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Övörkhangai (, Öwörhangai; "southern Khangai") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country. Its capital is Arvaikheer.

The Shankh Monastery, one of the oldest and most important monasteries, is located in this province, as well as Erdene Zuu monastery and Tövkhön Monastery. Karakorum, the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire was located adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery.

Övörkhangai Provincee held its first Special Olympics games events in 2015.

Transportation
The Arvaikheer Airport (AVK/ZMAH) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Ulaanbaatar and Altai.

Bus travels from Arvaikheer to Ulaanbaatar every day.

Administrative subdivisions

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Provinces of Mongolia
States and territories established in 1931
1931 establishments in Mongolia


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Several times a year I am asked by authors and publishers to review, proof and fact-check an upcoming rowing book.
While I was researching The Sport of Rowing, my good friend and muse, Ted Nash, would often remind me, "Now you must get this right, Peter. Books last centuries, and once we're gone what you have written will become the truth for future generations. That's a big responsibility."
Big, indeed! And for all rowing authors. So the proofing and fact-checking I am anxious to do. The reviewing can be a bit more uncomfortable for me. You see, this old rower is a passionate perfectionist, which can make for quite an uncompromising reader.
But I was delighted to proof, fact-check AND review Olympic Odyssey by Emory Clark of the 1964 Olympic Champion Men's Eight from Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia.
Emory's crew is well worth remembering. They came at a crucial moment for rowing, and if there were ever a prize given for the most magnificently motley crew in history, that Vesper boat would certainly get my vote.
Vesper 6-oar Boyce Budd has held many an audience spellbound with his retellings – the last 500 meters alone can take 10 minutes to describe, with everyone on the edge of their seats – and Stroke-oar Bill Stowe told the whole story from his own inimitable point of view in his 2005 book, All Together. Even so, Emory's book is a significant and marvelous addition to the historical record. I only wish we could hear from everyone, but, alas, several teammates have already passed, including mentor Jack Kelly and coach Allen Rosenberg.
An eight-oared shell is a unique creation, at once a singularity while also being a collection of nine individuals, and in Vesper's case nine absolutely unforgettable individuals, from diverse backgrounds, and by no means entirely friends. How to get nine distinct people to act as one for six minutes? Their's is a story that is SO improbable, far stranger than fiction, and it's worth examining in all its facets.
And Emory's book is gorgeous, with images throughout that look like they are from the scrapbook you hoped your mother would have made for you, full of photos and letters and telegrams and medals and newspaper clippings. Wonderful stuff, all in color. I get excited just looking at the pictures.
A very personal story from a man who did extraordinary things without necessarily feeling extraordinary while he did them. Emory brings us along on the journey. Hugh and Stan, the Amlongs, Boyce, Knecht, Stowe and Bob Zimonyi were our teammates, we collected all those Olympic souvenirs, and the telegrams were congratulating us! Great stuff.

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(1512-1571) est un religieux écossais, archevêque de Saint-Andrews de 1547 à 1571 ;
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 John Hamilton (ca 1640-1693),  Bargany, pair écossais ;
 John Hamilton (1714-1755) est un officier de la Royal Navy ;
 John Hamilton,  d'Abercorn (1756-1818), pair irlandais ;
 John Hamilton,  Hamilton de Dalzell (1829–1900), est un soldat et homme politique écossais ;
 John Marshall Hamilton (1847-1905) est un homme politique américain, gouverneur de l'Illinois de 1883 à 1885 ;
 John Hamilton (1859-1934) est un juriste britannique ;
 John Hamilton (1887-1958) est un acteur américain ;
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 John « Red » Hamilton (1898-1934) est un criminel canadien ;
 John Hamilton (1907?-1944) est un agent secret britannique.

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Pam holds the crown for being the very first MMS soap swap winner. You go girl!
This winning soap was a beautiful bar speckled with ground chamomile and scented with the enticing aroma of sweet orange & ylang-ylang essential oils. We loved it!
Blend oils and lye solution at 98 F. Add essential oils at a light trace. Sprinkle in ground chamomile and stir well. Pour in selected molds.
Pam told us she often uses this basic recipe and then throws in her own touches with the essential oil blend and the ground chamomile. It's her very favorite soap, it has a nice creamy lather and a wonderful aroma. Pam has been making this bar for 2 years now and from what we hear it's hard to get her out of the shower.


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Antoni Gładysz pseud. Łysy, Kulawy, Antek, Ułan (ur. 18 grudnia 1906 w Częstochowie, zm. 14 października 1980 tamże) – działacz komunistyczny.

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Skończył 5 klas szkoły podstawowej i został pomocnikiem murarskim w hucie "Częstochowa", od I do XII 1926 był robotnikiem rolnym w okolicach Lipska i czeladnikiem rzeźniczym w Lipsku w Niemczech, po powrocie pracował w stalowni w hucie. X 1927 - XI 1929 odbywał służbę wojskową w 10 pułku ułanów w Białymstoku, od 1929 działał w KZMP, technik komórki KZMP w hucie, w 1930 wstąpił do KPP. 1931-1932 był sekretarzem Komitetu Dzielnicowego (KD) Raków i członkiem Komitetu Miejskiego (KM) KPP. Brał udział w pochodach i manifestacjach robotniczych w Częstochowie, działał w Związku Robotników Przemysłu Metalowego w Polsce, którego 1930-1932 był członkiem zarządu oddziału w hucie i delegatem bezrobotnych. 4 III 1930 aresztowany pod zarzutem prowadzenia działalności komunistycznej i do 12 IV 1930 więziony w Piotrkowie, uniewinniony z braku dowodów. W 1933 na 6 miesięcy zawieszony w pracach KPP pod zarzutem współpracy z polską policją. 24 VIII 1939 zmobilizowany do 7 Dywizji Piechoty WP, walczył w wojnie obronnej 1939, ranny i wzięty do niewoli, X 1940 wypuszczony z obozu jenieckiego k. Lipska i skierowany do szpitala (do X 1941). Później wrócił do Częstochowy i ponownie pracował w hucie, gdzie organizował sabotaż. Od 28 II 1942 członek KD PPR dzielnicy Raków, w marcu 1942 współtworzył komórki wydziałowe PPR w hucie i został sekretarzem na wydziale walcowni. Podoficer zaopatrzenia w garnizonie częstochowskim GL i AL, od IV 1944 członek konspiracyjnej Miejskiej Rady Narodowej (MRN) w Częstochowie, od XI 1944 partyzant 3 Brygady AL im. J. Bema, walczył w lasach k. Radomska do stycznia 1945. Później został kierownikiem kadr w KM PPR w Częstochowie, werbował ludzi do pracy w MO i UB. 18 IV 1945 został postrzelony przez członków podziemia antykomunistycznego. Od 1950 instruktor Komitetu Wojewódzkiego (KW) PZPR w Kielcach, później członek prezydium Okręgowej Rady Związków Zawodowych (ORZZ). Od 1952 kierownik wydziału gospodarczego, a od 1953 zastępca dyrektora huty im. B. Bieruta w Częstochowie. Członek Plenum KM PZPR i Egzekutywy Komitetu Zakładowego (KZ) PZPR w hucie im. B. Bieruta i Prezydium Miejskiego Komitetu FJN. W 1972 przeszedł na emeryturę. Był odznaczony m.in. Orderem Budowniczych Polski Ludowej, Orderem Sztandaru Pracy II klasy i Krzyżem Partyzanckim.

Bibliografia
 Słownik biograficzny działaczy polskiego ruchu robotniczego t. 2, Warszawa 1987.

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Działacze Komunistycznego Związku Młodzieży Polski
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Odznaczeni Krzyżem Partyzanckim
Odznaczeni Orderem Budowniczych Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Orderem Sztandaru Pracy II klasy
Działacze Komunistycznej Partii Polski
Politycy PPR
Uczestnicy kampanii wrześniowej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1906
Zmarli w 1980
Żołnierze Armii Ludowej
Żołnierze Gwardii Ludowej


The first annual NeoCycle festival showed what a big bicycle town Cleveland is, with three days of rides, races, and other bike-related events. One local bike maven told us that riders from 15 states had registered for events. In addition, there was festival village ("the Hub") and a full-scale musical festival on Saturday headlined by local-kids-made-good Jessica Lea Mayfield and Cloud Nothings, so there was plenty to do and see at Edgewater Park even for non-cyclists.


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Coutinho hopes 'phenomenon' Lucas joins Inter
Philippe Coutinho has revealed that he would love to see Inter target Lucas Moura join him at San Siro, describing his fellow Brazilian as "a phenomenon".
The Nerazzurri appear to be locked in a bidding war with Manchester United for the Sao Paulo starlet, as Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted on Monday that he is keen to lure the attacking midfielder to Old Trafford.
However, Coutinho is praying that Lucas ends up at Appiano Gentile instead.
"He's a fantastic player, a phenomenon," the 20-year-old told Tuttosport. "Should he come, he would help us a lot and I hope he arrives."
For the time being, though, Coutinho is focusing his attentions towards nailing down a regular place in the Inter side after a successful loan spell at Espanyol.
"I have returned from Catalunya stronger," the attacker enthused. "Playing so many games in a row was fundamental to my growth because it had been so long since I had done that.
"It is important to have self-confidence and feel the support of your environment, but that only comes from playing game after game.
"It makes you feel better and also makes you feel important."
Inter went through two coaches while Coutinho was in Spain, with Gian Piero Gasperini getting the sack early on last season before his replacement, Claudio Ranieri, made way for Andrea Stramaccioni in March.
Consequently, this feels like a new beginning for Coutinho, who freely admits that he is enjoying working under the Nerazzurri's former Primavera boss.
"He talks a lot and not only to me," he said of Stramaccioni. "He is a coach who is open to us all and disposed to speaking with his players.
"The work that he is doing is very important because he is clearly conveying what he wants from us. From me, for example, he asks for even more attention in defensive phases of play."
Coutinho, who already has five Brazil caps to his name, netted the only goal of the game in Inter's Trofeo TIM victory over Juventus at the weekend.
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8th Legacy Kiddies Village a huge success
During the 8th Annual Legacy Kiddies Village Festival were from the left Obed De Koker (adjudicator), Pesa Pheko (founder and Festival Director), Maria de Koker (mentor), and Loxion Sentimile (MC).
The 8th Annual Legacy Kiddies Village (LKV) festival was a weekend filled with great anticipation as winners from all five districts of the Free State came together under one roof at the Mmabana Cultural Centre to compete in the following categories: drama, dance, poetry, music and visual arts and crafts.
According to Pesa Pheko, founder of the festival, the LKV annual celebration continues to set itself apart as one of the most prolific non-profit initiatives to have ever emerged from the Free State, championing the critical space of community art development and doing more where less has been done in the creative arts space.
"It is with the greatest amount of gratitude that we would like to thank the National Lotteries Commission for trusting us as LKV to run this year-long program and making it possible for us to host this noble initiative," said Pheko.
Pesa Pheko with one of the young contestants
According to him it is a historic reality that most black townships were not designed to inspire arts, cultural and heritage development, and Botshabelo is no exception.
"It is these harsh realities that lead to the formation of the LKV program, which is housed at the Botshabelo Arts, Culture and Heritage Centre (Bach). Botshabelo is the largest township in the Free State and probably the 2nd or 3rd largest township in the country but sadly it is among the top 5 South African townships with the highest rate of unemployment, crime, gangsterism, and teenage pregnancies.
"With so much talent and potential that is not given an opportunity to be shown to the larger and broader audience, the need for a community arts centre is on a high demand," said Pheko.
He is of the opinion that the Free State is well-endowed with artistic creativity and talent that has shown itself through major provincial platforms such as Pacofs and Macufe.
"The province has in the past contributed its share to the mainstream theatre, television and film industries in the country through notable names, some of whom have become household names in the country," concluded Pheko.
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ADHD is common, occurring in 3-5% of school-aged children. The majority of children continue to experience ADHD symptoms into teenage years and adulthood.
ADHD is often mistakenly presumed to be a 'modern phenomenon'. The medical literature, however, has descriptions of ADHD symptoms dating back to the early 20th century.
Children with ADHD experience a variety of difficulties which are related to three cardinal symptoms: hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity. The commonest type of ADHD is a combination of all three symptom areas. Less commonly attentional problems occur in isolation. These core symptoms may impact the academic performance and social development of the child significantly and have adverse effects on family life. As with almost all diagnoses, there is a spectrum of severity with some children experiencing mild functional challenges and others struggling more profoundly. ADHD is common, occurring in 3-5% of school-aged children. The majority of children continue to experience ADHD symptoms into teenage years and adulthood.
ADHD is often mistakenly presumed to be a 'modern phenomenon'. The medical literature, however, has descriptions of ADHD symptoms dating back to the early 20th century. Even the 'father of medicine', Hippocrates, described patients who had 'quickened responses to sensory experiences … because the soul moves on quickly to the next impression.' In 1902 the core symptoms we now recognise as ADHD were called 'Morbid Defect of Moral Control' followed by 'Encephalitic Brain Disorders' in 1922. Nowadays these same group of symptoms are labelled as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and are acknowledged to have a neurobiological basis.
ADHD is more common in boys having a male to female ratio of 4:1. As one of the most prevalent disorders of childhood, ADHD is the single most frequent reason for attendance at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Ireland. Rates of ADHD are constant across different socioeconomic groups and are not influenced by factors such as urban or rural upbringing. Prevalence studies which have reviewed occurrence of ADHD across the globe have demonstrated that the incidence of core ADHD symptoms are remarkably consistent despite stark cultural differences. It is the rate of diagnosis and treatment which vary hugely. In Ireland, for example, ADHD remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.
There is no single cause of ADHD: research has shown there is a combination of causal factors and a very strong genetic basis to the disorder. One of the ways this has been determined is by the use of 'twin studies' which assess rates of ADHD in identical twins (who share 100% of their genetic material) and non-identical twins (who share 50%).This approach has shown that where one identical twin has the disorder, the other has an 80% risk whereas in non-identical twins the rate is approximately 20%. This finding disproves the myth that 'bad parenting' causes ADHD.
The behavioural and cognitive symptoms of ADHD are now understood to be related to dopamine, a chemical in the brain. When humans concentrate, dopamine is released which creates a nerve signal. This signal decreases 'background noise' and helps a person to focus. It is thought that children with ADHD are born with a relative deficiency of dopamine which in turn does not exert its full effect. The consequence of this is an increase in 'background noise' diminishing ability to focus and pay attention.
Neuroimaging studies of children with the disorder show that there are differences in their brains. Certain brain areas have been found to be overactive and others underactive. It is thought that deficits in communication between brain areas may be at fault. Distractibility may be linked to inadequate suppression of specific brain activity.
Typically the signs and symptoms of the disorder will be different depending on the child's age. Symptoms will also differ depending on the setting such as school or home. Children with obviously high levels of hyperactivity in school and home are readily apparent, although ADHD may not be considered as a cause with the child seen as simply 'bold'. In contrast, children with more prominent inattentive symptoms may go under the radar and again ADHD is often not considered as a basis for underachievement with the child being seen as 'lazy' and consequently told to 'make more effort'.
In pre-school children and children in the infant cycle of primary school, the most noticeable sign is often very excessive movement with an inability to sustain play or remain focused on the task in hand. It is very important that activity levels are judged in line with the child's developmental stage.
Manifestations of ADHD in older school children include being disruptive in class, being slow to start, finish and complete work and frequently making careless errors. Consequently academic potential is often unrecognised and unfulfilled. For example, a child with an above average IQ may appear to be average based on their school performance. Many children with ADHD take on the persona of the 'class clown'.
At home, the child may be very restless, disorganised, forgetful and require constant redirection. Frustration tolerance is reduced and can lead to disproportionate responses. Homework is a particular battle-ground for the ADHD child; parents will habitually describe how the child's reaction to homework will frequently dictate the emotional tone in the family for the remainder of the evening.
Socially, children with ADHD often struggle. They are noticed to be good at making friends but are less successful at sustaining companionship. When children are younger this may not be apparent as it may simply consist of running around the yard together. As the child grows older and subtleties of friendship increase, peers may become less tolerant of impulsivity, over-talkativeness and troublesome behaviour.
The teenage years may be particularly challenging as impulsive behaviour can pose significant risks and can lead to poor decision making. Substance Abuse and cigarette smoking are more common in teenagers with untreated ADHD. There is also a higher reported incidence of unplanned pregnancies and road traffic accidents.
The diagnosis of ADHD is based on clinical history and will typically include standardised questionnaires and information from the class teacher. The treatment recommendations will be based on the particular manifestations of ADHD the child displays.
Educational supports are very valuable. There is a range of approaches that can modify the level of impairment associated with the child's ADHD in school. Very simple measures such as where the child is seated, for instance, can help in maintaining attentiveness. Children often benefit from 1:1 teaching and the Department of Education Guidelines provide for 2.5 resource hours/week for children with the disorder. All children with ADHD are also entitled to an Individual Educational Plan (IEP).
The transition to secondary school with its increased organisational demands (time-tables, lockers, moving classrooms, books, more intensive workload) can be particularly problematic. Indeed many children who have successfully managed primary school without ADHD affecting their functioning, may only present as having noticeable symptoms in the secondary school context. Some secondary schools run transition days/weeks to help prepare incoming 1st year students for the challenges they face. Students taking state exams are also entitled to accommodations and Leaving Certificate students are entitled to apply for the DARE Scheme (Disability Access Route to Education) with their CAO application. This offers a number of benefits including the opportunity to access university courses on lower points.
Many children and parents find Occupational Therapy strategies useful in managing ADHD symptoms. This approach promotes organisation skills and minimises sensory overstimulation. Children often find that the use of designated 'fidget tools' and other practical resources such as specially designed seating help to regulate activity and promote attention.
Because children with ADHD can be challenging, parenting courses are highly recommended. The Incredible Years and Parents Plus Courses which are run in a variety of settings nationwide have proved very popular and helpful.
Medication has been shown to be a highly effective treatment for the core symptoms of ADHD. Many myths exist in relation to ADHD medication despite the fact that it is the most thoroughly researched paediatric medicine. Medication targets symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and allows the child's natural abilities to become more apparent. In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the essential fatty acids found in fish oils. To date there is insufficient research evidence to prove effectiveness but anecdotally parents do report positive effects on behaviour and attention.
ADHD cannot be prevented. However, treating ADHD is not just important in reducing symptoms, it is crucial to prevent the secondary consequences of the disorder. Many children with ADHD can develop low self-esteem in the context of their day-to-day life experience of 'always doing something wrong and being in trouble' whether at school or home. Anxiety disorders and depression occur much more frequently in children and teenagers with ADHD, which may reflect the chronic effect of stress and negativity which all too frequently go hand in hand with the child's daily life. It is very common that teenagers referred for treatment of anxiety and/or depression have an underlying undiagnosed ADHD.
Early detection and treatment of ADHD, just like other conditions, is the cornerstone of successful treatment. The effect of this cannot be underestimated as it gives children with ADHD a chance to fulfil their true potential.
Putting on the Brakes by Patricia Quinn & Judith Stern (for ages 8-12).
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention – A Book for Kids about ADD by Kathleen G. Nadeau & Ellen B. Dixon.
Dr. Blánaid Gavin is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.


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Jordan Henderson praised after Liverpool win the Champions League
Jordan Henderson is a European Cup-winning captain.
A model professional, a serious athlete, a dog. He has a desire to improve more than most, a relentless attitude to win and keep winning but even he looked like he couldn't believe what happened in Madrid.
He's been with Liverpool for eight years now and, whilst he's had doubt over his future way in the past, he's now part of the club's history forever.
Emyln Hughes, Phil Thompson, Graeme Souness, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson.
Niall Quinn saw the Englishman come through the Sunderland academy when he was there as a player and he watched him develop into a £20m midfielder when he was chairman of the club but he didn't see the day that Henderson would be in front of the best team in Europe, lifting the Champions League trophy above his head.
Quinn was full of praise for the Liverpool captain after the game for getting to the position he got himself to and said that if anyone was looking for a good influence, they needn't look any further.
Is Sergio Aguero the Premier League's best ever striker?
"He comes from a great family and he believes in hard work," Quinn said.
"He's an example I would give to any young footballer.
"He was totally committed to improving himself, to becoming a better player and Roy Keane was always very good to him, encouraging him.
"He was way down the pecking order in the academy but he's a man who's always striving for more and he has a great attitude and great man to have around the place."
And former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness spoke of his admiration for the 28-year-old warrior.
"Someone who's just made himself a really good player. Someone who works and works and works at his game. Someone you want with you in the trenches."
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Jordan Henderson.
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Dit artikel beschrijft de prestaties van de Franse voetbalclub Paris Saint-Germain in het seizoen 2000–2001.

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Een overzicht van de competities waaraan Paris Saint-Germain in het seizoen 2000–2001 deelnam.

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Shirtsponsor(s): Opel
Sportmerk: Nike

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Physical examination and in vivo kinematics in two posterior cruciate ligament retaining total knee arthroplasty designs.
Title: Physical examination and in vivo kinematics in two posterior cruciate ligament retaining total knee arthroplasty designs.
Author(s): Ploegmakers, M.J.M. ; Ginsel, B.; Meijerink, H.J. ; Rooy, J.W.J. de ; Waal Malefijt, M.C. de ; Verdonschot, N.J.J. ; Banks, S.A.
The aim of this study was to investigate anteroposterior instability in the CKS and the PFC total knee arthroplasty (TKA) designs. Physical examinations, including VAS, IKS and WOMAC were performed in combination with a detailed fluoroscopic measurement technique for three-dimensional kinematic assessment of TKA design function. Anteroposterior instability rated with the IKS was not significantly different (p=0.34), but patients with a CKS design showed more limitations according to the WOMAC joint stiffness total score, and for items regarding higher flexion activities in the WOMAC score for knee disability. Kinematic analyses showed that the CKS design tended to have more anterior sliding of the femur on the tibia during mid- and deep flexion activities. The sliding distance was larger at the medial than at the lateral side. This phenomenon has also been described for posterior cruciate ligament deficient knees. Furthermore, the CKS design showed a significantly lower range of tibial rotation (p<0.05) from maximum extension to maximum flexion during deep knee bend activities. Kinematic differences can be ascribed to posterior cruciate ligament deficiency/laxity or differences in TKA designs.


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American priest who arrived with MacArthur at end of World War II dies
Maryknoll Fr. James Jay Timothy Thomas Patrick Paul Ferry is pictured in this Feb. 3, 2020 file photo. CBCP NEWS
By LICAS News
Maryknoll priest James Jay Timothy Thomas Patrick Paul Ferry, vicar for the religious of the Archdiocese of Manila, died on May 28, 2021, due to pneumonia. He was 95 years old.
Father Ferry first came to the Philippines with the legendary American general, Douglas MacArthur, at the end of the Second World War.
The future priest first served as a corpsman of the US Navy during the Second World War before becoming a surgical nurse.
Every time he was asked about his sea voyage with MacArthur, the priest would say it was "MacArthur who came with me. He boarded my ship."
He joined the Maryknoll after going back to the United States in 1946. He came back in 1956 when he was already a priest.
"Father Ferry always went out of his way to serve the Lord," said Bishop Broderick Pabillo, apostolic administrator of Manila, during the requiem Mass for the late priest.
"He was a dedicated servant of God," said Bishop Pabillo.
"Father Jim," as he was fondly called, spent more than 50 years of his life in the Philippines, teaching in seminaries and doing pastoral work in various communities.
On Feb. 23, 2002, Pope John Paul II conferred on him the "Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice."
The American priest was born on June 7, 1925, in New York.
His first pastoral assignment in the Philippines was in Paete, Laguna, before he was sent to Mindanao where he spent 30 years in Tagum, Lupon, Baganga, Bato-Bato and Davao.
"Those had been wonderful years of mission work," the priest would say.
He served as regional superior of the Maryknoll in the Philippines and taught at the Regional Major Seminary in Davao.
In 1989, he came back to Manila, and in 1996, he was named Episcopal Vicar for Religious in the Archdiocese of Manila by the late Cardinal Jaime Sin.
He then taught Sacraments, Liturgy, and Homiletics at San Carlos Seminary, the Holy Apostles Senior Seminary, and Maryhill School of Theology.
"We are fortunate in the Archdiocese of Manila that Father Ferry has been active up to the last moment of his life," said Bishop Pabillo.
Father Ferry was laid to rest at the tombs of the Religious of the Virgin Mary congregation in Marikina City.
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import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;

import alien4cloud.common.AlienConstants;
import alien4cloud.deployment.matching.services.nodes.MatchingConfigurations;
import alien4cloud.deployment.matching.services.nodes.MatchingConfigurationsParser;
import alien4cloud.model.deployment.matching.MatchingConfiguration;
import alien4cloud.model.orchestrators.locations.LocationResourceTemplate;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.locations.services.LocationResourceGeneratorService;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.locations.services.LocationResourceGeneratorService.ComputeContext;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.locations.services.LocationResourceGeneratorService.ImageFlavorContext;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.plugin.ILocationConfiguratorPlugin;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.plugin.ILocationResourceAccessor;
import alien4cloud.orchestrators.plugin.model.PluginArchive;
import alien4cloud.paas.exception.PluginParseException;
import alien4cloud.plugin.model.ManagedPlugin;
import alien4cloud.tosca.model.ArchiveRoot;
import alien4cloud.tosca.parser.ParsingException;
import alien4cloud.tosca.parser.ParsingResult;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

/**
 * Configure resources for the openstack location type.
 */
@Slf4j
@Component
@Scope("prototype")
public class MockOpenStackLocationConfigurer implements ILocationConfiguratorPlugin {
    @Inject
    private ArchiveParser archiveParser;
    @Inject
    private MatchingConfigurationsParser matchingConfigurationsParser;
    @Inject
    private ManagedPlugin selfContext;
    @Inject
    private LocationResourceGeneratorService resourceGeneratorService;

    private List<PluginArchive> archives;

    private static final String IMAGE_ID_PROP = "imageId";
    private static final String FLAVOR_ID_PROP = "flavorId";

    @Override
    public List<PluginArchive> pluginArchives() throws PluginParseException {
        if (archives == null) {
            try {
                archives = parseArchives();
            } catch (ParsingException e) {
                log.error(e.getMessage());
                throw new PluginParseException(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
        return archives;
    }

    private List<PluginArchive> parseArchives() throws ParsingException {
        List<PluginArchive> archives = Lists.newArrayList();
        addToAchive(archives, "openstack/mock-openstack-resources");
        addToAchive(archives, "openstack/mock-resources");
        return archives;
    }

    private void addToAchive(List<PluginArchive> archives, String path) throws ParsingException {
        Path archivePath = selfContext.getPluginPath().resolve(path);
        // Parse the archives
        ParsingResult<ArchiveRoot> result = archiveParser.parseDir(archivePath, AlienConstants.GLOBAL_WORKSPACE_ID);
        PluginArchive pluginArchive = new PluginArchive(result.getResult(), archivePath);
        archives.add(pluginArchive);
    }

    @Override
    public List<String> getResourcesTypes() {
        return Lists.newArrayList("alien.nodes.mock.openstack.Image", "alien.nodes.mock.openstack.Flavor", "alien.nodes.mock.Compute",
                "alien.nodes.mock.BlockStorage", "alien.nodes.mock.Network");
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, MatchingConfiguration> getMatchingConfigurations() {
        Path matchingConfigPath = selfContext.getPluginPath().resolve("openstack/mock-resources-matching-config.yml");
        MatchingConfigurations matchingConfigurations = null;
        try {
            matchingConfigurations = matchingConfigurationsParser.parseFile(matchingConfigPath).getResult();
        } catch (ParsingException e) {
            return Maps.newHashMap();
        }
        return matchingConfigurations.getMatchingConfigurations();
    }

    @Override
    public List<LocationResourceTemplate> instances(ILocationResourceAccessor resourceAccessor) {
        ImageFlavorContext imageContext = resourceGeneratorService.buildContext("alien.nodes.mock.openstack.Image", "id", resourceAccessor);
        ImageFlavorContext flavorContext = resourceGeneratorService.buildContext("alien.nodes.mock.openstack.Flavor", "id", resourceAccessor);
        boolean canProceed = true;
        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(imageContext.getTemplates())) {
            log.warn("At least one configured image resource is required for the auto-configuration");
            canProceed = false;
        }
        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(flavorContext.getTemplates())) {
            log.warn("At least one configured flavor resource is required for the auto-configuration");
            canProceed = false;
        }
        if (!canProceed) {
            log.warn("Skipping auto configuration");
            return null;
        }
        ComputeContext computeContext = resourceGeneratorService.buildComputeContext("alien.nodes.mock.Compute", null, IMAGE_ID_PROP, FLAVOR_ID_PROP,
                resourceAccessor);

        return resourceGeneratorService.generateComputeFromImageAndFlavor(imageContext, flavorContext, computeContext, resourceAccessor);
    }
}

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Dr. Rahul Choudaha, Principal Coach, Co-founder, and CEO, brings over a decade of experience as an international educator. Choudaha researches, speaks, writes, and consults on international student trends. He is a regular contributor to Huffington Post and University World News. He has chaired or presented over 100 sessions at professional conferences and has been quoted in global media including the BBC, Time, NPR and The Wall Street Journal. Choudaha received the Tony Adams Award for Excellence from the European Association of International Education in recognition of his research on international student segments. He was also the principal investigator of the NAFSA's national research report on improving international student experiences.
As an adjunct faculty, he has taught graduate courses in International Higher Education at New York University and Baruch College. He served as the Chair of International Education Leadership Knowledge Community at NAFSA, a membership organization of 10,000 international educators. Choudaha is also a member of the Board of Directors of InterExchange, a nonprofit organization promoting cross-cultural awareness through exchange programs.
After gaining a bachelor's degree in engineering and master's in business from India, he came to the U.S. to pursue a doctorate in higher education at the University of Denver. He graduated during one of the most severe economic recession in the American history. However, he still succeeded in receiving a job offer from World Education Services (WES) in New York, where he worked for over seven years. As the Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Director of Strategic Development, he raised organization profile, built research capabilities, deepened institutional relationships and launched innovative services.


Your enemys tanks will destroy everything in their way. Their ultimate goal is to destroy your base. There is no time to ask your allies for help. You have to manage everything on your own so start building various bunkers and hangars by the road. Organize an effective defense and make the strategically important road necessary for the enemy tanks. There is a tank shell that you place along the route of the enemy army. Use the aircraft in an emergency. Procuring new modern weapons and equipment to counter the growing power of the enemy. Remember that winning the war is not strong and smart general. Create new soldiers and military vehicles and eventually you can launch airstrikes.


problems with the COLT45 thread, images will not display (upload).
knows who she is, and could then be moved to a more proper place?
it helps makes the thread less cluttered. Thanks!
these two pics are not Elisabeth Volkmann. The first one shows Birgit Bergen (and Achim Neumann), the second one Elke Boltenhagen (and Karl-Heinz Otto). Probably auction-sourced images: many sellers advertise promotional material for films with the name of an actress that appeared in the film, regardless whether she shows on the image itself.


Yohander Mendez of the Frisco RoughRiders and Collin Wiles of the Frisco RoughRiders were selected the Texas League Co-Pitchers of the Week for the span of May 29, 2017 through June 4, 2017. The rare duo selection came after both pitched a shutout against Arkansas in their respective ends of the double header on June 6, 2017.
For the week Mendez was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 1 BB and 5 K. The win was in a 7-0 victory over Arkansas. This season the LHP is 3-3, 3.52 ERA, 53 K, 1.06 WHIP, .196 BAA in 69.0 IP over 11 GS. Frisco is the Double A team of the Texas Rangers. He originally signed with the Rangers in 2011 as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela. Mendez turned 22 on January 17.
For the week Wiles was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 1 BB and 2 K. The win was in a 2-0 victory over Arkansas. This season the RHP is 5-2, 3.15 ERA, 49 K, 1.23 WHIP, .277 BAA in 65.2 IP over 12 games with 11 GS. He was originally drafted by the Rangers with the 53rd pick in the supplemental first round in 2012. Wiles turned 23 on May 30.


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Hello. I have an old dell inspiron 560 that has a pentium dual core e5500 and 4gb of RAM. I've tried using Juns loader v1.02b and it sticks at booting kernel and nothing happens and cannot find it on find.synology. I've tried using xpenoboot 5.2 with 5.2 builds but it installs and then reboots to the drive and i get grub rescue and get error: no such partition.
I've installed 5.2 on a friends old dell (not your model though) so there is a good chance it should work.
Id suggest deleting all the partitions on the drive, check the sata mode and try ide/ahci (if in the bios), check the boot order, disable booting from anything except the usb.
Also disable any unnecessary devices, like the sound card, ports etc.


Patients in England who have prostate cancer will now be given early access to a drug that can delay the need for chemotherapy.
Abiraterone has now been deemed affordable by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Previously, they had said the treatment wasn't cost effective for the NHS until prostate cancer reaches an advanced stage.
Also known as Zytiga, abiraterone is a hormone therapy. Where chemotherapy kills cancerous cells, this therapy prevents more testosterone from reaching the prostate gland, therefore stifling the tumour.
The drug is already used after chemotherapy as an end-of-life treatment because it allows patients to have a few additional months.
Although patients in Scotland had access to the abiraterone during earlier stages of prostate cancer, NICE previously said they couldn't justify giving it to patients who didn't have more advanced stages of the disease.
Now, NICE have said that new evidence from the drug's manufacturer means it can be made available to patients with spreading prostate cancer who have mild symptoms and have not experienced a response to androgen deprivation therapy, but have yet to be offered chemotherapy.
At present, the drug costs £3,000 a month, but manufacturer Janssen has agreed to a lower price. NHS Englland will now pay £2,300 for a month's supply of tablets. The NHS will pay for the first 10 months under the agreed discount and for those who remain on the treatment for longer than this time period, Janssen will rebate the cost of abiraterone from the 11th month until the treatment ends.
NICE's Professor Carole Longson said this is good news as treatments available for patients at this stage of prostate cancer are limited.
Heather Blake from Prostate Cancer UK said the decision has been long-awaited and puts an end to years of uncertainty for patients and their families.
The NHS in Wales is expected to provide resources and funding for abiraterone within three months of the English guidance being published.


Version 2.5 of the NetGuardian, the remote telemetry unit made popular by its versatility and ability to mediate legacy gear to LAN, has just been released. This latest release brings some new monitoring tools and controls to both the web browser interface and the TTY interface, in addition to some platform enhancements that significantly speed up memory access, boot-up, and NVRAM capacity.
NVRAM capacity of the NetGuardian.
The first new feature that current users will notice is the ability to view communication traffic on each of the data ports from the web interface or the TTY interface. Simply select the desired port and whether you want to view transmit or receive activity for that port, and you can monitor live serial communication, making it much easier to diagnose troublesome communication problems. Different data port types have also been added. The first type is Craft, which gives you the ability to make any port function as the front panel craft port, enabling intelligent connected equipment to "walk" the NetGuardian configuration menus. The next new data port type is called Channel. If you're having a serial communication problem between two devices, the Channel mode becomes a powerful troubleshooting tool. Insert the NetGuardian in the communication path between the two devices and the NetGuardian will channel communication traffic across the two ports. This is transparent to the two devices while allowing you to view exactly what is happening across the communication, therefore isolating the communication problem - no more guess work.
Another useful new feature is alarm point echoing. This allows any alarm point that the NetGuardian monitors, including system alarms, ping alarms, and analog thresholds, to be turned into a relay closure or opening. Each of the eight controls can be set to directly echo the state of another alarm point.
Version 2.5 also adds control over discrete alarm detection time. The de-bounce timer can be set anywhere from 3 to 1000 milliseconds (1 second). Higher settings eliminate detection of transitory alarms while lower ones reveal even the most fleeting alarm conditions.Web interface users will want to take note of the new Base URL feature. This turns each alarm point in the monitoring window into a unique hyperlink, derived from the Base URL. This gives you the powerful ability to link to documents or web pages on your corporate intranet or the Internet. This could be used to give technicians clear, documented troubleshooting procedures to follow, or to link to any information concerning that alarm point.
This new release adds support for an expanded memory card as well. The NVRAM expansion board increases memory capacity eight fold. The first area to take advantage of the new memory is alarm point descriptions. They have been more than doubled to 48 characters, giving you plenty of room for more descriptive alarm point definitions.
The NetGuardian continues to add tools that make it a more valuable and useful network management tool. All of these new features have been developed in conjunction with DPS partners who use them out in the field every day. The NetGuardian itself was created in the same way - not in a sterile development lab, but out in the field where the real-world network management needs are. If you would like to take advantage of the new capabilities in version 2.5, call us today.


Melasma is a common skin condition. Brown patches appear on the cheeks, nose and sometimes over the forehead and upper lip. Melasma is also know as Cholasma, the mask of pregnancy, as it is often more apparent after childbirth. Indeed, this pigmented skin condition is significantly more prevalent in women with up to 90% of the cases involving females, mostly occurring between the 20-40 years of age.
Melasma is due to the overproduction of melanin (skin pigment) that can be triggered off by a number of factors. While about 30% of individuals with melasma may report someone in the family with a similar condition, this is often not the case.
Melasma is diagnosed based on the history, distribution and clinical examination of your skin.
A Wood's lamp is used to examine the distribution and severity of the condition. This serves as a guide to determine how deep the melasma is, and the presence of other pigmented skin conditions, such as freckles and sun spots.
The Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI) can be used to assess the severity and extent of your melasma. This measure of assessment takes into account the area involved, darkness and homogeneity of the areas. The higher the score, the more severe the symptoms. However this remains a subjective assessment tool, and serial clinical photography remains a practical way to assess response to treatment.
Of course, while we have tools to assess the physical symptoms, we must not underestimate the psychological impact of the skin condition. Often in Asian cultures, individuals may feel self conscious, embarrassed and feel the condition to be 'unsightly'.
How can I reduce my Melasma?
Although Melasma is considered a chronic pigmentary skin condition, there are steps that you can take to reduce the worsening of your symptoms.
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The first line treatment of Melasma involves using a triple combination of products, which contains Hydroquinone, Tretinoin and a steroid. Hydroquinone is a skin lightening agent that reduces melanin synthesis by inhibiting the enzyme involved in the process. The tretinoin (a retinoid, or Vitamin A based cream) enhances melanin elimination by increasing cell turnover and reducing melanocytic activity. The steroid cream, which is mild in potency aims to reduce the skin irritation caused by the former two products, and further reduces pigmentation. This triple combination regime is reported to improve Melasma symptoms in 60-80% of individuals treated, and visible improvement is noticeable at 8 weeks. At APAX Medical & Aesthetics Clinic, we specially compound our products that is customised to your skin type.
Alternative melasma treatment options include chemical peels, dermabrasion and lasers. Low energy Q-Switched lasers for pigmentation removal have shown to be effective for melasma individuals, with less side effects and lesser downtime compared to ablative lasers such as CO2 laser. This method of melasma treatment is able to damage the pigment producing cells and cause dispersion of the melanin.
Every individual is unique in the distribution and severity of the melasma. A customised and holistic approach will lead to better results in this challenging skin condition.


Native Instruments today announced that it will no longer maintain a booth presence at industry tradeshows like the NAMM Show, Musikmesse or AES in the future. The company has decided to instead prioritize online communication channels to engage with customers directly and to allocate budgets accordingly.
"Times are changing and we have seen tradeshows become increasingly less relevant for our industry," says Pablo La Rosa, international marketing director at Native Instruments. "By focusing our efforts in online communication and direct-to-customer events, we reach out to today's musicians and producers in a way that we believe is more efficient for us and more engaging for them."
Find out more information about Native Instruments.


I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University, where my research and teaching focus on international security, US foreign policy, and International Relations theory.
I received my PhD in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was also a graduate fellow of the Clements Center for National Security, and hold additional degrees from SOAS, University of London and the University of Edinburgh. Before moving to Fort Collins, I spent an enjoyable year teaching at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
My scholarly work has appeared in the journals African Affairs, Anthropology Today, Asian Security, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Environmental Policy and Law, International Affairs, International Journal, International Political Sociology, International Politics, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Marine Policy, National Interest, Political Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Review of International Studies.
I occasionally write commentary and analysis on foreign affairs, US politics, and British politics. I've written over 85 blogs and features for the National Interest, one of America's leading international affairs magazines. I am an adviser at Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Washington, DC, and, along with my colleague Tom Le at Pomona College, currently serve as newsletter editor for the International History and Politics section of the American Political Science Association.


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Q: why ADLs are used for chip design but not for board design? I understand why ADLs are used for chip design. But I couldn't see any reason why ADLs are not good for board design.
This question was asked in my exam last week?
Can anyone explain?
Edit: ADL stands for Architecture Description Language

A: I've never heard the ADL term before, but assuming ADL is a broader term for HDL (Hardware Description Lanaguage) I'll give it a go. Boards are a collection of interconnected circuits, and a schematic describes these circuits in the abstract.
Schematics, however, don't specify a number of important details that deal with the physics and mechanics of how those circuits work in the real world, and that's what the task of Layout addresses. That is to say "electrically connected" doesn't suffice for many circuits / nets. It would be very difficult to categorically express relationships like "capacitor C1 needs to be placed close to pin 13 of IC4" or "route these signals as a 100-ohm differential pair with respect to the board stack up" for example, in a sufficiently precise but not overly rigid syntax, let alone how to express relax-ability and priority of those expressed constraints.
Perhaps schematic entry could be supplanted by HDL someday, but good, tried and true workflows exist already with modern EDA/CAD tools for board design, so the gains would have to be substantial and demonstrable for there to be a paradigm shift.
Probably the reason HDLs are the way things are done in FPGAs, for example, is because the domain is sufficiently constrained that most anything you'd want to do is expressible in a formal language. It would be cumbersome to have to draw all your logic circuits when RTL is a more 'natural' way to express it (but schematic entry used to be part of FPGA design too, and honestly I still think you should draw logic out anyway before converting it to HDL, but I digress). With analog elements involved, though, your ability to adequately constrain the problem space is a big problem. I hate to say it, but there's a lot of "art" involved in board level integration. Just my two cents.

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Press Release February 23, 2021
Karachi To Get Its First Technology Park Soon
HomePress ReleaseKarachi To Get Its First Technology Park Soon
22/2/2021|PressRelease|Propakistani
TPL Properties Limited has revealed its plan to establish a state-of-the-art technology park in Sindh.
The park is aimed at boosting the IT sector through the company's planned project to provide high-end technological facilities to local software houses and companies. It will be the first technology park in Sindh to be set up in the commercial hub of Karachi.
According to the official notification to the PSX, the company has acquired 10,002 square yards of land at its wholly-owned subsidiary at G-18 (private) in the Korangi Industrial Area. The IT park is likely to be completed within two years, which is inclusive of the planning and designing phases.
The company's management aims to provide a high-tech platform and infrastructure to IT companies and software houses to boost their productivity via a conducive environment and available facilities.
A large number of IT parks have been developed over the last 10 to 15 years in India and the Philippines to promote their IT sectors, which has resulted in robust growths in the productivity and exports of the sectors. Pakistan also needs to set up IT parks in its major cities to achieve the desired growth in this segment. A special technological zone was recently set up in Islamabad to promote Pakistan's IT sector. The incumbent government is working aggressively to promote the IT industry and services while targeting the demands of both the local and international markets.
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Harvard Study Examines Health Access, Medicaid in Three States
Under the Affordable Care Act, more Americans than ever before gained health care coverage through Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion became optional in 2012. Thirty-three states have opted to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income and uninsured adults. Kansas remains one of 17 states that have not expanded Medicaid.
To examine health outcomes of low-income Kansans and review the potential impact of expanding Medicaid in the state, the REACH Foundation partnered with researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with support from the Commonwealth Fund. The researchers conducted a telephone survey of 1,000 low-income non-elderly adults in Kansas and compared the findings with data on low-income adults in Ohio and Indiana, both of which expanded Medicaid. The study found that low-income adults in Kansas, which has not expanded Medicaid, are uninsured at higher rates and have worse access to health care than their peers in the two comparison states. Among the specific findings:
Twenty percent of low-income adults in Kansas are uninsured — well above that of Indiana (14 percent) and Ohio (15 percent). Kansas's coverage rate lags Indiana and Ohio even after accounting for demographic differences.
Compared to Indiana and Ohio, low-income Kansans report worse quality of care, more frequent delays in care due to cost, and greater difficulty affording medical bills.
Results show that policy approaches used by some states, such as work requirements, would have little impact on employment in Kansas because the majority of adults with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level are already working or are disabled.
The survey found that only 11 percent of low-income Kansans reported they were not working but would be more likely to seek employment if Medicaid work requirements were implemented.
The authors of the study, led by Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, produced an issue brief that outlines these findings and the potential implications for Kansas.
The Kansas research was part of a larger study of all three states, including an examination of Ohio's more standard approach to Medicaid expansion and Indiana's implementation of POWER health savings accounts via a Section 1115 waiver. The study found that states' current experimental approaches to Medicaid eligibility—including requirements to pay premiums, contribute to health savings accounts, or to work—may lead to unintended consequences for patient coverage and access, such as confusing beneficiaries or dissuading some people from enrolling. A review of the effects of these approaches was published in a June 20, 2018, journal article in Health Affairs.
Ohio had significantly higher rates of Medicaid coverage compared to Kansas (53% vs. 36%) as well as lower uninsured rates (15% vs. 20%). But there was no significant difference between Ohio and Indiana, the two expansion states.
The rate of delayed care due to costs were higher in Kansas and Indiana than in Ohio.
Among enrollees in Indiana, 39 percent said they had not heard of the state's POWER health savings accounts, 26 percent had heard of them but were not consistently making required payments, and 36 percent were making regular payments. The most common reason for nonpayment into the POWER accounts was affordability (31%).
Among those familiar with POWER accounts, 57 percent agreed or strongly agreed that their account "helps me think about the health services I really need." Meanwhile, 40 percent agreed or strongly agreed that the accounts were hard to understand or made it difficult to obtain necessary care.
In Kansas, work requirements would affect only a small share of the potential population. Of those with Medicaid or without coverage (and presumably eligible under expansion), 49 percent were working and 34 percent had a disability that kept them from working. Eleven percent were not working and said they would be more likely to look for a job if it were required for receiving Medicaid.
Read the Commonwealth Fund article
Read the Abstract
Read the Kansas Issue Brief
Download the State of Kansas Medicaid Slides
Study Contact: Benjamin D. Sommers, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health


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Edinburgh Trams Will Stop at Haymarket
The Edinburgh tram line will now only go from Edinburgh Airport to Haymarket after Labour and Conservative Councillors today voted to rescind an earlier decision to continue the line to St Andrew Square.
Edinburgh City Council Report: How We'll Pay For the Trams
Following the 30th June decision to press ahead with building a curtailed tramline to St Andrew Square, and yesterday's announcement that private company Turner &
Less Than A Quarter of Electorate Vote in Edinburgh By-election
Less than a quarter of the electorate turned out for yesterday's City Centre ward by-election. The seat was narrowly held by the SNP party candidate Alasdair Rankin.
Whither Now For the Forest?
Freewheeling arts collective The Forest have put out a strongly worded press release expressing how "stunned" they are at the decision to remove them from their venue at the end of the run of the Fringe.
How's Your Festival Going?
We're around about the half-way mark of the Edinburgh Fringe (if you include preview dates), and I thought it would be a good time to take stock of how this year's Festival is going.
International Festival Announces £8 Ticket Deals
Yesterday being 8th August, or 8/8, the Edinburgh International Festival press office released a cute press release announcing £8 ticket deals for under-26 year olds. Sounds like excellent value, if you qualify (proof of age required).
Pleasance Boss Unveils Plans Ahead
It was the Pleasance's turn to launch their programme yesterday (Saturday). Walking to the launch in Pleasance Grand theatre you get a real sense of just what an expansive complex the Pleasance Courtyard venue has turned into.
Over a quarter century of the charity piling back all its profits into its operation means that there are now theatres and bars everywhere at Pleasance Courtyard.
Fringe Previews: C Venues, Gilded Balloon, Bedlam Theatre
Day one of the Fringe: it's been a warm, bright day in Edinburgh today.
Fringe 2011: Just the Tonic and Underbelly Mix It Up
Fringe minus 1. It's late, and a few hours from now more venues start rolling out their preview shows: Thursday sees previews from C Venues, the Bedlam, Zoo, and the Gilded Balloon to name a few. So I should be in bed.
Tour De Edinburgh Fringe Venues Around Midnight
It has begun. The Edinburgh Fringe is upon us. Officially the Fringe doesn't kick off until the 5th August, but there is already a multitude of preview shows on at Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Pleasance, C Venues, Assembly George Square, to name a few of the venues.
George Square's Triple-tented Nostalgia Trip
With the sun still with us it seemed like an opportune time to investigate the recently erected tented village at George Square.
Half Price Tattoo Preview Tickets On Sale Monday
Half-price preview tickets for the hugly popular Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle go on sale tomorrow morning (10am, Monday, 25th July). The preview performance is on the 4th August at 9.30pm.
Crowds Descend on Grassmarket For Jazz Fest Mardi Gras
The crowds were out for the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Mardi Gras in the Grassmarket today. After weeks of overcast, wet weather, and the recent deluge that, in Morningside, saw flash floods washing cars down the road and pedestrians wading waist-deep up the street, the festival organisers must have breathed a collective sigh of relief that the event was not another wash-out.
Rough Gem, Castlehill Garden Open Late July and August
One of the side-effects of this unusually dreich Edinburgh Summer, is that there have been fewer people meandering around Edinburgh's parks. Take Castlehill garden: I was walking in this rough, unkempt hillscape, smack in the middle of the city under Edinburgh Castle, a couple of evenings ago. The only sign of life, apart from the distant hum of buses on Princes Street, were a few rabbits munching in the undergrowth.
Where are Edinburgh's Cross Pedestrians?
In spite of its hills, Edinburgh's compact size lends itself nicely to the pedestrian. Anyone of moderate fitness can walk from one place to another quite easily within Edinburgh's New Town and Old Town and a little more energetic stretch of the legs will transport you beyond the centre to outlying Edinburgh areas such as Leith, Murrayfield, Stockbridge, and Newington.
Edinburgh Trams Turn A Corner
The end of the road is still some way off, but after several hours of debate late into the evening on Thursday, at 11.15pm the Edinburgh Trams turned a corner. The Liberal Democrat dominated Edinburgh City Council voted to continue building the Edinburgh tramline into Edinburgh City Centre.
Three Edinburgh Trams Options, One Square.
With Edinburgh City Council's crunch vote on the future of the trams due on Thursday 30th June we should at least agree on the name of the destination. Of the three options, the one recommended by the authors of the Edinburgh Tram Project report, is to build the tram into the City Centre.
Edinburgh Residents Ask First Minister To Be "More Active" On Trams
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I wonder how many parents have submitted a letter to opt a child out of state mandated testing (MCAS2.0)? And in the process of opting-out, were any of those parents called to discuss their choice with the school administrator?
According to the current Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, parents need to have a choice in a child's education. It appears, however, that "choice" has limits.
According to state and federal government, there should be a "choice" of educational setting. School setting is a choice, whether it is public, charter, private, or religious. That's a good choice according to the government. Using federal funds to pay for vouchers? That's the current federal proposal. And our government claims that that kind of choice is also a "good" choice.
However, if you exercise your parental judgement by choosing to opt your child out of long, arduous, standardized tests like MCAS 2.0 or PARCC, then your choice as a parent is questionable. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education really does not want parents to make that choice. Why? Because in assessments, unless a significant number of students participate in those tests, the reported results may become skewed or inaccurate.
E. Participation Rate. Describe how the State is factoring the requirement for 95 percent student participation in assessments into its system of annual meaningful differentiation of schools consistent with the requirements of 34 C.F.R. § 200.15.
A school's summative performance level will be lowered if that school assesses less than 95% of students in the aggregate or for any subgroup that meets a minimum N size of 20.
Broken down to simpler terms, this statement means that if a group of parents decides that MCAS 2.0, the standardized test in Massachusetts, is harmful to their child, the entire school and school district could be penalized. The penalty is to lower a school's rating (Level 1, high to Level 5, low) by one level if less than 95% of students eligible for testing participate.
Here's a mathematical example: A Pre-K through Grade 4 school may have 500 students. The two grades that participate in state testing within that school are Grades 3 and 4. Perhaps there are 100 students in each of these grades (200 total). If the parents of 11 student request that their children be excused from MCAS 2.0, as is their parental right, then according to the regulation, the state will lower the school's level rating by one.
I believe a new feature of the ESSA draft is that participation rates apply to subgroups of students. An example of a subgroup would be a group of students from a given school who are also identified as English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, or Economically Disadvantaged students. Applying the 5% non-participation rate penalty, if there are 25 children identified as Students with Disabilities in Grades 3 and 4, and parents of as few as 2 students choose to opt them out, then the school's level rating could be lowered.
The stakes for building and district administrators to maintain excellent school ratings are quite high, and therein lies the conflict between parental choice and the unfair penalties for participation rates. The feds bully the states, the states in turn bully the districts, and the principals and parents are caught up in a conflict of choosing what is best for students.
Parents should not have their decision as to whether or not to subject their child to standardized MCAS 2.0 testing questioned if opting-out is truly a choice. If too many opt-outs skew the test results, maybe it's time to look at the value of the assessment.


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Bridge of Spies (2015)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Release Date: October 16th, 2015 (US); November 27th, 2015 (UK)
Genre: Biography; Drama; History
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance
Silence dominates the opening moments of Bridge of Spies. Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) is the target, tailed by a swarm of men wearing fedoras. The possible KGB operative remains stony-faced — his dirty nails suggesting foul play — as he retrieves a silver coin which, after much tinkering and magnifying, opens to reveal a tiny folded message. It's the late-1950s and the Cold War is at its peak. The US is feeling the after-effects of the Rosenbergs. McCarthyism is rife. Trials and conspiracies dominate the landscape. Director Steven Spielberg even insists upon showing us the construction of the Berlin Wall and the ensuing chaos in Germany. It's that kind of movie.
Back in the US, a country scarred mentally rather than physically by rising tensions, we meet lawyer James Donovan. Donovan is clearly a smart man, and we don't simply know this because he's being played by Tom Hanks; we also see him outwit a fellow professional during a metaphor-heavy conversation about bowling pins and tornadoes. He has a way with words, and reverberates a diplomacy that wholly fits his occupation. For this reason Donovan ends up defending Abel in court, a job his superior suggests will be straightforward given guilt is unequivocal. Simply put, "It's a patriotic duty". "Everyone will hate me, but at least I'll lose", quips Donovan. It's also that kind of movie.
See, Donovan is a beacon of ethical clarity in a murky world, and that's why we endorse him with so much fondness. He relentlessly holds injustice to account in the name of his client despite the subsequent threat faced by himself and his family. It is right to defend a potentially wrong man, but is it feasible to do so under such conditions? Perhaps not, yet the upstanding advocate defends anyway. On the topic of family, Spielberg's admiration and respect for children once again shines through during a talk between Donovan and his son — the latter, though young, hurdles naivety by understanding war is a possibility, and has intelligently worked out the potential radius of an atom bomb in preparation.
Bridge of Spies isn't a boots-on-the-ground war film though. Rather, it is one that pits apparently important men around tables as they discuss the probability of battle without ever having to actively engage themselves. If anything, events on screen are propelled by a "war of information," and we get lots of just that via high-stakes-cum-low-key rounds of dialogue. Donovan is at the centre of it all and often finds himself in no man's land, devoid of support. He faces a grouchy judge in his quest for fairness, and a grouchy US too: locals stare at him with contempt when they realise he is the one defending the Soviet and Donovan unjustly becomes a rash on the domestic landscape.
That's not how we see it though. Hanks offers more than just A-list reliability; he negotiates political wrinkles and unfair judgement with everyman aplomb. When two Americans face prosecution and trade deals are optioned, Hanks irons out any narrative complications with charm and a coherent tongue. There is nobody better at playing this type of role. On the opposing side, Mark Rylance affords Abel true mystery. The uncouth detachment that the infiltrator purveys could just be an act — he is a foreign agent, after all. But there is a constant kindness to Abel's words, embodied by his "standing man" speech that reveals itself to be a masterclass in subtlety, beautifully delivered by Rylance.
A rustic production design blankets the movie in a 50s sheen. People use typewriters, wear grey trench coats, and smoke cigars. Yet there is an unavoidable modern truth at the fore too. "This Russian spy came here to threaten our way of life," barks one particularly cheesed off American lawman, a statement that could easily be reshaped and applied to the climate of cultural blame within which we currently reside. Matt Charman and the Coen brothers' screenwriting examines what borders mean in conjunction with matters of law (and, by proxy, matters of humanity). This forms another sturdy basis from which we can empathise with the characters on screen (Donovan, for instance, believes Abel has the right to a proper trial even though he isn't an American citizen).
Spielberg harks back to Road to Perdition with his use of heavy rainfall, dripping umbrellas, and general murkiness. But also, oddly, bouts of light humour and fleeting courtroom trips recall Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men. The Coen brothers' screenplay inflections are those moments of dry comedy, generously spread throughout to loosen the dramatic belt while still giving room to the film's weighty subject matter. Upon arrival in Germany for tetchy negotiations, Donovan takes up residence in a dingy apartment as his partners, conveniently unable to assist on the ground, are cosied up in the local Hilton hotel.
The gags are a treat, but the imminent possibility of peril seldom retreats. In fact, it grows stronger when we reach East Berlin; a shot from inside a train passing over the Berlin Wall highlights the difference between the fairly controlled west and the decimated east, forming a potential 'before' and 'after' picture for Donovan should he slip up and fuel the war bid. It is not as tense as, say, Sicario, but the threat of war does teeter on a knife edge and you can just about see each sway amongst the chilly mist.
Thomas Newman contributes a beautiful score that inspires and haunts as it reflects the changing landscapes: homely US, arctic Germany. In typical Spielbergian fashion, Newman's score also tugs at our heartstrings, either through its grandiose scope (Saving Private Ryan occasionally springs to mind) or, as is the case towards the film's conclusion, a simple piano melody. It almost goes without saying in 2015 but Spielberg himself is on fine form as he juggles a whole host of characters — Amy Ryan, Jesse Plemons, Sebastian Koch, and many more ably support — and a potentially tricky script with sure-fire handiness.
It's not excessively complex filmmaking, nor is it in any way underfed. There is a clear start point, a clear end point (a lovely one at that), and an admirable confidence in the material. Bridge of Spies is a wonderful, eloquent piece of cinema, delivered by a directorial giant unafraid to promote the practice of principles, and actors who clearly cherish the process. It's the kind of film that makes going to the pictures worthwhile. It's that kind of movie.
Images credit: IMP Awards, Collider
Images copyright (©): Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Author Adam (Consumed by Film)Posted on November 29, 2015 May 30, 2016 Categories 2010-19, ReviewsTags A Few Good Men, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Biography, Coen Brothers, Drama, Film, History, Jesse Plemons, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Movie, Road To Perdition, Saving Private Ryan, Sebastian Koch, Sicario, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Newman, Tom Hanks25 Comments on Bridge of Spies (2015)
Director: David Ayer
Release Date: October 17th, 2014 (US); October 22nd, 2014 (UK)
Genre: Action; Drama; War
Starring: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña
War is a nasty business. Of course, contemplating the nastiness of war isn't a new undertaking, nor is it something that Fury director David Ayer feels compelled to shirk away from. His film is really quite horrendous. We see limbless bodies and bodiless limbs more often than we see rays of sunlight breaking through the clouds of 1945 Nazi Germany. Ayer's intimate tale isn't a fresh concept to the silver screen and it has absolutely been done better before, but there is a lot to admire here.
As World War II nears its conclusion, a Sherman tank troupe commanded by US Army sergeant Don Collier (Brad Pitt) is hurtled into the bloody doldrums of battle in Germany. Fighting through urban wastelands and disfigured countrysides, the 'Fury' group of five must survive via a combination of camaraderie and brute force, all the while depositing innocence at each rotation of their vehicle's caterpillar track.
Ayer localises a grand story and his film is all the better for it. Often, the key to success in the war genre is engaging an audience in the plight of a few whilst also acknowledging the struggle of many. Fury manages this, no doubt aided by a stringently focused narrative that follows a particular group of soldiers. It's their story and we're always in their presence, allowing time (well over two hours of it) for us to empathise with the characters. And while the camera never ventures more than a few feet from at least one of the five, Ayer's induction of a heavy and wearisome tone relentlessly captures the universal toil of war.
These characters don't write the guidelines on positive morality either. In fact, their contribution to the Allied war effort has flurried any goodness purveyed by Collier and his crew. They each have a nickname — fittingly Collier's is Wardaddy. That is not to say the man heralds a thirst for battle, rather it highlights Wardaddy's efficiency in dark turmoil. ("Do as you're told, don't get close to anyone"). Brad Pitt plays him without immediate discernibility, casting doubt not over the sergeant's motives, but over his methods. Ayer's quintessential heroes are nothing of the sort. There are no good guys, only perceived bad guys.
The remainder of the group bear roles that are more clearly defined: Technician Boyd "Bible" Swan is the devoted religious type; Corporal Trini "Gordo" Garcia steers the tank with eccentricity; PFC Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis lacks moderation; and Private Norman Ellison carries the newbie status, a kid lost amongst a conflict in which he shouldn't be fighting. Logan Lerman exudes ordinariness as Norman, reminding us of war's infecting bullet wounds on humanity. Walking Dead alumni Jon Bernthal is also terrific as the gruff Coon-Ass but it's Shia LaBeouf who wows more than any other. Scrubbing the stigma of celebrity from his face and replacing it with rotten dirt, LaBeouf displays a great deal of restraint, his eyes never far from filling with tears fuelled by a scarred mind. It turns out he can act, and act well.
LaBeouf's character is the agent through which Ayer introduces a religious thread, one that doesn't wholly endear itself to the narrative but does contribute towards an emotive punch. These faith-based overtones aren't distracting as they only rear occasionally, and despite manifesting as a tad contrived, they do represent an attempt to manoeuvre proceedings away from any potential muscle bound machoness of battle. Indeed, the film manages to extract a large helping of connectivity from the audience through solemnity, a theme that runs along the piece like one of Nazi Germany's seemingly endless mud trails. This helpless sobriety is first summed up in statement relayed by Jason Isaacs' army Captain ("Why don't they just quit?"), before revealing itself plainly in an extended Inglorious Basterds-esque dining room scene rightly devoid of any Tarantino quirk.
After 90 minutes of gruesome despair, the outing suddenly shifts its gaze in the direction of a more action-packed conclusion. The final act essentially wears the hallmark of a western standoff, trading cowboy hats for leather helmets. Granted in its final half hour Fury still maintains a gritty realism but this divergence in tone might not appease all. Tank jousts do occur before the lengthy concluding sequence, but frequently end in a matter of minutes. These battles are arduous in their execution, just as they should be, and do not glorify the mechanical face of war at all, whereas it could be argued that the long, underdog-ish rallying cry denoted in the final act does invite a semblance of glorification.
Technically, the film is a powerhouse. Cinematographer Roman Vasyanov turns the English countryside (where shooting primarily took place) into a bleak, putrefying Nazi Germany at the end of its tether. Two scenes stand out especially: a beautiful opening shot that patiently stalks a lone horseman as he tramples over smoky ruins and comes face to face with the fragility of tanks, and a dread filled moment nearer the end that involves a collection of simultaneously marching and chanting enemy troops. This uncompromising style meshes wonderfully with Steven Price's score and pinpoint sound editing, and comes as close as any film to achieving the fist-clenching ambience of Saving Private Ryan.
It is certainly not as good as Spielberg's aforementioned masterpiece, but not many outings born from this particular genre are. Fury is a visceral and effective retelling of war at its most desperate and least forgiving. If nothing else, it's an example of high standard utility filmmaking.
Images copyright (©): Columbia Pictures
Author Adam (Consumed by Film)Posted on October 23, 2014 May 30, 2016 Categories 2010-19, ReviewsTags Action, Brad Pitt, David Ayer, Drama, Film, Fury, Inglorious Basterds, Jason Isaacs, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Movie, Review, Saving Private Ryan, Shia LaBeouf, The Walking Dead, War19 Comments on Fury (2014)
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Politichicks posted an article today about socialism. The article was written by Dr. Sarah Condor.
Sarah P. Condor-Fisher, Ph.D., Esq., LL.M. grew up in communist Czechoslovakia. When she was 17, she was apprehended crossing the border, cross-interrogated by the Secret Police (KGB) and jailed. She studied MA in philosophy at University College London, she holds BA and MA in English and Ph.D. in American Literature and Literary Criticism. She is also a practicing California attorney with her own law firm. Dr. Condor-Fisher published over 50 books of non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She is also a former Olympic swimmer, Miss World and Miss USA in natural bodybuilding (INBA).
5) regulated market, thus limited economy and ability of the state (GDP, prosperity) to grow.
…Let me tell you about the "state of equality." Socialism desires equality. Equality consists of a state of equal outcome, where everything is based on the NEED for an equal outcome. If you are a doctor and work twelve hours a day, your salary is the same as that of a shop assistant who works eight hours a day. As a shop assistant once told my mother (a physician who spent seven years of her life working shifts as a nurse while studying medicine at night): "We all have one mouth and two hands, why should you get paid more than I?" Teach that to two generations of people and it will take four generations to alter their (children's children's) thinking – if ever.
In a two party representative government, the danger of democracy turning into a totalitarian regime is much greater than in a multi-party parliamentarian system, where all powers and factions are kept in check by all the other powers and factions. As freedom is indispensable to democracy and it is also "to a faction as air is to fire" (as James Madison says in Federalist 10), we must treat democracy not as a stable system, a huge majestic animal without any natural enemies, but as a fragile, beautiful creature, a gentle lady, who can be swayed and lured, led astray and – violated – by a mob.
That is what socialism is about. Believe me, I have been there before – and I am not going back.
This is the road many of our young people want to take. They have no concept of history or of the values that created America. Our schools and colleges have not taught them what they need to know to become diligent citizens, protecting their nation from the evil that socialism represents. God help us.
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Q: how run code asynchronously in jquery mobile I need prefetch internal page in JQM, when i call
$.mobile.loadPage("#pedido");
this code run in synchronous mode, ui wait for this. Please, How i can run this code in asynchronously mode?
I have api function for create this page, could run the function asynchronously?
Thanks,

A: Personally, I prefer running that synchronously, but if you must you can just try use a simple timeout
setTimeOut(function() {
    $.mobile.loadPage("#pedido");
}, 50);

But I can't imagine why you would want to do this.
I use the pagebeforeshow event in jQM (maybe this example will give you some idea)
    <div data-role="page" id="thePageID">
       ...blablabla...
    </div>

    <script type="text/javascript">
       $('#thePageID').on('pagebeforeshow',
          function(event) {
          /* do your page stuff here */
       });

    </script>

and just use $.mobile.changePage(pageName); so it will call the pagebeforeshow function before anything happens, once pagebeforeshow is completed, then the page will be displayed.