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Syracuse-West Virginia: Camping World Bowl prediction, preview, time, TV channel
What are the 5 biggest non-CFP bowl games this season?
If West Virginia quarterback Will Grier was playing, this game would likely lead the most intriguing bowl games outside the New Year's Six games. Regardless, the upstart Syracuse Orange provide plenty of reasons to watch on its own.
Syracuse-West Virginia: Camping World Bowl time, TV channel
No. 16 West Virginia (8-3) plays No. 20 Syracuse (9-3) on Friday, Dec. 28 at 5:15 p.m. ET on ESPN at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
MORE: Follow live stats from the Camping World Bowl here
Syracuse-West Virginia: Camping World Bowl prediction, preview
These former Big East opponents are heading into their first meeting since 2012 with two top-10 offenses.
Grier is sitting out of the Camping World Bowl in preparation for the NFL draft in the spring, so West Virginia will have to find a way to generate its explosive offense without the nation's third-ranked player in passing yards per game.
MORE: Complete 2018-19 Bowl Schedule and Results
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In place of Grier will likely be Jack Allison, who has attempted just 10 passes this season. Without Grier in its bowl game last season, West Virginia lost 30-14 with just 153 yards of offense. This is a great look at what West Virginia could look like in the future with Allison behind center.
Syracuse starting quarterback Eric Dungey will be playing in the Camping World Bowl and has been one of the better dual-threat quarterbacks that no one has talked about much of this season. In his fourth year as a starter, Dungey has finally played a full season and is averaging close to 275 total yards per game for the nation's 16th-best offense.
Dungey can improvise plays with his feet and trusts receivers Jamal Custis and Sean Riley in the passing game. Allison hasn't had the time with his receivers — and will be without leading receiver Gary Jennings — but David Sills will likely have to be the player of the game for West Virginia to keep up with the Syracuse offense in this game.
RELATED: The record of every conference this bowl season
West Virginia comes into the game with the eighth-best offense in the country and the 74th-best defense, allowing more than 400 yards of offense per game. The difference between Syracuse's offensive and defensive national ranking is just as stark with the 90th-best defense, allowing 426.8 yards on average.
If there's an area that will make the difference in this game, it's going to be how aggressive Syracuse's defense will be against an inexperienced quarterback. The Orange, however, will be without defensive end Alton Robinson, who has 10 sacks and 17 tackles for loss this season, because of "personal reasons."
Junior linebacker David Long is the defensive catalyst for the Mountaineers. He ranks eighth in the country in tackles for loss per game.
STAT/LEADER
9-3 (6-2 ACC Atlantic) Record (Conference) 8-3 (6-3 Big 12)
40.8 Points per game 42.3
27.8 Points allowed 26.5
468.8 Yards per game 520.4
261.5 Passing ypg 358.1
207.3 Rushing ypg 162.3
426.8 Yards allowed per game 405.5
263.0 Passing yards allowed 254.6
163.8 Rushing yards allowed 150.8
Eric Dungey
2,565 yards (17 TDs, 7 INTs) Passing leader
Will Grier (Not playing)
3,864 yards (37 TDs, 8 INTs)
Moe Neal
827 yards, 5 TDs Rushing leader Kennedy McKoy
729 yards, 7 TDs
Jamal Custis
826 yards, 6 TDs Receiving leader David Sills
896 yards, 15 TDs
Ryan Guthrie
101 total tackles, 14.5 TFL, 2.0 sacks Defensive leader David Long
94 total tackles, 18.5 TFL, 8.0 sacks
Syracuse-West Virginia: Score Prediction
Without Will Grier, it's tough to predict what West Virginia's offense will look like. With Eric Dungey, you know what you're getting from Syracuse's offense.
Syracuse 42, West Virginia 31
MORE: National Championship game history
Jacob Myers has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Associated Press, ozone.net and was an editor for two years at Ohio State's independent student newspaper, The Lantern.
10 teams in trouble, and what they need to do to make the NCAA tournament
As the midway point in the men's college basketball season grows near, here are the teams that need to do more as they enter the new year.
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Q: What is the purpose of this module? module InoutConnect(
                .X1(internal),
                .X2(internal)
                );

   parameter width = 1;

   inout [ width - 1 : 0 ] internal;
endmodule // InoutConnect

In the above code what is the format used,
I know that while instantiating the module .x1 is use to match the variable name but what about module definition.
What does it mean here?

A: it is called explicit port declaration, meaning that the external world will know this port by its explicit names, X1 and X2 in your case, though internally the same port will be known as internal in your case.
So, in your example you connect both ports to the same internal variable (looks bad to me :)) Though, this is one of the possible uses, in particular if you need to identical output ports. The other example is remapping internal structs or arrays to multiple potrts:
module m(
   output .arr1(array[2:0]),
   output .arr2(array[7:3]),
   input logic [7:0] input_array
)
   logic [7:0] array;
   ...
   always_ff @(posedge clk)
       array <= input_array;
   ...
endmodule

So, above you can use your array as the whole internally, but it will have a different representation in the external world.
See 23.2.2.2 ANSI style list of port declarations for more info.

A: The InoutConnect module is used to create an alias between two different signal names. For example
wire [7:0] color;
wire [7:0] colour;
InoutConnect #7 a1(color,colour);

Now, color and colour are two names for the same signal.
SystemVerilog added the alias construct to do the same thing without needed to create a separate module.

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Q: How to remove a request parameter of the URL from NGINX I want to remove a query (page=1) parameter from the request URL. I just want to remove that query parameter from the URL if its present. It can be located as a first query param or the last or the middle.
Below are the examples of the possible URL :
www.abc.com/category?page=1
www.abc.de/category/deep-category?other=params&page=1
www.abc.com/category/deep-category?other=params&page=1&another=param

After removing this page=1 param, the URLs should look like this:
www.abc.com/category
www.abc.de/category/deep-category?other=params
www.abc.es/category/deep-category?other=params&another=param

A: Generally you can use the following:
if ($args ~ (.*)(^|&)page(?:=[^&]*)?(\2|$)&?(.*)) {
    set $args $1$3$4;
}

Using the above regex you can remove a query argument no matter it is at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the query string.
However on some configurations the backend can rely on the $request_uri variable which won't be changed with the above configuration fragment.


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The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand
By Public Health Expert • 21/12/2017 This post was syndicated from Public Health Expert - View original source
Prof Michael Baker, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Alistair Woodward
The huge campylobacteriosis outbreak in Havelock North in August 2016 caused by contaminated drinking water was a public health disaster. The second report of the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry describes a long list of failings that contributed to the outbreak. In this blog we argue that the failings are much broader than the safety of drinking water supplies and represent a serious erosion and fragmentation of NZ's national public health institutions. What is needed now is a major stocktake and rebuilding of our country's national public health capacity.
The Havelock North drinking water outbreak and Inquiry
Many of the facts of the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak are now common knowledge. The outbreak was recognised on 12 August 2016 and resulted in an estimated 5,500 cases, 45 hospitalisations, and 3 deaths by the time it was over [1]. Total economic costs were estimated at $21 million [2]. This appears to be the largest common source waterborne outbreak of its type ever recorded.
The Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry released its first report in May 2017 [1]. The Inquiry concluded that sheep faeces were probably the original source of infection, with heavy rain inundating paddocks, allowing contaminated water to enter the aquifer, which was then drawn into a bore supplying drinking water to this community.
The Stage 2 Report of the Inquiry, released on 6 December 2017, is a very thorough analysis of the need to improve the management of drinking water supplies in NZ [3]. The Report is hard hitting, identifying a major failure of leadership by the Ministry of Health and multiple deficiencies in the health protection measures applied to drinking water in this country. These deficiencies include lack of national leadership, loss of technical capacity, outmoded legislation, inadequate resources, poor enforcement, insufficient monitoring, lack of coordination, and little training across the sector.
The Report presents a long list of urgent and longer-term interventions to ensure the safety of drinking water. A major recommendation is that NZ should establish a 'dedicated drinking water regulator'. This organisation would have independence, sufficient resources, and technical expertise to provide leadership to the sector. The Report recommends that the Ministry of Health have no role in establishing this regulator [3].
The bigger picture of eroded and fragmented public health capacity in NZ
We question the wisdom of setting up a new free-standing water regulator. Health protection is a vital component of public health and responsibility is vested by legislation in the Ministry of Health: '…the Ministry shall have the function of improving, promoting, and protecting public health', (s 3A of the Health Act 1956). What we have seen over many years is a steady erosion and fragmentation of the national public health function to the point that it is now under serious threat.
It may surprise many to know that there are multiple core health protection and public health functions that the Ministry of Health is not directly managing at the national level, for example the following:
Food safety – managed by the Ministry of Primary Industries
Workplace health and safety – Managed by Worksafe
Health promotion – Managed by the Health Promotion Agency (albeit with some close liaison with the Ministry of Health in some areas)
Immunisation Schedule and vaccine purchases – Managed by Pharmac
Housing health and safety standards – Managed by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for new builds, but otherwise largely unmanaged
Hazardous substances – Managed by the Environmental Protection Authority
Infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigation – Managed by the Institute of Environment Science and Research (ESR), under contract to the Ministry of Health.
At the local level many health protection functions are managed by public health units within district health boards, but even here some functions have become increasingly fragmented.
The litany of failings in the area of safe drinking water applies to many areas of public health resulting in poor environmental health in a range of settings. For instance, New Zealand does poorly at protecting health and safety in the home, with serious adverse effects for the health of children [4, 5].
This fragmentation of responsibilities has led to a loss of technical capacity, lack of leadership on environmental health nationally, and under-performance. An important recent example of fragmentation and poor decision-taking was the Environmental Protection Authority decision to set aside the findings of an international assessment of the carcinogenicity of the pesticide glyphosate despite opposition from the Ministry of Health (see this previous blog). This fragmentation matters because substantial health gains depend on addressing key health determinants. A public health perspective needs to be present in discussions of issues as diverse as housing policy, biosecurity and agriculture and this means having a critical mass of experienced and well-trained staff to engage with key issues and respond to them.
The importance of sustaining a focus on broad health determinants is clearly demonstrated by the Havelock North outbreak. Source water is increasingly vulnerable to threats like climate change and associated extreme rainfall events along with intensification of agriculture. There is a real need for 'up-stream thinking' to move beyond a focus on hazards to protecting the quality and sustainability of the NZ habitat (see this previous blog). The Inquiry Report acknowledged the importance of protecting source water from such threats and includes some recommendations on amending the Resource Management Act and National Environmental Statement Regulations to address these concerns [3]. However, it is not clear that the proposed drinking water regulator would be positioned to influence these upstream issues, such as intensification of farming, that will ultimately determine much of the drinking water quality in NZ.
In addition, the loss of critical public health mass within our Ministry of Health makes it difficult for NZ to mount a rapid and effective response to emerging issues such as the health effects of climate change [6], antimicrobial resistance [7], and future pandemics [8].
Whatever the hazard, health protection functions involve common activities and require similar technical skills, such as epidemiology, risk assessment, toxicology, environmental microbiology, public health engineering, public health informatics, health law and public health policy. We argue that a small country like NZ is much better off grouping these scarce competencies within a single agency, rather than splitting and distributing capacity in many different national organisations.
Suburban Havelock North. Wikimedia Commons.
A way forward
The new coalition Government will now be digesting the Inquiry Report and its recommendations and considering how to respond in the most effective way to protect the health of the NZ population and environment.
We suggest that this an ideal opportunity to address the wider question of rebuilding a substantial national public health agency. Contamination of drinking water is one of a long list of public health threats facing New Zealand. A useful first step would be a stocktake of essential public health functions, asking what competencies are needed, and where they are best situated. Options would include re-establishing a well-resourced Public Health Group within the Ministry of Health. Whatever institutional arrangement is chosen needs to be sustainable and avoid the sort of institutional downsizing that saw the demise of the former Public Health Commission ('disestablished after a productive two years'[9]) and subsequent steady erosion of capacity at the Ministry of Health. Some review of health protection functions is inevitable in any case given other changes in Government agencies (for example, the location of the food safety function will need to be reviewed given that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is being disestablished and split into separate entities).
Without a highly functional core public health capacity, NZ is in danger of lurching from one crisis to another. Workplace health and safety deteriorated for many years, and it took the Pike River Mine disaster in 2010 to remind us how bad it had become. Indeed the list of occupational health and safety deficiencies identified by The Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety reads much like the Havelock North Inquiry [10]. In response to that Taskforce and the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy, we got a new law (Health and Safety at Work Act 2015) and a new regulator (Worksafe).
Many advances in NZ's public health infrastructure have come in response to serious external threats. The forerunner of our Ministry of Health (Department of Public Health) was established in 1900 in response to the threat of plague [11]. The enlightened Health Act 1920 was a response to the 1918 influenza pandemic [11]. Perhaps the 2016 Havelock North water outbreak can stimulate a similarly profound reassessment of NZ's public health capacity?
Next year is the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which is the greatest natural disaster in NZ history. There would be symbolism in using this anniversary to establish a revitalised national public health agency.
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Good Measurement is the crux of this whole crisis. Fonterra, $183million and counting. Hawkes Bay water, 5,500 cases and 3 deaths. The "National Standards Regulations 1976": http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1976/0239/latest/whole.html#DLM52622
describe the Base Units the regulations cover. This includes the Mole – "The amount of substance". A catchall description that covers any "matter" that includes chemical or biological substance. This article suggests "…this an ideal opportunity to address the wider question of rebuilding a substantial national public health agency. "
It is not just Health. It is workplace testing, water, medical, dairy, food safety and chemical testing. NZ is 30 years behind the rest of the world when it comes to measurement expertise in these areas. There is no centralised expert base able to act as an independent sounding board and offer independent expert advice. For some inexplicable reason, the Mole seems to be a base unit that is not assumed to be a "physical unit". This is wrong.
Para 838 of Part 2 of the report says: "The Inquiry agrees that public health reference laboratories would be of much benefit in the New Zealand regime and acknowledges the Ministry of Health's advice following the August hearing that it will develop draft functions for a public health reference laboratory. "
It is not just a "public health reference laboratory" that is needed, It needs a "standards laboratory" to include all the above within its regime. For some reason NZ continues to take the attitude that these competitive laboratories (see Para 847) are able to fulfill this need and they will keep an eye on each other with little reference to expert advice. It is highly questionable if this can continue in the light of this report.
NZ already has the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand: The National Standards Regulations 1976 describe it as "that laboratory of Callaghan Innovation that maintains the principal standard measures for New Zealand".
It's about time a concerted effort was made to see that it did. NZ needs to build a Mountain out of this Mole hill.
Carol Stewart says:
But Stuart, there is a laboratory accreditation scheme in NZ. http://www.ianz.govt.nz/
I'm not really convinced that measurement is the problem per se. I think the authors of this article have nailed it.
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Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Updated Feb 10, 2014 at 3:20pm
The creator behind Flappy Bird, Doug Nguyen.
The creator of the recent mobile gaming craze Flappy Bird has been through a crazy roller coaster struggle. Dong Nguyen, an independent video game developer hailing from Hanoi, Vietnam, has been through a lot, which led to the his massive mobile game being taken off the iOS App Store and the Android Google Play store.
Here's everything you need to know about Dong Nguyen, his game Flappy Bird and the controversy behind it all.
1. Dong Is the Creator of Flappy Bird
Dong Nguyen works an independent video game developer for a company called .Gears, which specializes in developing arcade games for smartphone and tablet devices. Both the company and Dong are based out of Vietnam. Some of the other games that was created by him and his company include Smashing Kitty, Dr. Plet Shuffle, Shuriken Block and Ninjas Assault. The hit game that brought some relevancy to Dong and his company was the hit mobile craze known as Flappy Bird, a supremely difficult game that garnered tons of downloads and the top spot on the iOS Apps Store and Android Google Play store.
2. Flappy Bird Racked Up $50,000 Per Day in Ad Revenue
Flappy Bird turned into a runaway hit that was reported to be making $50,000 PER DAY in advertisement revenue. Since its initial release from eight months ago (May 2013), the game has been downloaded more than 50-million times and has been rated over 90,000 times. The game's popularity even eclipsed popular apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Skype, Twitter, Instagram and other mobile games.
How to Find, Play and Restore Flappy Bird on Your Mobile Device
3. He Announced Via His Twitter That He Was Taking the Game Down From Mobile Devices
I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
On February 8, 2014, Doug posted the following tweet above and announced that he was taking down Flappy Bird from the mobile devices it was previously available on, unable to deal with the intense scrutiny and criticism the game's success brought upon him.
The following tweets you'll see below offered more information as to why Dong decided to get rid of his biggest mobile game to date:
It is not anything related to legal issues. I just cannot keep it anymore.
I also don't sell 'Flappy Bird', please don't ask.
And I still make games.
In an interview with Forbes, Nguyen went on to say that he took down the game due to it becoming too addictive. He also alluded to the fact that his personal life had become disturbed by the game itself:
Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed. But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it's best to take down Flappy Bird. It's gone forever. My life has not been as comfortable as I was before. I couldn't sleep.
4. He Received Death Threats
Soon after the game was taken down from mobile app stores, plenty of disgusting tweets aimed at Dong Nguyen started to become public. Some of these tweets even threatened bodily harm at Dong for taking down Flappy Bird. The Independent collected a few of the damaging tweets aimed in the direction of Dong Nguyen:
– YOU BEST NOT BE DELETING FLAPPY BIRD BECAUSE I WILL MURDER YOU IF U DO.
– If you delete flappy bird I will literally kill myself. It's my drug and I am so addicted!! PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS TO MEEE PLEASEE. I'll find you and i'll kill you.
– i'm gonna kill you that game is a part of my life know.
5. A Fake Story About His Suicide Came Out After The Game's Removal
What a sad day for Flappy Bird developer. Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/xY9DpKukby
— Paul Kanan (@Paul_kanan) February 10, 2014
A Fake hoax story sorrounding the supposed suicide of Dong Nguyen soon made the round all over the web after Flappy Bird was taken down. This false news story reported that Dong was found dead in his home due to a gunshot wound to his head. Of course, it was proven that this story was indeed anything but true. The tweet above refers to that fake news story.
Published Feb 10, 2014 at 3:20pm
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Much of the Northern Territory's Top End is on alert for potentially damaging winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour as a "vigorous" tropical monsoon intensifies over the region, threatening to wash out New Year's Eve fireworks. Key points: A powerful monsoon is threatening to put the dampener on New Year's Eve celebrations in parts of … Read more
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Northern Territory Police searching for man last seen driving out of Katherine five days ago
Northern Territory police are searching for a man who has been missing for five days after driving out of the Top End town of Katherine. Robert Daw, 31, was last seen on December 23 leaving the area in a white Toyota single cab ute with registration CE 96 CH. A number of major roads across the … Read more
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Northern Territory authorities search for missing light plane carrying two people
Northern Territory Police and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) are searching for a light plane that was reported missing on Saturday. Key points: The single-engine plane carrying two people took off on Christmas Eve An air search commenced on Saturday afternoon Search and rescue aircraft have been deployed The single-engine plane with two people … Read more
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Northern Territory alcohol laws to undergo government review, three years on from sweeping changes
Alcohol laws in the Northern Territory will be reviewed by the NT government three years on from sweeping changes, amid calls from lobby groups and senior police officers for stronger restrictions to stem alcohol-related violence and crime. Key points: The review allows Territorians to have their say on the NT's alcohol laws, with the consultation period … Read more
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Boy, 11, killed in 'horrific' crash at Moulden Shopping Centre car park in Palmerson
An 11-year-old boy has been killed in a "horrific" crash outside a busy suburban shopping centre near Darwin. WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing Key points: The boy died after a large ute "lurched forward" in the Moulden Supermarket car park He was visiting from interstate with his family His death takes the Northern Territory road … Read more
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Australia's false killer whales confirmed as a distinct species, as scientists hope discovery will lead to stronger protections
Working off Australia's remote northern coastline, Charles Darwin University (CDU) marine scientist Carol Palmer has got to know false killer whales as one of the country's most charismatic dolphins. Key points: Dr Carol Palmer and Indigenous ranger groups have confirmed that the Top End's false killer whales are a separate species Scientists are hoping the research … Read more
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The Northern Territory's top 20 year 12 students awarded at ceremony at Parliament House
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Northern Territory parliament's member for Arafura dies suddenly, aged 52
The Northern Territory's member for Arafura has died suddenly at the age of 52. Key points: The politician served as the member for Arafura for more than six years The NT chief minister said his death was a "great sadness" to the territory community and paid tribute to his service. He is survived by his wife, children … Read more
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Insurance is a way of hedging our bets against an uncertain future. Since we can't predict what's going to happen to us or to our property, we buy insurance so we can be compensated for the results of a major or minor life event. Money comes from a pool of money contributed by everyone who holds individual policies. In other words, risks are pooled, and each policyholder's contribution to the pool of money depends on whether that person is a bigger risk for that particular event (in which case he would pay more) or whether he is a lesser risk (in which case he would pay less).
There are dozens of types of insurance a person can buy, and in the United States, the policies and rules for insurance change from state to state. In other words, Pennsylvania health insurance might be very different from Georgia health insurance in terms of costs and coverage. But health insurance isn't the only type of insurance. Here are some others: life insurance, accident insurance, homeowner's insurance, renter's insurance, car insurance, and travel insurance.
In much the same way that Pennsylvania health insurance is different from Georgia health insurance, so are the different types of insurance different. For example, if you buy travel insurance for a vacation you have planned, that insurance has a short time frame, and costs little in terms of dollar amount. But homeowner's insurance is necessary for as long as you own the home, and is fairly major budget item for most.
People who determine how much people in different risk categories pay for insurance are called actuaries. They are experts in financial risk probability, and insurance companies employ them to help them best manage risk and charge enough in premiums to cover losses and still profit.
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6 Sore Throat Causes Why Does My Throat Hurt?
11/07/2016 · Further study is needed to better understand the role of HHV-8 in these diseases. Human T-lymphotrophic virus-1 (HTLV-1) HTLV-1 has been linked with a type of lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL).... But the test won't tell if your sore throat is caused by a bacterium other than Streptococcus or if it's caused by a virus. A throat culture takes longer (between 24 and 48 hours) but it's more accurate. If your doctor thinks you may have mono, he or she will probably do a blood test.
If you cough regularly, have a runny nose, feel the urge of cleaning your throat or have difficulty in breathing, it is most probably that you have accumulated phlegm, and you need to get rid of it. The causes for the appearance of mucus may be a respiratory infection from a cold or flu.... Pharyngitis is usually caused by a bacteria or a virus. The most well-known cause of pharyngitis, or sore throat, is the bacteria known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS).
Sore throat is caused by inflammation of the throat (pharynx). The pharynx is the area behind the tonsils. A sore throat may be the first symptom of a mild illness, such as a cold or the flu, or of more severe illnesses, such as mononucleosis, strep throat or scarlet fever.... Pharyngitis, or sore throat, is inflammation of the tissues and structures in your pharynx (throat). Pharyngitis is most often caused by bacteria. It may also be caused by a cold or flu virus. Other causes include smoking, allergies, or acid reflux.
If your sore throat is caused by a virus, antibiotics won't help and it will go away on its own within five to seven days. However, antibiotics can help if your sore throat is caused by the following:... Risks of Essential Oils for Sore Throat Make sure you are using therapeutic grade essential oils for sore throat pain. Inhaled or topical use of essential oils is generally safer than oral use.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral infection that causes a rash or blisters on the hands and feet, as well as in or around the mouth. There are two types of viruses that cause HFMD, and the symptoms vary depending on the virus.
The flu virus enters the body via the delicate tissues of the nose and the back of the throat. This irritates the tissues and causes them to become inflamed. It is this inflammation which causes pain and can make it more difficult to swallow.
Pharyngitis is usually caused by a bacteria or a virus. The most well-known cause of pharyngitis, or sore throat, is the bacteria known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS).
I have ulcers all over my throat by my tonsils, the back of my tongue and the roof of my mouth they have caused alot of pain and discomfort my voice is horse and I also got a cold and cough. the cold has gone and the cough is almost gone but was initially making my ulcers worse, i went to the doctor and assumed it was herpes virus without testing it.


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Amari'i Bell joins Mansfield Town
Left-back signs on loan from Birmingham City until the New Year.
We are delighted to announce the signing of left-back Amari'i Bell on a six-month youth loan from Birmingham City.
Bell, who spent time on loan at Nuneaton Town and Kidderminster Harriers last season, joins us with immediate effect and trained with his new team-mates for the first time this morning.
The youngster is eligible to stay with us until Saturday 03 January – and will feature in our pre-season campaign, which includes a match with his parent employers.
"I'm happy to be here and I can't wait to get started," said Bell. "I like to have the ball and pass it, but if the gaffer plays a different ways then I can easily adapt to that."
Bell is well-known to first team coach, Micky Moore, whom coached him at Solihull Moors in the infancy of his career and then signed him on loan at Nuneaton Town.
"I've worked with Micky at Solihull Moors, Nuneaton Town and now here and I'm happy to be working with him again. This is a good league club and as a young player it's what I need."
He added: "The main thing [about the move] is experience and I need some Football League games under my belt."
View Amari's first interview on our online broadcast station, Stags Player


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Take a shallow pan. Heat the oil. Add the courgettes and let them fry for 5-7 minutes depending on how 'al dente' you like them). Te key to this wish is not to add any salt to the courgettes at this stage as otherwise they will release water and get boiled. While the courgettes are cooking, crush the garlic and salt with a pestle and mortar. Then add the pine nuts to the garlic and leap crushing them. Finally add the basil leaves to the mortar and mash them with the garlic and pine nuts. Do not mind too much if some pieces are bigger than others - it actually adds texture to the dish, so it is a good thing. Add all this mixture to the courgettes (while you are still heating them). Mix well and add some grated parmesan cheese on top of it all (at this point you can also add some dried tomatoes, or bits of mozzarella or both) Wait for a minute while the parmesan mellows. Take it off the heat and serve it promptly.


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Kavita Kapoor and HFOSS: Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software
Kavita Kapoor
Eric Berry | Eriol Fox | Alyssa Wright | Richard Littauer
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Our special guest today is Kavita Kapoor, Founding Member and Strategy Director of the Federation of Humanitarian Technologists. Kavita tells us all about the Federation of Humanitarian Technologists, how things are going there since they started, and a project they started. We learn from Kavita why she thinks it's important that children learn about technology, she gives incredible advice on how a tech person can get involved with the humanitarian efforts, and why it's important to live your mission and visions. She also tells us her perspective and shares a personal story on the lack of gender diversity in tech jobs, as well as not enough LGBTQ plus spaces for the tech community especially in the UK. Kavita is amazing, so go ahead and download this episode to hear more!
[00:03:11] Kavita tells us all about her herself, her involvement in the Shorinji Kempo martial art, and how she met Mike Nolan, who is the other Founding Member of the Federations of Humanitarian Technologists.
[00:05:45] We learn all about the Federation of Humanitarian Technologists.
[00:07:45] Kavita talks about how they hired their first Humanitarian Aid Director and how everything is going there.
[00:09:55] Eric wonders where those lines cross in open source versus what Kavita is working with humanitarian efforts.
[00:13:00] Eriol asks Kavita if open source software and the open source community offer more opportunities for these Non-governmental organizations and charities to build capacity around their technology.
[00:15:24] Find out why Kavita thinks it's important that children learn about technology, and whether open source can be part of that education and how early should it be.
[00:19:13] Richard wonders why Kavita is so interested in the membership organizations such as OpenUK and the Federation of Humanitarian Technologists.
[00:21:33] Eric tells Kavita she is a powerhouse and wonders how she has time to do the things that she's doing and also wonders if she has any other passions.
[00:22:30] From the technologist side, Kavita tells us how a tech person can get involved with the humanitarian efforts such as hers and do that in a sustainable way for them, emotionally as well as financially.
[00:26:43] Eriol asks to hear Kavita's perspective on things that she's witnessed when people with tech skills do get engaged with these kinds of projects, but the barriers that she's perceived and the ones that she's tried to knock down so they can participate. She talks about gender diversity and not enough LQBTQ plus spaces for the technology community, especially in the UK.
[00:31:54] Find out where you can follow Kavita online.
[00:06:40] "And I think it's what we all realized when we work for organizations of different scales is that it's really difficult sometimes to scale up and have the infrastructure, especially when you're working on projects that are all funded for the end goal, for the end impact."
[00:17:31] "So I went off and became COO of the Micro:bit Educational Foundation and we went around the world. We went to into sixty countries during my tenure. We went from a million devices in the UK that was given away free, four million devices around the world, and some of the kids that we worked with were incredible."
[00:19:59] "But actually, when I've been working for profit organizations, I've never felt that I could have the impact that I wanted to have or have the access to the power structures that I wanted to have so that we could actually do more good."
[00:20:25] "But the bottom line is always about where the money is."
[00:20:43] "You have to live your mission and visions."
[00:23:41] "I find it crazy at the moment that we've got so many people out of work who have tech skills and so many open tech positions and I'm trying to figure out what that gap is."
[00:24:44] "It is really where your starting point is, but you can always do something, and you can always negotiate with your teams at work to get some bandwidth."
[00:32:24] Eric's spotlight is a new program that just launched called FundOSS.
[00:33:53] Eriol's spotlight is a project called Chayn.
[00:34:42] Alyssa's spotlight is being thankful that her computer is working.
[00:35:02] Richard*'s* **spotlight is the National LGTB Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
[00:35:58] Kavita's spotlight is Software Conservancy.
Kavita Kapoor Website
Kavita Kapoor Twitter
Kavita Kapoor Linkedin
OpenUK
Shorinji Kempo
Federation of Humanitarian Technologists
The Federation of Humanitarian Technologists-GitHub
BBC Micro Games Archive
Project Implicit Harvard
Project Implicit Test
Lesbians Who Tech Pride Summit 2021
FundOSS
Chayn
National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
Software Freedom Conservancy
Sustain Podcast-Episode 69-"Humanitarian Open Source" with Michael Nolan.
Sustain Podcast-Episode 49-"What OpenUK Does" with Amanda Brock & Andrew Katz
Sustain Podcast-Episode 68-"Introducing FundOSS.org: A new way of funding open source, by Gitcoin x Sustain" with Kevin Owocki.


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'use strict';
/*// Loading Config
var config = require('./config');
//Sendgrid
var sgMail = require('@sendgrid/mail');
// key initialization
sgMail.setApiKey(config().sendgrid.apikey);

var email = {
	sendEmail : function(email, subject, htmlbody) {
		const msg = {
			from: config().sendgrid.name + ' <' + config().sendgrid.from + '>',
			to: email,
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		sgMail.send(msg);
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}
module.exports = email;*/

// Loading dependencies
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
// Loading Config
var config = require('./config');

// Transporter Configuration
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    secure: config().smtp.secure,
    auth: {
        user: config().smtp.auth.user,
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};

// Email Object to export
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Cheryl shows off sensational hair transformation as cuts off her long locks
We love her brand new look
Cheryl has revealed her brand new hair transformation.
The Geordie singer, who recently gave an amazing performance at Manchester Pride, got a new fringe cut in and it looks fabulous.
The mother-of-one ignored the advice from her friends and decided to take a trip to the hairdressers despite being warned about the maintenance of having a fringe.
Cheryl breaks down as she opens up about the end of her marriage to Ashley Cole
After taking the plunge and getting a new hairstyle, she said: "So I've been saying for ages that I wanted me fringe back."
The former X Factor judge continued to say: "And everyone's like, 'You'll hate it, you won't be able to keep up with the maintenance and it's annoying when you want to grow it out.
"And I get all of that so Alex said she would make us one."
Swipe across to see her gorgeous hair transformation
In pictures: Cheryl shows off brand new hair style
Her brand new tresses come as big change to her usual flowing locks.
Cheryl began 2019 by ditching her brown hair for a brighter look before appearing on BBC 's The One Show earlier this year.
She said: "New year, new hair.
"I am taking a walk on the light side for 2019. I've been chocolate for over three years now and I wanted a change. I am now officially fudge brownie in my own @easilockshair range."
Cheryl's returning to TV
Cheryl 'humiliated' as Liam moves on
Cheryl's exes come face to face
Cheryl opens up on new man in her life
Cheryl, who shares her son with ex-boyfriend Liam Payne, said that she would love to expand her family in the future after becoming a mum two years ago.
"I definitely want more children, I'd love another baby, but I don't know if it will happen now," she told The Mirror.
Who broke up with who? Cheryl speaks out about Liam Payne break up
However, the singer and talent show judge doesn't mind whether she welcomes a boy or a girl.
Cheryl continued: "But never say never, you never know what's around the corner.
"In terms of a girl or a boy, I think once you've had a baby all you wish for is a healthy baby, so I wouldn't mind.
"I would like to think it'll happen one day but who knows."


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Q: What is this syntax using new followed by a list inside braces? Ive just seen a piece of code that uses a generic list class to instantiate itself in the following manner:
var foo = new List<string>(){"hello", "goodbye"};

The curly braces after the contructor are especially confusing. It reminds me somewhat of
var bar = new string[]{"hi","bye"};

but in the past i've wouldve always used:
var foo = new List<string>(new []{"hello", "goodbye"});

Has anybody got a link explaining the syntax in the first line of code? I wouldnt even know where to begin with googling it.

A: As others have pointed out, that is a collection initializer. Some other features you might not be aware of that were added to C# 3:

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*A collection initializer constructor may omit the parentheses if the argument list is empty. So new List<int> { 10, 20, 30 } is fine.

*An array initialized with an array initializer may in some cases omit the type. For example, var myInts = new[] { 10, 20, 30}; infers that myInts is int[].

*Objects may be initialized using a similar object initializer syntax. var c = new Customer() { Name = "Fred" }; is the same as var temp = new Customer(); temp.Name = "Fred"; var c = temp;
The point of these features is to (1) make more things that used to require statements into things that require only expressions; LINQ likes things to be expressions, and (2) to enable richer type inference, particularly for anonymous types.
Finally: there has been some confusion in some of the answers and comments regarding what is required for a collection initializer. To be used with a collection initializer the type must (1) implement IEnumerable (so that we know it is a collection) and (2) have an Add method (so that we can add stuff to it.)
See
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/madst/archive/2006/10/10/what-is-a-collection_3f00_.aspx
for additional thoughts on the design of the feature.

A: here you go. The keyword is "Array Initializers".
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa664573(v=vs.71).aspx
or rather "Collection Initializers"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384062.aspx

A: This is a collection initializer. You can use it on collections with an Add method.
The pair of parentheses before the curly braces is optional.
This is very convenient, because you can use it on collections other than lists, for example on dictionaries:
var x = new Dictionary<int,string> {{1, "hello"}, {2, "world"}};

This lets you avoid a lengthier initialization sequence:
var x = new Dictionary<int,string>();
x.Add(1, "hello");
x.Add(2, "world");

A: In the third line of code you provided you are making a new string array, and then passing that string array to the list.  The list will then add each of those items to the list.  This involves the extra overhead of allocating the array, populating it, and then discarding it.
There is a mechanism for a class to define how to use Collection Initializers to populate itself.  (See the other answers)  I have never found the need to utilize this for my own classes, but existing data structures such as List, Dictionary, often define them, and they are useful to use.

A: This is a collection initializer: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384062.aspx
The type so initialized must implement IEnumerable and have an Add method.  The items in the curly-brace list are passed to the add method; different items in the list could be passed to different Add methods.  If there's an Add overload with more than one argument, you put the multiple arguments in a comma-separated list enclosed in curly braces.
For example:
class MyWeirdCollection : IEnumerable
{
    public void Add(int i) { /*...*/ }
    public void Add(string s) { /*...*/ }
    public void Add(int i, string s) { /*...*/ }

    //IEnumerable implementation omitted for brevity
}

This class could be initialized thus:
var weird = new MyWeirdCollection { 1, "Something", {5, "Something else"} };

This compiles to something like this:
var temp = new MyWeirdCollection();
temp.Add(1);
temp.Add("Something");
temp.Add(5, "Something else");
var weird = temp;

In his blog post (link posted by Eric Lippert in the comments), Mads Torgersen expresses this concisely:

The list you provide is not a "list of elements to add", but a "list of sets of arguments to Add methods".  ...[W]e do separate overload resolution against Add methods for each entry in the list.


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Manitowoc police: Man fired gun into air after 'large disturbance' at Exotica's strip club
A police report said Lawrence A. Washington fired a gun multiple times after a 'large disturbance' at the downtown club.
Manitowoc police: Man fired gun into air after 'large disturbance' at Exotica's strip club A police report said Lawrence A. Washington fired a gun multiple times after a 'large disturbance' at the downtown club. Check out this story on htrnews.com: https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/13/manitowoc-police-man-lawrence-washington-fired-gun-after-incident-exoticas-strip-club/1189484001/
Brandon Reid, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Published 11:54 a.m. CT May 13, 2019 | Updated 2:03 p.m. CT May 13, 2019
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MANITOWOC - A 23-year-old Manitowoc man was arrested early Saturday morning after police said he fired a gun into the air multiple times during a disturbance at Exotica's strip club, 924 Washington St.
A police report said officers were at an unrelated traffic stop in the 1000 block of South Eighth Street at around 2:11 a.m. Saturday when they heard the gunshots and had people run up to them notifying them of the disturbance at the club. The people told officers that during the disturbance, a black man had fired a gun and was getting into a vehicle. An officer was able to locate the vehicle after it had left the scene and made a high-risk traffic stop.
Occupants of the vehicle identified Lawrence A. Washington as the shooter, the report said. Washington told officers he had fired his handgun because "a girl was getting beaten up outside" the club "and he fired his gun to stop the fight," the report said. Officers also recovered a 9mm handgun.
Lawrence A. Washington (Photo: Courtesy of Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
The report said seven 9mm shell casings were found on the north side of the 900 block of Washington Street, approximately 50 feet from the entrance of Exotica's. Officers also found two baseball hats in the Subway parking lot and a cell phone in the middle of the roadway, the report added.
At the police department, officers said Washington showed signs of alcohol impairment. He told police he had a concealed carry permit and fired his gun when he saw a fight break out and a black man with dreadlocks attack a woman, the report said. He also told police it was "probably not" a good idea to fire the shots to break up the fight, according to the report.
Video surveillance from inside the bar showed "a large disturbance involving numerous people," the police report said. The report added bar staff kicked most of the participants out of the establishment.
Washington is being held at Manitowoc County Jail and police are recommending he be charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, carrying a handgun where alcohol is sold or consumed, and operating a firearm while intoxicated.
Contact Brandon Reid at 920-686-2984 or breid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @breidHTRNews.
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The indispensable classic on marketing by the bestselling author of Tribes and Purple Cow.
Legendary business writer Seth Godin has three essential questions for every marketer:
"Will the people who need to hear this story believe it?"
All marketers tell stories. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that an $80,000 Porsche is vastly superior to a $36,000 Volkswagen that's virtually the same car. We believe that $225 sneakers make our feet feel better—and look cooler than a $25 brand. And believing it makes it true.
As Seth Godin has taught hundreds of thousands of marketers and students around the world, great marketers don't talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story—a story we want to believe, whether it's factual or not. In a world where most people have an infinite number of choices and no time to make them, every organization is a marketer, and all marketing is about telling stories.
Marketers succeed when they tell us a story that fits our worldview, a story that we intuitively embrace and then share with our friends. Think of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, or Fiji water, or the iPod.
But beware: If your stories are inauthentic, you cross the line from fib to fraud. Marketers fail when they are selfish and scurrilous when they abuse the tools of their trade and make the world worse. That's a lesson learned the hard way by telemarketers, cigarette companies, and sleazy politicians.
But for the rest of us, it's time to embrace the power of the story. As Godin writes, "Stories make it easier to understand the world. Stories are the only way we know to spread an idea. Marketers didn't invent storytelling. They just perfected it."


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We're into it. You are interested in buying a Silver Sky singing bowl for your own use. But singing bowls are not created equal and shopping in the market without enough knowledge can lead you to the wrong item. There is no room for wasting money here, so you have to be shopping ready by arming yourself with a good number of tips and tricks. This article wants to help you in your pursuit by providing some tips in choosing a singing bowl supplier.
When you want a quick and convenient way of shopping for your bowl, you can try the web. There are a lot of good stores over the web that sell the items you are in need of. But beware of scams because the web is rich with those. One interesting website may be run by a person who only desires to peep into your financial information or identity. Another website that you think is having some sense may be operated only for the sake of getting your payment but have no item to ship. Or, you could possibly fall into the trick of some online vendors that display wow looking bowls that are not genuine in reality.
Since all of these are highly possible when you are shopping around the web, you have to be extra careful. Do not trust every website you see. A website that ranks first on your search engine may not be the best website. Look for signs or indications of authenticity before trusting in a website and making a purchase from there. Many legal online stores are registered with the BBB or Better Business Bureau, so check for the official seal of the agency anywhere in the vendor's site. Also check for other security seals or logos in the website which imply that they are a secure site to visit and that they are not transmitting viruses to your computer.
In addition to that, it is recommended to research about the vendor before trusting it. Check with other websites or blogs the background of a certain singing bowl seller. What do its previous customers say? Are there people who complain about the bowls they bought from that store. Also check the seller's length of experience. How many years has he been selling singing bowls? Where do he gets his supply of bowls? Be sure to find the answers to the questions before fully trusting the vendor and making a payment. Go to http://www.silverskyimports.com/ for more details.


Last week my sister had her staycation so she, Nita, and I decided to go to Newport for some silly portraits. We figured that this is as good as we're going to look (...possibly) so why not have pictures that we can show our future kids?
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We put Catherine in the hot seat first!
Then Nita was next! Ms. Anthropology, herself was a natural in front of the camera. She credits all her poses to America's Next Top Model, but I think she's a secret model.
agree! SOOO MUCH FUN AND LOVE THE PICTURES!!! and no im not a secret model! HAHAH.


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Linda Pereira is the senior partner and CEO of the L&I Communications Group. In addition to her long and respected career as one of the most influential voices in the Meeting Industry, she is also Executive Director of CPL Meetings & Events. Respected internationally as a speaker, writer and as an educator, she has been an invited speaker in over 143 cities and all continents. She is also the only female ever to be invited by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a keynote speaker at a national event. She is internationally known as the Destination Diva for her work as expert bidder and is a feared competitor. She is often contracted by a variety of destinations to present bids on their behalf. She has played an active role in many major events and bids for world events. She has worked on the major events which marked the last 30 years from EXPO '98, EURO 2004, World Stage Fencing Championship and various EU Presidencies among others. She is also an invited lecturer at three different international Universities where she lectures strategic meetings management. He also teaches International Relations at the Military University, among others. She is recognized for her efficiency and professionalism and thinking outside the box. She is absolutely passionate about associations and sits on a variety of international association boards herself. Linda is also a consultant to a variety of international Governments and associations. In 2008 she was considered one of Portugal's five most influential people in the industry and received the annual education award from USA-based IAHMP. In 2009 she received the medal of honour for responsible entrepreneurship for her commitment to promoting culture and heritage and for CSR initiatives. In 2012 she was voted one of world's top 100 PCOs for the third year running and was listed among the top 100 Women CEOs of ecommerce companies by WE magazine from the USA. She is currently the European Ambassador the City of Johannesburg and for Ekateringburg in Russia for their recent bid to host EXPO 2020. She sits on various Advisory Boards, most notably the Meetings UK Show since 2013 and Portugal's Events Industry Awards as well as the IAHMP Education Committee which she presides and was the Chair of the International and European Association Congress for three years. In 2014 she was voted the Events Personality of the Year in Portugal and received the Global Marketing Personality Award from WE Magazine in the USA. In 2015 she was elected president of the Global Council for Women in Leadership. She is currently special advisor to the Minister for the Economy of Cape Verde and sits on the Advisory Council for the Leader Magazine and the Venues of Excellence Certification Board. In 2018 she became CEO of SpringUp-Europe, an NGO focused on up-scaling and attracting investment for women-owned businesses. She has two daughters.
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The mass proliferation of urgent care clinics is a prime example of markets evolving alongside consumer demands. The facilities offer simplicity and convenience that traditional care systems have historically failed to match, and patients have responded favorably. According to Modern Healthcare, this $15 billion dollar industry is expected to see per-clinic revenues of $1.7 million by 2021, underscoring the model's value as a care-delivery vehicle and revenue-generating machine.
Using urgent care communication technology like cloud and video conferencing improves patient communication and experiences.
This success has not come without growing pains, however, as urgent care communication technology standards and best practices have yet to be fully established. How do facilities provide communications that are as fast and fluid as their novel care models? What are the technologies that best meet this need when setting up a new urgent care clinic? And most importantly, which tools are most likely to keep existing patients satisfied and new ones rolling in?
Thus far, the answers to these questions align with healthcare trends like consumerization, the growing thought that patients need to be treated like customers. While traditional medical markets have embraced consumerization through offerings such as healthcare contact centers, the convenience-first ethos of urgent care centers — and their unique positioning within retailers and at other convenient locations — make them uniquely suited to the philosophy.
Combined, these factors paint a somewhat paradoxical picture of the urgent care industry. Clinics must treat patients and provide excellent care, all while maintaining a convenient, retail-like experience. The small details are also critical, which means the communication must be seamless.
For organizations in need of solutions that do what they need wherever they are, cloud-based tools represent the best way to enhance reach without sacrificing functionality.
Cloud will play a significant role for many new clinics attempting to overcome these hurdles, and the emergence of telemedicine goes to show how the right communications technology can help an up-and-coming facility. As with urgent care clinics, a combination of access, cost, and convenience has endeared patients to telemedicine, which has also seen a large measure of success.
That said, urgent care and telehealth services needn't be mutually exclusive. With little more than a dedicated space, a computer with a webcam, and a cloud-based video conferencing solution, clinics can greatly expand their reach and value proposition with telehealth services of their own. Clinics in rural areas, for example, can harness the technology to treat patients who may not be able to travel long distances for care. And locations looking to differentiate themselves from standard clinic fare by establishing deeper relationships with their clientele can use the cloud-based technology to perform routine follow-ups and other check-ins.
Remote and on-site visits — another critical offering for specialized facilities — also benefit from the inclusion of cloud. Instead of burdensome paper-based processes, staffers can use urgent care communication technology to communicate with their electronic health records (EHR) wherever they are. For example, sports medicine clinics might deploy cloud-based solutions to perform on-site physicals at the start of a high school's sporting season. And clinics offering remote flu shots could use similar technology to ensure more accurate charting and note taking, with records going directly to the EHR's database. There's no need for transcription and no risk of paper records being lost between the field site and the computer.
Ultimately, specific use cases are less important than the high-level benefits of communication technology in healthcare, such as portability, flexibility, and scalability. For organizations in need of solutions that do what they need wherever they are, cloud-based tools represent the best way to enhance reach without sacrificing functionality. That's true in the clinic, in the field, and even in patient homes.
Chain-based services have grown in popularity alongside urgent care clinics. Just as with urgent care, the qualities that make cloud technology beneficial to patients can also ease interoffice communication, an improvement that makes life easier for everyone in the healthcare system.
EHR portability — while undoubtedly critical to overall convenience — is just the beginning of the potential value of cloud technology in this area. Organizations that juggle staff among facilities can use cloud-based unified communication tools to assign persistent phone numbers, reducing confusion about reaching specific employees when they're away from their desk or usual office. Nurse practitioners — who must be overseen by physicians in a number of states — can use video conferencing tools to add crucial visual context when calling physicians for advice or second opinions.
Meanwhile, clinics of all sizes can reduce wait times and no-shows by automating appointment reminders and front-end systems, with cloud-based tools simplifying the technical infrastructure needed to make happen.
Urgent care communication technology sees vast improvement when cloud is involved from the onset. Whatever their specialty, new clinics should strongly consider integrating the technology with their planned slate of services — and established facilities should consider addressing convenience pain points with similar tools as soon as possible, too. It just might be the key to seamless communication.
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As we noted in last year's toy predictions, starting in the second week of December and leading up to Christmas has typically been the time of year to get the best deals on toys and games for the holiday season. However, last year continued the trend of seeing some very good offers particularly on Black Friday and then again on Cyber Monday. Below we take a look at what we believe the hottest toys and games of the year will be as well as the top stores for discounts.
The data we used for the 2015 average discount was obtained by WalletHub in a study they did about the best and worst retailers for Black Friday. As you can see from the chart above here is the listing of the fourteen stores' sales we are predicting in order of highest likely discount.
*Within this list we have placed stores chronologically based on alphabetical order when we have predicted the average discount to be the same. Stores with the same predicted average discount could be moved interchangeably in terms of position with other stores with the same average discount.
*Stage Stores in the third position references all of the stores under the Stage Stores umbrella which include Stage, Goody's, Palais Royal, Bealls Texas and Peebles. All of their Black Friday ads are normally identical.
*We have only predicted fourteen stores' average discount for toy offers. This does not mean that these will be the top fourteen stores for average discount or that other stores are not offering worthy toy sales. We just wanted to predict stores where we had historical data from last year about the retailer's average discount.
*As you can see there are some stores you may not think of towards the top in terms of highest average discount such as Belk, Stage Stores and JCPenney. And, there are stores such as Toys R Us, Amazon and Walmart that are typically known for toys towards the bottom of our predictions. Recognize that retailers such as Amazon and Walmart drive customers by continually offering low price points year round so it is much more difficult for them to achieve large average discounts.
Every store listed has the potential to offer a very good deal depending on what you are looking to purchase. But, we are here to tell you which store we think will be the best store for toys this year and a store that is a darkhorse to be the best.
We foresee Amazon as being the best store to shop at during the holiday season for toys and games. They will start their Countdown to Black Friday sale on November 1, have eight days of sales for Black Friday week and continue sales through Cyber Week. Amazon will also offer the largest quantity of sale items out of every big retailer. Since Amazon will have the most sale items, the longest period of deals and has been working to increase their inventory during sale periods as evidenced by Prime Day, we expect them to have an offer you will appreciate for any item you want to purchase. As we said previously, even though Amazon's predicted average toy discount is only 25% for this year, do not let that be a deterrent from shopping their sale. Amazon consistently keeps their prices extremely low on all items so it's much more difficult for their average discount to be high.
Look for Kohl's to be a darkhorse that could possibly overcome Amazon as the best place to shop for toys and games for Black Friday 2016. Over the last few years Kohl's has drastically improved its image in the toys space and is now a go to place for toys and game shopping for the holiday season. Kohl's will have a variety of new toys available and many exclusive items only for sale at their stores. Kohl's will be the only store featuring the 2016 Girl of the year Lea doll from American Girl. Finally, Kohl's will have an average discount of deals of 50% or more.
Here are five items that we think will be extremely popular during the holiday season and sell out very quickly. If these products are on your list and you have an opportunity to get one, don't wait!
Zoomer toys are always a big hit for the holiday season and this year will be no difference. PAW Patrol Zoomer Marshall appears on Toys R Us' Fab 15 list, Kohl's toy collection press release, Walmart's favorite toys chosen by kids and Target's top toys for 2016. With that many children specifically wanting PAW Patrol Zoomer Marshall, we expect this to be an extremely hot item for the holidays.
LEGO is always a fan favorite for people of all ages. The Winter Holiday Train looks to be a great edition to a collection and a fun set to build. For that reason expect this to not only be a top LEGO item in 2016, but a top overall 2016 toy.
American Girl always is another highly popular toy item. This year Kohl's has an exclusive on American Girl's 2016 girl of the year Lea and it will be the most sought after doll. We expect this to be a top seller for Kohl's and thus hard to find since it's exclusive.
Sky Viper drones are featured in the hot toy lists of Toys R Us, Walmart and Target. Look for the Sky Viper v2400 HD Streaming Video Drone to be on the top of the list for many children this year.
Hatchimals are on the hot toy lists for Toys R Us, Target and Walmart. Additionally, Hatchimals Draggles is rated as a Best Seller at Walmart. Expect their popularity to continue through the holiday season.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are going to offer some great opportunities to buy the hottest toys of the season at discounted prices. If you do not take advantage of any deals over the Thanksgiving period, we predict that waiting for two to three more weeks before returning to the stores will yield similar or even better discounts. We recommend exploring all store options but favor Amazon due to their large arrangement of deals, diversity of offers and propensity to have merchandise with very thin margins.
Outside of Amazon, we predict that Kohl's push to continue to become relevant in the toys space will be more apparent than ever this year we an average toy discount of 50% or greater. The hottest toys of the season will sell out extremely quickly so always remember if you see an item you want at a price you are comfortable paying for it, get it before it's gone. We'd rather see you pay a buck or two more than disappoint a little one that's on your shopping list this year.


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