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AT&T $55.00 10 - 5,000 Mbps DSL 98%
AT&T $55.00 10 - 5,000 Mbps Fiber-optic 53%
Ranch Wireless $29.95 - Wireless 100%
Alamo Broadband - - Wireless 97%
Celltex Networks $44.90 10 - 50 Mbps Wireless 97%
Rise Broadband $29.95 25 - 250 Mbps Wireless 19%
Provider: AT&T
1 provider - 100.00%
3 providers - 1.07%
4+ providers - 0%
At 100%, broadband coverage in the 78214 ZIP code is comparable to the rest of Texas - 91%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
There are eight internet providers serving the 78214 area, and 98.38% of households will have internet options from more than one provider. Among eight internet providers in 78214, prices start at $29.95 and available download speeds reach up to 5,000 Mbps.
Average internet speeds in San Antonio
Spectrum 143 Mbps 18 Mbps Cable
AT&T 284 Mbps 211 Mbps DSL
*Data sourced from M-LAB speed tests taken by real users in San Antonio.
San Antonio – 163 Mbps
TX – 139 Mbps
San Antonio – 79 Mbps
TX – 62 Mbps
The largest internet providers serving the 78214 ZIP code are AT&T and Spectrum bringing DSL, fiber-optic, and cable options to the area.
DSL internet from AT&T is available to nearly all in the 78214 ZIP code, covering 98% of households. Many will also have the option of fiber-optic from AT&T, which covers 53% of the area. San Antonio's third most-available internet provider, Spectrum, offers cable to around 100% of residents in the 78214 ZIP code.
AT&T DSL internet
5,000 Mbps
DSL from AT&T offers broadband to nearly all households in the 78214 ZIP code, covering 98% of the area.
DSL internet from AT&T uses telephone lines to deliver service, which often leads to lower prices and higher availability, though download speeds are likely to be slower than cable or fiber-optic internet.
Internet prices for AT&T start at $55/mo.*, which is higher than the average starting price for internet in San Antonio, $49.25.
AT&T customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 10 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $5.50 per Mbps, significantly higher than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in San Antonio, $0.86.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps in 78214 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 98% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all San Antonio's providers, 210 Mbps.
AT&T fiber-optic internet
Fiber-optic from AT&T offers broadband to about half of households in the 78214 ZIP code, covering 53% of the area.
Fiber-optic service from AT&T is popular for its fast download and upload speeds, even during peak usage times, but may be less available throughout 78214 ZIP code than other internet types.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in 78214 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 53% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all San Antonio's providers, 210 Mbps.
Internet prices for Spectrum start at $49.99/mo.*, which is about the same as the average starting price for internet in San Antonio, $49.25.
Spectrum customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 300 Mbps**, which comes to an estimated $0.17 per Mbps, about the same as the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in San Antonio, $0.86.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, Spectrum offers download speeds up to 1,000 Mbps** and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps in 78214 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all San Antonio's providers, 210 Mbps.
Satellite internet from HughesNet and Viasat offers 100% availability in 78214 and the greater San Antonio area. HughesNet starting prices are significantly higher than average in San Antonio at $64.99/mo. for speeds up to 25 Mbps. Viasat starting prices are significantly higher than average in San Antonio at $69.99/mo. for speeds up to 150 Mbps. Satellite internet is a less appealing option for many in the 78214 ZIP, however, as service typically comes with high latency and low data allowances.
Fixed wireless is another popular internet option for those in rural areas. Those living in or just outside of San Antonio may have access to fixed wireless internet service from HughesNet, with plans starting at $64.99 and available download speeds up to 25 Mbps. Fixed wireless service is less likely to come with the high latency of satellite internet, but monthly data limits can still be an issue compared to San Antonio cable, DSL, and fiber-optic internet providers.
AT&T is the fastest internet provider in the 78214 ZIP code with download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps. These speeds are available to 98% of households in 78214. The next fastest internet provider in the 78214 ZIP code is AT&T, offering download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps to 53% of the area.
Rise Broadband offers the cheapest internet in the 78214 ZIP with service starting at $29.95/mo. This is significantly less than the average starting price for internet in San Antonio, $49.25.
AT&T is the largest fiber-optic internet service provider serving the 78214 ZIP code, covering 53% of the city.
What's the best internet provider in my area?
Fiber internet providers are likely to offer the fastest, most consistent speeds for the money. Cable internet providers can also deliver fast speeds, up to 100 Mbps and higher, but are more vulnerable to slowed speeds during peak usage times. If you're shopping for cheap internet, a DSL provider may be the best option for your household.
Is cable or fiber internet better?
Fiber and cable internet are similar internet service types, but fiber offers a few advantages over cable. Fiber internet can deliver faster upload and download speeds than cable in most areas, and is less vulnerable to slowed speeds during peak usage times. Cable does have the advantage over fiber in terms of availability, covering 89% of U.S. households compared to fiber's 38%.
Internet in ZIP codes
Home page Texas San Antonio 78214


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Tarja Cronberg (née le  à Helsinki), est une femme politique finlandaise.  Ingénieur de formation, elle a été élue député pour la première fois en 2003 avant de devenir en 2005 la porte-parole de la Ligue verte, le parti écologiste finlandais.

Le , elle est nommée ministre du Travail dans le second gouvernement du Parti du centre Matti Vanhanen.

Remplacée à la tête de la Ligue verte par Anni Sinnemäki le , elle lui cède son portefeuille ministériel le 26 juin suivant.

Elle est connue pour parler sept langues.

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After testing and iterating our programmatic work over the last four years, we've learnt that these factors will be essential in growing the organic cotton market.
Ensure there are strong business reasons for farmers and brands to go organic.
To tackle big issues, like the integrity and supply of organic cotton, the industry has to agree on its ambition and collective action.
Finding markets for farmers' other organic crops, such as pulses, maize, soy can increase their incomes and create more incentives to stay invested in organic. Organic practices build farmer resilience, benefit the soil and provide more opportunities.
The challenges on the ground are complex. The lack of enablers from the state and the lack of incentive for farmers who haven't been receiving a fair value from organic show that the system is broken. Organisations have to stay invested for 7-10 years to overcome these challenges and see real improvement.
We're working with Action for Social Advancement (ASA), an organisation that helps smallholder farmers to adopt organic farming practices, get access to seed and link to the market for their crop. All of which improve farmers' livelihoods and farm productivity.
ASA set up nine farmer producer organisations (FPOs), made up of representative bodies of farmers in the programme, to support market negotiations and strengthen farmers' bargaining power so they can drive the best economic value for their organic cotton.
We heard about the organic farming but were not very sure about the processes and the results. However, when we realised that at least we would be free from the pressure of debtors who are at our doorstep almost daily, we thought it is worth a try. We are now enjoying the benefits of organic farming by way of additional income and feeling more secure."
The ultimate aim is for these FPOs to take over the organic certification process and to manage commercial transactions. This will build resilience in the community and reduce their dependence on grants.
Through ASA, we've supported 25,000 farmers UP from 6,000 in 2015.
The impact of the initiative is attracting other funders. In the next stage, another prominent funder will co-fund 50% of the project, investing approximately €500,000.
The area selected was historically a cotton growing region. However, due to changing climate patterns and extreme weather conditions over the last three years, its suitability for cotton cultivation had reduced drastically.
We amended the course by prioritising farmer engagement and building community trust as the priority of the programme. Our partner is now focusing on training and engaging smaller groups of farmers across four different sites that have been selected more carefully.
We chose to inspire behaviour change by demonstrating the business case to farmers. However, weather pattern changes resulted in debilitating floods that wiped out the crop. This meant elements of the business case couldn't be established or demonstrated.
The partner did not perform a detailed enough feasibility study to understand if a project of this scale and dimension was achievable.
Work is underway to educate farmers on organic practices and to demonstrate the positive impact of organic for the whole community. Brand visits to the area are also demonstrating the benefits of organic to actors along the supply chain. This has resulted in some brands making procurement commitments, and even putting in their own investment support to the programme of approximately €40,000.


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How to use the coventry Health Care Provider Registry to find a health care provider in Vermont
Vermont, CO (November 25, 2018) – With a $7 million infusion from the Trump Administration to help fight the opioid crisis, the City of Vermont is adding another option for its citizens to access health care.
The state-of-the-art facility, located in the heart of the city, will become the third state-run hospital in the U.S. to provide opioid-related care.
The Vermont Health Care Facility will also provide acute care and trauma care, as well as the first emergency care provider for veterans.
The facility will be the only one of its kind in the state, with an estimated 25,000 beds and a capacity of nearly 1,500.
The city is offering $5 million in grants to help fund construction of the facility.
The money will be used for construction of a hospital pavilion, a new outpatient center, and a new facility for emergency department patients.
"This is a great day for Vermont and for the people of Vermonters health care system," Mayor Scott Brink said in a statement.
"We've got a fantastic team at the hospital who have been working diligently to provide high quality care to our citizens.
Our hospitals and emergency departments are doing an incredible job and we look forward to welcoming all of our patients."
In addition to the new facility, the city has expanded the city's Medicaid program to cover the entire population of Vermo.
This includes the city of the first major metropolitan area in the nation to offer Medicaid.
"Our commitment to Medicaid expansion is critical to Vermont's continued growth and success in helping people make ends meet," Mayor Brink added.
"This is an exciting time for Vermonter health care and we are proud to be a part of it."
The Vermonte City Council also approved $2 million in additional funding for the facility, which will include $3.5 million for construction and $4.5 for the project.
The additional funds will go toward adding emergency department beds and increasing the number of emergency department visits.
City Council President Matt Wilsch said in the statement that the funds will also help fund the construction of additional emergency room beds and the expansion of the Vermont Community Center.
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COVID and Schools Racial Justice
Despite stress of closures, most parents wary of rush to return to school buildings, polls show
By Matt Barnum and Claire Bryan
A custodian wipes down a hallway doorway at the Mildred Avenue K-8 School building in Boston's Mattapan and for the reopening of school on July 9, 2020.
Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
For Guy Robinson, this spring's remote learning experiment wasn't easy.
He helps care for his grandsons, who are entering third and sixth grade in Oakland's public schools. "Whatever they pay those teachers, it ain't enough," he said. "Me trying to teach them — no way."
So one might think that Robinson would be pushing his local schools to reopen in-person this fall. But he supports Oakland Unified's recent decision to start the school year virtually.
"I don't hope the buildings would open at all right now, because the virus is still there," he said. "We would absolutely be putting the children at risk."
State and national polls show that many parents and caregivers share Robinson's misgivings, despite the difficulty remote learning has posed for many families and children's lower risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19. That was clear even in polls conducted before the recent national spike in virus cases, which may have boosted parent skepticism. Parents' views could help explain why more districts are making the choice to start the school year remotely, and portend many students staying home even if their schools do reopen.
Black and Hispanic parents appear particularly concerned about the idea of reopening school buildings, which may reflect the way the coronavirus has disproportionately affected those groups.
In one recent California poll, just 17% of parents of color and 30% of white parents believed that students should attend in-person classes daily this fall. California parents were about evenly split between wanting schools to partially reopen and remaining fully virtual until the virus is under control. California's two largest districts announced this week that they plan to start the coming school year virtually.
Most of the polls were conducted before the Trump administration began pressuring schools to reopen. That adds a note of uncertainty, as it's unclear how persuaded parents will be by the administration's case.
But one new national survey, conducted in recent days, found that nearly three-quarters of parents felt there was a large to moderate risk of sending students back to school this fall. For Black and Hispanic parents, the numbers were even higher.
"I know the argument that kids don't get sick, but there's so many people that live in different situations, with older relatives," said Janine Harper, a Brooklyn parent of a rising sixth grader. "I'm very concerned." New York City's public schools plan to offer in-person instruction one to three days a week for most students, but right now, Harper expects to keep her daughter home learning remotely.
National polls show that many parents are wary of reopening in person
One national survey of parents, released by the National Parents Union, framed the issue bluntly: Should schools "remain closed until they are certain there is no health risk," or "reopen as soon as possible so students don't fall too far behind"?
In several waves of polls, starting in early May and running through mid-June, most parents said schools should err on the side of remaining closed. Still, the share of parents who supported reopening edged up to 36% by June, perhaps reflecting flattening infection rates. (More recent numbers, which might reflect the recent spike in viruses, are not available.)
Another poll, released by EdChoice, asked parents in mid-June whether they were comfortable with their child returning to school in the fall. Only 26% said they were, and another 31% said they were somewhat comfortable. A total of 40% said they were not that comfortable or not at all comfortable. (EdChoice is a funder of Chalkbeat.)
Not surprisingly, the same poll found that more than a third of parents said they were very likely to opt into virtual learning if given the choice. Another third said they were somewhat likely to take up that option. In other words, two-thirds of parents were at least considering avoiding school buildings altogether.
Similarly, another mid-June poll by Politico found that a majority of parents were uncomfortable reopening schools in the fall, although a substantial minority — 42% — said they were at least somewhat comfortable doing so.
Harper says her plan to keep her daughter home is influenced by a number of factors: uncertainty about the health risks for children, including her daughter who has asthma; skepticism that schools can successfully implement health guidelines; and concerns about spreading the disease to others, including teachers.
"If anything were to happen to them because of this situation — I just don't feel like that's also being taken into consideration," she said.
Robinson was also skeptical that some of the proposed health measures could work for young children. "I know my two grandsons," he added. "I can just imagine them having to wear a mask all day … and I just don't see it."
Some parents are hunkering down for the long haul. "It's just not worth the risk to me. I'd rather live a sheltered life for a year or two if I have to and give them 20 more years," Laura Stoner said of her two twins who have underlying health conditions at home in San Marcos, California, where the district that has yet to decide on how schools will be open in the fall. Either way, her twins will stay home.
A Gallup poll from late May and early June found the most favorable perspectives on returning to school buildings. Fifty-six percent of parents said they wanted to return to full-time in-person instruction, while 37% preferred a hybrid approach. Only 7% chose full-time distance learning.
The relative enthusiasm for in-person instruction might reflect the framing of the question, which simply asked parents what they wanted this fall without mentioning health concerns, as some other polls have.
Katie Isberner is one of those parents who want in-person instruction to start as soon as possible. These days, she works full-time out of her San Diego home while caring for a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old, and she is eager to get her kids back to their routine.
"I feel like my kids are losing the expectation of what I expect for them as little humans in society because we don't go to school anymore," she said.
Some polls show that parents of color are most skeptical of returning to school buildings
How safe do parents feel sending their children back to school buildings this fall? Race seems to be a factor. In the National Parents Union poll conducted in June, 34% of white parents said they expected to feel safe sending their children back at the beginning of the school year, compared to just 19% of parents of color.
This aligns with statewide polls in California and Massachusetts, and a school district poll in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Massachusetts survey found that 69% of white parents in the state were confident that their local schools could stop the spread of the virus if they reopened. Only 48% of Black and 44% of Latino parents were similarly confident.
In Palm Beach, one of the country's largest school districts, 19% of white families who responded said they would not send their kids back to full time classes in August; 29% of Hispanic families and 37% of Black families said they wouldn't send their children back.
The racial disparities are likely due to a number of factors: higher rates of infection and death from COVID-19 among people of color, distrust of institutions that have not historically prioritized their safety, and the politics of reopening, in which Democrats have expressed more skepticism.
"Our kids have been devalued so long," said Harper, who is Black. "It's just really difficult to trust that people are going to fight on your behalf."
These racial differences also have some troubling implications for the accuracy of many school district surveys of families' preferences for the fall. Black and Hispanic families have been underrepresented in the responses to surveys in some places, while white families have been overrepresented, an imbalance that could paint a skewed picture of parents' desire for schools to reopen.
For instance, Black and Hispanic students represent 64% of Palm Beach County's student body, but only 42% of the families who responded to the district's survey.


There are two types of annotations in the Biml language. The first type is SSIS Annotations. An SSIS annotation is a comment inside your SSIS package that is visible on the design surface. This is what most SSIS developers think of when they hear the word "annotation".
The second type, and the type covered in this blog post, is Biml Annotations. Biml annotations are more than just comments inside a package. They can be used to store additional string metadata on any Biml object, and can also be used in auto-generated documentation.
There are four types of Biml annotations: CodeComment, Documentation, Description, and Tag. You can read more about them in the official AnnotationType documentation.
In this post, we will only look at the Tag annotation type. This is the default Biml annotation type, used for storing string metadata.
In this example, we have two tiered Biml files. We define our environment in the first file and our SSIS packages in the second file.
In this file, we define a set of staging tables based on our source metadata. Our staging tables will get the schema aw and the name <#=table.Schema#>_<#=table.Name#>, for example HumanResources_Employee. Since we need the source schema and source table name in the SSIS package to load this table, we add an annotation to the table. The annotation has the tag (key) SourceSchemaQualifiedName and the value <#=table.SchemaQualifiedName#>, for example [HumanResources].[Employee].
In this file, we define a set of SSIS packages based on our staging table definitions. To get the source schema and source table name, we call GetTag() on the table and pass in the tag (key) SourceSchemaQualifiedName: <#=table.GetTag("SourceSchemaQualifiedName")#>.
Like Biml Annotations, ObjectTags can be used to store simple text metadata. They can also be used to store more complex metadata in .NET objects, for example arrays and lists.
The main difference between Biml Annotations and ObjectTags is how they are created. While Biml Annotations can be created directly on Biml objects using the <Annotation> tag, ObjectTags can only be added to existing objects using BimlScript code blocks.
This means that you cannot create a table and add an ObjectTag to it in the same Biml file, like we did in the previous example. You have to create the tables in one file, and add the ObjectTags to the tables in a higher tier Biml file. For use cases like the previous example, Biml Annotations are more suitable than ObjectTags.
So when do we use ObjectTags? A common use case is to add metadata to the RootNode. This allows you to use that metadata in any file in your project, without having to use include files.


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Q: vscode debug vue-cli app cant set breakpoints in vscode I have a monorepo that looks similar to this,
- myapp
   - packages
     - web
     - components
     - libraries

The webroot of the app is myapp/packages/web when I run yarn serve in that file path I get the vue app running, what I want to do is debug the code in my vscode, but I can't seem to set breakpoints.
My launch.json looks like this,
{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "pwa-chrome",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "webapp",
            "url": "http://localhost:8081",
            "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "breakOnLoad": true,
            "sourceMapPathOverrides": {
                    "webpack:///./*": "${webRoot}/*"
            },
            "skipFiles": [
                    "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/**/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

If I set a breakpoint in myapp/packages/web/src/components/MyComponent.vue vscode tells me,

Some of your breakpoints could not be set

Is there a reason why? The project is a lerna mono repo so I pull in code from packages/components & packages/library also.

A: The structure and the website paths are different in a monorepo, in my case I got it working in TypeScript lib using WebPack and it took a lot of trials and errors. There's multiple things that can affect the debugger and I followed these

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*I use the Chrome Debugger (even though it's deprecated, I still love it)  and if you follow the instruction for this VSCode Chrome Debugger sourcemaps docs, I found that running .scripts in the VSCode debug console helped me a lot to find the correct path overrides

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*if you're confused on how to run the .scripts, you can check this old comment I posted a while ago which has a print screen of it

*if you're using TypeScript then the step 1 might not be enough and in my case it wasn't fully working until I added the browser property in my package.json and also make sure you also set the mainFields (see docs) property defined in webpack.config.js

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*note: the browser property can cause problems with some web applications  (it did in my case) and I have a script that removes this property when publishing a new release and putting it back after the publish

// package.json
"browser": "src/index.ts",

// webpack.config.js
resolve: {
    extensions: ['.ts', '.js'],
    mainFields: ['browser', 'module', 'main'], // the order is important
}

My monorepo structure is different than yours, but my final launch.json setup can be seen below
my structure
root
 |- examples
    |- webpack-demo
 |- packages
    |- common
    |- graphql
    |- odata
    |- ...

and my launch.json config is the following (here is my own launch.json setup)
{
      "name": "Chrome Debugger",
      "type": "chrome",
      "request": "launch",
      "breakOnLoad": false,
      "url": "http://localhost:8888",
      "webRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
      "userDataDir": "${workspaceRoot}/.chrome",
      "trace": true,
      "sourceMapPathOverrides": {
        "webpack:///${workspaceRoot}/packages/*": "${webRoot}/packages/*",
        "webpack://webpack-demo/../../packages/*": "${webRoot}/packages/*",
        "webpack:///./src/*": "${webRoot}/examples/webpack-demo/src/*",
        "webpack://webpack-demo/./src/*": "${webRoot}/examples/webpack-demo/src/*"
      }
    },

In summary, your config will be different than mine and running the .scripts should really help to find the correct override paths, I don't know any other ways of finding them. To see all of that in a real project, you can take a look at my open source project Slickgrid-Universal which is a TypeScript/WebPack Lerna monorepo (Lerna-Lite monorepo to be more precised). Hopefully this help a bit

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Cameron Scully
2019 Viola Award Finalist for Emerging Artist
Actor, director, and community liaison for the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, Cameron Scully was born and raised in Flagstaff, AZ. He graduated from Northland Preparatory Academy in 2012, then headed to Castleton State University in Vermont to pursue degrees in theater. After his graduation, Cameron returned to Flagstaff and hit the ground running.
His persistence and passion led him to the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, where he holds a position as the community liaison. In addition to his work in community outreach, he has acted in several FlagShakes shows including The Merry Wives of Windsor (Slender), All's Well That Ends Well (Bertram), and Fool for Love (Martin). Most recently Cameron served as the assistant director in their production of The Tempest. Cameron also regularly participates in the Flagstaff Foundry and volunteers with other local nonprofit organizations.
During the production The Tempest, Cameron worked closely with the director, Christine Schmidle, from The Globe Theater inLondon. When she had to return to London midway through the production, Cameron stepped in as interim director of the play.
According to the FlagShakes Website, "Cameron is thrilled to be not only living his dream of doing theater in Flagstaff, but alsohaving the opportunity to work with the talented, amazing people that make up FlagShakes's staff, board, and volunteers. As a Community Liaison, Cameron strives to cultivate new opportunities for the festival and create meaningful experiences for our wonderful community."
On a personal level, Cameron has a deep desire to bring theater to areas of the state and region that have had very limited access to the craft. His dream to bring theater to more remote locations in the southwest, prisons, schools, and all possible underserved communities. Cameron's desire to give back to his community is truly an inspiration to all.
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Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
It's been a while since I've written here. The years didn't go by unnoticed, nor did I rush towards posting here again because I had a lot to sift through before I could approach writing for myself again. It's impossible to show up at a blank page if I'm unable or unwilling to be vulnerable in it. Writing in general (but especially here) is so intimately connected to the openness of my heart and I had to go on something of a journey before I could let life flow through me again.
Last weekend I found a heart while on a hike after asking for a sign to help me understand how to move forward on my path helping others, whether here or through my art. And as Life/Spirit/The Universe has a way of doing: it delivered. I felt inspired to share more so as a carryover from my photopoetry, perhaps this is a kind of photopoetic encounter with the hearts and light that met me on the trail.
Many more hearts found me throughout the weekend, and I was reminded of how it felt to be exactly where I needed to be even if I didn't have all the answers or the full picture of "how".
It's important to share in a much-longer-than-what-will-be-normal post about a significant change I've made since writing here last. There was so much healing that took place over the past few years and it's hard to encapsulate how that feels in 800 words so I'm using all the words instead.
I had more coming out to do before my heart could open up again. I know I don't owe anyone this part of my journey but I'm sharing some here because it's part of how I started to "hear" the hearts again. It feels dishonest to start anywhere else. I also want readers to understand that I'm trans without pretense, and I'm here to tell stories about my life that don't hedge around who I am in it. Will everything be about transitioning? Heck no. But I'm also not going to avoid talking about this part of me if it's relevant. I read my last post and the word hate came up so much. It's really how I felt at that point: screwed over, and passed up by the Universe for the good stuff. I was pushed to find the good stuff in me, and my transness instead of continuing to look outside of me. And I'm forever appreciative for it. On that note, here's the rest of the story of stepping back into my heart space…
Awareness as the doorway
I'd known since I was a kid that I was very gender non-conforming. Thankfully, in my pre-teens, my Mom let me dress in boys clothes and ran with it because it's what I felt the most comfortable in, even though people were insistent on pushing femininity upon me in a way that confused gender with personal value in the world (and that working in corporate environments in my 20's reinforced). I had to sit down and have a conversation with the discomfort that went beyond body image issues, and related to something much deeper. The collective inertia of the pandemic forced me to face what couldn't be outrun anymore: I am a trans person.
I watched Lucas Silveira's Instagram video about his transition and cried myself to sleep that night in the first real release of big emotion I'd had in a long time. Less than the video itself was the caption where he thanked the person that was for enduring so he could be who he is today. The dam burst because I couldn't keep the truth at bay anymore. I had to close my heart to so much of the world around me because it kept reflecting back the paths to the truth. I lost myself in the effort required to keep people from seeing all of me. On a daily basis I was performing a cisgender version of myself, hoping to achieve femininity sufficient to have value for the world around me because I knew that I wouldn't meet that standard if I was myself. Being my most "tender and true self" (as Glennon Doyle puts it in her book Love Warrior) was not someone the world showed me it valued because of how aggressively it met the trans parts of me when they slipped out.
I kept looking outside of myself for validation and approval, which turned into a way of being that eventually turned into the way I made my life. I had moments of connection, where I found hearts and had incredible synchronicities but it never met with the larger, trans part of me so it always stopped short of reaching the core.
Transphobia (especially the subtle kind) taught me that there was something fundamentally flawed about my identity that made it impossible to love me, twisting the beauty of who I was, into so much harm. It spilled over into other areas of my life where I believed I was roundly not okay, deserving, or worthy. Depression and anxiety made tremendous sense because how can you not feel that inward facing anger and fear when you're balancing the weight of cisnorms and expectations on your shoulders? It contextualized PTSD, and triggers so that I could actually deal with them and integrate the compassion I needed so badly. Coming out and transitioning didn't magically solve everything, and I'm still calling myself into a gentle awareness of my own nonsense every day. Unapologetically transitioning though, allowed me to stand in my power again and be comforted by the peace of the present moment because I'm not running from myself anymore. I could see love in the world connecting everything, but I seldom let it in. All I could do was watch it, but now it's easier to witness it as it moves through the world and in others because I know that it's in me, too.
I spent a long time during pandemic closures taking in the weather on trails wherever I could, feeling a sense of peace about what I was beginning to let myself finally feel. It was a refuge to be among trees and a world that had no constructs to live up to who were known by something more than the unspoken assumptions that followed the gender the world may assign them. What would become the art form of photopoetry, birthed me through several seasons.
On being trans enough
I was led to a book called Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing to Self-Love by Mia Violet. I read it multiple times trying to take it all in. More than once my stomach dropped while reading because I realized that I was standing before an altar that asked me only to show up before it. I didn't need to show that I suffered enough to know peace. I didn't need to playact femininity. Pain no longer justified joy. I was just allowed joy. Period. Do you know what the freedom to exist, and just be feels like when you've denied yourself that freedom for as long as you can remember? It is beyond words. I was standing outside of my life looking in at it, and experiencing a compassion for myself and my journey that I hadn't let in before.
The book made it impossible to pretend because someone put words to the feeling: I am a trans person who wants to transition. Knowing that I didn't have to be trans or transition in a specific way meant that I could be trans too, because I was trans the whole time (not just when people validated my identity). It was a profound awareness. When I finally surrendered, the whole world lit up, even though it was terrifying. I could intellectualize being at ease in my own skin but I never embodied the understanding until I began the process. It opened up an awareness that people could know my truth and that there was so much joy in letting people see all of me. I heard the phrase "lightness of being" a lot over the summer and it distilled the essence of the coming out process since my last post here.
I read Untamed by Glennon Doyle for the first time last November (almost to the day of this post actually- wild!) and I had to read it slowly because it was so loud. I re-read it recently and so much of the book illuminated the processes that were giving me wings when all I could see was how I turned into a pile of pupal mess and mush. I didn't know they were wings because all I saw was who I desperately tried to be falling apart in ways I couldn't put back together. I thank goodness now that they were broken beyond repair because it meant I was about to be very clear with myself. I held so tightly to Glennon's wisdom as I took the first steps across the threshold into my truth. I wrote the inset quote in particular on umpteen post-it notes because I wanted it embedded in every fibre of my being going forward.
The world became so much more available to me by allowing life to hold me in a tender embrace whispering "it's about to get really amazing, but it's okay to grieve".
I'm also aware that it's not without privilege that I look at my life and say "I didn't come this far, just to come this far" and not many are afforded the ability to shift from survival mode into meaning-making, getting the chance to "thrive over 35", the hashtag for which matters with very good reason.
Thresholds and freedom
Changing my name to Charlie, and coming out to family and friends, and at work were the final steps. The pieces clicked together, and though it hasn't always been sunshine and roses it feels like the hard stuff is manageable because I've found strength and comfort in who I am. No one can take that away when you find it. When talking to friends about the first steps in coming out I said many times that I was scared, but that it didn't matter what people thought anymore, because I know who I am and I can finally look in the mirror and say "I accept and love you" to all of me. Coming out is liberation from the idea of honesty about who you are, and stepping into truth. The difference is subtle and lives in the knowing marrow of your bones.
It took so much energy to hide my whole self and it feels like nothing short of liberation to see how much more of my energy is available for joy, being present to the people and life unfolding with me. I had to get honest about the way that going stealth stopped being healthy. And no, it doesn't mean that trans people are lying about their identities before they come out. It's the world that teaches trans people myriad ways to lie to ourselves, and perform a version of ourselves to meet its absolutely ridiculous standards of gender.
I realized how fully I was starting to show up in my life when people told me that they couldn't imagine me being anyone other than Charlie and it felt so good to know that people get it: this is who I always was. I didn't need the validation but it felt like the present moment was wrapping up the not-yet-out person I was in the past, in the confirmation that the world would be ready when I was ready to come out. I didn't choose the name because of a particularly special meaning. It resonated, and my mom told me it was among the names she wanted to choose before any gender reveals. It's also my Grampa's brother's name, and his playful energy is what I want to let lead in my life now that I'm not carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders.
Now that I'm standing in my power with an open heart again, I'm finding more hearts (and people have already been sending them to me again). While I pursue my art further, I realized that hearts are so much a part of it and that there's still something profound about the way that they bring a heart-centred awareness (literal and metaphorical) back into the day-to-day. It's not about rising to meet some divine part of you, but letting it find you even if it's as simple as gum shaped like a heart on a sidewalk steeped in the feeling of being guided and led by something bigger. It's safe to let it all in.
I spent a few days writing this post because I wanted to get it right (coming out is still scary), and the acoustic version of the song Be Me by VINCINT came on my Spotify shuffle as the clock turned 1:11pm today. I'd never heard it before, and I haven't watched the season of Queer Eye it belongs to so it was a delightful affirmation. It rang through my insides like a hymn through a brightly lit cathedral and the image of singing it to my transness in the mirror came to mind. Maybe it does the same for you, whether its your transness or some other part of you that you've left behind?
Thanks for giving me more of your attention than my posts usually ask for, so I could reintroduce myself.
I'm looking forward to the hearts and love to come, wherever that takes me and this Finding Hearts Project.
With hearts and much love,
November 10, 2021 by C. Finding Hearts, Freedom, Hearts, The Finding Hearts Project, Transgender


I can remember my first session as an ABA therapist like it was yesterday.
I knew I loved working with children and individuals with special needs. There was no question there.
But this whole "ABA" business? The concept was new, the procedures were foreign, and the nerves I felt were very real.
"Hi, I'm Brian. I'll be working with your son." Thank goodness this parent couldn't hear the thoughts rushing through my mind.
As I looked out across the play room, at the shy, timid child being entrusted into my care, I made a pact with myself then and there.
While it didn't feel like I had all of the answers then (which I still don't), I promised myself that nothing would stand in my way in seeking those answers out.
So I asked a lot of questions. I mean, a lot.
Those inquiries ignited a passion. That passion led me to like-minded individuals who have become friends and mentors.
Those relationships have become the framework of a career and calling that makes every "hard day" worth it, and pale in comparison to the overwhelming "good days" this field so generously affords.
I am now concluding the second year of my Master's program in Behavior Analysis at Western Michigan University, far removed from that anxiety-filled first day.
But not that far removed.
I remember that feeling every time I meet a new staff member, fresh out of training and ready to embark on their own ABA journey. My message to them is always the same.
First, with your client. The initial challenges facing an individual with an ASD diagnosis can be very real. However, ABA teaches us that behaviors are learned responses. Replacement behaviors can be taught. Challenging behaviors can decrease over time. Life can and does get better.
But this takes dedication. And time.
Again, my message is the same – be patient. The field of behavior analysis has been evolving over the past 60+ years, so the reality is that you will never have all of the answers revolving around the complexities of human behavior.
What this field does demand, however, is an ongoing curiosity and desire to improve.
The last message I impart on new staff members is simple.
The evidence supporting ABA is too abundant and the behavior analysts supporting treatment are too passionate to see otherwise.
If you are humble enough to ask questions, receptive enough to receive feedback, and driven enough to apply the principles taught, you can and will make a meaningful impact that far surpasses anything you could imagine.
The ripple effect of your dedication will forever change the life trajectory of an individual, family, and community.
What more can you ask of a job?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has increased to 1 in 59 children.
While this statistic beckons for answers in the realm of autism etiology, it also signifies an unprecedented need for early intervention services for individuals with ASD.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) remains the empirically supported intervention for ASD, endorsed by the US Surgeon General, American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pediatricians, American Psychological Association, and Autism Society of America, among others.
Who will answer the call to serve?
Working as a behavior technician has forever changed me, remarkably for the better.
Early intensive therapy (where at times you may work 30+ hours a week with a single client) has allowed me unprecedented access into the lives of some of the most dedicated families I have ever met.
I have heard a child speak their first words.
I have listened to a child read their first book.
I have met with parents marveling over their son or daughter's progress, forging friendships and excelling in academics in ways they never foresaw.
It requires dedicated, passionate individuals with a desire to teach, mold, and serve.
So now I ask you – who else is up for the challenge, and privilege, to serve as a behavior technician?


I told you all that I love a holiday-themed book, right?! Well, here's another one that we read for Valentine's Day. It is called Love Monster and is written by Rachel Bright. Though it could definitely be read any time of the year, I usually save it for the occasion. I actually read it to both boys this year (separately – we do book time with each boy in their own bed as a way to calm down before sleep and a way to get some one-on-one time with mom and/or dad every day.) The reasons I loved it with both boys were very different, and the whole evening ended with the investigation of a different organ than the heart, so wait for it!
First, the 3 ¼ yo: I knew he would love it. It has a googly-eyed monster, words he can say as we read, and lots of emotion. If you are not to the 3ish stage with your kiddos, just wait! The love they have and the empathy they feel for everyone/everything around them is just the absolute sweetest.
The googly-eyed monster is what drew me to the book in the first place (see my plea to have more books about boys and their feelings here). I was so happy to see a "love" book that boys would appreciate as well as girls. But the best part for my boy was definitely the words he could say on his own.
We read a lot of "word books" (I searched to see if there was a better term for those, but if it's good enough for Barnes and Noble, it's good enough for me) with the boys when they were younger (we still do with the 3 ¼ yo). You know, the ones that show an item or a place and give it a word? They are a great way to build their vocabulary from a young age. The Foot Book is probably our favorite "word book" because it does a great job of sharing a cute story/awesome message through those words.
Though Love Monster is not really a "word book," it is nice because it contains a few words in the middle of the book that my 3 ¼ yo can say as we read. This makes the book more interactive for him and helps to keep his attention in a spot where it might wane.
Then we get to the part where the monster is sad. The part that makes me so grateful for sweet, caring boys! The love that pours out of me when my little one says, " Oh no, Mommy! He sad," about this sweet little monster is just too much to explain. And I love how a book can give him the time to fully process and share that empathy.
Now for the 6 ¾ yo: I was curious to see how he would react to this one this year. Is he too old? Will he think the love stuff is gross? Does he care that it is Valentine's Day soon? Will he tell me he has a girlfriend?!?! Oh gosh. Please no.
But the result was not what I was expecting at all.
Me: Have you found someone to love like the monster did?
6 ¾ yo: *scoff* Not like the way a boyfriend and girlfriend love each other. I'm never doing that.
Me: Ha! I'll remind you of that when you are older.
6 ¾ yo: Well, not until I am older then.
Me: We will see what your heart has to say about it.
6 ¾ yo: Wait! Your heart actually controls you?!
Me: Well, not your actual heart. It's really a part of your brain, but people call it your heart because your emotions seem so different from things like doing math, which your brain also does.
6 ¾ yo: I know alllllll about the parts of the brain from Captain Underpants.
Me internally: Captain Underpants strikes again!
Me: Oh yeah… let's look it up and see.
And that's what we did. And I love that we never would have if it weren't for Love Monster and the question of where love comes from.
I thought about Googling "parts of the brain" to find the answer we were looking for, but decided to use the opportunity to see if we could look it up in a book. As luck would have it, I recently bought a book for him about the parts of the body, and we were able to look it up there!
The book we looked at is an Usborne book called, See Inside Your Body, and it is written by Katie Daynes and Colin King . If you are unfamiliar with Usborne books, PLEASE look them up. I have found so many amazing titles that I know I will be sharing stories about in the future.
For me, showing the 6 ¾ yo that information we might find online can actually be found in a book is winning! And there are flaps for interactive learning in this one… what could be better?!
Posted on February 14, 2018 March 18, 2019 by Raising BoysPosted in Picture BooksTagged "word books", Holiday, picture book, Valentine's Day.


What are AMI Management Programs?
AMI's Management Programs are all-inclusive programs tailored to the needs of your practice. It all starts with you, the owner and chief executive. When starting out in private practice, you probably knew what your "ideal scene" was for your practice.
You expected to put in a few years of hard work after professional training, and it would all pay off, giving you the means to enjoy life, in and out of your practice. There was just one small detail left out of the equation: management skills are imperative for you to reach your full potential.
What can an AMI Management Program do for me?
The Art Of Management works with you as the owner of the practice and helps you take control of its future (which does NOT mean doing all the work yourself!). We help you become a skilled executive who runs a finely-tuned, patient-focused practice with the full support of your team.
What makes AMI different than other companies?
We are different in that we coach and train you as the key executive, to maintain the changes and continue the future growth of the practice. Our unique approach is the reason we are more cost effective than other consulting and practice management companies.
What kind of training can I get from AMI?
AMI's training will help you in the key areas that you need to successfully run your practice. We work one-on-one with you on your own chosen time-table, and we have an emphasis on practical exercises to increase your confidence and ability to apply your new skills in your practice.


I've been in a bit of a creative and professional funk lately. It's month 8 of my what's-a-librarian-to-do-with-no-library-job-opportunities-in-a-20-mile-radius saga, and I'm tired of whining about it. With much encouragement from The Professor, I've decided to write a little every day, whether it be about issues professional or personal. It will give me the intellectual outlet that scanning and bagging books does not, and it will hopefully help me sort out and narrow down my varied interests in librarianship.
I originally heard this idea from a speaker at one of NMRT's sessions at either ALA Annual or Midwinter 2009 (forgive me, but conferences are starting to run together). I know it's not a new idea, but it was the first time I'd heard it, and it made a lot of sense. Making time to write is a habit, just like finding the time to exercise. I'm hoping that eventually I'll look forward to writing every day the same way I look forward to a good run on a sunny spring day.
This doesn't mean I will be posting everyday (sometimes pieces take a few days to flesh out).
This doesn't mean what I write will be awesome (especially on days when I'm cranky and reluctant to write).
This doesn't mean I've given up a full-time job search. Quite the contrary! I'm hoping that this endeavor will help me keep in mind why I haven't given up on being a librarian, even when local jobs aren't on the budget.


Espesye sa isda ang Acanthemblemaria atrata. Una ning gihulagway ni Hastings ug Robertson ni adtong 1999. Ang Acanthemblemaria atrata sakop sa kahenera nga Acanthemblemaria sa kabanay nga Chaenopsidae. Giklaseklase sa IUCN ang espesye sa madutlan. Pagka karon wala pay siak nga nalista ubos niini niya.
↑ 1.0 1.1 Acanthemblemaria atrata. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature (2010). Retrieved on 24/10/2012.
↑ Hastings, P.A. and D.R. Robertson (1999) Acanthemblemaria atrata and Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, new species of eastern Pacific barnacle blennies (Chaenopsidae) from Isla de Coco, Costa Rica, and Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico, and their relationships with other barnacle blennies., Rev. fr. Aquariol 25(3-4):107-118.


Congratulations to the successful applications for our amazing Ready Set Market! program: Jeremy Brown (Wood), Gabriella Tagliapetra (Textiles), Lucy ing (Ceramics) and Daniel Venables (Glass).
Each of these emerging marketeers will be undergoing a series of mentored workshops aimed at developing and marketing their product lines, ready for the UnderCurrent Design Market at the National Portrait Gallery (23-25 November 2018).
UnderCurrent Design Market is one of Australia's leading design market events, held in conjunction with Design Canberra.
Craft ACT is proud to be able to support emerging practitioners with professional development opportunities.
If you are interested in applying for an UnderCurrent stall, the deadline for applications is 14 September. You can download more details here.
Did you know that Craft ACT members get a 10% discount on stall fees? You must have a letter of proof of your membership to accompany your application. Email our Membership Officer to get a letter.


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Covid 19, Reality Check! Our Experience.
11yearsofnappiesDay in the life...
On Monday, Rob and I decided to take the family for testing at our Medical Centre just to get to the door to be met by the rude receptionist telling us the Doctors will not see any patient that may have travelled or that may have come in direct contact with a person that has COVID-19. We were told to go to Flora Clinic, they are the only clinic in Johannesburg that are assisting.
We then head over to Glenanda Clinic (Public Clinic) hoping they could help just to be told, they have no testing kits yet to assist. You can only imagine my and Rob's reaction. We were totally shocked, how is it that our Health department is taking this matter so lightly.
Italy did the same and look at the devastating effects that has now hit the country. Tuesday we spent our time calling around to find a centre close to home, we contacted Mulbarton hospital who referred us to Lancet Laboratories in Alberton. Rob contacted them, and he asks them which documents we would need. The lady politely says simply bring along your Identity cards and medical aid card.
Today, we head out early and get tested to our surprise, Lancet Laboratories says we can not be tested without a referral letter from our Doctors. We explained that our Doctor did not even want to see us so it will be rather difficult to get a referral letter from him. Lancet simply refused to test us. We had to call the Doctors room and demand the note because they were not willing.
Eventually the referral letter is emailed, we had it printed and headed off to the Lancet. We completed the forms, handed our medical aid card and in less than 10 seconds we had this long ear bud placed at the back of our throats and done. All that trouble to be tested in less than 10 seconds, and we were charged R1200 per person.
Beyond ridiculous, because Corona does not discriminate.
What happens to those people who don't have R1200 to be tested? Or those that don't have medical aid? We are sitting with a Global epidemic yet our government is not taking this matter serious. Our government has made no provision or plan for the poorer population.
The population of South Africa is living like nothing is happening. Italy did the same and look at where they find themselves today. Other countries with less population than ours have taken serious measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, yet we are battling to simply get tested.
I am beyond disappointed as a citizen of this country. Our family will be self isolating.
About myself: I am Simone Phillips, a blogger (www.11yearsofnappies.blog), content creator, brand ambassador and Influencer (@momwithtatts), this after having been a corporate mom for 15 years within the Financial Services space. I am a mama bear to 4 amazing beings, Ethan, Micaiah, Zoe and Eden and a wife of 15 years to an incredible man, Robert Phillips. Not only that, but I am a Gangster rapping, R&B lover, ink-lover, Jesus'' girl, crazy dancing, and tea lover Kinda mom. Summary: My book is my journey, my story about being a woman, a wife and mom. This is my truth straight from my heart strings as raw and as authentic as can be, this has made me who I am today. A story about a girl who was lost, overwhelmed and who had no sense of being. She had to make a conscious decision to stop existing and start living. She had to become intentional about her life. My hope is that my story will inspire, impact and give hope to a woman, a mom, a wife, or someone who does not know who she is, who is lost and overwhelmed with all the different roles she has to play and the hats she is required to wear daily. I need for HER to know, she can change things, and she can press the reset button on her life irrespective of her age. That it is ok to let go of her past pains, triggers and batons that may have been handed over to her. She is enough. She is worthy. Proud to be a Top 50 Blogger voted for by Get Blogged.
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Assessment Of Human Competences In English-Language Noun Phrases Use
Lazebna Nataliia
Article first published online: May 01, 2021
Lazebna Nataliia, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor. Her areas of research interests include discourse studies, terminology, computational linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and text linguistics. Correspondence:natalialazebnaya@gmail.com
Lazebna, N. Assessment Of Human Competences In English-Language Noun Phrases Use [Text] // Linhvistychni Studiyi / Linguistic Studies : collection of scientific papers / Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University; Ed. by Anatoliy Zahnitko. Vinnytsia : Vasyl' Stus DonNU, 2021. Vol. 41. Pp. 48-56. ISBN 966-7277-88-7
Volume first published online: May 01, 2021
Article received: March 20, 2021, accepted: April 03, 2021 and first published online: May 01, 2021
Розглянуто особливості сприйняття англомовних номінативних фраз, їх морфологіч-них характеристик та синтаксичних функцій. Проаналізована специфіка продукування та використання іменних фраз англійської мови (NP). Іменник як ядро досліджуваних фраз висту¬пає важливим ідентифікатором інформації, що передається. Створення іменних фраз респондентами свідчить про морфологічну обізнаність мовців, і про певні труднощі при ана-лізі синтаксичних функцій іменних конструкцій. Помилки у аналізі англомовних іменних конструкцій корелюються із мовленнєвими зразками рідної (української) мови і інтерферу-ються із граматичними нормами англійської мови.
Keywords: noun phrases, morphological awareness, syntactic function, speech patterns.
Nataliia Lazebna
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation, National University "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic", Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Background: The research focuses on human competences in English-language noun phrases use. The relevance of the study encompasses not only an isolated concern about nouns and their role in the English-language knowledge, but also focuses on morphological and syntactic functions, which noun phrases perform. Both, Western and Eastern researchers analyzed the given theme in their spe¬cific social and cultural contexts. Unlike native speakers, EFL speakers use noun phrases for nomination, predominantly.
Purpose: The purpose of the analysis is to consider the role, which noun phrases play in the English language acquisition by non-native speakers.
Results: According to data obtained from the participants, the noun as an object is the most wide-spread function in the sentence. The subject follows this function and the nouns identified as an adjunct are the least used group. For EFL students, nouns did not represent a nucleus of the sentence, rather, they related it to their syntactic function.
Discussion: the role of nomination is dominant in the English language use. According to the results of studies obtained, descriptive functions of noun phrases, their functionality as language re-striction tool were preferred for EFL students.
Nataliia Lazebna is PhD in Philology, Associate Professor. Her areas of research interests include discourse studies, terminology, computational linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and text lin-guistics.
Correspondence: natalialazebnaya@gmail.com
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS, a compelling new film from Germany, can be seen on Monday 23 June at 6 p.m. in the Odeon Cinema, Edinburgh, as part of the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
This is a great film. There is the utmost clarity in the script and the cinematography: each complements the other perfectly. The action places the viewer almost in the position of a juror in a courtroom. This is achieved by filming each of the Fourteen Stations of the Cross in a single take with fixed-angle long shots.
Maria is 14 years old. Her family is part of a fundamentalist Roman Catholic community. Maria lives her everyday life in the modern world, and yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to follow him, become a saint, and go to heaven - just like all those holy children she has always been told about. So Maria goes through 14 Stations, just as she is taught Jesus did on his way to the tomb, and reaches her goal in the end. Not even Christian, a boy she meets at school, can stop her, even if, in another world, they might have become friends, or even lovers. Left behind is a broken family that finds comfort in faith, and the question: were all these events really so inevitable?
The subject-matter is thought-provoking: fundamentalism is a strong, bold, and troubling feature of our world today. This film gives viewers an opportunity to pause, to evaluate their own stance, and to question their own effectiveness, in their lives, in their jobs, and in their world.
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Q: Concatenate range of cells with criteria in a column I need help with vba concatenate cells.
I have a spread sheet:
column A contain values like Product A for a few rows, Product B for a few rows, and so on.
I want to concatenate, say cells in columns B-J for Product A, write the value to column K or another sheet, then do the same thing with Product B, and so on till the end of the spreadsheet.
I think this would need some vba coding which I am learning but not good yet to do the job. Please help!
Thank you,
cj

A:

I think this would need some vba coding

No you don't need vba for this :)
Put this formula in K1 and drag it down
=B1&" "&C1&" "&D1&" "&E1&" "&F1&" "&G1&" "&H1&" "&I1&" "&J1

This will concatenate the data with SPACE as a delimiter. If you do not want space then amend the above formula to
=B1&C1&D1&E1&F1&G1&H1&I1&J1

Similarly if you want to concatenate with COMMA as a delimiter then use this
=B1&", "&C1&", "&D1&", "&E1&", "&F1&", "&G1&", "&H1&", "&I1&", "&J1

and so on...

A: I read it as you want everything in a single column into another cell. This is a routine that will take all the data from the cell you specify, and concatenate everything going down until there is a break in the data
Option Explicit

Function ColConc(CellRef As Range, Delimiter As String)

Dim LoopVar As Long
Dim StartRow As Long
Dim EndRow As Long
Dim Concat As String
Dim Col As Long

Col = CellRef.column
StartRow = CellRef.Row
EndRow = CellRef.End(xlDown).Row

Concat = ""

For LoopVar = StartRow To EndRow
    Concat = Concat & Cells(LoopVar, Col).Value
    If LoopVar <> EndRow Then Concat = Concat & Delimiter
Next LoopVar

ColConc = Concat
End Function

call by using the formula =ColConc(A2," ") and this will get everything from cell A2, down to the end of that column, with a space as the delimiter.
The delimiter can be any string, so you can place anything between the data. A blank cell ends the data it uses for concatenating into a single string.
It will only work on the current sheet - more coding would be needed to get that part working


Chronic disease self-management education programs aim to empower patients through providing information and teaching skills and techniques to improve self-care and doctor–patient interaction, with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life.
The recent 2006–07 federal budget allocated an unprecedented $515 million over 5 years for activation of patient self-management activities, commencing this financial year.
Previous attempts in other countries to incorporate self-management education activities into the health care sector have faced setbacks because of inadequate integration into primary care.
Engagement of health care professionals and their endorsement of self-management activities is critical to success.
The Australian Government budget for the 2006–07 financial year has an unprecedented provision for the implementation of chronic disease self-management education and training activities over the next 5 years. Major initiatives are outlined in Box 1.
Governments have focused on formal self-management education programs to help patients engage in self-care. An example is the recent $36.2 million Australian Government Sharing Health Care Initiative, which explored the suitability of a range of education interventions (Box 3).10 Clear policy directions and the allocation of resources are positive steps towards integrating such activities within the health care system, but Australian policymakers need to take heed of outcomes from educational interventions in other countries if the proposed programs are to be viable.
The current national policy focus and resource allocation towards chronic disease prevention and management provide a unique opportunity for real advancement in Australian public health. Self-management education programs are a vehicle for helping patients develop skills and techniques to enhance self-care of their chronic conditions. Based on what we have learnt from international experience, success will be dependent on several factors (Box 5). Engagement of and endorsement by health care professionals will be critical to ensuring that there are sufficient numbers of people who have the capacity to attend and sustain programs and benefit from them.
Such factors need to be addressed using a systematic approach across the health care system to improve coordination of care for patients with chronic conditions. The existing division of responsibilities and funding arrangements between federal and state governments promotes a demand-driven, "fee-for-service" health care system that fails to support the multidisciplinary approach needed for effective chronic disease care.
The Council of Australian Governments' health services package has prioritised the enhancement of federal and state government primary care programs and services to reduce inefficiencies.1 However, the diversity of organisations and health care professionals involved in providing programs and services across states and territories requires a localised rather than a uniform approach to enhance service coordination.
Models such as Primary Care Partnerships, as adopted in Victoria, have facilitated the formation of alliances among health care agencies and professionals in both metropolitan and regional settings. These partnerships vary in structure and size, covering between two and four municipal/regional areas.19 Funding is provided to support partnership formation, establishment of structured referrals and information management processes to maximise patient access to services and programs. Such a model could be adapted to improve service coordination and facilitate education and training among health care professionals to support chronic disease management. However, networks would also need to encompass local acute sectors to ensure continuity of care. Funding from both federal and state governments could be devolved to dedicated coordinating agencies within the formal networks (eg, community health centres) to pool resources and oversee effective information transfer across networks to enhance a multidisciplinary care approach. Such formal networks would serve as a platform to help integrate self-management education programs across sectors.
Another important factor for optimising uptake of a range of self-management programs at the local level would be raising awareness among health care professionals and fostering their confidence in the quality of the programs. This is being addressed through a component of the Sharing Health Care Initiative, which is expanding a national quality and monitoring system using the Health Education Impact Questionnaire. The questionnaire, developed by the University of Melbourne, gathers and distributes information on the key indicators of successful self-management courses (Box 6).20 The data will provide local evidence on patient outcomes — an important factor in achieving the endorsement of health care professionals. Key barriers to and enablers for integration of self-management programs in Australia are highlighted in Box 7.
For self-management programs to be successfully integrated and sustained in Australian health care, new levels of cooperation through funds pooling and strategic planning between federal and state/territory governments are required. As self-management is only one component of chronic disease care, establishing formal regional alliances and networks across the health care continuum would facilitate primary health care reform and generate opportunities to integrate other chronic disease prevention and care initiatives. Failure to learn from international experience in future planning for self-management education programs in the Australian health care sector will mean that money may be wasted, and a valuable opportunity to generate real and rapid improvements in the quality of chronic disease care will be lost.
Arthritis Foundation of Victoria Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
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