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Safe Blood: The Forgotten Commodity for Maternal, Newborn Health
Dr. Adaeze Oreh
June 12, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Health | Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Blood products are critical, but persistently overlooked in the quest for ending preventable maternal mortality. Dr. Adaeze Oreh addresses the need for the global community to act now to combat these issues.
Introduction from Emma Clark, maternal, newborn, and child health technical director at Chemonics
The upcoming World Blood Donor Day on June 14 presents an important opportunity to highlight how critical, yet persistently overlooked, blood products are in the global quest to end preventable maternal mortality. Globally, postpartum hemorrhage — or excessive bleeding after birth — is the leading cause of maternal death. Although the proper use of quality medications can help prevent and manage postpartum hemorrhage, some women will require blood replacement due the amount lost or to underlying conditions. Because of this, access to blood transfusion is considered an essential component of comprehensive emergency obstetric care. Perhaps no one is more familiar with these issues than Dr. Adaeze Oreh, a White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria board member and senior health policy advisor with Nigeria's Federal Health Ministry. She has spent much of her career working to create blood policies that reduce maternal mortality and reduce the transfer of infections, such as HIV, through unsafe blood transfusions, as well as to improve the distribution of safely screened blood to hard-to-reach areas. As Dr. Oreh lays out so eloquently below, this is an issue that the global health community must seriously address now. In some ways, blood products represent a foray into the new and unknown for commodities projects like the Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management project and groups like the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Maternal Health Supplies Caucus. The commodities community, however, has essential expertise around supply chains, procurement, forecasting, clinical guidelines, and markets that can be applied to blood products to advance access to blood in low- and middle-income countries. Through partnerships like the Maternal Health Supplies Caucus, Chemonics and White Ribbon Alliance — along with many other partners — are working together to highlight need, coordinate activities, and channel expertise to understand and address supply and systems issues to ensure access to blood or blood products for women around the world.
Every minute of every day, a woman somewhere in the world dies during pregnancy or childbirth. Globally, the most common cause of maternal death is bleeding. Without access to life-saving maternal health medicines and supplies, including a safe blood supply to replenish lost blood, a woman — already vulnerable from being pregnant or in labor — can bleed out and die.
For more than 10 years, I have worked in blood services in Nigeria, trying to ensure that life-saving blood from volunteer donors is made available to people who need it, many of whom are pregnant women. My work has often been rewarding: Hundreds of thousands of blood donations made by selfless heroes in my country have saved many lives. In many countries like mine, however, it is still not enough, and so hundreds of women continue to die. Every single day.
According to data reported to the World Health Organization, while voluntary blood donations have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, donors from the African region are lagging. Of the 117.4 million blood donations collected globally, 42 percent of these were collected in high-income countries, home to 16 percent of the world's population, leaving enormous gaps in available blood for a vast majority of the global population who may need it. Women in pregnancy and labor; children suffering from malaria or sickle cell disease; and victims of violence and armed conflict, road accidents, and trauma — these are just a few examples of those who need safe blood to survive. Aside from numerous myths and misconceptions about blood donations, factors such as anemia, poor nutrition, and malaria prevent many potential blood donors from donating in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries. Coupled with the fact that testing equipment is often unavailable in many low-income settings, access to safe blood is a privilege few can afford.
A Scarce Resource in Demand
In Nigeria, for example, less than 5 percent of blood donations are sourced from voluntary donors; the rest are solicited from patients' family, friends, or paid donors. Based on Nigeria's population of nearly 196 million, the World Health Organization recommends a minimum stock of about 2 million screened blood units. Unfortunately, the total blood donations in the country do not amount to half of that. As well, the 2016 United States withdrew foreign assistance for blood transfusion services to countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Lesotho, so the situation becomes dire very quickly. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the urgency for safe blood and other reproductive and maternal health services, disproportionately affecting vulnerable families and marginalized communities.
Even before COVID-19, the need for blood confronted women from around the world. Medicines and supplies, with an emphasis on blood, was the number-three demand from the global What Women Want survey, which asked 1.2 million women about their top priorities for reproductive and maternal health services. In many low-income countries, blood donations are sourced during massive blood drives and donor recruitment campaigns in communities and higher institutions. COVID-19–related lockdowns, school closures, and restrictions on public gatherings, however, have severely limited the reliable sources of safe blood. Despite this, blood is still required to save lives.
Taking Action to Make Blood More Equitable
As we celebrate World Blood Donor Day and thank the millions of voluntary and unpaid blood donors around the globe, let us consider for a moment how to optimize their invaluable sacrifice.
First, if there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated, it is that a major health threat has the potential to bring everything to a grinding halt. Investing in robust, efficient, and effective health care services should be made from the ground up. National and state governments must provide health financing mechanisms that ensure accessibility and availability of services that begin at the primary health care level and ascend to strengthen district, regional, and national hospitals. For too long, primary health care — which should be the bedrock of our health systems — has been eroding from years of neglect. We are only as strong as our weakest link.
Second, there is no alternative to blood. With all the global scientific advances, no product has yet been developed that can provide all the benefits of blood. National and state governments, therefore, must enable systems that ensure the availability of blood that is safe from the point of collection to transfusion. These include adequate financing, enabling legislation, a skilled workforce, and innovative systems that will guarantee that national and regional blood services have structures, systems, and processes to decentralize and widen their reach to the grassroots. When such systems are in place — as they were in Rwanda during an emergency situation — they can quickly be galvanized for a swift response.
Finally, blood services must be included in the benefit packages of health insurance providers at state and national levels. In Nigeria and many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, unfortunately, this is not the case. A system where blood and blood products are paid for out-of-pocket by patients and their families is highly inequitable and leaves too many people unable to get the blood they need. There must be universal access to safe blood transfusion,because the quality of emergency services is critical to achieving universal health coverage.
As this year's campaign says, "Safe blood saves lives," but that truth can be realized only when safe blood is available and accessible to everyone who needs it.
*Banner image caption: From the "What Women Want" campaign, which asked women for one request to improve the quality of reproductive and maternal services. Photo credit: White Ribbon Alliance
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My research interests centers on music and sound as parts of intermedial and multimodal media constellations, and in particular on the role and function of sound and music in different types of animation films.
In my ongoing PhD project, I focus on music in children's animation features, trying to locate the musical potential for meaning in the interaction between: formal, multimodal features of the films; the social context of the viewing situation; and the active interpretation and reception processes the child is engaged in. The project is based on an interdisciplinary framework drawing primarily on qualitative audience reception studies, multimodality studies and musicology, analysing a selected range of popular animation features from a 'textual' perspective as well as exploring children's verbalisations of their actual experiences of the films through qualitative group interviews.
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Conceptualising the Aurora: An exploration of performative understanding through interactive art This project is an artistic project based on the multimodal and interactive art installation "Aurora –…
Musicalised Characters: A study of music, multimodality, and the empiric child perspective on mainstream animation This PhD thesis discusses how music and characters in popular, animated films can be…
Article in journal (Refereed)
Jensen, S.K., Pop-Tiron, C. (2020). Conceptualising the Aurora : An Exploration of Performative Understanding Through Interactive Art. Nordlit. 46. 31-51.
Conference paper (Other academic)
Jensen, S.K. (2019). Exploring children's understanding of, and aesthetic involvement with, animated films. Audience Research in the Arts Conference : 3–5 July 2019, The University of Sheffield. 64-64.
Jensen, S.K., Schirrmacher, B. (2019). Wagner Attacks : "The Ride of the Valkyries" in War and Propaganda. Sounds of Mass Media: Music in Journalism and Propaganda : Program with abstracts. 3-4.
Jensen, S.K. (2019). Musicalised Characters : A study of music, multimodality, and the empiric child perspective on mainstream animation. NordMedia 2019, Communication, Creativity & Imagination : Malmö 21-23 August 2019.
Jensen, S.K., Gutowska, A. (2019). Pride and Prejudice and Music : The use of film music for presenting the heroine's uniqueness. Jane Austen and Co.: The enduring popularity of women writers of the past.
Jensen, S.K. (2018). Animating characters through music : A multimodal and musical framework for character analysis exemplified through Pixar's 'Up'. Symbiotic Cinema, Confuences between film and other media : 24th Sercia Conference, 6-8 September 2018 - Växjö, Sweden. 44-45.
Jensen, S.K. (2018). Exploring children's understanding and interpretation of music in animated film : A multimodal framework. Researching Multimodal Childhood Symposium 2018.
Jensen, S.K. (2018). Multimodal depth in film : A proposal for a multimodal and sound-oriented approach to intersemiotic analysis. Presented at the 9th International Conference on Multimodality, 9ICOM : August 15-17, 2018, at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark.
Jensen, S.K. (2017). Sound as Animation. SAS 2017, Society for Animation Studies : Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali, July 3-7, 2017.
Jensen, S.K. (2017). Sound as animation : An investigation into the indexical and reality-inducing function of sound in animation features. Music and the Moving Image, New York, May 26-28, 2017.
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Pop-Tiron, C., Jensen, S.K. (2018). Aurora - Connecting Senses.
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Q: Django - "Relation Does Not Exist" on Fresh Migrations I'm trying to deploy my app, but when running migrate.py for the first time, I get an error explaining that a "relation does not exist". Of course it wouldn't, because I haven't been able to migrate yet!
Looking through the traceback, it seems to be getting tripped up in my managers.py file, but I can't understand why my managers would be getting in the way?
pyto(genius) 00:24 ~/genius (master)$ python manage.py migrate
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 64, in execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
psycopg2.ProgrammingError: relation "Inventory_purchase" does not exist
LINE 1: ...entory_purchase"."inr_value") AS "inr_value" FROM "Inventory...
                                                             ^
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 367, in execute_from_comm
and_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 359, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 294, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 342, in execute
    self.check()
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 374, in check
    include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 62, in _run_check
s
    issues.extend(super(Command, self)._run_checks(**kwargs))
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 361, in _run_checks
    return checks.run_checks(**kwargs)
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 81, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 14, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 24, in check_resolver
    for pattern in resolver.url_patterns:
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 35, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 313, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 35, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 306, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 665, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Genius/urls.py", line 12, in <module>
    url(r'^', include('Inventory.urls', namespace="Inventory")),
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/conf/urls/__init__.py", line 50, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 665, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Inventory/urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    from Inventory import views
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Inventory/views.py", line 67, in <module>
    class SummaryView(InventoryView):
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Inventory/views.py", line 70, in SummaryView
    summary_table = build_summary_table()
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Inventory/views.py", line 62, in build_summary_table
    table_query = Purchase.inventory.current_summary_data(**kwargs)
  File "/home/cvcexport/genius/Inventory/managers.py", line 31, in current_summary_data
    for item in totals:
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 256, in __iter__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1087, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self.iterator())
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 109, in __iter__
    for row in compiler.results_iter():
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 789, in results_iter
    results = self.execute_sql(MULTI)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 835, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 79, in execute
    return super(CursorDebugWrapper, self).execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 64, in execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 94, in __exit__
    six.reraise(dj_exc_type, dj_exc_value, traceback)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/utils/six.py", line 685, in reraise
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)
  File "/home/cvcexport/.virtualenvs/genius/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 64, in execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
django.db.utils.ProgrammingError: relation "Inventory_purchase" does not exist
LINE 1: ...entory_purchase"."inr_value") AS "inr_value" FROM "Inventory...

My files are kinda bulky, but this is the Manager that is tripping it up:
class EntryManager(Manager):

    def user_create(self, request):
        type = request.POST.get('type', None)
        label = request.POST.get('label', None)
        details = request.POST.get('details', None)
        date_added = date.today()
        sequence = 1 + self.model.objects.filter(type=type, active=True).count()
        label = type + str(sequence) + "- " + label

        entry = self.model.objects.create(
            type=type,
            label=label,
            details=details,
            date_added=date_added,
            sequence=sequence,
            user=request.user
        )

        return entry

    def user_update(self, request, pk):
        entry = self.model.objects.get(id=pk)
        entry.label = entry.type + str(entry.sequence) + "- " + request.POST.get("label")
        entry.details = request.POST.get("details")
        entry.user = request.user

        entry.save()

        return entry

    def user_delete(self, pk):
        entry = self.model.objects.get(id=pk)

        successors = self.model.objects.filter(type=entry.type, active=True, sequence__gt=entry.sequence)
        for obj in successors:
            obj.sequence -= 1
            obj.label = obj.label.split(" ", 1)[1]
            obj.label = obj.type + str(obj.sequence) + "- " + obj.label
            obj.save()

        key = entry.id
        entry.delete()
        return key

    def get_entry_set(self, request):
        """
        Builds selection lists allowing users to link SWOT entries to strategies. Used in swot-matrix.js with
        setStratEntries method.

        Args:
            Request Delivers two relevant variables:
                s_or_w: Indicates "Y-axis" (strength or weakness) requirement.
                o_or_t: Indicates "X-axis" (opportunity or threat) requirement.

        Returns:
            All active entries that match each requested type, packaged in dictionaries and ready for JSON delivery.
        """

        # Build Dictionary of active Strengths or Weaknesses
        s_or_w = request.GET.get("s_or_w")
        strengths_or_weaknesses = self.model.objects.filter(type=s_or_w, active=True)
        s_or_w_data = []
        for entry in strengths_or_weaknesses:
            s_or_w_data.append({
                "id": entry.id,
                "label": entry.label
            })

        # Build Dictionary of active Opportunities or Threats
        o_or_t = request.GET.get("o_or_t")
        opportunities_or_threats = self.model.objects.filter(type=o_or_t, active=True)
        o_or_t_data = []
        for entry in opportunities_or_threats:
            o_or_t_data.append({
                "id": entry.id,
                "label": entry.label,
            })

        # Combine for for JSON delivery.
        data = {
            "s_or_w": s_or_w_data,
            "o_or_t": o_or_t_data
        }

        return data

This is the associated model:
class Entry(GenericObject):
    type = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=choices.ENTRY_CHOICES)
    sequence = models.IntegerField()
    label = models.CharField(max_length=124)
    actions = managers.EntryManager()
    objects = models.Manager()

    class Meta:
        ordering = ["id"]

Am I breaking the rules somewhere? Why is migrate.py complaining about missing columns on a brand new postgres database?

A: first migrate that particular app. python manage.py migrate app_name. Which will resolve the dependency.

A: I never figured out what was wrong. The error would trip at different points in my managers here and there, but would always be triggered first in the views. I simply commented out all of the views and urlpatterns, ran the migrations and then reverted the files.

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Q: Proof that there are neither maximal elements nor minimal elements? Let $X=\{2, 3, 4, \ldots\}$ and endow $X\times X$ with the order $$(x, y)\leq (z, t)\Leftrightarrow x|z\ \textrm{and}\ t|y.$$
I'm supposed to find the minimal and maximal elements of $X\times X$ with respect to this order.
Conjecture. There are no minimal and no maximal elements.
Proof attempt: I'm going to show that no pair $(p, q)$ can be a minimal element. In fact, notice:
$$(p, 2q)\leq (p, q)$$
since $p|p$ and $q|2q$. But, $2q\neq q$ once $q$ is a positive integer. Therefore, given $(p, q)$ there is always a pair which preceeds $(p, q)$ (namely, $(p, 2q)$).
Analogously, there are no maximal elements. In fact, no pair $(p, q)$ can be a maximal element for:
$$(p, q)\leq (2p, q)$$
and $2p\neq p$ once $p$ is a positive integer.
Are my arguments correct?


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Open pathways for the water to flow to float pirates, water trees & later on, ice to freeze trees.Santa is going to have a problem this year if you don't interject. There seems to be a shortage of christmas trees this years. You need to set up a proper irrigation system to ensure the christmas trees flourish but make sure you avoid harming the elves who are tirelessly working for the same cause.Take control of the water to save the pirates and celebrate Christmas! Flooded Village: Xmas Eve 3 will let you turn the tree into a Christmas tree. You can dig sand to lead water to a certain point. Do not let the pirates die!Much fun! Join now and have fun!


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Published: March 5, 2022, 11:21 PM
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James scores 56 points, Lakers beat Warriors to end skid
Published: March 5, 2022, 11:21 PM Updated: March 6, 2022, 1:27 AM
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) drives against Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
LOS ANGELES – Despite ranking third in NBA history in scoring and closing fast on Karl Malone in second, LeBron James has somehow never been thought of as a pure scorer.
On Saturday night, James showed he is still more than capable of piling up the points in a variety of ways.
James scored a season-high 56 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 124-116 to snap a four-game losing streak. It was his third-most points in a regular-season game and 13th time he has had at least 50.
"I felt pretty good with my game tonight, every part of the floor, and I was able to make a couple plays to help us win," said James, who had a career-best 61 for Miami against Charlotte in 2014.
While James downplayed his 19-of-31 shooting, including 6 of 11 from 3-point range with three consecutive to put the Lakers up 100-97 in the fourth quarter, friends and foes were more than willing to praise his performance.
"He was phenomenal tonight," said Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony, who had 14 points. "The way that it came, in the rhythm of the game and the flow of the game, us making that comeback and him being a big reason for us coming back and making that run that he did. He just put us on his back tonight."
"He's obviously such a handful coming downhill, and then when he gets his 3-point shot going like he did in the second half, makes it pretty difficult to try and guard him," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "He was brilliant tonight. LeBron was amazing."
Anthony completed a three-point play to give the Lakers a 114-112 lead with 3:29 to play, and Malik Monk hit a 3 to extend that lead to five after Austin Reeves stole Curry's pass. James then threw down a thunderous alley-oop from Monk, who stole the inbound pass after a Los Angeles turnover.
Stephen Curry cut it to 119-116 with 1:06 left, but Reeves grabbed the offensive rebound and Anthony hit a corner 3, allowing the Lakers to see it out.
Curry had 30 for Golden State, and Jordan Poole added 23. The Warriors have lost four straight to drop to third overall in the NBA, a half-game behind Memphis and 8 1/2 games behind Phoenix.
"There's more games coming, so we've got to do this ourselves. We got to dig out of the mud, and nobody's going to help us," Kerr said.
Golden State ran over Los Angeles with 42 points in the second quarter to take a 67-62 halftime lead. Poole and Jonathan Kuminga each had eight points, Curry added seven, and the Warriors made 69.6% of their shots from the field (16 of 23) and 75% from 3-point range (6 of 8). But they let the Lakers close the half on a 11-2 run, and Kerr lamented the inability to maintain separation.
"This has been a pattern during this bad spell for us," Kerr said. "We're not stepping on teams when they are down. We're making mistakes and allowing teams to hang around, and when you do that in this league you're dead."
PLENTY IN THE TANK
James, who passed Malone for most minutes played in NBA history including the playoffs, had 30 points in the second half. It was his 24th straight game with at least 25 points to extend the longest streak of James' illustrious career.
"When he has it going like that, there's really nobody on their team that can do anything about it," said Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, who scored 20. "Tonight, he forced his will and had his hands on the game at all levels. It was really big, especially tonight in games like this where we needed to win."
Klay Thompson labored for the second straight game following his return from a non-COVID-19 illness, scoring seven points on 3-of-13 shooting in 31 minutes.
"Klay's pressing," Kerr said. "I feel like the sickness probably affected his conditioning and his timing, so he's struggled the last two games. And he'll get it back."
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Kerr said Curry, Thompson and Andrew Wiggins would be among several Golden State players that will not travel to play at Denver on Monday.
Kuminga finished with 18 points. … Lakers G Avery Bradley returned after missing five games because of a right knee injury. He did not score in 16 minutes … Lakers G Talen Horton Tucker had two points in 18 minutes after not playing against the Clippers on Thursday because of a sprained left ankle. … Super Bowl-winning QB Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams watched the game from courtside seats with his wife, while longtime Lakers coach Phil Jackson took it in from a suite.
Warriors: At Denver on Monday night.
Lakers: At San Antonio on Monday night.


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Great Smokies Myths and Legends
The True Stories behind History's Mysteries
Michael R. Bradley
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Is it possible that the woman who raised Abraham Lincoln was actually his half-sister, and that the man he knew as his grandfather had conducted a scandalous affair with a servant girl? Was Nancy Dude really a murderous witch, or the victim of relentless calamities that would stretch anyone beyond the bounds of sanity? Should Horace Kephart be considered a hero for his work to protect the area of the Great Smokies, where a moutain was named in his honor, or a drunken scoundrel who uprooted families from the homes and farms they'd had for generations?
From Sam Houston's childhood among the Cherokee to the mysterious "road to nowhere", Great SmokiesMyths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of this national park's most fascinating and compelling stories.
Michael R. Bradley:
Michael R. Bradley taught US History at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee, from 1970 to 2006. He has hiked and camped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for sixty years, and is now taking his grandson into the park for his first hikes. Bradley is the author of three other Globe Pequot titles: It Happened in the Great Smokies, It Happened in the Revolutionary War, and It Happened in the Civil War.
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Publication Date Dec 01, 2020
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Tesla's Autopilot is very dangerous because it gives a false feeling of comfort, tempts people to release control of the car to the technology, which is yet to be perfected and therefore costs lives.
After last week's Model X crash, for which Tesla accepted that the Autopilot was engaged and blamed the driver, making NTSB "unhappy" for making public information about the crash, one Tesla owner tried to recreate the fatal Model X crash and almost killed himself. This shows that Autopilot's warnings are simply not enough. Tesla drivers are at their own risk, when engaging the Autopilot.
Torque News does not recommend trying, testing or recreating anything like this by sharing this video, but we are bringing this to the attention of our readers showing how dangerous Tesla Autopilot may be. See how Tesla AP2.5 takes a wrong turn into gore point barricade.
"For everyone who doesn't understand the context: he is replicating the exact same scenario that killed the driver to prove that there is a problem with the way tesla doesn't detect collisions. This is how you find and report bugs with programs and algorithms. Hopefully Tesla takes action to save lives.," commented one person under the video.
People put too much trust on Tesla's Autpilot.
Even the airline pilots don't fully trust the their planes' autopilot systems. And their systems are more advanced and pilots are well trained. Tesla's Autopilot is not yet advanced and drivers are not trained.
"As a commercial airline pilot, I would like to point out that an autopilot on any aircraft is constantly monitored by pilots. At no point is it 100% trusted. Also frequently during more complex portions of flying such as transitioning to approach it needs to be disconnected and the pilot will take over manually because it does not perform as required," writes one pilot in our story published in January 2018, titled "Pilots and Tesla Owners Explain How Autopilot Works."
Autopilot tempts people. The drivers think it will do the job, yet it does not. When it does half of the job well, people release the control to the Autopilot and when it fails it costs lives, shows the last week's terrible crash, in which we see how tragic the consequences can be seen in this video. As a result people will become lazy and put too much trust in the autopilot.
We have that tendency as human beings. Our passions overcome us and we are easily tempted. This is why people needs to be protected from risky situations as much as possible.
We see videos abounding on Youtube praising The Autopilot's performance. Torque News also in the early days of Autopilot has written positively about it point out its limits. But we now believe that praising the Autopilot may give people false hope, tempt them and give them false hopes of security. We are not there yet and this technology needs years to develop. Meanwhile, we don't want to see anyone dying because of their passions, false sense of security and releasing their driving control to the technology which is not yet perfected.
With the same reason, you can ban all the cars because they are threatening lives. Autopilot is just a tool. A fool with a tool is still a fool. Not the tool is the problem.
Oh please. This is overly alarmist. I just drove from Toronto to Florida and back using autopilot extensively. It was amazingly relaxing and easy. The nag is persistent and you have to pay attention. It certainly felt a lot more safe than the crazy lane changes, tail gating, and other dangerous maneuvers I saw all around me in 4 days of driving. There was destined to be hysteria around every accident or death associated with early driving assist, self-driving, or autopilot systems. I hope this does not delay this technology because the sooner it comes the sooner we will save a lot more lives.
It's not alarmist Keith. I have myself seen many stories and watched number of Youtube videos about the wanders of autopilot. But it takes only one accident.
It is alarmist. 1. The Model X is an SUV. 2. They say Tesla autopilot "tempts" people to ignore driving, but all Tesla owners have been repeatedly instructed that it is Beta software, that it is only a driving aid like cruise control, and that the driver is responsible for driving the car at all times. 3. They want autopilot banned, despite the fact that it is saving lives -- the fatal crash rate of Tesla vehicles is 3.7 times better than the national average -- people make more mistakes and kill themselves and others 30,000 times a year.


Proof that braids aren't boring or basic from the girl who does them best.
Simple and slung to the side.
A tiny peek-a-boo braid woven into a low tangle.
An inside-out French braid from top to bottom.
A queenly crown braid for the Oscars.
Leaving the ends loose feels even more undone.
The mowhawk gets pinned and plaited.
French braids twisted into an at-the-neck chignon.


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Herrera é um município da Espanha na província de Sevilha, comunidade autónoma da Andaluzia, de área 53 km² com população de 6450 habitantes (2007) e densidade populacional de 115,91 hab/km².

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11TH CIRCUIT RENDERS OPINION IN ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE CASE
The 11th Circuit published its opinion on July 8, 2019 in Williamson, et al v. Brevard County affirming in part, vacating in part and remanding the trial court's opinion regarding the Board of County Commissioners for Brevard County's invocation process. Read the opinion HERE.
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT REJECTS OBAMA OVERTIME RULE
Texas Federal District Judge Amos Mazzant has entered a ruling invalidating the overtime regulations proposed by Obama's Department of Labor (DOL). The regulations, which were adopted on May 23, 2016 and which were previously scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016, raised the salary threshold for "white collar exemptions" to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)'s overtime provisions from $23,550 annually to $47,476 annually.
The decision, State of Nevada, et al v. United States Department of Labor, et al, finds that the DOL's overtime regulations effectively eliminated the "primary duty" also used for the white collar exemptions. Judge Mazzant deemed the regulations to be an overreach of the DOL's authority.
Previously in the case, Judge Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction which prevented the overtime regulations from taking effect. Several commentators have noted that the Trump administration will likely implement its own overtime regulations, which raise the salary threshold from its current level, but considerably less than the threshold set by Obama's administration.
Read the opinion HERE.
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Vicki Gunvalson's daughter, Briana Culberson, is taking to a Bravo Blog to discuss why she and her husband, Ryan, are living with Vicki. Briana insists they did not move in with Vicki out of necessity. She is an RN and Ryan is in The Marine Corp. Briana explains they carefully discussed their living arrangements and decided it was the best thing for everyone; based on Ryan's upcoming deployment, Briana's health, and Baby Troy. Briana also talks about why she is so skeptical of Brooks, and discusses what Vicki told her regarding her relationship with Brooks when they moved in.
Briana writes, "Troy has opened my eyes to a whole new kind of love that I couldn't have imagined. I want to be the best mom that I can be for him, and with every decision I make, I have him in mind. I want him to be proud of me and know how much I love him.
I want to have a strong marriage with Ryan and continue to build on our relationship to give Troy a good, stable household filled with love. Having Troy has allowed me to feel more empathetic for my mom and how amazing she is as a mother. Throughout my life she has always put my brother and myself first and was always focused on our happiness. If I'm half as good of a mom as she is, then I'll have done something right.
The decision to move into my mom's house was not an easy one to make. While I was pregnant, Ryan and I were house hunting and put a few offers on homes nearby and came very close to purchasing a home for our family. Ryan got orders to move to another base almost three hours away, so we cancelled our house hunt and started brainstorming on our options. At that time, Donn was still living with my mom and getting ready to move out, which was going to leave my mom physically, emotionally, and financially alone in the large house.
Rumors began to fly at Ryan's work of an upcoming deployment and he received unofficial word that he would be deployed October 14, and my due date for the baby to arrive was October 10! Ryan and I sat down with my mom and the three of us came to an agreement that seemed to solve all problems, we would move into my mom's house so we could help my mom financially and I would have support from my mom while Ryan was in Afghanistan. My only concern with moving back home with my mom was that I didn't want whomever my mom was dating to be coming in and out of the house with the baby and I living there because I want a stable, positive environment for Troy.
This week, Ryan exposed one of the shocking experiences we've had with Brooks within the past year. Ryan and myself have both had interactions with Brooks that made us question his character and his intentions with my mom. I am extremely protective of those that I love, and my mom is high up on that list. Ryan quickly adopted the same kind of worry for my mom regarding her dating life. Ryan spent a lot of time one on one with Brooks and saw some red flags regarding his behavior behind my mom's back. At the end of the day, Ryan and I want the best for my mom. I will always be picky about who my mom dates, as she was picky for me. My biggest concern for my mom is that she ends up with a genuine man who has her best interest in mind.
My brother Mike and I have very different approaches when it comes to Brooks. Mike moved out of the house before I moved in, and he lives an exciting busy life by the beach. Besides working with my mom, Mike doesn't spend too much personal time with her and therefore doesn't particularly concern himself with who she is dating. I, on the other hand, moved in with my mom and am more involved in her dating life since I'm so close with her, and therefore have more involvement than my brother.
At the end of the day, Ryan and I are in NO position to tell my mom what to do with her life and who to date. My decision to request that Brooks is not in the house as long as I am home all stems from my desire to create the most positive home environment that I can for my son. The Marine Corps has forced me to become a "single mom" for a year while Ryan is off serving our country and this is the time for me to be selfish and focus on my family. I love my mom dearly and want her to be the happiest she can be. If she were to tell me to move out of the house so she can move Brooks in, I would be happy for her and not argue one bit. I am more than happy to step aside so she can move forward in her relationship.
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Vijayawada: Minister for Information and Public Relations Palle Raghunatha Reddy said that the state government is ahead in implementing various welfare programmes despite of financial crisis. He expressed confidence that the state would achieve first place in the country by 2029. Inaugurating I&PR Minister's chamber at fourth block in new secretariat complex in Velagapudi village today, the minister said that the state government is successful in winning the confidence of farmers, as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, camping in Anantapur personally monitored the dry spell mitigation programme to save crops in lakhs of acres. Commissioner, I&PR S Venkateswar, director of cultural affairs D Vijaybhaskar, Secretary Minority welfare P Ushakumari and Commissioner, Minority welfare Md Iqbal were present. Photo: Minister for Information and Public Relations Palle Raghunatha Reddy offering puja before inaugurating Minister's chamber at new secretariat complex at Velagapudi village on Friday.


Wheyfeed provides bulk transportation of by-products from food and other manufacturing operations to farms and animal feed operations throughout the UK on behalf of manufacturers including United Molasses.
To continue to provide its customers with enhanced supply chain security and service levels, our logistics consultancy was brought in to identify cost and efficiency improvements. Following a comprehensive review, we supplied detailed recommendations to stabilise and streamline operations and processes.
Our approach has enabled Wheyfeed to look at its business differently, focus on the problem issues and identify practical solutions.
"Whilst the implementation of Davies & Robson's recommendations has not been entirely without pain, this is far outweighed by the benefits, which are significant and have helped to secure the future of our business, as well as providing a platform for continued development.


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Население составляет 1071 человек (2008 г.), плотность населения составляет 71 чел./км². Занимает площадь 15 км². Почтовый индекс — 23030. Телефонный код — 0342.

Покровителем коммуны почитается святой первомученик Стефан, празднование 26 декабря.

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Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Mr. Richard Mak, CFA, is the Head of Product & Business Management – Asia of Pictet Wealth Management since January 2020. He is responsible for the product development and business risk management of the Asia Investment Platform. He joined Pictet in 2011 to lead the Asia Advisory Team to provide investment advices to high net-worth investors in Asia. Prior to joining Pictet, he was the Head of Advisory-Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management.
Richard has over 30 years of experience in financial industry with 17 years in equity investments and has been advising private clients on global investments since 2003.
Richard holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute since 1993. He is the current President of CFA Hong Kong Society and served as the President Council Representative of Asia Pacific Region of CFA Institute from 2004 to 2008. He is also the Chairman of Men's Section of Hong Kong Hockey Association.
He graduated from The University of Hong Kong with the Bachelor of Social Sciences.
Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA, joined Atlantic-Pacific Capital in 2007 and is the Partner responsible for the Asia-Pacific region, which includes deal origination and product distribution across markets such as Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Atlantic-Pacific Capital is one of the largest independently owned global placement agent and advisory firm dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments. Vince has worked on more than 50 global fundraisings that have included strategies such as private equity growth and buyouts, infrastructure, energy, and real estate. Vince is a regular speaker at major private equity and industry conferences across the region.
Prior to joining Atlantic-Pacific, Vince started and managed the Fund Placement Advisory Group at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance in Hong Kong where he was responsible for deal sourcing, distribution and project management for the Asia-Pacific region. Vince has also worked in the London offices of Deloitte and Arthur Andersen where he provided financial advisory services such as audit and assurance, financial due diligence, M&A structuring, and company valuations.
Vince earned a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. Vince is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) in the United Kingdom, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Hong Kong, and a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Charles Chui, CFA
Mr. Charles Chui, CFA, is a seasoned investment professional with 19 years of experience in the private banking and wealth management business; major strengths in equity and fixed income analysis with qualifications as both a CFA and a CPA Australia charterholder. He has exposure to major international European investment bank and Swiss private banking business, with major functions in overseeing the North Asian (including Japan) economics and capital market asset allocation decision. Charles is also equipped with long term track record in investment advisory services, with the goal of enhancing investment returns of high net worth individuals and corporations while at the same time optimizing their overall portfolio's risk and return profile.
Mr. Alvin M. Ho, CFA
Director and Society Secretary
Mr. Alvin Ho, CFA, is an experienced investment principal with demonstrated track records in private equity. He is skilled in PE-styled investing, deal structuring, due diligence, corporate finance, IPO, and business reengineering. Acting as a managing director of a private investment vehicle, he looks to invest in several high growth sectors. Besides serving as a board member for several listed companies, he is also a member of the investment committee for AngelHub, HK's first SFC regulated investment platform. Alvin has authored two books in Chinese on the economics of sports, the latest being《超級巨星經濟學》 (or Superstar Economics). Alvin was previously the legal representative or executive representative for the local currency funds incorporated in Beijing and Chengdu, and the Head of China for the private equity growth fund managed by the CLSA Capital Partners. The latter's portfolios include companies that have grown into blue-chip status in various jurisdictions in Asia.
Alvin holds various post-graduate degrees from Tsinghua University and London Business School. He is currently an advisor to the program of the Department of Economics and Finance of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.
Ms. Ashley P.W. Khoo, CFA
Ms. Ashley Khoo, CFA, is an asset management and investment banking professional with comprehensive buy-side and sell-side experience, inclusive of portfolio management, fundamental/quantitative/pre-deal research covering Asian and China markets, multi-asset class investment, and Big 4 financial advisory with financial institutions.
Khoo is a board member of The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, spearheaded launch of Asset Owner Series in Hong Kong—the first city outside of New York. She is currently the Chairperson of Continuing Education Committee's full day workshop, Co-Chair of ESG Special Interest Group, Industry Relations Committee and Women in Investment Management Special Interest Group. Khoo is CFA Institute's Presidents Council Governance Committee Member, Honorary Advisor and Investigation Committee Member of Financial Reporting Council, and Expert Advisor, Council Member and Vice Chair of Investment Committee of Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia.
Khoo holds a Master of Economics degree from The University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington, with a double major in Accounting and Computer Information System. She is a CFA and CPA charterholder.
Mr. William H.P. Leung, CFA
Mr. William Leung, CFA, is a Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Overlook Investments.
William joined Baring Asset Management in 2003 as an Investment Analyst and joined HSBC Asset Management in a similar role in 2004. In 2005, he joined Acru Asset Management to work with a former colleague from Baring. At Acru Asset Management, he had responsibility for co-managing the Acru China Absolute Return Fund, a value driven, Greater China hedge fund. In 2015, he established Fundatech Capital, his own boutique investment fund which invested, long/short, in Asia. William is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. William joined Overlook Investments in 2017, re-uniting with a former colleague from Baring once again.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce, with Honours, in Finance from the University of British Columbia in 2001 and followed that by gaining a Master of Science in Financial Engineering at Columbia University in 2002. William is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.
Mr. Claudius Tsang, CFA
Mr. Claudius Tsang, CFA, is a Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity, North Asia of Templeton Asset Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). He is responsible for analyzing and evaluating strategic equity investments in North Asia. Prior to rejoining Franklin Templeton in 2008, Claudius managed private equity and PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) deals in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and the United States for Lehman Brothers. Previously, he also worked for Korea Development Bank, the China Chem Group and Jardine Fleming.
Claudius is a CFA charterholder and served as Disciplinary Review Committee member of CFA Institute from 2006 to 2009. He is currently a Director and the Secretary of the Board of The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and a committee member of Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong as well as the Tsinghua Alumni Association of Hong Kong.
Claudius holds an M.B.A. with honours, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In addition, he earned a bachelor of law from Tsinghua University and a bachelor of engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Adam T.Y. Wong, CFA
Mr. Adam Wong, CFA, is currently an Executive Director in one of the global banks. Before that, He was Ultra High Networth Banker covering HK & South China and co-chair of Asia Advisory Council of JP Morgan. Adam is one of the co-founders of running team as well as Mentorship Programme CFA Society Hong Kong. He also co-chairs Member Services Committee - Networking Events Sub-group. Adam is a CFA Charterholder and an FRM. Adam graduated from University of Hong Kong majoring in Economics and Finance with First class honour.
Ms. Felicia C.W. Wong, CFA
Ms. Felicia Wong, CFA, is currently a Senior Manager in the Internal Audit Division at a leading US investment bank, with primary coverage in Institutional Securities Sales & Trading business. She has over ten years of experience in the financial industry including prior work experience at Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC providing audit coverage in Institutional Securities and Risk Management during 2012-2015. Prior to that, she was with Bank of Montreal in Toronto as an Audit Manager and Quantitative Specialist, and later transitioned to Capital Market Treasury providing risk oversight on liquidity and funding before moving to Hong Kong in 2012. Felicia is a CFA charterholder and an FRM. Felicia holds a Master of Mathematical Finance from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo.
Function Responsibilities Name of Committee / Interest Group (Chairs)
Advocacy Mr. Claudius Tsang, CFA
Asset Owner Series Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Best Research Report Competition Mr. William H.P. Leung, CFA
Career Development Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
Continuing Education Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Education Ms. Felicia C.W. Wong, CFA
ESG Interest Group Mr. Claudius Tsang, CFA
FinTech Interest Group Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
GIPS Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Industry Relations Mr. Alvin M. Ho, CFA
Investment Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Member Services Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
Membership Mr. Richard K.C. Mak, CFA
Research Challenge Mr. Alvin M. Ho, CFA
Scholarships Ms. Felicia C.W. Wong, CFA
Sponsorship Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
University Outreach Mr. Alvin M. Ho, CFA
University Relations Mr. Alvin M. Ho, CFA
Value Investing Interest Group Mr. William H.P. Leung, CFA
Volunteer Management Mr. Vincent Ng, CFA
Women in Investment Management Interest Group Mr. Claudius Tsang, CFA
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In our ongoing mission to earn consumer trust in American agriculture, the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance has selected Erin Fitzgerald to lead the organization as our next chief executive officer. Erin Fitzgerald formerly served as Senior Vice President, Global Sustainability for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy®, a part of Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which is a forum for the dairy community to address the needs and expectations of consumers.
Click here to read the press release and hear her interview with AgWired about her vision for USFRA and what she brings to the table.
This June 4-7, USFRA sponsored Sustainable Brands in Vancouver, B.C. Our panel discussion, "What's on Your Label? How Marketing Affects Food & Farming," was attended by 150 participants including food company representatives, sustainability experts and various startups. A livestream of the event, available on the USFRA Facebook page, reached an additional 1,200 viewers.
In addition to our sponsored panel, USFRA exhibited its SMART Farm booth at the conference and distributed our Agriculture in America Sustainability Report to various food, apparel and CPG companies.
Earlier this month, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance in collaboration with Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative coordinated Wisconsin dairy farmer Amy Penterman's presence at AgTech Nexus USA, a two-day conference where 150 agribusinesses leaders, investors, and tech companies discussed innovations in the agriculture sector. Amy served on a panel, titled "Protein Producer Perspectives – Which Technologies are Truly Disruptive on the Farm?" Listen to the audio recording here.
Animal welfare: We care about our animals – their comfort and health is our main focus. Any changes we make on the farm is first examined to see how it will affect our cows. We also need technology and automation to keep us viable in the future.
New technologies impacting animal health: Technology such as our ear sensors from AGIS (Cow Manager) help us make fast, timely decisions about cow health, breeding and general activity. It has helped reduce vet and breeding costs, and we're are able to detect cows' health much faster.
Room for improvement: We need our varying computer systems/programs to talk to one another. There are a lot of great programs available, but when they aren't streamlined with one another, it makes more work for the farmers and more difficult to implement.
Advice to farmers: Be open to technology. It changes so fast and sometimes it feels like we will never catch up. But the tech companies are eager to help and work with us.
Hosted by Global AgInvesting, the goal of the event was for attendees to gain market knowledge, understand the current trends impacting AgTech, learn from provocative discussions led by industry leaders and build professional networks. Other panelists included Lisa Prassack with Prassack Advisors, LLC, and Joy Parr Drach with Advanced Animal Diagnostics Inc.
The conference organization Kate Westfall shared, "We were thrilled to have Amy with us. Her session was an absolute highlight of the program by all accounts. We had over 150 participants representing large agribusiness, the investment community, and AgTech entrepreneurs.
To connect farmers with consumers, USFRA partnered with Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board to film "man on the street" style videos at a Milwaukee Farmers Market. Wisconsin dairy and crop farmers Patti Roden and Andrea Brossard attended the Farmers Market to talk with consumers about misconceptions of agriculture, animal welfare, and the sustainability of today's farming practices.
Following the farmers market, 25 prominent food bloggers, fitness experts, RDs, nutrition professors and other influencers attended the Meet the Faces Behind your Food influencer dinner. Kim Bremmer with Ag Inspirations kicked off the dinner with a compelling presentation about food marketing claims, farmers' commitment to growing a healthy food supply and background on antibiotics, GMOs and other hot topics in agriculture.
Earlier this month, USFRA conducted a Teacher Awareness Immersion with the Nebraska Soybean Board in Omaha, Neb., and Austin, Texas. The Immersion offered 45 high school teachers from Omaha and Austin an opportunity to learn more about how food is grown & raised through one-on-one interactions with farmers and a presentation about Discovering Farmland.
In Omaha, the teachers toured Arp Farms and Dunklau Dairy. In Austin, the tour was at Stiles Farm. Following the farm visits, educators led instructional sessions about the importance of teaching agriculture in high school science and social studies classes. All the teachers on the immersion received 360-viewers with an accompanying iPod so they could use USFRA's 360-degree farming videos in their curriculum.
If you were unable to join USFRA this week for our quarterly affiliate webinar, click here to access the recording (starts at 7 mins, 15 seconds). Hear about USFRA's latest programs aimed to earn consumer trust on food and agriculture.
USFRA program updates on Straight Talk on Sustainability, the Teacher Awareness Program, state-level projects, earned media placements and more.
Don't miss USFRA's next Social Harvest Webinar, "Why You Don't Have to be on EVERY Social Networking Site," on Wednesday, June 27 at 1:30 p.m. CDT. This month's webinar will detail why your organization does not need to be on every social platform and which platforms deserve your attention.


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Celebrate Black History Month with These Historical Tours and Trails
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One way to commemorate Black History Month this February is to learn about and recognize the contributions of African Americans throughout U.S. history.
The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) has compiled a list of Black History Month resources, including walking tours and heritage trails. They showcase the lives and work of important figures in the African American community and how their efforts have shaped the Commonwealth and the country. Sites around Massachusetts include:
African American Heritage Trail — Florence, Northampton — Learn about the life and work of Sojourner Truth, a former slave who became a fierce supporter of equal rights. If you're an educator, you can schedule a tour of the Northampton village she called home for your class. You can also download a map of the African American Heritage Trail in Florence and explore on your own. If you can't make it to Florence, you can even take a virtual tour of the trail.
African American Heritage Trail — Martha's Vineyard — The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard has 27 sites where you can learn about the contributions that African Americans have made to the island.
African American Heritage Trail — Upper Housatonic Valley — Covering 29 towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail isn't necessarily walkable, but it is rich in history. For an educational day trip, print out a heritage trail map, pack up the car, and visit historic sites — including the boyhood home of W.E.B. Du Bois — in Pittsfield, Lenox, Stockbridge, and more.
Underground Railroad Tour — New Bedford — Download an Underground Railroad Walking Tour Guide to discover some of the historic sites in New Bedford — once home to former slave, author, and abolitionist Frederick Douglass — that played a role in the Underground Railroad.
African American Patriots Tour — Freedom Trail, Boston — Throughout February, you can take a special Freedom Trail tour that celebrates African American patriots who contributed to the American Revolution. The tour runs on Saturdays and Sundays during Black History Month.
Black History Trail — Boston and Nantucket — Overseen by the Museum of African American History (MAAH), the Black History Trail in Boston and the Black History Trail in Nantucket include churches, meeting houses, and other sites that have been pillars of the African American community for generations.
Whether you take a guided tour or head out on your own with map in hand, set aside some time this Black History Month to learn more about the impact African Americans have had on the course of Massachusetts' and America's history.
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using UnityEngine;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Reflection;
using UObject = UnityEngine.Object;

public static class UtilitiesEditor
{
	public static SerializedProperty Get(this SerializedProperty inProperty, string inName)
	{
		return inProperty.FindPropertyRelative(inName);
	}

	[MenuItem("GameObject/Selection/Toggle active (selected only) #%a")]
    static void ToggleSelectedSelfActive()
    {
    	foreach(GameObject go in Selection.gameObjects)
    	{
    		go.SetActive(!go.activeSelf);
    	}
    }

	[MenuItem("GameObject/Selection/Report bounds")]
	static void ReportSelectedBounds()
	{
		foreach(GameObject go in Selection.gameObjects)
		{
			foreach(var renderer in go.GetComponentsInChildren<Renderer>())
				Debug.Log("Renderer " + renderer.name + " bounds = " + renderer.bounds);
		}
	}

	[MenuItem("Utilities/Remove Euler Hints from Animation", false)]
    static void RemoveEulerHints()
    {
		if (Selection.activeGameObject == null)
		{
			Debug.LogError("Expected a game object to be selected");
			return;
		}

		Animation anim = Selection.activeGameObject.GetComponent<Animation>();
		if(anim == null)
		{
			Debug.LogError("Expected selected game object to have an Animation component!");
			return;
		}

        AnimationClip ac = anim.clip;
		if (ac == null)
		{
			Debug.LogError("Expected selected game object to have an Animation component with an animation in it!");
			return;
		}

        ac.SetCurve("", typeof(Transform), "m_LocalEulerAnglesHint.x", null);
        ac.SetCurve("", typeof(Transform), "m_LocalEulerAnglesHint.y", null);
        ac.SetCurve("", typeof(Transform), "m_LocalEulerAnglesHint.z", null);
    }

    [MenuItem("Utilities/Reset all scene instances of script to prefab state",  false)]
	public static void ResetAllToPrefabState()
	{
		MonoScript script = Selection.activeObject as MonoScript;
		if(script != null)
		{
			System.Type t = script.GetClass();
			ResetAllToPrefabState(t);
		}
	}

	static void ResetAllToPrefabState(System.Type t)
	{
		UObject[] objs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType(t);
		foreach(UObject obj in objs)
		{
			if(obj != null)
			{
				PrefabUtility.ResetToPrefabState(obj);
			}
		}
	}

	public static void DrawGUIBox(float width, Color color, GUIStyle style = null)
	{
		Color oldColor = GUI.color;
		GUI.color = color;
		EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal(style == null ? GUI.skin.box : style, GUILayout.MinWidth(width));
		GUILayout.Space(width);
		EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical();
		GUILayout.Space(width);
		EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();
		EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();
		GUI.color = oldColor;
	}

    public static bool DrawTextureFieldByGUID(ref string guid, ref string textureName, Vector2 size)    //Unity default size is 64x64
    {
        Texture2D texture = null;

        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(guid))
        {
            string path = AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath(guid);
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                texture = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(path, typeof(Texture2D)) as Texture2D;
        }

		Texture2D newTexture = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(
			texture, typeof(Texture2D),
			false,
            GUILayout.Width(size.x), GUILayout.Height(size.y)
		) as Texture2D;

		if(texture != newTexture || (newTexture != null && newTexture.name != textureName))
		{
			if(newTexture != null)
			{
                textureName = newTexture.name;
                guid = AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(newTexture));
			}
			else
			{
                guid = string.Empty;
                textureName = string.Empty;
			}
			GUI.changed = true;
            return true;
		}
        return false;
    }

	public static ScriptableObject CreateScriptableObject(Type inType, string inAssetName, string inTargetDirectory)
	{
		if(!UtilitiesReflection.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ScriptableObject), inType))
			return null;
		else
		{
			ScriptableObject so = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance(inType);
			CreateDirectoriesAndAsset(so, inAssetName, inTargetDirectory);
			return so;
		}
	}

	public static T CreateScriptableObject<T>(string inAssetName, string inTargetDirectory) where T : ScriptableObject
	{
		T so = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<T>();
		CreateDirectoriesAndAsset(so, inAssetName, inTargetDirectory);
		return so;
	}

	static void CreateDirectoriesAndAsset(ScriptableObject inScriptableObject, string inAssetName, string inTargetDirectory)
	{
		if(!Directory.Exists(inTargetDirectory))
    		Directory.CreateDirectory(inTargetDirectory);

    	string assetsRelativePath = inTargetDirectory;

    	int subIdx = inTargetDirectory.IndexOf("Assets");
    	if(subIdx < 0)
    		assetsRelativePath = "Assets/" + inTargetDirectory;
    	else
    	if(subIdx > 0)
    		assetsRelativePath = inTargetDirectory.Substring(subIdx);

    	string sanitizedFilename = inAssetName.Replace(".asset", string.Empty);
    	string filepath = AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath(assetsRelativePath + "/" + sanitizedFilename + ".asset");
		AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(inScriptableObject, filepath);
	}

	public static bool DrawXButton()
	{
		Color oldColor = GUI.backgroundColor;
		GUI.backgroundColor = Color.red;
		bool result = GUILayout.Button("", EditorStyles.miniButton, GUILayout.Width(15f));
		GUI.backgroundColor = oldColor;
		return result;
	}

	public static bool DrawAddButton(string text, float width)
	{ return DrawAddButton(text, width, Color.green); }

	public static bool DrawAddButton(string text, float width, Color buttonColor)
	{
		Color oldColor = GUI.backgroundColor;
		GUI.backgroundColor = buttonColor;
		bool result = GUILayout.Button(text, EditorStyles.miniButton, GUILayout.Width(width));
		GUI.backgroundColor = oldColor;
		return result;
	}

    public static List<T> ListifyProperty<T>(SerializedProperty property) where T : struct, IComparable, IFormattable
    {
        if (!property.isArray)
            throw new System.Exception("ListifyProperty only works on array properties!");

        List<T> selections = new List<T>(property.arraySize);
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < property.arraySize; ++i)
        {
            switch (property.GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).propertyType)
            {
                case SerializedPropertyType.Enum:
                    selections.Add((T)(object)property.GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).intValue);
                    break;
                default:
                    throw new System.NotImplementedException("ListifyProperty support for lists of property type " + property.propertyType + " has not been implemented!");
            }
        }
        return selections;
    }

    public static void PackListIntoProperty<T>(List<T> list, SerializedProperty property, SerializedPropertyType propertyElementType)
    {
        int i;
        if (property.arraySize != list.Count)
        {
            for (i = 0; i < list.Count; ++i)
            {
                if (i >= property.arraySize)
                    property.InsertArrayElementAtIndex(i);

                switch (propertyElementType)
                {
                    case SerializedPropertyType.Enum:
                        property.GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).intValue = (int)(object)list[i];
                        break;
                    default:
                        throw new System.NotImplementedException("RepackListIntoProperty support for lists of property type " + propertyElementType + " has not been implemented yet!");
                }

            }
            for (; i < property.arraySize; ++i)
                property.DeleteArrayElementAtIndex(i);
        }
	}

	public static bool IsFolder(UnityEngine.Object obj)
	{
		if(obj != null)
		{
			string assetPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(obj);
			if(assetPath.Length > 0)
			{
				string filePath = Application.dataPath + "/" + assetPath.Replace("Assets/", "");
				System.IO.FileAttributes fileAttr = System.IO.File.GetAttributes(filePath);
				if((fileAttr & System.IO.FileAttributes.Directory) == System.IO.FileAttributes.Directory)
					return true;
			}
		}

		return false;
	}

	public static T[] GetAssetsAtPath<T>(string inPath) where T : UObject
    {
		List<T> assets = new List<T>();

		DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(inPath);
		if(directoryInfo.Exists)
		{
			FileInfo[] files = directoryInfo.GetFiles("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

			for(int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)
			{
				FileInfo fileInfo = files[i];
				if(fileInfo == null)
					continue;

				string path = fileInfo.FullName.Replace('\\', '/');
				path = "Assets" + path.RemovePrefix(Application.dataPath);
				UObject obj = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(path, typeof(UObject));

				T asset = obj as T;
				if(asset != null)
					assets.Add(asset);
			}
		}
		return assets.ToArray();
	}

	//Copied from ex2D utilities
	public static string GetCurrentDirectory()
	{
		if (Selection.activeObject)
		{
			string path = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(Selection.activeObject);
			if (Path.GetExtension(path) != "")
			{
				path = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
			}
			return path;
		}
		return "Assets";
	}

	//Wrapper function so that we can debug scene dirty issues. Note that MOST but not ALL EditorUtility.SetDirty calls are router through here
	public static void SetDirty(UnityEngine.Object obj)
	{
		EditorUtility.SetDirty(obj);
	}

	public static void DrawHandles(this Bounds inBounds, Color inFaceColor, Color inOutlineColor)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
		{
			var verts = inBounds.GetVertFace(i);
			Handles.DrawSolidRectangleWithOutline(
				verts, inFaceColor, inOutlineColor
			);
		}
	}

	public static void DrawHandles(this BoxCollider inCollider, Color inFaceColor, Color inOutlineColor)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
		{
			Handles.color = Color.white;
			var verts = inCollider.GetVertFace(i);
			Handles.DrawSolidRectangleWithOutline(
				verts, inFaceColor, inOutlineColor
			);
		}
	}
}

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Okay, so it's been a while. It's been a LONG while, and I'm sorry about that. Writing is a passion, true, but if you write too much, or spend all your life writing and editing, it can become a grind.
However, after a decent break the words have started flowing. The first few chapters are done, and I have a pretty good idea where everything is going.
I'm not ready to nail down a release date, and in fact I was reluctant to even mention Hal 8, but I do believe the time is right for me to write this book.


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Tauoca, tanoca, taioca ou pinto-do-mato-de-cara-preta (Formicarius analis) é uma ave da família dos formicariídeos, nativa do sul do México até à Amazónia. Fazem a postura de dois ovos brancos em ninhos construídos em troncos ocos, forrados de folhas. Alimentam-se de vários insectos e, especialmente, de formigas (principalmente formiga-correição). Não apresenta dimorfismo sexual. Medem geralmente de 18 a 19 cm de comprimento, pesando cerca de 59 g.  O seu canto é composto de um assobio forte seguido de dois a dez assobios cada vez mais fracos.

Referências

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Alia Bhatt Reacts When Asked About Ranbir Kapoor's Ex-Gf Katrina Kaif
By Devbrat Patnaik	 On Aug 15, 2018 - 8:18 AM
A lot has been said about Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's rumoured relationship. But they both havn't revealed anything in the public yet. Recently when Alia was asked if there is any tiff with Ranbir Kapoor's ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif, with whom her bond was very special, she straightaway dismissed any form of stress between herself and Katrina.
Alia was interacting with the media on the sidelines of the Caprese bags new collection launch.
Alia and Katrina were known to share a close bond. They used to post pictures of their workout routines on social networking site Instagram, which were quite popular.
But ever since Alia started dating Ranbir, there have been reports that the girls were no longer on sweet terms. Even the Instagram posts have vanished.
Reacting to these reports, Alia said, "I don't check my Instagram likes. So, I don't know why people are checking that? But I have to admit I have always been very fond of Katrina.
"I believe that its the same both ways, according to us. So, I don't know why other people feel differently?
"But now I will send her a message to start liking my pictures because if that's the barometer of friendship then we must start liking everyone's picture."
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"Or maybe, I don't have good pictures," Alia said, adding that from now on she will post good pictures and then maybe "she will like it. But with her, I have no stress whatsoever".
Alia was shooting for "Brahmastra" in Bulgaria, not long ago. It is written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar. It stars Ranbir-Alia and Amitabh Bachchan.
The "Student of the Year" actor will also be seen in the historical magnum opus "Takht".
Asked about challenges of playing a historical character, Alia said: "Honestly, to take any kind of character is challenging whether it's historical or contemporary or modern.
"I am just very happy and honoured to be associated with such a big film… and to be directed by Karan (Johar) again."
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WASHINGTON--The House was poised late last week to give final approval to a bill allowing the Education Department to make early payments to impact-aid districts.
The bill--which would give the department's office of impact aid the authority to issue a district a payment equal to as much as 75 percent of its aid in the preceding year--was approved by the Senate Oct. 24.
Impact aid is not forward-funded, as are other education programs, and payments have been based on current-year attendance data to help districts that receive large numbers of new students in one year. As a result, districts have not been able to receive all their impact-aid funds until late in the school year, when the data are submitted and processed.
The preliminary payments, which had been in use for years until this fall and will be again once the new bill is enacted, are intended to provide a more timely infusion of cash.
The Congress made a mistake earlier this year, however, by eliminating authority for such preliminary payments without replacing it with another set of rules, as had been intended.
The department was then left without authority to make any payments before firm, current-year enrollment figures were received from districts next spring.
Under the new bill, any school district in which impact-aid students make up at least 20 percent of enrollment will be able to receive immediately 75 percent of the payment it received during the previous year. Other impacted districts will be able to receive 50 percent of their previous-year payment.
Charles E. Hansen, director of the department's impact-aid office, said districts should receive their payments as soon as President Bush signs the bill.
Although an appropriations bill for education had not been approved by the Congress as of last week, Mr. Hansen said the Office of Management and Budget will make available $130 million for preliminary payments to the neediest districts until a bill is signed.
What we've done is queue up the districts that have indicated a hardship, and we'll pay them first," he said.
John Forkenbrock, executive director of the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, credited two Democratic senators, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, for sponsoring the legislation.
Mr. Pell, who chairs the Senate education subcommittee, had been responsible for deleting the prior-year provision from the dropout bill.
Mr. Forkenbrock said the earlier legislative mix-up has delayed payments to districts by about a month.


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BasicFirst appoints Vineet Mehrotra as Chief Executive Officer
BasicFirst Learning OPC Pvt. Ltd. has announced the appointment of Vineet Mehrotra as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to strengthen its position in the edu-tech space.
Vineet Mehrotra comes aboard with a strategic vision and a notable background in management spanning across industry verticals such as profitability, sales, marketing, logistics, service, finance and HR globally. He comes with wealth of experience from reputed companies including Landmark Retail, Axiom Telecom & MHAO Group in the Middle East as well as Tata (Eureka Forbes Limited), Mahindra, Escorts and multinationals like Orga Kartensysteme in India.
He has a multi country exposure from Gulf regions besides India, viz UAE, Saudi Arabia where he has worked for 13 years.
On the appointment, Randhir Kumar, Founder and Chief Mentor, BasicFirst Learning OPC Pvt. Ltd. said "Mr. Mehrotra comes with a dynamic experience across sectors. His strategic vision and exceptional ability to manage business operations would be very valuable to BasicFirst as we chart out our plans to strengthen and expand our position in the market. I'm confident that his relentless zeal and former experience would be a crucial growth catalyst for the company".
"I am delighted at the opportunity to lead BasicFirst and cement its position in the industry," Mr. Mehrotra said of his appointment as the CEO of BasicFirst Learning OPC Pvt. Ltd. "The company has competitive assets and great people. It has proven to expand with rapid impetus right after its initiation. I am looking forward to leading the team towards exceptional heights." he added.
Vineet Mehrotra has served various senior level positions in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (currently serving), Vice President - Alpha Nexa Nutritionals, Group Regional Director (Middle East)- Axiom Telecom among many others.
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In home care involves both personal care and companionship care services. With personal care services, seniors can receive the assistance they need to complete basic tasks like bathing, feeding, and toileting. Companionship care includes more complex tasks like housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and errands.
Respite care is ideal for primary caregivers who are seeking a break from their caregiving duties. Thanks to respite care services from Comfort Keepers, primary caregivers can avoid burnout and spend some time focusing on their own needs and wants.
End of life care is designed to help seniors with a limited life expectancy. With end of life care, the families of these older adults can focus on creating some last memories rather than cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and taking care of other tasks that one of our caregivers can complete.
Older adults who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia require a unique type of care that Comfort Keepers can provide. Our caregivers can help these seniors make the most out of life despite their difficult, progressive condition.
Following a long or brief stay in the hospital, older adults can opt for transitioning home senior care so that they can avoid hospital readmission and recover as quickly and as safely as possible. Comfort Keepers can follow any recovery recommendations from the doctor and transport a senior to follow-up appointments.
Our home care agency stands out from others in the area because of our one-of-a-kind Interactive Caregiving philosophy. With Interactive Caregiving, seniors can enjoy physical, mental, emotional, and social stimulation. Some examples of Interactive Caregiving activities that may help them do so include walks in the park, yoga classes, community festivals, and puzzles.
For further details on any of our services, we encourage you to contact Comfort Keepers Home Care in Lomita, CA today.


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