through body and breath awareness and visualization techniques. It can be an excellent way to counter stress, still the mind, reset the nervous system and can be effective for relieving insomnia or general exhaustion.
Are you curious about incorporating inversions into your yoga practice? Maybe you' ve tried practicing inversions during class and haven't found a technique that works for you, or maybe you've always wanted to try but have never had an opportunity! This is the workshop for you! This workshop is designed to develop basic inversion skills. Students will learn proper form and alignment (as well as mindset) to safely invert. This workshop is open to everyone- no experience required!
Curious about meditation? Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, Jennifer will help you discover and deepen meditation techniques that work for you.
Enhance your Chaturanga, improve your yoga practice! Chaturanga Dandasana - 4 limbed staff pose - is a primary transition in many yoga classes. It prepares the body for more challenging arm balances and inversions by strengthening the wrists, arms, abdominals and back muscles.
Are you ready to make your health and wellness a priority? Join Kristen for a FREE YOGA Flow class + FASTer Way To Fat Loss Info session!
Yoga for Golfers is a workshop designed specifically for anyone who wants to get the most out of their golf game.
Regardless of age, shape, size, level of strength & flexibility or handicap, we all have parts of our game as well as our physical and mental well being that could use a little tweaking or upgrading.
This workshop will introduce you to some of the most basic yoga poses through a sequence designed to lengthen the tight muscles of the back body. We will also work with chest and shoulder openers, quadricep stretches and finally spinal twists.
This workshop is designed for brand new yoga students, or those that would like to deepen the fundamentals of yoga. In a progressive way, you will learn about the basic alignment principles and the optimal alignment for your body.
This powerful workshop is designed to introduce yoga students to the basic yoga techniques and principles so that you can develop and evolve your practice for years to come.
• Do you get overwhelmed with all of the information that comes at you every day?
• Do you get anxious when you have to communicate with difficult people?
• Do you struggle managing the increasing expectations and demands of your friends and family?
Join Stephanie on Saturday, February 16th at 12:30 pm for smoothie samples, a short vinyasa yoga practice, and a discussion about your health goals. We'll be learning more about the Shred10® lifestyle program.
Learn comfort measures, positions for laboring and pushing, and get your questions answered to empower yourself and your partner for a success birth of your baby. Practice relaxation techniques and participate in a session of prenatal partner yoga. Take home a booklet of tips and techniques to practice in advance of your baby's birth.
Set your intentions and learn how to manifest your vision for 2019 and beyond. In this workshop we will engage in a vinyasa yoga practice, meditation, kundalini chanting, journaling and you will design your own vision board.
Space is limited. This workshop sells out quickly! Save your spot now!
This free class will kick-off our new 108 club at kOMpose!! The 108 club will recognize those students who complete 108 classes at kOMpose in a calendar year. Each member of the 108 club will receive special recognition and benefits at the studio!
During this workshop we will awaken your connection with the Universe and shift your energy from fear to love. We will focus on releasing limiting beliefs that have held you back in the past, aligning your energy with the flow of the Universe and visualizing and creating feelings around the life that you truly desire.
Release the obstacles in your path to new beginnings with this special New Year's Day class. This 75 minute class with Olga will start with a dynamic 60 minute warm vinyasa flow to awaken and cleanse the body, mind and spirit. The remaining 15 minutes of class will be a guided chakra affirmation as we travel the mind and breath to each of the seven chakras to lift your vibration as we start 2019.
This class is suitable for all levels of ability.
Take a little time out of the hustle and bustle of your holiday season to breathe and reconnect to yourself on the longest night of the year in a candlelit practice celebrating the winter solstice.
Join Ahna, Scott, Anne, Ben and our very own Chuck for an evening of Kirtan (call and repeat chanting) Saturday, December 15th from 6-7:30pm. If you like live music, like to sing or both then this event is made for you!
Celebrate the season at kOMpose!
You and your friends are invited to our 2nd Annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 7th! We are offering FREE classes all day!
Got a turkey hangover? Too many trips to the dessert table? Join Kristine for a 75 minute heated vinyasa class that will help you sweat out the toxins from your Thanksgiving feast while twisting the internal organs and stimulating, cleansing and nourishing the body from the inside out.
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Curious about meditation? Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, this two-hour workshop with Jennifer Huntsman will help you discover meditation techniques that work for you and get you started on your own meditation journey.
Class will be kicked off with a strengthening slow flow to prep the shoulders, wrists, and core. Throughout the flow, a variety of arm balances will be introduced along with some tricks, tips, and exercises to make them more accessible.
Join Donna for a donation-based yoga class benefitting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a foundation with the mission to end breast cancer.


A's lefty Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in 25 years, with an overturned call preserving the gem Saturday night in Oakland's 3-0 win over the sizzling Red Sox.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sean Manaea might've been the only person at the Oakland Coliseum who didn't realize he was still working on a no-hitter.
After a dropped popup in the fifth inning, the Athletics lefty figured it was over.
Because it was ruled an error. And his shot at history remained intact.
Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in almost exactly 25 years, with an overturned call on the bases preserving the gem Saturday night in Oakland's 3-0 win over the sizzling Red Sox.
Manaea struck out 10, walked two and threw 108 pitches to finish off Oakland's first no-no since Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay in 2010.
Manaea got Hanley Ramirez to ground out to complete the first no-hitter versus the Red Sox since Seattle's Chris Bosio did it on April 22, 1993.
"I just telling myself, keep everything the same, and not let anything get too big for me," Manaea said.
Sandy Leon reached in the Red Sox fifth when A's shortstop Marcus Semien ranged into shallow center field and dropped a popup trying to make an over-the-shoulder catch. The play was scored as an error.
Manaea said he figured it was a hit. A few innings later, he noticed what everybody else already knew — no-hitter in progress.
"So after that, my adrenaline started pumping a little bit again, and I really wanted to finish this thing out," he said.
"My heart was beating out of my chest and I was trying to do everything I could (to stay calm)," Manaea said before he was interrupted by teammates who smeared celebratory shaving cream in his face, dumped water and Gatorade on his head and left him with a plastic bubble gum tub for a hat.
It was the 12th no-hitter by the Athletics franchise and the 12th thrown against the Red Sox.
This was the first no-hitter in the majors since Miami's Edinson Volquez pitched the only one of the 2017 season against Arizona on June 3.
Red Sox: SS Xander Bogaerts (left ankle) will play for Triple-A Pawtucket on a rehab assignment on Tuesday and Wednesday. If all goes well he'll be activated when the team opens a six-game homestand on Friday, Cora said. . RHP Steven Wright (left knee surgery) left a rehab game at Triple-A Pawtucket on Friday with back tightness. . RHP Tyler Thornburg (right shoulder surgery), who's at the team's extended spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, will join the team on Friday and could throw batting practice, Cora said.
Athletics: RHP Yusmeiro Petit was activated from the family emergency list on Saturday. . RHP Josh Lucas was sent to Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move. . RHP Paul Blackburn (right forearm strain) threw on flat ground for a second straight day on Saturday, but the A's haven't established a timetable for his return, manager Bob Melvin said.
LHP David Price (2-1, 2.25 ERA) will pitch for Boston in Sunday's series finale. RHP Daniel Mengden (2-2, 4.50) will pitch for Oakland.


Hello friends! I hope you're been having a spectacular week. I've finally been getting out and about to enjoy some sunshine and do some pondering. I find I do my best thinking when I'm out in the woods without any distractions around and that's exactly where I came up with the concept for this recipe. It's inspired by the Banana Pancake recipe by Ashley over at Wheat Clean, but I've added my own little spin to it.
Most of my family probably know that I've been on a real pancake kick lately what with all the pictures I keep texting them, but since I don't typically eat any grains or dairy it can be pretty hard to find one that satisfies the craving. I also don't like eating a ton of carbs for breakfast (or lunch or dinner), so I wanted to come up with a recipe that covered all your protein needs, gave a good dose of antioxidants, and froze well for convenience. And let me tell you, these bad boys check every box! I froze a batch to see how they would hold up after defrosting and they came out delicious. I didn't even reheat them, just ate 'em cold and they were still great as a grab and go snack. So if you're someone who has pretty hectic mornings whip up a double batch on Sunday to make enough to have a couple on hand for breakfast all week!
Alrighty, lets get to the good stuff and see what these pancakes are packin'!
Some of our delicious ingredients! I was experimenting with whey protein this week and turns out, not for me. But if you can handle dairy then it tastes great in the pancakes!
These polysaccharides include pectins—specially structured polysaccharides that in winter squash often include special chains of D-galacturonic acid called homogalacturonan. An increasing number of animal studies now show that these starch-related components in winter squash have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, as well as anti-diabetic and insulin-regulating properties.
Any of my regular readers are likely quite familiar with cinnamon and its role in blood sugar balance and cellular insulin sensitivity (my god that's a dull sounding sentence…), but did you also know that it is chock full of nutrients that can help keep your blood flowing smooth as silk? Cinnamon contains an active component called cinnaldehyde, which prevents platelet membranes from releasing arachidonic acid (a fatty acid that plays a role in the inflammatory response in the body) thereby reducing the formation of an inflammatory messaging molecule called thromboxane.
I've added this spice just because it's such a great antioxidant and liver-supporting nutrient that I figured, why not? It doesn't really have a strong flavour unless you use too much in your recipe at which point it begins to taste like dirt. Adding a teaspoon or so to most recipes won't typically affect the flavour but can have excellent health benefits in terms of helping decrease inflammation in our bodies thanks to curcumin and increasing Phase 1 liver detoxification to keep us purring along like kittens.
If you look closely you can see the bubbles starting to form, meaning it's about time to flip!
1 tsp. fresh grated ginger for an extra kick!
Add pumpkin, arrowroot starch, coconut milk, spices, protein powder, greens, maca, and Ashwagandha to the bowl with the yolks. Set aside.
Using a handheld mixer, whip the egg whites until they're firm and form stiff peaks. This means when you pull the beaters out of the mix, the whites stand up straight and tall without falling over.
Once whites are firm, use handheld mixer to combine other bowl of ingredients until smooth and luscious.
When finished blending ingredients, slowly and gently fold into the egg white mixture until fully combined.
Heat a frying pan over medium heat (4-5) and add ½ tbsp. of butter or coconut oil.
Once heated use ¼ cup measure to spoon out pancakes.
Let cook until they start bubble, approx. 4-5 minutes.
Flip over and cook another 4 minutes.
10. Remove from pan and serve! You may wish to top them with walnuts, maple syrup (only the real stuff!!!), pecans, coconut milk whipped cream, or simply coconut oil or butter.
*Sometimes I'm lazy and I leave this step out. In that case just combine eggs with all other ingredients and add 2 tsp. baking soda. The pancakes won't be quite as fluffy, but they'll still be delicious and jam-packed full of nutrients!
So that's all for today friends! I hope you enjoy eating these pancakes as much as I've enjoyed developing them (and eating all the sweet sweet test batches!). Have a wonderfully whimsical day!
These look awesome. Do you have any substitutions that would work for people that need to avoid eggs? I always find it challenging to make a successful pancake sans eggs!
Thanks for checking it out! I haven't tried making a pancake sans eggs either… it's already so hard no using flour! I think maybe a chia egg with the arrowroot starch and a banana could work? I don't think you'll get the same sort of rise since the meringue is what makes them so fluffy and that's Let me know if you find a great substitute! Also, I've found that people who can't do chicken eggs tend to handle duck eggs quite well, so that would be another option to play around with. I found this recipe for a vegan meringue, but it calls for egg replacer and I'm not quite sure what that is… maybe you could adapt it?


The Northern Territory Arts Minister Marion Scrymgour calls Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to act immediately to look at implementing some of the recommendations from the senate inquiry.
A 2007 Senate inquiry made 29 recomendatations about ways of improving the industry.
Marion Scrymgour says if some of the recommendations were acted on it would reduce exploitation.
"It's got to be looked at [by the Federal Government] as a matter of urgency," she said.