Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has threatened to expose investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, over what he has described as plush properties which the award-winning journalist did not acquire genuinely should he go ahead to premiere his latest ''Number 12'' work which exposes corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The maverick politician speaking on Accra based Asempa FM described the investigate method used by Anas as unethical and unlawful.
Kennedy Agyapong stated emphatically that, Anas blackmailed people to acquire his plush properties scattered around Dworwulu in the Greater Accra Region.
He has dared Anas to premiere the video if he believes he is ready to stand his [Kennedy's] wrath.
The legislator who was furious told Asempa FM that, Anas does not have what it takes to acquire the property in his name and if he [Agyapong] is pushed, he will strip Anas naked.
''Who gave Anas the authority to premiere the video? We have allowed him to engage in pure blackmail to enrich himself. I challenge him and I will also come out with evidence to prove that, he is not genuine. Go to Dworwulu at Medipharm, all the high rise buildings are for Anas.
Where did he get the money to construct all these buildings? Where did he get the money to buy all his lands which are in court? If he is a lawyer, he should tell us where he is practicing his law? The politician is unhappy the journalist has been allowed to invade the privacy of people over the years, all in the name of investigative journalism," he said.
Meanwhile, the editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Baako, has called the bluff of the legislator and challenged him to provide evidence to his claims and stop speculating. The astute journalist said he does not understand what Kennedy Agyapong is trying to establish.
On the litigation over the lands the MP made reference to, Mr. Baako said, the lands are currently before a competent court of jurisdiction hence the facts put out by the MP are not relevant because the issue is already a public record.
Mr. Baako said, the MP should provide an evidence to prove that, the properties acquired by Anas were through dubious means and until he is able to do that, I cannot engage in his speculations.


The US economy is one of the front-runners in the global automation race. By 2018, the number of industrial robots sold to 2018 will, on average, rise by at least five percent per annum, to a new record of 31,000 units (2014: 26,202).
Mouser Electronics will be a major sponsor of this week's FIRST Robotics Competition Dallas Regional event occurring March 24-26 at the Irving Convention Center. The annual robotics event, which fosters STEM education, attracts hundreds of high school students from across the area.
STARTUP WORLD - part of the AUTOMATICA 2016 trade fair in Munich, Germany - will offer thriving startup companies active in industry automation and service robotics the opportunity to present at a leading international exhibition.
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For manufacturers who rely on CNC machines, they know that servo motors are one of the first components to break down. Electric Enterprise offer one of the industries fastest turnaround times with 24hr repair.


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Treating Ear Infections and Seeking New Ped Doctor for Infant Son..
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In Irving Dr Williams is at the Baylor ENT clinic. I think that's what it was called. It's right on the corner of 635 and McArthur (huge buidings). He's great!


You might associate trust funds with spoiled, free spending 20-somethings, but chances are most beneficiaries of trust funds wouldn't be immediately recognizable. Trust funds are a tool to protect your assets, to ensure that your heirs inherit the assets you want them to and, often, to avoid taxes.
Feb. 27, 2018, 4:48 p.m.
When put that way, it sounds like there's no disadvantage to trust funds. So why was I told, repeatedly, that setting up a trust fund for my daughter was unnecessary? Trust funds work really well for managing relatively complex inheritance issues, but they are also complex (and expensive) to set up. The cost of setting up a trust fund will vary widely based on what kind of trust fund you're looking to establish. Most of the expense is in lawyers' fees and estate lawyers generally charge $250 to $300 per hour. So don't rush out to set up a trust fund for your kids unless your life is complicated enough to warrant one.
Whose life is complicated enough for a trust fund? I'm talking about your personal life as much as your financial life, because trust funds are best for people with complicated family relationships.
If you have children from a previous marriage and you want to make sure that your current spouse can live in your home until his or her death and benefit from your other assets but you want to ensure that your children eventually inherit your real estate, whether it's the home they grew up in or a favorite vacation property, a trust fund can protect your children's inheritance in case your current spouse remarries after your death.
If you want to control how your money is spent after your death, a trust fund can place restrictions on how and when your beneficiaries get access to their inheritance. You can decide what the money can and can't be used for, or decide to give your beneficiaries all of the money when the reach a certain age, regardless of how old they are when you die.
If you don't trust your heirs to handle the money responsibly, either because they are disabled or just plain financially irresponsible, you can set up a trust fund so that the beneficiaries get a certain amount of money per month but don't have control over the money otherwise. You can also set up the trust to be protected from debt collection, so that a beneficiary with a gambling problem or other financial issues would still be ensured a reliable cash flow.
If you have a lot of money and want to avoid taxes, a trust fund can help you minimize estate taxes and distribute your money directly to your children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.
The biggest downside when it comes to trust funds is that they are expensive to set up. When I was first considering setting up a trust fund for my daughter, I mistakenly believed that I could download a form for a nominal fee and set it up myself. Not so. Setting up a trust fund requires an estate attorney. He or she will be able to counsel you about the best type of trust fund for your situation as well as do the paperwork to set up the trust fund.
When you set up the trust fund, you're actually creating a separate legal entity. Any property or assets you want the trust to own has to be transferred to the trust—and it's important to remember that you can't do that if you still owe a mortgage.
The laws relating to trust funds vary considerably by state. If you live in a different state than your beneficiaries, you might want to consult with an estate attorney in both states to determine which state you should set up the trust fund in.
You trust your heirs to use their inheritance responsibly, and/or you trust your spouse to ensure that your children inherit your property and assets even if you die first.
The bottom line is that there's a reason we associate trust funds with the rich: People with high net worths are most likely to use them, and most likely to be willing to pay to get them set up. Trust funds are a very effective financial tool, but you should consider whether or not it's really necessary before deciding to set one up.
For more thoughts about family legal issues see our post Estate Planning Basics for Couples.


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Barts to start recruiting for clinical trial aimed at helping people with multiple sclerosis
Published: 5:00 PM November 30, 2020 Updated: 8:42 PM December 7, 2020
The trial is being run from The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. Picture: Adam Scott - Credit: Archant
The first multiple sclerosis clinical trial to focus only on people in wheelchairs is to start recruiting at Barts Health NHS Trust.
Professor Klaus Schmierer, a consultant neurologist at The Royal London Hospital and the clinical and research lead for BartsMS, is leading the trial. Picture: Daniel K Clarke - Credit: Daniel K Clarke
The trial is being run from The Royal London Hospital and will test whether cladribine tablets, already licensed for certain forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), can slow the rate of upper limb disability.
Professor Klaus Schmierer, a consultant neurologist at The Royal London Hospital and the clinical and research lead for BartsMS, is leading the trial.
Klaus, who is also a professor of neurology at Queen Mary University of London, said:
"Finding ways to maintain people's upper limb function is essential to quality of life, but until now walking ability has been the only official measurement of whether or not an MS treatment is effective.
"This has excluded people who depend on a wheelchair from taking part in trials and, as a result, from accessing effective treatment that will help maintain their hand and arm function."
From January 2021, ChariotMS will recruit 200 people with the condition who can walk only a short distance with two crutches, or are unable to walk at all but still have some upper limb function.
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The trial, led by charity the MS Society, is the first with no upper age limit.
MS is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord, causing a wide range of possible symptoms, including problems with vision, arm or leg movement.
Until now, clinical trials for MS have not included people who are reliant on a wheelchair and therefore on maintaining their upper limb function.
To date, drugs have only been licensed if they improve walking ability.
This means there are currently no disease modifying therapies available for the 35-40 per cent of people with MS who need help walking.
If successful, the trial could change that and lead to the first MS drug that protects upper limb function, which is essential for those who rely on using a wheelchair.
Participants in the trial will be placed into a treatment arm or a placebo, control arm.
The treatment group will receive cladribine tablets for two years and the placebo group will receive "dummy" tablets.
The trial is being funded by Barts Charity and the Efficacy and Evaluation Mechanism Programme.
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Busy Little Bird: meet the powerhouse behind Free Bird Café
An interview with the remarkable Lisa Nesser, restauranteur, entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist, organiser, vegan. One of Chiang Mai's finest.
By Pim Kemasingki | Thu 1 Aug 2019
A stack of menus featuring Shan vegan noodles and almond milk cappuccinos sits next to a row of second hand t-shirts artfully repurposed into reusable shopping bags beckoning to be taken home for only 40 baht a pop. A beaming girl stands at the counter hiding a smile as I fondle what I later learn is a yoni egg nestled next to some crystals and a row of organic, chemical free, package free cleaning products and toiletries. Chirpy signs abound announcing 'Pre-loved' goods, an upcoming digital nomad girls' cocktail meetup, a 'Zero Waste' store and shelves of pretty colour-coordinated second hand books, a thrifter's haven. Pieces of artwork crafted by any of the 60 children, teenagers and adults who come here nearly daily to learn, join a community and hope for a better life, dot the light and airy premises that is beloved by its mass of dedicated fans, customers and supporters.
There is a lot going on at Free Bird Café, and it all comes together efficiently, seamlessly, and with a bounce to its steps, thanks to Lisa Nesser, the remarkable woman behind it all.
By the sounds of it Lisa has been on a mission her entire life. Turning vegan and animal rights activist at 12, she had to teach herself how to cook while juggling school, baby sitting and volunteering at a nursing home. "There was an influx of Bosnian refugees to St. Louis, Missouri when I was young and my uncle Matthew opened a free afterschool centre and food pantry, so by helping out I became interested in refugees and human rights at an early age," said Lisa, whose sparkling green eyes shine with determination as she talks of her life's passion. "I began working at 15, first in restaurants and then in bars, and worked any shifts I could all through my undergrad degree in media communications, focusing on documentary photography. I wanted to tell stories of war-torn refugees and share them with the world to raise awareness so, right after graduating from university, I went off to India by myself to document Tibetan refugees' lives. But after the first trip and following conversations with the Tibetans, I realised that the best way to support them was to teach them English and do teacher training so that they could tell their own stories."
After many trips to India during which she gained a degree in education as well as a diploma in human rights, Lisa contracted cholera and decided to stop over in Thailand on her way back to the USA to recover. "But after a few days in an air-conditioned hotel in Bangkok," grinned Lisa, "I found myself on a ten hour bus ride to the Burmese border where I spent two weeks in an orphanage."
The experience of seeing that refugee camp, the poor living conditions and severely lacking resources, convinced her that this is where her skills would be most needed next. She returned to the US determined to come back to Thailand and spent the year recovering from her illness, working to save money, putting her affairs in order, and offering her services by mail to any and all relevant NGOS in Thailand she could find on the internet.
"I had bought a house after my first degree, choosing to pay a mortgage in lieu of rent, and the property market was good, so I managed to sell the house, pay off my student loan, buy my ticket to Thailand and had all of $500 dollars in my pocket."
Upon her return, Lisa began volunteering in an orphanage in Mae Hong Son. "I was young, idealistic, energetic and it was like living a dream," said Lisa of living in a shack with only half a roof, collecting water from the well daily, developing a teacher training programme and teaching English in the informal refugee camps and orphanage which included buying supplies for the school.
"Still, it took nine months for my money to run out," she beamed with pride.
Cashless, Lisa made her way to Chiang Mai in 2004 to try to find a job so that she could continue her work with refugees, renting a wooden house in the old city for 1,500 baht per month.
"Just wandering around the neighbourhood, talking to Shan construction workers, Akha and Lahu flower girls, listening to their stories, developing relationships with the local community," said Lisa, "I began to see how many tourists were behaving badly with these kids, drunkenly grabbing them and flinging them about in bars until early morning and much worse. I began to make fliers and would gather the kids and their mums together in front of Heaven Beach bar at 5pm to teach them art and English between their day shifts and nightly work. This was how I first got into the communities. I tried to enrol many kids in schools, but unlike now where the municipality schools accept non-citizen kids, they didn't then and it was hard. So I thought that since I had a house, I may as well use it. I moved the evening classes to my home and soon students were looking through windows to see the white board hanging on the wall. I was teaching rich doctors' children English to make money to teach poor kids, and often the rich kids would donate their toys!"
Lisa is constantly astounded at how little large NGOs and foundations achieve with their big budgets and offices. "Because of my connection in the communities, I simply sat on the floor and listened to people's problems, then we would find a way to solve them. I got so much done in those first years. To me it was never about money, but about passion to make a difference and the ability to listen to real needs."
Thai Freedom House was officially formed in 2005. "It was literally my house, with a little teepee I built in the garden for outdoor classes. I also cooked and fed them as I knew that they didn't have time to eat otherwise. Today we still provide healthy snacks, herbal tea and juices to our evening students."
Over the years, Lisa worked at an international school to fund her projects, built a library, began to seek out volunteers, started teaching Thai, Burmese and Shan, as well as English and art and other skills such as sewing and cooking, all the while moving locations multiple times as she expanded. The language and arts centre is really about a holistic community of support and healing for the people that they serve, Lisa explains, making sure that they are heard and that their needs are met.
"It was around that time that I met Steve Yarnold who was then running the Rooftop Charities Parties, the precursor of the current Citylife Garden Fair," said Lisa. "He asked me to pitch my project which was essentially to create a social enterprise, but before the term was coined. I wanted to open a restaurant which would allow us to be self-sustainable. I didn't want to rely on the whims of international donors, I had seen how terribly that worked out for so many in the past. I had to scrimp and save to buy the charity event tickets as well as a pair of shoes to go to the hotel presentation event.
Incredibly I won, and was given a 250,000 baht donation which allowed me to purchase what we needed to get the doors open to Free Bird Café. This experience also opened up a whole new world to me. I met wealthy retired people who wanted to help and fellow grassroots organisations who all supported each other."
Lisa opened Free Bird Café in 2009 and it soon became a destination for health food lovers, vegans, vegetarians and back packers. While the cuisine was Shan, the menu also encompassed many more new aged dishes popular with the younger and more health-conscious travellers and expats. The café would close at 4pm and the students arrive at 5pm. Being pre-social media, it was a tough beginning as her concept was very novel and hard to translate. But slowly word got out and Lisa's dedication to her principles began to pay off. She bucked social pressure and went full vegan, she used repurposed items for furnishing, she was the first business in Chiang Mai to ban the use of plastic straws…and eventually plastic altogether. "The restaurant gave our students a great sense of pride in seeing people from around the world eating and loving their cuisine. Then on top of that, to know that their food was funding their education."
Fortuitously in late 2017 the Citylife Garden Fair raised 158,000 baht for Lisa's projects which coincided with when she had to move out of her then-location. This sum funded the move to Lisa's projects' current home, where she hopes to remain for many years to come.
"Taking on such a huge space and overhead is very scary," said Lisa in her little office on the second floor. "I have to overcome my fears of not making it. But I am more determined than ever to make this work, the needs of the community that we serve have not diminished and as long as there is a need, I will provide services. 100% of all profits from our various social enterprise projects goes to our learning centre, Thai Freedom House and Free Bird Café is now open at nights, and will soon host events, open mics, live music and more. The café also serves as a Hospitality Training Centre for adult refugee students, providing them with a living wage and on-the-job training. The Free Bird
Pre-Loved Charity Shop and Donation Centre sorts donated goods which we accept year-round and for the past decade about two to three truckloads are distributed to Burma and Northern Thailand weekly; 1% of which we keep to sell in our store, its income paying for the cost of distribution. Then we have My Best Life CNX, Chiang Mai's first zero waste store, which is all about doing the best you can, for yourself, and the planet. It is full of cruelty free, plastic-free, chemical-free products that are affordable with all profits going to support scholarship funds for adult Thai Freedom House refugee students attending university."
At this point she proudly introduces us to Nap Dow, a Shan girl who is currently on a full scholarship to Mae Fah Luang University, and who started her time at Thai Freedom House as a 12 year old girl, working full time selling fruit at a Thai school. Nap Dow is a now confident polyglot, speaking five languages and studying communications. She is spending her summer holiday helping out around the office.
Lisa still doesn't take one baht from her enterprise, unbelievably she has yet another business, Lisa Byrd Collection where she sells crystals and provides energy healing services which cover her personal expenses.
Her ambitions for her social enterprise are great. Study abroad groups, PhD research student groups and more have been visiting for the past nine years for talks from Lisa about social enterprise, education, refugee rights and social work. Lisa now also provides sustainable workshops and trainings for aspiring social entrepreneurs. She is constantly putting on special activities, updating her menu and décor to reflect trends and customer demands. Her students have grown up, some have even met one another at Thai Freedom House, married and now send their children to her to learn.
Quivering with energy, Lisa moves seamlessly from our photoshoot (which had Nap Dow giggling at the incongruous sight of Lisa actually frocked up for a change) to rushing down stairs to climb a ladder to show a construction worker where to hang a light. Next thing I knew she was off in the kitchen, coming out smelling of a new margarita mix she was preparing to add to her cocktail menu, then rushing off to hug a regular who was carrying in a box of donated goods.
Seeing me fondling some yoni eggs, she explained what they were and offered to give me a reading as to which would be best suited to my needs. Startled, I decided at this point that I had to go home and decompress from the sheer level of energy and breadth of activity which surrounds Lisa.
"Yeah, I know," she grins, her arresting green eyes shining. "My mum says that I have always lived a couple of lives simultaneously."
Lisa has been working full throttle and on multiple fronts her whole life, and while she has much more she wishes to achieve, she admits that it would be nice to have some help. The aim is to continue serving the refugee and migrant population in Chiang Mai, teach the public about sustainability and expand the café's menus and activities, so that she can spend more time on her creative pursuits; design, dye, upcycling.
"I get my energy from seeing the kids happy and safe, when I read an awesome review for Free Bird Café, when someone stops me and tells me I changed their Chiang Mai experience or that I helped them to live without plastic," she beams. "These simple moments are where I get fuel to go on, that and my own meditation and spiritual practice of connecting with nature in my garden. I live in gratitude for the opportunity that I have to serve humanity, animals and the environment, though it is not lost on me that I receive just as much back in personal satisfaction."
If you want to help simply go to the café and eat, shop, take some time to learn about how you can lessen your impact on the environment…and be sure to leave lots of comments on social media.
For more information visit www.thaifreedomhouse.org.
Tues-Sat 9am-9pm and Sun 9am-5pm (Closed on Mondays)
www.facebook.com/thaifreedomhouse/ IG: @thaifreedomhouse
www.facebook.com/freebirdcafe/ IG: @freebirdcafe
www.facebook.com/mybestlifecnx/ IG: @mybestlife_cnx
www.facebook.com/FreeBirdPreLovedCharityShopandDonationCenter/
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Super Junior-K.R.Y, es la primera subunidad formada del grupo Super Junior, conformada por Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, y Yesung. El nombre del grupo viene de las iniciales de sus nombres K.R.Y. La compañía descubrió que estos tres miembros tenían cualidades musicales similares.

Son los vocalistas principales de Super Junior. Super Junior-K.R.Y se carazterizan por sus baladas de estilo R&B.

Historia Musical
La primera presentación oficial de la sub-unidad fue el 5 de noviembre de 2006, en Music Bank de KBS, interpretando "The One I Love (한 사람 만을)".Además de este tema, ellos contribuyeron en dos nuevos temas para la banda sonora del drama Hyena. El trío también contribuyó en las bandas sonoras para Snow Flower y Billy Jean Look at Me. A diferencia de las otras sub-unidades de Super Junior, Super Junior K.R.Y aún no ha lanzado un sencillo o un álbum oficial (aunque está programado un sencillo japonés para el 2013). Solo han participado y colaborado en bandas sonoras para dramas de televisión, así como también en las baladas de los diferentes álbumes de Super Junior.

Super Junior-K.R.Y tuvo su primer mini tour en Japón en agosto de 2010. Ellos tuvieron otras dos fechas en Kobe en noviembre del 2010 y otras dos en Fukuoka en diciembre del 2010, llevando en total 22.000 personas.

En noviembre de 2012 el trío tuvo un concierto en Yokohama, Japón (Por el tour especial de invierno) en donde anunciaron que lanzarían su primer sencillo japonés titulado "Promise You" el 23 de enero de 2013. Un adelanto del video musical fue mostrado durante el concierto y fue lanzado posteriormente a través de Youtube.
El sencillo vendió 40,645 copias en primer día de lanzamiento, ubicándose en el segundo lugar de la lista diaria de Oricon y al día siguiente llegó al primer lugar vendiendo 15,197 copias. La primera semana, el sencillo vendió 69,067 copias en total y se ubicó en el segundo lugar de las listas semanales de Oricon.

Miembros

Discografía
 Más información: Discografía de Super Junior-K.R.Y

Banda sonora
2006: "The One I Love" para Hyena.
2006: "Stop Walking By" para Snow Flower .
2007: "Just You" para Billy Jean Look At Me.
2009: "Dreaming Hero" para Partner.
2011: "Fly" para el programa de Mnet Superstar K3.
2012: "Sky" para To The Beautiful You.
2012: "Loving You" para Ms Panda and Mr Hedgehog.

Sencillo
2013: Promise You (Japonés)
2015: Join Hands (Japonés)

 Conciertos
 2010 - 2011: Super Junior K.R.Y. The 1st Concert
 2012 - 2013: Super Junior K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert
 2015: Super Junior K.R.Y 'Phonography' Tour Concert

 Videos musicales
 Más información: Videografía de Super Junior-K.R.Y

Páginas oficiales
 Sm Entertainment
 Página oficial de Super Junior

Referencias

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Artistas de SM Entertainment
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Home » Main, News » Four Oahu residents to disembark cruise ship at Honolulu Harbor
Four Oahu residents to disembark cruise ship at Honolulu Harbor
Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Main, News
Seabourn Sojourn ship to stop for fuel and provisions in Honolulu
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Harbors Division notifies the public the Pacific Princess cruise ship is scheduled to arrive at Honolulu Harbor on April 13, 2020. The ship was last at port in Melbourne, Australia on March 28; however, no passengers or crew disembarked. It does not have any confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 associated with the vessel. When the ship arrives in Honolulu it will have been at sea longer than the 14 day incubation period. Ship leadership is required to report any health concerns prior to entering Honolulu Harbor.
The Pacific Princess does not have enough fuel to reach its final destination in California. It will refuel and take on provisions before it is tentatively scheduled to depart on the same day it arrives.
Four Oahu residents (two couples) on the ship will be allowed to disembark in Honolulu. They will be medically vetted on the ship prior to disembarkation. They will also be subject to medical and temperature screening by AMR paramedics upon leaving the ship. They will be shuttled directly from the harbor to their homes where they will immediately begin their mandatory 14 day quarantine inside their residences.
The remaining 111 passengers and all crewmembers will not be allowed to leave the ship while in Hawaii by order of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) Director.
The Seabourn Sojourn is scheduled to arrive at Honolulu Harbor on April 18, 2020. The ship was last at port for fuel and provisions in Melbourne, Australia on March 29. No one left the vessel while at port. There are no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 associated with the vessel. Even though there are no passengers onboard and no one will be allowed to leave the ship in Hawaii, the captain is required to report health concerns prior to entering Honolulu Harbor.
The Seabourn Sojourn ship is tentatively scheduled to depart Honolulu for California the same day it arrives.
By order of the State of Hawaii proclamation and by order of the Director of HIEMA all passenger cruise ship reservations to Hawaii have been canceled through April 30. Exceptions are considered on a case by case basis.
For transportation information related to COVID-19 please visit the HDOT webpage by clicking here.
Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship to arrive at Honolulu Harbor for fuel
Financial Statements and Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Harbors Division June 30, 2020.
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Q: Emoji in iOS app Alerts and Notifications - Xcode/Swift I'm trying to add an emoji to an alert in Xcode but can't figure it out, any help is greatly appreciated! \xF0\x9F\x98\xB3
Code:
if ((self.liveStreamTitle.text?.characters.count) == 0)
        {

            let alertView = UIAlertController.init(title: "Forgot something?", message: "Video Title is empty EMOJIHERE", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
            alertView.addAction(UIAlertAction.init(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: nil))
            self.presentViewController(alertView, animated: true, completion: {

            })

            return;

        }

A: Actually you can just add them directly.
@IBAction func pressed(sender: AnyObject) {

let actionSheetController: UIAlertController = UIAlertController(title: "Are you sure?", message: "", preferredStyle: .Alert)
let cancelAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: " NO", style: .Cancel) { action -> Void in
                //Do your task
}
actionSheetController.addAction(cancelAction)
let nextAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: " YES", style: .Default) { action -> Void in
                //Do your task
}
actionSheetController.addAction(nextAction)
self.presentViewController(actionSheetController, animated: true, completion: nil)

}

You can also do this using Unicode
let cancelAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "\u{1F425}", style: .Cancel) { action -> Void in
let nextAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "\u{1F426}", style: .Default) { action -> Void in

Or this using Unicode
let cancelAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "\u{1F425} YES", style: .Cancel) { action -> Void in
let nextAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "\u{1F426} NO", style: .Default) { action -> Void in

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La Societat d'Arcueil fou un cercle de físics i químics francesos de principis del  que es reunien a la població d'Arcueil per a discutir sobre temes científics i presentar davant la resta d'assistents memòries de les seves investigacions.

La Societat d'Arcueil fou fundada el 1805 pel químic Claude Louis Berthollet, que tenia una residència a la població d'Arcueil, aleshores propera a París, i pel físic Pierre Simon Laplace que també n'hi tengué una a partir del 1806. El 1807 s'iniciaren les seves activitats essent els primers participants, a més de Berthollet i Laplace, els químics Josep-Louis Gay Lussac (1778-1850), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777-1857), Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils (1773-1815) i Amédée Barthélemy Berthollet (1780-1811), el físic Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), el botànic suís Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841), el científic alemany Alexander von Humboldt, la majoria antics alumnes de l'École polytechnique.

Al grup inicial s'hi afegiren posteriorment, el físic Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), el físic Francesc Aragó (1786-1853), el físic i químic Pierre-Louis Dulong (1785-1838), el físic Étienne-Louis Malus (1775-1812), el físic Jacques-Étienne Bérard (1789-1869), el químic Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832) i el matemàtic Gaspard Monge (1746-1818).

Les memòries presentades es publicaren en tres volums, apareguts el 1807, el 1809 i el 1813, i que duien per títol Mémoires de Physique et de Chimie, de la Société d'Arcueil. Les reunions tenien lloc cada quinze dies, els diumenges, a les residències de Berthollet o de Laplace, les quals també disposaven de laboratoris per a dur-hi a terme experiències. Cap d'aquest dos científics tenia recursos econòmics suficients per mantenir les residències i les activitats de la societats, essent l'emperador Napoleó Bonaparte qui aportava els recursos econòmics. La societat es dissolgué amb la mort de Berthollet el 1822.

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"Why would I automate something that's already cheap anyway?" asks K.P. Reddy, the CEO of Softwear Automation, an Atlanta-based startup that uses machine vision to drive precision sewing systems. Rather, automation promises quicker turnaround, lower transit costs and greater precision. That's good news for consumers and retailers, bad news for Bangladesh. The jobs at risk are the low-skilled, repetitive tasks that have been the way out of poverty for two centuries. That road may be about to close.
Equally important, it can do so at a price that promises a payback in two years, thanks to off-the-shelf cameras that cost just hundreds of dollars, compared to thousands only a few years ago. Chalk that up to the spillover effects of ubiquitous cell phone cameras.
Softwear Automation assumed its primary customers would be U.S. apparel makers. Instead, it found its immediate market in home goods — "curtains, towels, bath rugs, all the flat things that go into homes" — and turned to apparel only in the past three months. It's also heard from surprisingly eager foreign contract manufacturers.
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Un quart de siècle après la fin du régime ségrégationniste, les documents administratifs portent toujours la mention de race. Une division qui « continue de façonner la société ».
Quartz went through every page, summarized the relevant sections and annotated the redactions.
In a desert in eastern Sudan, along the banks of the Nile River, lies a collection of nearly 200 ancient pyramids - many of them tombs of the kings and queens of the Meroitic Kingdom which ruled the area for more than 900 years.


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Monsoon continues to lash the region and will start to diminish from the mid of this month. Cold wind blows and tourists are advised to carry light woolen cloths. The hills and slopes become more attractive due to lush green covering and finding snow can be a difficult challenge.
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ELVIA DIAZ
Diaz: Joe Arpaio is running for U.S. Senate? Cry for yourself, America
Elvia Diaz: It's time for white voters to grapple with candidates like former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who represent the worst of America.
Elvia Díaz
Don't cry for me, America. Cry for yourself. The craziest and most fanatical soldiers of the Make America White Again movement are marching to Washington to join the Supreme Leader.
Don't cry for me, America. I am a Mexican, already beaten down in Joe Arpaio's Arizona.
I'm already "brown while driving" in Kelli Ward's Arizona.
I'm already an insignificant Latina in a border state where only pandering to White Arizona matters.
So, spare me the tears, America. Cry for yourself as you grapple with candidates that represent the worst of America.
Latinos warned you. Now it's your turn
Latinos in Arizona don't have much to say about Joe Arpaio's bid to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. They've said it all already.
Latinos have called Arpaio all sorts of things. They fought him in court. They helped kick him out of his 24-year gig as Maricopa County sheriff. And, now, they will have to fight to keep him out Congress.
But it's really your turn, America. You have a choice. You can join Trump's soldiers, like Arpaio, or you can be the dignified America that welcomes inclusiveness and helps it retake its place on the world stage as a leader.
Arpaio's bid for the U.S. Senate makes the race fascinating, intriguing, a magnet for all that's wrong with America.
There's no dodging this. Pick a side
Arpaio is the kind of guy that sucks the air out of the room; he's already sucking all the publicity from other Republican contenders, including Ward and Rep. Martha McSally.
Arpaio's newfound mission is good news for Trump's fanatics and bad news for other politicians like Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who cannot remain neutral any longer.
At best, Ducey and others will have to pick a side and let their allegiance be known. At worst, Arpaio wins and goes to Congress.
That possibility may be remote, but it is a possibility nonetheless. And so, I'm crying for you, America.
Elvia Diaz is an editorial columnist for The Republic and azcentral. Reach her at 602-444-8606 or elvia.diaz@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter, @elviadiaz1.
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MRI, US far from idle for hand, wrist injuries
By Shalmali Pal, AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 6, 2006 -- A couple of months ago I attended the grand opening of a ritzy department store in downtown San Francisco. The city's mayor, Gavin Newsom, was also at this shindig, glad-handing his way through a throng of admirers. In fact, people lined up in front of the store's perfume counter just for the privilege of shaking Mayor Newsom's hand.
But I declined to cue up and, as it turns out, I did the mayor a huge favor. Occupational therapists recently released a bulletin warning politicos against overuse injuries brought on by excessive hand-shaking.
Too much grip and grin can lead to pain and stiffness in the hands, arms, neck, and back, according to the pamphlet published by American Occupational Therapy Association. Politicians were advised to warm up with hand exercises before public appearances and ice down afterward.
Come November 8 (postelection day in the U.S.), if whistle-stoppers find themselves in need of medical attention for hand and wrist injuries, they'll be happy to know that imaging is bipartisan: Both MRI and ultrasound are equally valuable for assessing such conditions as tenosynovitis, skier's thumb, and vascular flow.
Throw your hands up in the air for MRI
Contrast-enhanced, 3D MRI angiography (MRA) of the hand has made serious inroads as an alternative to the more invasive imaging methods. But 3D MRA does pose its own challenges in the very small vessels of the hand.
"MR angiography ... is a new and promising method ... for evaluation of the peripheral arteries of the palmar arch," explained Dr. Thomas Gluecker and colleagues from University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. "However, various physiologic conditions must be considered. The most important is the short arteriovenous circulation time, which may cause early and significant venous contamination, thereby reducing data quality and diagnostic outcome" (American Journal of Roentgenology, October 2006, Vol. 187:4, pp. 905-910).
One possible explanation for this contamination is the venoarteriolar reflex, which consists of precapillary arteriolar vasoconstriction, the authors stated. Using cuff compression during hand MRA seems to regulate the venoarteriolar reflex, resulting in reduced arteriolar flow.
For this study, Gluecker's group enlisted 10 healthy subjects, all of whom underwent three MRA studies on a 1.5-tesla unit (Magnetom Sonata, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) over seven days. During each study, a different flow rate of venous injection was used: 0.5 mL/sec, 1.0 mL/sec, and 1.5 mL/sec.
Maximum intensity projection from reconstructed 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography of both hands of 25-year-old healthy male volunteer after IV administration of gadobutrol using a flow rate of 0.5 mL/sec. Imaging sequence was obtained 40 seconds after initiation of contrast injection. Subsystolic cuff compression is applied to upper arm on right side. Major venous contamination (venous contamination score = 2) is observed on noncompressed left side. Gluecker TM, Bongartz B, Ledermann HP, Bilecen D. "MR Angiography of the Hand with Subsystolic Cuff-Compression Optimization of Injection Parameters" (AJR 2006; 187:905-910).
Upper arm compression was applied unilaterally with a standard blood pressure cuff during all three studies. "Subsystolic compression was performed with a pressure value of 30% less than the brachial artery systolic blood pressure measured by the examination," the authors explained. The volunteers received 0.1 mg/kg dose of gadobutrol followed by a saline flush for each 140-second-long study.
All 10 subjects completed the exams and tolerated the cuff compression, the authors stated in their results. For all three flow rates, a contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of more than 10 was obtained. In the venous vessels, the least venous contamination was measured with a flow rate of 0.5 mL/sec.
On qualitative analysis, this latter flow rate starting at 60 seconds was given the highest score by the reviewers. Conversely, studies performed with an injection rate of 1.5 mL/sec received the worst score for venous contamination.
Diminished venous contamination was seen on the compressed side for all flow rates, the group reported. Again on qualitative analysis, both reviews saw less venous contamination on the compressed side and with a flow rate of 0.5 mL/sec.
The authors acknowledged that their sample size was small and that the results may differ in patients with problematic hands, such as vasospasm, vascular stenosis, or trauma. Still, these results are promising, they noted. They also recommended that reducing the applied pressure to 50% less than the brachial artery systolic blood pressure for even better results.
In the second paper out of Switzerland, Dr. Marco Zanetti and colleagues shared their MR technique for assessing chronic wrist pain. In terms of equipment, optimal imaging can be achieved by using a dedicated wrist coil, sections of 2-3 mm, and a field-of-view of 8-10 cm, according to the group from University Hospital Balgrist in Zurich.
For the imaging protocol, they recommended an injection of gadolinium and iodinated contrast into the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) for direct MRA. For indirect MRA, they used a dose of 0.1 mmol/kg.
"Indirect (MRA) is based on the concept that contrast material injected intravenously, over time will diffuse into the joint space, so that quasiarthrographic T1-weighted imagines can be obtained," they wrote (European Radiology, August 24, 2006).
In terms of patient positioning, the authors stressed that "attention should be paid to avoid excessive radial and ulnar deviation as this will affect normal sagittal radiolunocapitate alignment."
Zanetti's group then offered some MR pearls and pitfalls in various areas of the wrist. These included the following:
Complete tears of the triangular fibrocartilage (TFC) complex are visualized better on MR than partial tears, with excellent results reported for central or radial TFC lesions. Both conventional arthrography and MRI may miss TFC ulnar attachment tears.
MR's sensitivity is generally higher in scapholunate ligament tears versus lunotriquetral ligament tears.
In tendinitis, thickening of the tendon and increased T1-weighted signal intensity can be seen. Partial tears lead to increased signal intensity on T2-weighted imaging as well. Thickened tends of the first compartment and synovial edema may be de Quervain's synovitis.
Gadolinium-enhanced MR is ideal for detecting avascularity of bone in patients with pseudoarthrosis. Occult bone lesions are seen as signal intensity abnormalities in the subchondral bone marrow.
1.5-tesla MR is inaccurate for detecting focal articular cartilage defects in the radiocarpal joint.
Several presentations at the 2006 RSNA in Chicago will focus on MRI in the hand and wrist. One education exhibit (LL-MK5272) will correlate MR findings in osteoarthritis of the hand with x-ray and anatomic signs. A scientific paper (SSJ22-01) will compare MR, CT, and MR arthrography in wrist ligament tears.
US: The whole world in its hands?
In work-related wrist tenosynovitis, ultrasound is best deployed as a second-line classification technique, according to occupational health specialists from Italy. Dr. Cristiana Fiorentini and colleagues looked at the potential epidemiological use for ultrasound in a population of 160 production workers.
"Tenosynovitis of the wrist frequently accompanies forceful and repetitive wrist-hand activities, especially when associated with awkward wrist posture," wrote Fiorentini, who is from the Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi in Bologna. "We analyzed data collected ... from a population of meat (processing) workers highly exposed to biomechanical risk factors" (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, September 14, 2006).
The workers were assessed by a biomechanics expert for hand activity level and peak finger force while on the job. An occupational physician examined the workers clinically for signs of wrist tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Ultrasonography was done on a unit with a 7.5-MHz linear transducer. The tendons of the flexor digitorum muscle were examined at the palmar compartment of the wrist. The transducer was placed parallel and proximal to the distal crest in the transverse scan, and parallel to the palmaris longus tendon in the longitudinal scan, the authors explained.
"The following ultrasonography findings were recorded: 1) nonhomogeneity of tendinous bundle echotexture; 2) thickening of the tendinous bundle; 3) anechoic halo around at least one tendon," they added.
These sonographic parameters are commonly considered pathognomonic of acute and degenerative tendon pathology, the authors said. The anechoic halo around the tendon is considered a hallmark of synovitis.
According to the biomechanical analysis, the workers repeated 30 hand-related actions per minute. Clinical symptoms included tenosynovitis in 33% of the workers. On imaging, only 22% of the symptomatic workers showed any ultrasonographic signs, the authors reported. Also, each of the three sonographic findings showed good specificity at 85% or higher, but low sensitivity at less than 60%. Overall, the poor concordance between ultrasound findings and symptoms indicated that pain is not a specific enough symptom to define tenosynovitis.
This led the authors to suggest that ultrasound, when paired with symptom-based definitions of the disease, may overestimate the frequency of wrist tenosynovitis. However, they added that in symptomatic subject, sonographic information can produce more specific epidemiological classification.
"The better definition of small, superficial tendons provided by a 10-MHz linear probe could be more informative," they stated in their conclusion. "Furthermore, use of power Doppler technology to distinguish between hypoechoic fluid (serous tenosynovitis) and synovium (hypertrophic tenosynovitis) could provide another potentially relevant ultrasonography finding for future investigations."
Moving from the wrist to the thumb, radiologists from the U.S. and Belgium used ultrasound to diagnose ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tears of the thumb.
"UCL injuries are common, and the management dilemma is whether to treat them conservatively or surgically," wrote a group led by Dr. Farhad Ebrahim from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. Ebrahim's co-authors are from Aalsters Stedelijk Ziekenhuis in Aalst, Belgium, and the University of Liége in Liége, Belgium (RadioGraphics, July-August 2006, Vol. 26:4, pp. 1007-1020).
UCL tears, also called gamekeeper's thumb or skier's thumb, and damage are caused by hyperabduction of the metacarpophalangeal joint, exacerbated by varying degrees of hyperextension. Referring physicians, who sometimes have difficult examining UCL tears because of pain and swelling, will often request "stress radiographs," but these are difficult to interpret, Ebrahim's group stated.
UCL strain in a 32-year-old man. Coronal US scan of the thumb shows diffuse thickening of the UCL (arrows) without a tear. MCP = metacarpal, PP = proximal phalanx.
"The spectrum of UCL injury includes strain, partial-thickness tear, and full-thickness tear. We outline a simple method of performing (ultrasound) of the thumb and discuss the spectrum of common acute disorders encountered with particular emphasis on UCL injuries," they wrote.
In their sample of 32 patients, ultrasonography was performed with the hand placed flat on a table. A 12- to 23-MHz linear probe was slid from the second finger onto the first metacarpophalangeal joint to obtain either a transverse image of the UCL or a longitudinal one.
In general, the UCL tear is considered displaced when it is retracted or folded on itself. It will also move proximal to the adductor aponeurosis, which creates the appearing of a yo-yo on a string, according to the authors. The yo-yo portion is the torn, displaced UCL.
Ebrahim's group offered a number of ways to use ultrasound to make the differential diagnosis between UCL injury and other conditions.
In ulnar side dorsal hood injury, dynamic ultrasound will illustrate the injured tendon and any dislocation to the ulnar when the thumb is flexed. When the tendon is trapped in the anatomic snuffbox, it can often be misdiagnosed as a UCL tear, they cautioned.
Strain of the radial collateral ligament. The left side of the images is distal. Above, coronal US scan of the thumb shows a thickened elongated radial collateral ligament (R). Below, coronal US scan of the contralateral thumb, obtained for comparison, shows a normal radial collateral ligament (arrows). "US Diagnosis of UCL Tears of the Thumb and Stener Lesions: Technique, Pattern-based Approach, and Differential Diagnosis," Ebrahim FS, et al. RadioGraphics 2006;26:1007-1020.
In radial side ligament injury, look for distinctive patterns of instability, they stated. A disrupted UCL, along with dorsal capsular tears, is likely to result in combined radiovolar subluxation. Disruption of the radial collateral ligament is more likely to produce a rapid sequence of joint instability and, ultimately, degenerative disease.
For de Quervain's disease, ultrasound should demonstrate swelling of the affected tendons and a hypoechoic pattern with areas of heterogeneity. In palmar-side trigger thumb, the extended finger may become trapped and ultrasound allows for closer evaluation of tendon integrity.
Because UCL tears can be treated conservatively, the authors stressed the importance of looking for the degree of displacement on ultrasound.
For more on sonography of the wrist and hand, an RSNA education exhibit (LL-MK4840) will offer a comprehensive review for detecting lesions, tendon injuries, and foreign bodies. Also, a refresher course (RC804) will delve into the hand and wrist in sports imaging.
By Shalmali Pal
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
Low-field dedicated extremity MRI useful for assessing early rheumatoid arthritis, September 8, 2006
Part I: Choosing between MR and US in musculoskeletal imaging, September 7, 2006
Ultrasound allows precise tendinitis treatment, May 11, 2006
The twisted tale of skier's thumb: A case study, September 15, 2002
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True Tales Of Hair Gel
By Criss Moody
For Amy Mayr
"Give it up, Angel."
Angel paused mid-scrunch, his hands gooey with light green hair gel. He thought he'd locked the bathroom door, but he could never be too sure. Many times in the last few years Wesley had come within a heartbeat of watching Angel's daily hair ritual. Wash, dry, wet with comb, apply judiciously large globs of Nancy Boy Hair Gel. Okay, so Wes knew. But pretense was everything. And Angel did a damn good job of ignoring that his lover knew that he snuck into the bathroom everyday to do his hair.
Wes rolled his eyes at his lover's antics. Yes, he knew. Wanker and his secrecy.
"Every year we go through this. I pretend you don't order Nancy Boy Hair Gel by the crate. And you act like you get your hair to do acrobatics on it's own. Really, Angel, who do you think you're fooling?" The vampire took a deep breath and finished his halted scrunch. Washed his hands and dried them carefully, formulating a defense that wouldn't land him on the couch, or worse, begging for a place to stay in Sunnydale. Last time he'd pissed off Wes, Angel had ended up on Buffy's doorstep, trying to explain to college freshman Dawn and her very human very jealous boyfriend why he needed a place to stay. Angel hadn't meant to throw the very last copy of the Vellarsian scrolls into the shredder. Angel swung the bathroom door open and faced Wesley, who stood a few feet away, arms crossed over his body.
"Wes, leave a man some mystery, huh?"
"A, you're not a man. B, mystery is highly over-rated. C, you're a melodramatic slob who leaves the damn tubes of gel littering the bathroom, but still pretends that he doesn't use hair gel."
Angel, strong in the ways of controlling his emotions, didn't stick his tongue out at Wes. Instead, he pouted. A super strength, full puppy-dog-poor-Angel-with-tortured-soul pout. He thought about adding a tear but thought that would be over kill. Wesley was in love with him; he wasn't an idiot.
Wesley scowled more and turned away.
Shit. The pout had failed. Time for plan B. What was plan B? Oh yeah, he didn't have a plan B. Okay, time for abject groveling.
"Okay, I admit it."
Wes halted.
"I use hair gel."
"Not bloody good enough."
"You're going to make me say it??!!??" Angel couldn't believe it. This was cruelty beyond anything even his demon could have dreamed up. His usually mild-mannered, albeit vicious when the time came for such things, lover was going to make him admit�dammit, Angel should have just gotten a pet instead of getting involved with Wes. Less embarrassing revelations that way. No nookie there, though. Dammit. This wasn't going to be easy to say.
"I. Use. Nancy." Angel gritted his teeth and forced the rest of the words out. "Boy. Hair. Gel. Happy now?"
"Ecstatic." Wes, having won the tiny battle, walked up to Angel. Brushed his hands alongside his lover's face and tweaked a few stray tendrils of hair. He leaned in and kissed Angel's forehead and Angel found himself closing his eyes and rubbing the soft skin at Wesley's wrists.
"Good."
"Thank you."
"Gonna tell Cordy?"
"Only if she hurts me."
"I love you."
"I know."


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André Minaux (1923-1986) is a French painter, illustrator, sculptor, draftsman. A former student of Ecole décoratifs, he received teachings from Maurice Brianchon and Roland Oudot. He belongs to the illustrious Ecole de Paris, the Young painter movement of the 50's and Painter Witnesses of their time. He served in the military in Avignon, the southern lights have an influence on his pictorial approach.
Due to his powerful strokes, he is able to extract an inexhaustible strength from his compositions. At the heart of after-war, his works capture the euphoric context through French expressionist realism "This is the pace which unites a painting" says André Minaux. "One could consider Minaux's approach a lot like the one of Matis, in his quest for perfection". Jean Bouret, Minaux peintre, éditions Sauret, 1977.
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Key Take-Aways from Hill Day (Part One)
tags: Hill Day, House, meetings, take-aways
Our House meetings this week served as a reminder that — despite the long hours and often low pay — the Hill is still a place that attracts smart and inquisitive staff. Here are some of the questions we were asked, along with the answers.
Q: Is ensuring a well-resourced FDA a bipartisan cause?
A: Yes, a strong FDA is important to both Republicans and Democrats. Not only is FDA important to the public health, it promotes scientific and technological innovation and is a major part of sustaining and building our economy.
Q: Is the Alliance requesting an increase in funding for FDA just because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
A: No. Wholly apart from COVID-19, FDA's responsibilities increased in 2020 and will again in 2021 and 2022. This is a combination of new areas where FDA is being called upon to act and existing workloads that continue to expand and become more complex.
Q: Why doesn't the $500 million increase in FDA funding (through the COVID relief bill) satisfy the agency's need for additional resources?
A: Acting Commissioner Woodcock addressed this question when she spoke to the Alliance on April 14 (transcript here). The bulk of the monies will be used for surveillance of COVID vaccines and therapies — pre-market, during the EUA stage, and post-market. FDA is also going to invest in supply chains, advanced manufacturing, and recovery plans that address areas (such as inspections) that have been thrown off by the pandemic.
Q: It has been a hard year for FDA. How is morale?
A: A government-wide employee viewpoint survey was conducted in November and FDA employees had extremely high morale. As Acting Commissioner Woodcock told the Alliance: FDA staff "are very proud of what they have been able to accomplish … and I am very proud of that."
Q: How do investments in data modernization improve FDA's work and benefit the American people?
A:The FDA needs substantial investment to modernize its data and technological systems. Among the limitations of current systems is the collection of information into data silos with no interoperability. In the food area, FDA's lead initiative, the New Era of Smarter Food Safety, is dependent on new and better data collection systems to enable food tracing. In the medical products area, key safety databases need upgrades to assure that regulators and companies can make informed decisions.
Q: Does greater government investment in the biomedical sciences and medical technology have an impact on FDA's resource needs?
A: Yes. For almost all medical products, the pathway "from bench to bedside" runs through the FDA. The agency is not just involved in product decisions at the end. FDA staff spends tens of thousands of hours working with patients, academic medicine, and industry to assure that non-clinical and clinical investigations produce data that meets statutory and agency standards. If public and private research funding increases, then the demands on FDA will also increase.
Q: Why can't the agency's activities be paid for from user fees?
A: Budget Authority appropriations pay for all of the public health activities of the agency as well as a substantial part of product reviews. User fees pay for specific program enhancements. The agency needs both. In a larger sense, the primary beneficiary of FDA's activities, as well as the agency's largest concerns, is the American public. Americans need to maintain and expand their say in the agency's mission.
Q: Why did the Alliance not mention tobacco?
A: The Alliance does not advocate on tobacco funding, nor does it have any members who are tobacco companies. The Alliance's mission is to advocate for the appropriated resources available to the agency; whereas tobacco programs at FDA are completely paid for by industry user fees.
Q: What is the worst-case scenario for FDA in the FY 22 appropriations cycle?
A: For an agency with growing responsibilities and an expanding mission, an FY 22 Continuing Resolution at the FY 21 funding level would be devastating for FDA. The odds of that happening are impossible to calculate, but Congress is expected to struggle setting total discretionary funding levels (the so-called "302(a) number"). An impasse over total spending could result in Congress adopting a CR to prevent a government shutdown.
Alliance members should be comforted by the fact that staffer after staffer acknowledged the importance and value of FDA action. But we cannot and should not take anything for granted. They want more information and the Alliance is committed to providing it to these offices.
Editorial Note: The Analysis and Commentary section is written by Steven Grossman, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.


Patient Focused Certification (PFC) and the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) will be hosting a PFC Verified Professional (PFCVP) training, July 11 - 15 at A2LA headquarters in Frederick, MD. This weeklong set of courses will provide a professional credential for individuals working in the cannabis industry as well as an opportunity to receive ISO/IEC 17025 training at this event.
This course is a comprehensive look at the Patient Focused Certification program and the foundation of its standards; the American Herbal Products Association's best practices guidelines for cannabis operators and the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Cannabis Monograph. In this course, you will receive a detailed review of the PFC process and you will also gain critical insight into the interpretation of the requirements of this international standard. This course is designed to familiarize trainees with audit protocols, checklists and documentation audits. This in-person course will be taught using a combination of lecture and hands on exercises.
Please choose one of the following discounted packages. You may also sign up for individual classes by purchasing "a la carte" credits.


It's a Critical Time to Voice Your Own Opinion!
(Washington, D.C.)—With Congress moving quickly to pass a Medicare reform bill, it is a critical time for citizens to voice their own opinions regarding how the program should be changed. "Many people aren't aware of how proposed changes could strip all citizens of their health freedom and privacy," says Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom.
"Combining the compulsory Medicare Part A program (hospital coverage) with the voluntary Medicare Part B portion (doctor coverage) could force all seniors to join a government health care program—even if they have the ability to pay privately for health care. This massive change could eliminate private health care for all seniors in this country," stressed Blevins.
"Unless seniors are free to pay privately for their own health care—even services that Medicare covers—they won't have true freedom of choice and privacy. The bottom line is that he who pays the piper calls the tunes. And if government is paying the bills, it will call the tunes, thus having the final say on important health coverage decisions for seniors," Blevins said.
When American workers retire and apply for their Social Security benefits, the federal government says seniors must in enroll in Medicare Part A or forfeit the retirement benefits they've been paying taxes for their entire working lives. Once they're enrolled, seniors become subjected to the more than 100,000 pages of Medicare regulations on coverage, reimbursement, and patient privacy—or lack thereof.
It's worth noting that even the United Kingdom and the Netherlands don't force seniors into government health care programs upon retirement—they can keep their private insurance.
"American seniors should not have to forfeit their Social Security benefits for declining to enroll in Medicare," said Blevins. "Any Medicare reform should state clearly that (1) enrollment in all parts of Medicare is voluntary, and (2) seniors are free to choose and pay privately for all of the health care services of their choice."


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In Crop Scouting, Timing is Everything
Crop scouting may just be one of the most important investments in risk management a farmer can make. It's also one that can pay off — quite significantly.
There was a time when, after seeding, farmers would come back to their fields to spray and then often not return until it was time to combine. Not anymore. Today's most successful growers recognize crop scouting as one of the most valuable ways to protect their investment. In fact, farmers become converts pretty quickly when they experience the power of scouting first hand.
Entomologist Mike Dolinsky has seen it several times. One case involved a farmer who was worried about a pest infestation — specifically, thrips — in his canola. The farmer described the field as "loaded" and he was wondering if an insecticide pass was in order. "As we scouted the edge of the field, "loaded" is also how I would have characterized the population of the diminutive black insects — but they weren't thrips, they were parasitic wasps (Macroglenes penetrans)."
The fact that the insect in question was not a thrip could be more important that what it was. Given the ever-increasing value of crops, the rising cost of inputs and relatively inexpensiveness of insecticides, Dolinsky says farmers probably need to re-evaluate how and when they are deployed. However, the point he wants to drive home here is that a decision to make an insecticide pass when the insect in question has been misidentified is the wrong decision — every time — regardless of how 'cheap' the insecticide is.
It's examples like this that are fueling a paradigm shift in crop scouting. Where once it was seen as simply another cost, growers and their trusted advisors are now spending more time sleuthing through fields, hoping to catch and treat problems before they cause havoc on the crop, and on the farmer's bottom line. Dolinsky agrees scouting is becoming more common, largely because people see that more knowledge leads to more understanding and smarter decisions.
Scouting: Seasonal or Year Round?
Often people think of scouting in terms of a season, like from seedling to the reproductive stages of crop. At this time, growers and agronomists typically scout for insects, diseases, and weeds. However, some crop advisors start scouting six months to a year before a crop is even planted. This reflects a broader trend toward proactive, rather than reactive, scouting. In this approach, one isn't simply reacting to problems after seeing a symptom in the field. Rather, it includes planning, researching, and preparing during what's typically viewed as 'off season' crop scouting.
Dolinsky views crop scouting as the active investigation that takes place in the field. His advice to farmers in regards to scout timing?
"As soon as your crop comes out of the ground you want to be keeping an eye on it. It's important to remember that you want to feed nutrients to the plant before the bloom period because once it blooms, the plant shifts its focus to filling the head. You want all of the biomass and nutrients loaded into the plant before it pollinates. When that happens, the plant has shifted from the growth stage to the filling stage. Right after pollination there is one last window to apply some extra nitrogen that could drive protein up, but that window closes in under a week."
Find out more today about how to leverage Trimble Ag's precision farming solutions to connect your farm this crop season.


Reversing diabetes: Phyllis' return to health. Part 2.
This is Part 2 in a series of posts telling the story of Phyllis and how she reversed Type 2 diabetes. Part 1 is here. If your reading time is limited, here is a summary.
Phyllis realized she had to do something differently. She knew she had to get away from food being such a comfort to offset the stress she was under.
She faced the stress first by giving a month's notice and stepping away from her stressful job and commute.
Here's a video made about a commencement speech, about the banality that is the water we swim in in our modern daily lives, and where our freedom truly lies.
I found this article by a woman who is a speaker, writer, social worker, mother, and autistic fascinating! She describes how she has adapted to the "NT" (neurotypical) world. She works with her visual thinking style in a fabulously creative way, using layers, to be more flexible in accommodating change, something that's difficult for many autistic people to do.
Saw a fascinating new finding in Time that cooling the brain helps insomniacs sleep.
That run-away monkey mind — doing frontal lobe activity such as planning — can keep people awake at night.
A psychiatrist was curious if this brain activity generated heat, and if so, if that was making sleep more difficult.
The body's circadian clock, which regulates sleep and wakefulness, keeps the body at its warmest during the day and starts to lower body temperature in the evening to help us doze off. For those with insomnia, however, researchers found that the extra brain activity was keeping the brain too hot to sleep.
When Buysse's group gave 12 insomniacs a cap to wear that contained circulating water at cool temperatures, they were able to get them to fall asleep almost as easily as people without sleep disorders: using the caps, the insomniacs took about 13 minutes to fall asleep, compared with 16 minutes for the healthy controls, and they slept for 89% of the time they were in bed, which was similar to the amount of time the controls spent asleep.
The article didn't mention that yawning cools the brain. This article suggests you can cool the forehead to stop yawning (and I presume, cool the brain and fall asleep). You know, get a gel-filled ice pack out of the freezer, wrap it in a towel, and put it across your forehead.
Still, it might be nice to have one of those cooling caps to put on!


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Clan Fraser
Scottish ancestry of Canada
History of Scottish Canadians
3 most famous persons with scottish origins
by Brian Malone
The trail of Scottish immigration to Canada began in the 1770s. By 1815 only, some 15,000 locals had rehabilitated in the Canadian regions like Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the Prince Edward Island. As per the records in the books of history, the stable and better economic conditions in the Canada was the driving force behind this immigration trend. With the rapidly expanding of the Scottish immigration more gambling houses, providing different types of games appeared in Canada. As concern our times, you can make some fun at any time by dropping in ValleyGames gambling source and choose online casino according to your taste. People who migrated mostly did so out of their own will and to gain personal benefits out of it. Today almost 40% of the Canadians are of Scottish origin. The well-educated and knowledgeable immigrants have had a huge impact on the political and economic development in the area in the early years. Let's take a look at some of the most Scottish Canadians and the contributions they have to allow Canada to become what it is today.
Donald Alexander Smith
Born in Scotland in 1820, Smith moved to Canada at the age of eighteen to become a part of the Hudson's Bay Company when he was offered the job of a junior clerk in the company by his maternal uncle John Stuart.He then worked his way from clerkship to become one of Canada's biggest and most successful businessman who had become the Governor and a major shareholder of the same company he once was a clerk in.Apart from this, he was also the President of Bank of Montreal and the co-founder of Canadian Pacific Highway. Smith was a philanthropist at heart who had supported a lot of charitable causes across Canada, US, and UK.
Alexander Tilloch Galt
Born to the Scottish novelist, John Galt, Alexander Tilloch Galt was a leading politician and the founder of the Confederation of Canada. After turning down the offer of becoming the premier for the Province of Canada, he was made the Inspect-General instead who played an impactful role in shaping the trading systems in Canada. Once he was successful for moving a Confederation in Canada, he shifted his focus to diplomacy instead. Galt was also known for his lucrative trade deals with France and Spain and his impactful role in Halifax Fisheries Commission.
R. M. Ballantyne
As we mentioned earlier, Robert Ballantyne was one of the famous Scottish writer of the Victorian age and the author of adventure stories for young people. At the age of 16, he migrated from Scotland to work for one of the most reputed and profitable companies of its time, the Hudson's Bay. His first book " Hudson's Bay; or, every-day life in the wilds of North America' was published in the year 1848. After that, he went on to write over 90 other books for a wide array of audiences including kids as well and is best known for his book "The Coral Island" which came in 1857. He was also an exemplary artist who had some of his work done with water colors exhibited in the Scottish Academy.
These are just some of the famous names who made a difference in Canada while being Scottish emigrants. The Scottish came on to become businessmen, traders, adventurers, explorers and politicians in the new land. From inciting uprisings to creating stability, they have made a huge impact in the Canadian history.For a small nation that it was, the Scottish contributions to the land of Canada can still be recalled today.
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A 241st GARLAND OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC COMPOSERS
I begin with Alyn Ainsworth, conductor and arranger rather than a composer as such, active in broadcasting during the latter part of the 20th Century. The only one of his arrangements to achieve publication, so far as I know, was Bedtime of Drums.
I have previously covered Arthur Grimshaw, composer of ballads and for the stage. I do not know if he was related to Emile Grimshaw who is credited with the two-step Lancashire Clogs.
Robin Milford (1903-59) studied at the Royal College of Music and went into school teaching. His prolific list of compositions includes an opera, cantatas and concertos. Some of his smaller pieces, all very lyrical, may however be reckoned as light music � three suites for small orchestra, one of them entitled Go Little Book, Christmas Pastoral and Three Airs, both for treble recorder and piano and many piano solo publications including Reputation Square and other [folk] tunes, a Waltz in B Flat (1936), Winter Sketches, Jennifer�s Jingle and Dr Johnson Diversions (1939).
Hyam Greenbaum (1901-42), violinist brother of the pianist Kyla Greenbaum and husband of the harpist Sidonie Goossens, was more of a conductor (he formed the BBC Revue Orchestra in 1939 and directed other BBC orchestras) or arranger (he orchestrated some of William Walton�s earlier film scores) than a composer. His Sea Poem and Parfums de Nuits (oboe/orchestra) achieved some success.
Ernst Toch (1887-1964), composer of chamber and other music often relying on 12-note techniques, made more money as a Hollywood film composer. He fled from Europe to the USA but, rather like Miklós Rózsa he stopped off (for a year or so) in England and there composed the score for the film Catherine the Great (1934).
Now for a few late Victorian march composers who managed to get their creations published for piano solo: J.W. Cherry with Britannica, the Pride of the Ocean; Charles D. Blake (1839-?), with Grand March, Waves of the Sea and � a Galop � Viccolo: and the Cornishman Thomas Merritt (1863-1908) whose 1902 Coronation March was unsuccessful, though it was revived in the late 20th century with some success (he also composed carols). From roughly the same period came the piano piece Sleigh Bells by Charles Calkin who is not to be confused with J.B. Calkin (1927-1905), composer of organ miniatures and a Festival March for piano and his brother George Calkin, also a composer for the organ.
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Number of telephone landlines per 100 population in Hong Kong 2007-2017
Number of fixed telephone lines per 100 population in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017
This graph displays the number of fixed telephone lines per 100 population in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, there were around 56 telephone landlines per 100 people in Hong Kong, a decrease from 57 fixed lines in the previous year.
Number of fixed telephone lines per 100 population
Figures are compiled based on the population estimates released in February 2018.
Values include the subscriptions of telephone lines and internet protocol phone services.
Median age of the population in Hong Kong 2015
Age distribution in Hong Kong 2017
Unemployment rate in Hong Kong 2008-2017
Crude birth rate in Hong Kong 2008-2017
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Population of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017 (in millions)Population of Hong Kong 2017
Crude birth rate in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2017 (per 1,000 people)Crude birth rate in Hong Kong 2008-2017
Hong Kong: Life expectancy at birth from 2007 to 2017, by genderLife expectancy at birth in Hong Kong 2017, by gender
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Hong Kong: Median age of the population from 1950 to 2050* (in years)Median age of the population in Hong Kong 2015
Crude death rate in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2017 (per 1,000 people)Crude death rate in Hong Kong 2008-2017
Infant mortality rate in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2017 (per 1,000 live births)Infant mortality rate in Hong Kong 2008-2017
Gross domestic product (GDP) in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2017 (in billion Hong Kong dollars)*Gross domestic product of Hong Kong 2006-2017
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Total labor force in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2017 (in million people)Total labor force in Hong Kong 2008-2017
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Hong Kong: Government gross debt from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Government gross debt of Hong Kong 2018
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Social security expenditure in Hong Kong from fiscal year 2008 to 2017 (in billion Hong Kong dollars)Social security expenditure in Hong Kong 2008-2017
Complexity of tax compliance and reporting in Hong Kong from December 2016 to January 2017Complexity of tax compliance and reporting in Hong Kong 2017
Number of business exchange lines for landline telephone services Hong Kong 2007-2017
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Europe: fixed telephone subscriptions 2010-2018
Use of landline phones in UK households in 2018, by type of phone call
Public switched telephone network subscribers' monthly bill in France 2007-2016
Consumer and corporate subscriptions to fixed telephony in France 2015, by type
Fixed telephone lines sold by Orange by type in France 2012-2016
Number of telephone lines per 1,000 people in China 2000-2017
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Argentina: fixed-line telephony household penetration 2013-2017
Mexico: number of fixed phone lines 2014-2018
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Number of fixed telephone lines per 100 households Hong Kong 2007-2017
Number of residental iexchange lines for telephone services Hong Kong 2007-2017
Number of subscribers of IP telephony services Hong Kong 2007-2017
Number of business subscribers of IP telephony services Hong Kong 2007-2017
Number of fixed-line telephone users in Macau 2008-2017
Private and business calls in the fixed network in Iceland 2014-2017
Telecommunications industry in Finland
Telecommunications industry in Europe
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Telephone Subscribership in the United States (Data through March 2010)
Telephone Subscribership in the United States (Data through November 2009)
Telephone penetration by income by state (Data through March 2008)
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Population of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017 (in millions)
Crude birth rate in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2017 (per 1,000 people)
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Real gross domestic product growth in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2018
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Number of all types of exchange lines for wireline telephone services in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
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Do you ever use a landline phone at home yourself to make and/or receive calls, for internet access or both?
Average monthly bill per subscription to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in France from 2007 to 2016 (in euros excluding taxes)
Number of subscriptions to fixed telephony services in France in 2015, by type of subscription and customer base (in 1,000s)
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Number of telephone lines per 1,000 people in China from 2000 to 2017
Number of fixed telephone lines in France from 2006 to the first quarter of 2017 (in millions)
Fixed-line telephony penetration rate in Argentina from 2013 to 2017 (as a share of households)
Number of fixed-line telephony lines in Mexico from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2018 (in millions)
Fixed-line telephony penetration rate in Argentina from 2013 to 2017 (as a share of population)
Number of fixed telephony lines in Argentina from 2013 to 2017 (in millions)
Number of fixed telephone lines in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017 (per 100 households)
Number of residential exchange lines for wireline telephone services in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017 (in thousands)
Number of subscribers of Internet protocol (IP) telephony services in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017 (in thousands)
Number of business subscribers of Internet protocol (IP) telephony services in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2017 (in thousands)
Number of fixed-line telephone users in Macau from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
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We are very excited to be partnering with London's Design Museum for a new higher education talk series called 'Design Change Makers'. The first in the series will be a special event focusing on mental health. Among our various speakers we have Scott Carroll who's mental health project was shortlisted for the 2017 awards. Below he writes about his experience. Tickets are now sold out to the event.
As a student and someone who was directly impacted by the effects of mental health, I knew the Creative Conscience platform was an opportunity for me to share my story and hopefully impact change in the way society perceives mental illness and suicide in men. The brief was to create positive impact, but I wanted to do more than that, it was important to me that it was reality based impact because I needed to show the reality of facing and living with a mental illness.
In 2016 I lost my Dad by suicide because of his battle with depression, it was something I had never dealt with prior to him taking his life. Mental health related issues was a topic I knew very little about, I saw my dad getting worse and worse as he would often have spells of isolating himself from family. It was hard to watch but he would eventually come around, however the last spell he didn't come around, and he ended his battle with depression by doing what he thought was the only solution. At the time I didn't understand the severity of what he was going through. Looking back I wish we both had the strength to talk about it but we never did, and that is something that I have to live with. Studying graphic design at Sheffield Institute of Arts I knew the only way for me to understand the devastation of what happened was to create a project surrounding the topic (one month after it happened so emotions were still raw), it was my opportunity to research and understand what he went through and why there is a massive stigma surrounding men and mental illness/suicide. Men have this feeling they need to 'man up', when in reality we shouldn't 'man up' we should speak up about mental health, society has made this difficult for us.
The process of my 'Mens mental health and suicide' project was difficult, emotionally it was challenging. I was starting to understand why he did what the did, I also learnt things about my own mental health issues (something I wasn't aware of before this project). I used case studies to understand what men go through, the stigma surrounding men and mental health and the reasons we feel isolated and disconnected from those we love the most. My immediate question was, where I can position the campaign and how it might impact people? I knew that London is a city that never sleeps, instantly drawing connection to the effects of mental illness. If I was to share my campaign in tube stations people would take notice, we often have 30 seconds were the world stops, we often find ourselves staring at the advertising boards on the way up the escalators. Why not use his space to help people, impact the way society see's mental health, let the people digest information and act if needed. The problem with these advertising spaces is that they are often used for highly commercial purposes when there are important topics that would benefit from being shown there.
The impact of the project had to be reality based, I knew the only way I could truly describe how men feel when experiencing mental illness was to show imagery that was shocking, relatable and informational. The reaction of the project has been unbelievable, knowing my project has impacted change in the way people see mens mental health is something I never expected, and giving people a reminder it's ok to not be ok. I am grateful to have my project shared on design blogs such as Abduzeedo and Project 1345 by Adobe and even more thankful that I have been asked to share my story with Creative Conscience and the Design Museum. The project was hard hitting, suicide is unimaginable until you experience it first hand, but the project is about sharing what its like to be at the lowest point, I am grateful for the support it has received, if it helps one person or helps someone to speak up about their issues then the project was worth the emotional pain I went through creating it.
Designing for mental health is important, it is our jobs as creatives to put a positive impact on a subject that is dark and misunderstood. Using our creative solutions to highlight what is important and share it with our audiences is so important and I think the work of MIND (mental health charity) do design and impact exceptionally well. Their brand image is recognisable, their relation to their audience is evidently strong and they provide positivity through hard times. As a designer I am in a position where I can impact change through my work, that's what is important when designing for mental health. Times are changing, society is slowly becoming more aware of the taboo surrounding mental health and suicide and it's our jobs as creative's to push this further.
I have recently graduated from university and I am ready to get stuck into an inspiring industry of graphic design. My passion is branding and providing an identity that holds values and signals change. I have been lucky to intern at SomeOne, an industry leader based in Shoreditch. Throughout university I used their line "brand opinions, add value, signal change and shape the future", it speaks for all I believe in with design, therefore working with SomeOne has given me great motivation to work in this field. This ties in to my future goals, I want to learn as a creative, use experience from others and to get better as a designer, and start to really develop my conceptual thinking to design for change. Although I have learnt a lot since being in London, the thing I have been most thankful for with this opportunity and moving South is as someone with depression, and anxiety I realised a new place is better for your mental health, it gives you the opportunity to meet new people and experience new things, its refreshing and allows you to start again.
The Design Change Makers: Mental Health talk is going to be a great platform to share my story and journey with mental health and suicide. I want people to understand that using creative solutions you can impact people, you can inspire change even if the topic is hard to understand and connect with. The Creative Conscience team are doing amazing things to promote positive impact and I am honoured to be part of it! If you are a student or recent graduate use this event to inspire a new project, come to the Design Museum on the 28th February and get involved! Lets use this platform to change perceptions of mental illness and suicide. I hope this talk can help people, inspire people and motivate people to work on their own takes on mental health/ suicide projects because we as young creatives can be a catalyst for change and conversation.