Over 100 government representatives gathered on the 15th of September 2016 at The Hotel Realm, Canberra for the Australia OpenGov Leadership Forum. Mr. Mohit Sagar, Editor-in-chief at OpenGov started the day speaking about the importance of IT and its benefit realisation for governments, as well as focusing on the outcomes for citizens. More significantly, it is about making services available to citizens that is accessible, relevant and easy-to-use without necessarily incurring a high cost.
Guest speaker Mr. Zaqy Mohamad, Chairman of Government, Parliamentary Committee for Communications & Information shared Singapore's Smart Nation journey, explaining the context behind some of the initiatives being taken. Mr Mohamad shared two examples of driving visible outcomes within areas of focus, transport and healthcare.
Ms. Marie Johnson, Head of Technology Authority, National Disability Insurance Agency, ACT and Mr. Gary Sterrenberg, CIO, Department of Human Services, ACT then came together on stage to give an insightful case study of leveraging on technology and innovation to improve service delivery through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Ms. Johnson shared with the audience a video of young man named Christopher with celebral palsy who, through the help of NDIS and interface technology, was able to make a meaningful living through video editing. The NDIS would cover over 460,000 Australians with disability and additionally another 2-3 million people who are the caregivers and families. Ms. Johnson added on how technology underpins and transforms a lot of the services delivered by the NDIS, challenging the existing paradigm of how people with disability can also contribute to society.
Another example was given of how a lady named Janet who was the first NDIS participant to receive a neural switch, which assisted her to communicate via the computer, to be able to use Skype and use text messages, email and use the Internet. Janet's husband said that the technology improved her quality of life greatly, especially when she was receiving medical care and could not easily express herself. These examples demonstrated how technologies can act as an interface for people of disability and enable then to achieve social and economic participation. She summed up that innovation can happen in the most unexpected of places, through the examples of Christopher and Janet, prompting the audience to rethink how services can be delivered broadly across government.
Mr. Sterrenberg (above) continued the session and raised the challenge of integrating many of the services and technologies provided by government to create a unified and coherent experience for the citizen end-user. Technologies can enable groups such as people of disability to connect and engage with the government. Government can provide the platforms and eco-systems for citizens to engage with them and also with each other.
Subsequently, a keynote address was given by invited government speaker, Mr. Randall Brugeaud (above), CIO, Australian Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP), ACT, about optimising many of the technology processes happening at the DIBP. Mr. Brugeaud began by stating that much of the business at the DIBP is heavily enabled by technology, such the automated smart gates at the airports which make it easier and faster for international visitors with biometric passports for departure/arrival processing.
Mr. Brugeaud mentioned the need to support the increasingly mobile workforce and staff of the DIBP with better and richer information in their decision-making processes. 60% of all future project activity rely on technology enablement of some form at the DIBP, which is more than 100 million dollars investment over and above what the DIBP is spending on and this represents a huge investment with no room for failure. With challenges such as legacy infrastructure and imperfections in the operating model at the DIBP, Mr. Brugeaud spoke about how some of these issues were addressed: looking across the whole organisation, identifying fragmented IT processes and making more sensible decisions when integrating operations across different sub-organisations. A roadmap is in the process of being developed in terms of the technology strategy at the DIBP.
The first panel during the second half of the event focused on the The Digitalisation of Government Services. Ms. Joanne Gray, A/g CIO, IP Australia, emphasised that it is not enough for government to just focus on services: both governments and private enterprise should partner together in sharing knowledge to deliver better services for the citizens. Security was also a topic that was raised during the first panel: Dr. Vladas Leonas, Former CIO, Sydney Motorway Corporation, NSW, felt that security is a complex issue to deal with and requires out of the box thinking that needs to be customised to different government agencies. Ms. Gray stated that security needs to be approached from the ground up but governments and agencies themselves have to ask which parts of their data need to be secure as it would simply be inefficient to secure everything without much thinking. The second panel on big data analytics for government raised an important key point: it is not so much about the data itself but about how looking at the data can help solve problems for agencies, provide better reporting and most importantly, provide the necessary information on actionable insights.
Last but not least, the third panel on using collaborative technology to create the workplace of the future brought about several fundamental points: Peter Reichstadter, CIO, Austrian Parliament, reiterated that it was more important for collaborative work interfaces to be useable and relevant rather too overly high tech. It was also agreed that for the younger generations, having collaboration technologies and flexible work arrangements is a necessity, not an option.


The goal of this session is to empower teachers to effectively integrate technologies in their classrooms to engage students and improve achievement. This course will support teachers as they pursue Google for Education's Level 2 Educator Certification. All content and instruction will stem from Google for Education's Training Center.
Grades will be entered on 4/1/18 for transcript purposes.


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Property with grim past for sale
A former fishing station on a coastal cliff near St Cyrus, which has a dark and eerie past, is up for sale.
The remains of Kaim of Mathers Castle, a scheduled ancient monument, sit within the nine-acre grounds.
According to the book 'Portrait of a Parish' by Duncan Fraser, the 15th century castle was originally built by courtier James Barclay who, along with other local lairds, detested the local sheriff and complained about him frequently to King James I of Scotland until the king told them to go and make soup of the sheriff and "sup" him.
Taking this literally, Barclay and the lairds tricked the sheriff into a day's hunting, tipped him into a boiling cauldron, and one by one, "had a sup of the broth".
Denying any involvement, the king denounced them and swore an oath that Barclay "would get no peace to live neither on land nor sea for the rest of his life". The cannibal laird spent the rest of his life at Kaim of Mathers "poised between the land and sea on a cliff top near St Cyrus".
Complete with its own beach, slipway, ruined castle and caves, Rock Hall Fishing Station and Bungalow, a mile north of St Cyrus, is now available as a whole for offers over £725,000 or in two lots (offers over £530,000 and £195,000 respectively) through Strutt & Parker.
Bought as a ruin in 1998, it was restored and turned into a family home by Andrew and Annie Hamilton, who have been running it as a holiday let since 2008.
Dating from around the late 18th century, Rock Hall was run as a salmon fishing station for around 200 years. Built into a hollow at the top of the cliffs, it has been transformed from a working station with skipper's quarters, net store, two crewmen's bothies and a vaulted ice house into one large five-bedroom family home.
The buildings are situated overlooking St Cyrus' sandy beach and Montrose Bay.
A former engine shed stands on the slipway; it houses a winch which was formerly used to hoist salmon to the top of the cliff.
Kevin Maley of Strutt & Parker said: "The combined fishing station and bungalow package offers numerous opportunities as a family home and annexe, a rural retreat, a home with additional holiday let or as a holiday let in its entirety."

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Камила () в древноримската митология е амазонска боркиня.

Тя е дъщеря на Метаб, цар на волските в град Привернум, и на Касмила.

Нейният баща е изгонен от града заради избухливия му характер и бяга с малката си дъщеря. На бурната река Амизенус той не знае как да пресече и я завързва за дърво, като обещава на Диана, че я оставя да ѝ служи, ако успее неранена да стигне до другия бряг. Камила успява да пристигне на другия бряг, бозала от една кобила и ръсте като голяма ловджийка.

Когато Еней пристига в Италия, Камила се бие с против него и пада убита в битката от етруския Арун. Убиецът на Камила получава отмъщението на богинята Диана и е убит от Опис, приятелката на Камила.

Митосът е описан от Вергилий v Енеида.

Историята е подобна на тази на Харпалика, дъщерята на тракийския цар Харпалик.

Литература
 Giampiera Arrigoni: Camilla. Amazzone e sacerdotessa di Diana. Testi e documenti per lo studio dell'antichità Bd. 69. Cisalpino-Goliardica, Mailand 1982
 Fulvio Canciani: Camilla. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Band III, Zürich/München 1986, S. 178
 Fritz Graf: Camilla. Der Neue Pauly (DNP). Band 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X, Sp. 954
 Otto Rossbach: Camilla 1. Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band 3,1, Stuttgart 1893ff., Sp. 1430 f
 Georg Wissowa: Camilla. Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Sp. 848 f. (Digitalisat)

Източници

 Хигин Митограф, Fabulae 252
 Данте, Божествена комедия 1, 107; 4, 124
 Вергилий, Енеида, 7.1094 – 1103, XI,532 – 867, 11.1236 – 1256, 11.570,
 Мавър Сервий Хонорат, Commentarius in Vergilii Aeneida 1, 317; 11, 543; Adversus Ioviniaum 41, 306 BD

Древноримска митология

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Tak Mukohira has over 35 years' experience in leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies across business development, corporate strategy and international business. Prior to launching TNAX Biopharma, he was General Manager, Business Development, Life Science Institute Inc., which is a Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings company. Mr. Mukohira was previously President of MP Healthcare Venture Management Inc., which is the corporate venture capital arm of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, based in Boston. He has a rich network with the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. He earned an SM in MOT from MIT Sloan School of Management and a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Kyoto University.
Akira Shibuya is Professor and Chairman of Immunology, University of Tsukuba. He was an associate professor at University of Tsukuba and a lecturer at Okayama University. Dr. Shibuya had 12 years' experience as a clinician before he started his immunology research career as a post-doctoral fellow at DNAX Research Institute at Palo Alto,California. He contributes many articles on immunoreceptors and their ligands to professional journals. Dr. Shibuya graduated from Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and earned an M.D. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Tsukuba.
Miwa Toyoda has more than 4 years' experience of venture capitalist in the biotech industry as a Principal of Life Science Investment group of JAFCO, a leading venture capital firm in Japan. Prior to joining JAFCO, Ms. Toyoda had worked for Ono Pharmaceutical Co. for over 17 years. She was involved in business development and R&D including clinical planning/monitoring. Ms. Toyoda has an M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Tokyo.
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Home » Research » HIV vaccine candidate: Mymetics announces promising results in preclinical study
HIV vaccine candidate: Mymetics announces promising results in preclinical study
Research, Uncategorized, Vaccines
Mymetics Corporation (OTCQB: MYMX), a pioneer in the research and development of virosome-based vaccines to prevent transmission of human infectious diseases across mucosal membranes, announced today that its innovative HIV vaccine candidate has shown to generate significant protection in groups of twelve female monkeys against repeated AIDS virus exposures during part of the preclinical study.
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The blinded study was led by Dr. Ruth Ruprecht, Scientist & Director of the Texas Biomed AIDS Research Program and was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. During the first part of the study the Mymetics' two-component virosome-based HIV vaccine was able to show significant efficacy of 87% in delaying the time to persistent infection versus the control group after 7 intravaginal virus challenges. The study aimed to mimic the exposure of women to semen from HIV-infected men, although the viral dose of each of these 7 animal challenges represented about 70,000 times the average human HIV dose passed during sexual intercourse from an HIV-infected male to an uninfected female.
During the second part of the study the animal viral challenge dose was increased by 50% starting from the 8th challenge onward, reaching more than 100,000 times the average amount of virus passed from an infected man to a female partner. At this virus dose, the vaccine did not show significant protection in the animals as the immune system was overloaded.
Dr. Ruth Ruprecht said, "We are encouraged by the initial strong protection provided by the vaccine candidate, which is in line with the results from an earlier primate study performed in China that we were asked to repeat. The fact that the vaccine-induced immune defenses were eventually overcome requires a careful analysis to understand the mechanisms of the initial vaccine action and to learn what other immune defenses can be enlisted to yield even more potent antiviral action."
Sylvain Fleury, CSO of Mymetics, commented, "We are pleased that Mymetics HIV virosome-based vaccine could strongly prevent virus transmission under conditions that mimic male-to female sexual transmission. Especially as these protection results are coming from two studies conducted in two different countries, with two different sub-species of macaques, with different vaccine lots and without an adjuvant. The observed protection in genetically different animals raised in different housing and environmental conditions gives more weight to these observations."
Ronald Kempers, CEO of Mymetics, "We were very impressed with the professional and thorough work delivered by Dr. Ruprecht's team, including Dr. Samir Lakhashe, Staff Scientist at Texas Biomed, and look forward to understanding the mechanisms of action of our vaccine. This study proves that our HIV vaccine candidate can protect in very realistic settings and it provides a strong indication to possibly protect women against sexually transmitted HIV and come closer to an effective HIV vaccine in the future. Virosomes have a strong safety profile in children and adults and our virosome construct can easily be combined with other vaccine candidates and treatments, therefore we are hopeful that we can attract funding for the clinical development and move a step closer to an HIV vaccine."
The study involved 36 Indian origin rhesus macaques (monkeys) with 12 animals per group for more statistical power, compared two antigen vaccination regimens with placebo and was followed by intra-vaginal heterologous challenges with live virus.
This study was designed to replicate a successfully completed smaller study at the Institute of Laboratory Animal Science (ILAS) in Beijing, China in which the two-component vaccine protected all Chinese rhesus macaque monkeys against repeated virus exposures from persistent infection – an unprecedented result (1). One of the vaccine components further showed a strong safety and tolerance profile in a Phase I clinical trial in human volunteers (2).
With its HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus type 1) vaccine candidate, produced through its proprietary virosome technology, Mymetics aims to provide both a first line of defense through mucosal protection as well as a second line of defense against infection through the generation of blood antibodies. Mymetics has produced the tested HIV vaccine construct for clinical trials in liquid form and, since last year, is developing a new generation of needle-free and cold chain independent virosomal vaccine construct with the support of the European Horizon 2020 Program (MACIVIVA Project no. 646122), which would be very suitable for developing countries.
2.0 million people were newly infected by HIV in 2014, while an estimated 1.2 million people died of AIDS in that year (source: WHO). HIV-related illness remains one of the leading global causes of death and is projected to remain so in the coming decades. There is as yet no vaccine available against HIV. However, results of a large Phase III clinical study in Thailand showed a modest protective effect of 31%, providing encouraging support for the feasibility of an effective HIV vaccine.
A vaccine that blocks HIV transmission across mucosal membranes represents a highly promising approach to preventing HIV infection. Mymetics' vaccine is based on the findings that certain people are not infected with HIV, even though they are exposed to it very frequently. Women and men who produce IgA antibodies against the HIV gp41 protein in their mucosal secretions have been found to display resistance to HIV transmission and infection. Mymetics has used its technology and expertise to design a vaccine candidate specifically intended to induce a mucosal antibody response against HIV while also inducing blood antibodies.
Despite highly efficient drugs for preventing or slowing down virus spreading, their costs remain much higher than prophylactic vaccine, and long-term side effects are well documented.
(1) Immunity, Feb 2011 Bomsel et al.
(2) PLOS ONE Feb 2013, Leroux-Roels et al.
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A once lackluster hall now scans the heavens
Where a traditional steeple just wouldn't do, McClellan Architects designed radial panels that resemble the wings of a dove.
Photos by Ross Ishikawa
It's not what you would expect from an evangelical ministry in a modest neighborhood in the middle of Bremerton.
Embassy Center Apostolic Church is clearly the product of raised expectations. It stands like a rock in midtown, presenting a cleanly modern face on the street and reaching for the sky. The light-catching, sculptural tower over the new entrance is an instant landmark.
Embassy Center
1023 Sixth St., Bremerton
Emmanuel Apostolic Church
Project type:
Church-daycare, renovation
Construction type:
Wood stud wall with stucco finish
Date complete:
Structural engineer:
Gary Gill
General contractor:
Ed Brown Construction
Jury comments: This unusual transfiguration of a once very humble 1950s church is best appreciated by viewing its 'before' and 'after' photos. The difference is amazing. An evocative entry tower suggests the wings of a dove, and signals to its community that this is a special place of worship.
A remarkable transformation from an unpretentious background building to a strongly symbolic building with enormous street presence. The interiors suffer from seemingly random placement of windows and a simplicity that contradicts the exuberance of the entrance.
This project is important in that it changes a totally lackluster, mid-century building to provide the interior with a delightful play of light and the exterior with a heightened interpretation of a church steeple based on the Pentecostal experience. This project works both in daytime and in its exuberant evening lighting.
Although it is a church within an established denomination, Embassy Center is the name the congregation has given its new home. It's a name that fits the entrepreneurial spirit of the pastor, Rev. Larry Robertson, who travels worldwide to teach and preach the gospel.
At home in Bremerton, the congregation acquired and repaired a large house next door for outreach activities and led crime clean-up in the neighborhood. With the renovation of the existing church -- an unremarkable meeting hall built in the 1920s and renovated in the 1950s -- the group has added two services on Sundays, a kitchen and a new week-long day-care in the basement.
State-of-the-art sound and audio-visual systems complement Sunday services and support special programs in the sanctuary. A new library lies just to the left of the center's front doors.
Robertson, a preacher of the Apostolic faith, has given architect Regan McClellan the informal title of deacon for his role in the project.
The project itself is a teacher, according to Robertson. "This building teaches excellence," he said. "But it teaches other things."
"Connect -- that's what this building does," Robertson said
The new center connects more and more people to the church, he said. Much of the labor involved in construction was provided by members.
It connects the church to its neighbors, who have watched with interest as the tired layers of exterior paneling were removed and a clear statement of renewed mission took shape. And with its new visibility, it connects the building to the city itself.
The design of the steeple grew from the idea of the flame of the Pentecost, but some see a flower, the sails of a ship or the wings of a dove.
The renovation includes a new front entry and stair, and an access ramp in the rear, in addition to the sculptural tower over the roof. By clearing away some walls inside, the sanctuary was enlarged by about 20 percent. Other changes were made to add dimension and atmospheric quality to the interior.
Embassy Center seems to prove that in order to transmit an idea or a spirit, a building design must be the product of a special partnership between architect and client. McLellan and his newly founded firm, McClellan Architects, formed that partnership with Robertson and his church in the initial interview.
"He listens," said Robertson.
They talked about light and scripture. The minister shared his favorite passage, from Matthew 5:14,16: "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill and cannot be hid. Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven."
Designers began with an unremarkable building hall built in the 1920s and renovated in the 1950s.
McClellan remembers saying: "Let's open up this window, put a wall in front of it, and then put the pulpit in front of the wall." That basic proposition became the starting point for design of the sanctuary. A stage-like platform the length of the wall supports a small musical group and several chairs, in addition to the podium. In the center, natural light breaks from behind a double screen wall that forms an abstract cross-shaped pattern. The source of the light is a pre-existing window, narrowed to a horizontal strip near the ceiling.
"The southern light pounds in around late morning, when services are in full swing," said McCellan.
The two remaining exterior walls of the sanctuary also get extraordinary treatment within the spare and cost-conscious renovation. Two additional layers of framing inside the existing structure enabled the architect to carve deep and narrow windows along the wall. The special treatment was inspired by a moment in the old building when McClellan noticed a woman facing the wall in prayer.
Deep, narrow windows along the wall were inspired by a moment in the old building when architect Regan McClellan noticed a woman facing the wall in prayer.
Along most of the length of the wall, a constellation of vertical and horizontal window slots admit a dancing pattern of light inside the space during the daytime and outside at night. In the corner, the play of light intensifies as the pattern of windows turns the corner and follows the back wall, which also happens to face the street.
Many of the niches now frame one of several ceramic vases, set there by members of the congregation. The collection, according to Robertson, represent a biblical metaphor for believers -- lumps of clay made into perfect vessels.
During the design process, the architect first brought up the need for some kind of steeple or tower to express the religious nature of the building and its place in the community. When he mentioned the need for such a landmark, the minister was quick to respond. "He let me know that a traditional steeple just wasn't going to cut it," said McClellan.
The towering sculpture that the architect designed after this conversation became a centerpiece for fundraising for the entire renovation. Inspiration grew from the idea of the flame of the Pentecost.
Photo by Clair Enlow
Rev. Larry Robertson with architect Regan McClellan
At night, the construction is nothing so much as a lamp, a burst of light on the horizon. But the composition of radial panels could be the whorl of a flower, the sails of a ship, the wings of a dove, or a system of cosmic wave catchers opening to scan the heavens. Excitement and ambiguity work hand in hand here to deliver an arresting sight.
Embassy Center is designed without pews or other fixed furnishings. This practical fact seems to fit the community and the congregation, which includes many military and former military personnel.
The old saying: "You can't take it with you" has new meaning, especially when it comes to real estate. This has not been lost on Robertson, himself a former military man and a transplant from west Texas. Minus the tower, Embassy Center would simply be a special meeting place, retaining its value.
While it seems to grow from the roof and the wall at the entry to the building, the tower is actually attached by only about six bolt points right above the foyer. It is portable, according to McClellan. Given the attachment to the tower that some have expressed, it's entirely possible that it would follow them to any new home.
Clair Enlow can be reached by e-mail at clair@clairenlow.com.
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Health in Brief
Over 45 trillion VND spent to build and upgrade hospitals
The Prime Minister has agreed to pour over 45 trillion VND (2.5 billion USD) in a project to build and upgrade hospitals in mountainous and remote areas from now to 2013.
The funding will be mobilised from government bonds, local budget and official development assistance (ODA).
The project will help build 78 central and provincial general hospitals, 55 tuberculosis hospitals, 40 mental hospitals and centres, 33 paediatrics and obstetric hospitals, nine tumour hospitals, seven tumour departments in general hospitals, the National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases and the Can Tho Pharmaceutical and Medical University.
The Ministry of Health is assigned to manage the project.
Heath ministry pledges more investment in women
Despite the economic crisis, the Health Ministry has pledged not to cut back on investment in women, for the sake of their health, their children's health, and that of the entire population.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Ba Thuy made this statement at a July 2 press briefing on local activities in response to World Population Day 2009 (July 11).
According to statistics, the average maternal mortality rate in 2008 was 75 deaths per 100,000 live births, and even higher in remote and mountainous areas. To achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on maternal health, Vietnam has set a target of reducing this ratio to 60/100,000 by 2010 in its 2006-2010 socio-economic development plan, said the health official. He added that by 2015, the rate will be reduced by three quarters in fulfilment of MDG commitments.
Over the years, thanks to the implementation of important social policies in family planning, the norm of a small-sized family has become more and more widely accepted, and the average number of children per woman of child-bearing age has reached the replacement level of fertility, helping to lift the pressure of population growth on socio-economic development.
However, Vietnam is confronting huge challenges in maintaining these achievements, Deputy Minister Thuy said, citing the increased maternal mortality rate, especially in remote and disadvantaged areas in recent time.
Adding to this is a large population size, about 86.5 million people, making Vietnam the 13 th most populous country in the world; an unstable decline in birth rates; a high population density, at 257 people/sq.km, six times the world average; and an imbalance in the sex ratio at birth--112 males/100 females.
Even after steady improvement, the country's human development index (HDI) is still at a low level, at 0.733 points, ranking 105/177 countries in the world. A number of factors compound the problem: high rate of malnutrition, high risk for epidemics, particularly reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS infections.
Last but not least, the traditional mind-set of having a large family, and that a son is a must to continue the blood line is still common place, he said.
A representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Bruce Campbell, praised Vietnam 's progress in reproductive health and family planning, which, he said, is attributable to the joint efforts of the Government and development partners. He added that the free health care policy for children under the age of six demonstrated the Vietnamese Government's strong commitment to improving child and maternal health.
This year's World Population Day is themed "Responding to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Women's Health is a Smart Choice." In this spirit, Campbell cautioned Vietnam not to reduce health investment as it would then take longer and require more resources to get back to the pre-crisis level of health standards.
Better health care under way for remote regions
The Prime Minister has approved a scheme to build and upgrade provincial hospitals and clinics in mountainous regions nationwide in the 2009-2013 period.
The initiative is expected to help poor people in rural, remote and mountainous areas access high-quality medical services, reduce the overload at central hospitals and build the capacity of medical staff.
An investment of about 45.28 trillion VND, sourced from Government bonds, the local State budget and official development assistance will be required.
The plan includes the construction and upgrade of 78 central and provincial general hospitals, 55 tuberculosis clinics, 40 mental health centres and hospitals, 33 paediatrics and obstetrics hospitals, nine tumour hospitals, seven tumour departments of provincial and city general hospitals, the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University .
The four-phases, plan will focus on tuberculosis and mental health hospitals from now until 2011, tumour, obstetrics and paediatric hospitals from now until 2012, provincial general hospitals and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University from now until 2013 and the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases from 2010 until 2013.
Source: VietNamNet/VNA


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Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #4: Substitute Creature (Hardcover)
By Charles Gilman
This is book number 4 in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series.
#1: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle (Hardcover): $15.67
#2: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #2: The Slither Sisters (Hardcover): $15.67
#3: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher's Pest (Hardcover): $13.99
Kobo eBook (September 24th, 2013): $7.99
It's Valentine's Day and a monstrous blizzard has descended upon Lovecraft Middle School, trapping twelve-year-old Robert Arthur inside the building! He and his companions have no choice but to spend the night—while snacking on cafeteria food, sleeping on the gymnasium floor, facing off against a sinister substitute teacher, and thwarting an army of abominable beasts.
This fourth novel in the Lovecraft Middle School series begins right where Teacher's Pest ended—with more action, more adventure, and more outrageous monsters!
Charles Gilman is an alias of Jason Rekulak, an editor who lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children. When he's not dreaming up new tales of Lovecraft Middle School, he's biking along the fetid banks of the Schuylkill River, in search of two-headed rats and other horrific beasts.
From an early age, Eugene Smith dreamed of drawing monsters, mayhem, and madness. Today, he is living the dream in Chicago, where he resides with his wife, Mary, and their daughters Audrey and Vivienne.
"The perfect mix of danger, horror, and humor to keep kids interested without scaring them away completely."—GeekDad.com
Praise for Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle
"Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons – Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!"—Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
"Gilman's debut and series kick-off is great fun for fans of light horror. The changing image on the cover will snag interest, and the spookily realistic black-and-white illustrations throughout complete this slick, scary, funny package. [There are] delectable hints of age-appropriate, Lovecraftian otherness...with none of the purple prose."—Kirkus Reviews
"This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."—School Library Journal
"Fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."—Publishers Weekly
"Middle school memories won't be the same once you jump into Charles Gilman's Tales From Lovecraft Middle School series."—Florida Times-Union
"Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."—BookSlut
"Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"—Wired.com's GeekDad
"[Tales from Lovecraft Middle School] is highly entertaining."—Horror News
"The lenticular covers alone makes the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School books worth buying. But the books are really good, too."—Super Punch
"Ideal for middle schoolers or older, it's an action-packed paranormal treat, with lots of weird, unexplainable happenings."—Lansing State Journal
"These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."—Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman, a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee
"Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming."—Montreal Gazette
"If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes."—Asbury Park Press blog
"Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."—Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI
Praise for Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #2: The Slither Sisters
"This fast-paced, humorous tale will appeal to fans of horror along the lines of R. L. Stine."—Brenda Kahn, School Library Journal
"Fast, fun, and adequately disgusting."—Daniel Kraus, Booklist
"[Slither Sisters is] another slightly creepy, often funny read... [that is] worth a look for fans of Spiderwickand the ever-living Goosebumps."—Kirkus Reviews
"If you like Monster High or Harry Potter, you will really like this book."—Sacramento Book Review
Praise for Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher's Pest
"Good, gross and ghoulish."—Kirkus Review
"As always, Gilman punctuates the fast-moving action and grossout set pieces with the delicate matters of young friendships.... The 3-D cover will grab 'em. And you can reassure horror addicts more volumes are slithering our way."—Booklist
"An entertaining mystery that offers up plenty of danger and real suspense."—GeekDad.com
Publisher: Quirk Books
Series: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School
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Courtesy Tanya Edwards/Prudential Northwest Realty AssociatesWant to live in a distinctive neighborhood within walking distance of stores and restaurants? Try Admiral, in West Seattle. Here are three homes there for just under $500,000, starting with 3411 42nd Ave. S.W. The 2,500-square-foot house, built in 1914, has four bedrooms, including a unique loft with a vaulted ceiling, two bathrooms, a lower-level rec room, a deck and a patio on a 5,000-square-foot lot. It's listed for $479,000.
Courtesy Tanya Edwards/Prudential Northwest Realty AssociatesLiving room of 3411 42nd Ave. S.W. The 2,500-square-foot house, built in 1914, has four bedrooms, including a unique loft with a vaulted ceiling, two bathrooms, a lower-level rec room, a deck and a patio on a 5,000-square-foot lot. It's listed for $479,000.
Courtesy Tanya Edwards/Prudential Northwest Realty AssociatesDining room of 3411 42nd Ave. S.W. The 2,500-square-foot house, built in 1914, has four bedrooms, including a unique loft with a vaulted ceiling, two bathrooms, a lower-level rec room, a deck and a patio on a 5,000-square-foot lot. It's listed for $479,000.
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Most Of The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' Gang Is Back At The Peach Pit For The First 'BH90210' Teaser
Andrew HusbandTwitterNews & Culture Writer
February's announcement that an unusually meta revival of the classic teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210 was marred by the sudden and sad news of actor Luke Perry's passing. Despite this turn of events, the rest of the returning cast — including Shannen Doherty, who survived breast cancer a few years prior — decided to press on with the revival-within-a-revival limited series. Set to drop its first episode next month, BH90210 dropped a short teaser trailer on Thursday with new footage of the forthcoming reunion.
So, why is BH90210 more of a "meta" revival? Because Doherty, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, and Tori Spelling are playing "heightened versions of themselves… a healthy dose of irreverence." Per the official synopsis:
Having gone their separate ways since the original series ended 19 years ago, Jason, Jennie, Ian, Gabrielle, Brian and Tori reunite when one of them suggests it's time to get a Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot up and running. But getting it going may make for an even more delicious soap than the reboot itself. What will happen when first loves, old romances, friends and frenemies come back together, as this iconic cast — whom the whole world watched grow up together — attempts to continue from where they left off?
The first of BH90210's six episodes debuts Wednesday, August 7th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.
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Opinion: What I wish we could bury with Brooks
It's ironic that just as our P.T. Barnum of a president, Donald Trump, pushes his racially charged anti-immigrant circus act to dangerous new heights, one of the pioneers and unrepentant masters of the art, L. Brooks Patterson, has left the ring.
Patterson was just as determined to keep in place the structural and institutional racism that has burdened people of color for too long.
He rose to prominence like other local leaders of his time — Republican and Democrat alike (Boston Mayor Ray Flynn comes to mind) — on the wave of northern whites' backlash and determination to end the civil rights era push for integration.
Patterson was there at the creation, or shall we say more accurately the death knell, of the push to integrate northern industrial cities, when violent opposition to busing as a means to integrate school communities was blocked, including the Metro Detroit-based U.S. Supreme Court case that put the nail in the coffin.
Patterson's act grew in sophistication over the years. He made elaborate shows of Oakland County's good government openness, efficiency and 21st-century thinking — leading trade missions and embracing Chinese in schools, and lending his very capable county government fiscal and management staff to help other, less well-run communities.
But whenever he appeared to take two steps forward on race, opening lines of collaboration and cooperation with former Detroit mayors Dennis Archer, Kwame Kilpatrick and Dave Bing (after the death of his nemesis and foil Coleman Young), he'd take two steps back — as in his 2014 New Yorker comments about what a hellhole Detroit was.
Brooks was charming, clever and witty, a maestro of show-stopping schtick. One of the funniest routines I have ever seen occurred at the Mackinac Policy Conference over a decade ago. Every year the "Big Four" (the Detroit mayor and executives of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties) hold forth in front of the 2,000-plus executive and political crowd.
Three of the four were on stage waiting, including then Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Where was Patterson? Then entered the tent … black-clad Patterson surrounded by his look alike security posse; earpieces chirping, phones glowing, whistles blowing — a nod and a knife to the "living large" Kilpatrick, before his fall.
But the tragedy is that the energy and acuity with which he could have spoofed and then smoothed our differences was spent making them grow larger. Even near the end, he could not bring himself to throw a spanner in the well-oiled gears of segregation and racism.
Patterson had a chance to lead his out-county constituents toward a long-overdue regional transportation system that would bring Metro Detroit into the 21st century and deliver economic goods for black and white. But to the end he fanned fears of a black "invasion" of white enclaves by bus and train.
One irony is that the county he worked so long to "protect" is now a model (by Michigan standards) of a more prosperous, optimistic and racially and ethnically diverse community — even home to Troy, the most immigrant-rich community in Michigan. And a county that is becoming reliably blue or Democratic in local, state and federal elections.
I wish the almost joyful racism borne of political ambition was buried with Brooks Patterson. I am afraid the circus is still in town.
John Austin is the former president of the Michigan State Board of Education, and director of the Michigan Economic Center.


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OctuMom Buys Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
Funny story written by Abel Rodriguez
Neverland's Loopy Looping Logarithm Ride.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, California - OctuMom's financial company OctuMoney has purchased the sprawling 2,800 acre Neverland Ranch.
Reports are that OctuMoney secured a $36.6 million loan from El Banco de Cancun located in Beverly Hills. There are unconfirmed reports that OctuMom is dating the bank's CEO Conrad Brad Bandicott.
When Bandicott was asked if the reports were true he replied that they were not. When OctuMom was asked if she was in fact dating Conrad Brad Bandicott, she replied that she did not know anyone by that name.
Neverland Ranch, which was named after Michael Jackson's original makeup artist Odessa Tiddly Neverland houses one of the largest petting zoos on the left coast.
The petting zoo, which is named The Billie Jean Petting Zoo is open 24-hours a day and features, goats, possum, monkeys, kangaroos, anacondas (which have been trained to be nice), French poodles, woodpeckers, and a Mexican fighting bull (which has been trained not to fight).
Since the petting zoo first opened in 1988, there have been a grand total of 14,000 different species of animals, birds, fish, and reptiles that have been petted.
And by far the most petted animal has been the ostrich that was born with no legs.
Second is the African lion that was born with no legs, no ears, no claws, and no teeth.
And third is the beautiful, sexy, and somewhat forward petting zoo assistant manager Velvetina "Buttercup" Fandango, 28, who at last count had been petted a little over 12,700 times, including about 60 times by George Hamilton.
Neverland Ranch also houses one of the biggest amusement parks west of the Mississippi River. The Ferris Wheel is the biggest one in the world. It has a total of 60 cars which can hold up to 6 individuals per car.
The Ferris Wheel was constructed at the Facundo Family Factory in Malpica, Portugal. It took a year and two months to build and cost $9 million.
When it was finished it was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, down through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific Ocean coastline on the Portuguese Aircraft Carrier The PSS Senora De Las Palmas Altas Que Se Muven Con Madre Cuando Les Pega Un Huracan Rete Chingon, which roughly translated means One Big Ass Ship.
The Ferris Wheel has been featured in several motion pictures including Godzilla vs The Taliban, March of The Penguins, The Pink Panther - The Case of The Menage-a-Trois, Tarzan Infiltrates The Zulu Tribe Headquarters, The Titanic, and most recently Slumdog Millionaire.
Other rides featured at Neverland Ranch include The Zippity Doo Dah Zipper Cruncher, The Umbrella Ride From Just This Side of Hell, The Sick Sick Sky Swat Sizzler, and The Tilt-A-Tit Tornado.
When OctuMom was asked for her thoughts on the purchase of Neverland she replied, "Never in my wildest dreams did I ever dream that one day I would be daydreaming that I was standing in this Peter Panish place, but only I would not really be daydreaming or even dreaming."
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The La Brea Tar Pits Scrutinizer Tribune will be reporting in its morning edition that OctuMom has decided that the lifesize statue of Bubbles the Chimp which is located at the entrance to Neverland Ranch will be given to Jackson's lifelong friend and role model Diana Ross.]
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Of the 10 species of sycamore (Platanus species), one species, American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) and one hybrid, London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia) are common in South Carolina. Both of these trees are well adapted to all areas of the state; however, they are susceptible to some diseases and insect pests. As always, the first line of defense against pest problems is to follow recommended cultural practices in order to maintain healthy plants. The healthier a plant is, the better it is able to withstand disease and insect pests. For information on cultural practices that favor the growth of healthy sycamores, see HGIC 1022, Sycamore.
Twig Blight: This phase occurs in the spring before leaf emergence, killing tips of small, 1-year-old twigs.
Bud Blight: This phase occurs in April and May. The expanding buds die because of the girdling action of the canker on the branch.
Shoot Blight: New shoots and immature leaves on infected branches suddenly die.
Leaf Blight: The most characteristic symptoms are crinkling and browning of the leaves. Entire leaves may be killed and then fall. These symptoms are very similar to those caused by late spring frost injury.
Sycamore anthracnose symptoms on leaves and twigs.
Sycamore anthracnose symptoms on leaf.
Sycamore anthracnose is favored by cool, wet weather (temperatures under 60 F) during budbreak and the few weeks of growth that follow. A severely infected tree may be completely defoliated (lose all of its leaves) multiple times in a single season. This defoliation will not kill an otherwise healthy tree unless it occurs repeatedly over several years. When a small twig or branch is affected, cankers may girdle and eventually kill the branch. The death of a branch will often result in the production of many small shoots in the area just below the girdled portion of the branch, giving that part of the tree a bushy appearance that is referred to as "witch's broom". Spores (reproductive structures) from the fungus are spread by rain and wind to healthy leaves, buds and twigs. The fungus survives the winter on fallen leaves and twigs as well as on cankers present on twigs that remain on the tree.
Prevention & Treatment: Apply adequate fertilizer and water to maintain the vigor of the tree(s) as per recommendations in HGIC 1000, Fertilizing Trees & Shrubs. When planting a new tree, select a cultivar that exhibits resistance. 'Bloodgood,' 'Columbia' and 'Liberty' (London plane tree cultivars) are moderately resistant to anthracnose. To limit the number of spores that are present to start new infections, remove and destroy fallen leaves and twigs. In addition, prune out and destroy diseased branches. Care should be taken to disinfect pruning shears in rubbing alcohol or 10% bleach solution after each pruning cut. For small trees, spring applications of chlorothalonil, thiophanate-methyl or copper fungicides may protect the tree from the disease. It is often impractical to spray large trees. Read and follow all directions on the label. For valuable trees, certified arborists can perform root flare injections using thiabendazole (Arbortect Macro-Infusion Fungicide), which may aid in tree protection for three years.
Powdery Mildew: Microsphaera species cause powdery mildew disease on sycamores. This disease is common on plants growing in shady areas with high humidity. Powdery mildew typically begins as circular or irregular patches of white to gray powdery material (spores and threadlike strands of the fungus) on leaves and twigs. These patches may coalesce (grow together) to form a thin powdery layer on the plant surface. Typically, young shoots and leaves are more severely affected than old parts of a tree. Infected leaves become distorted, and may turn yellow and drop. New growth is often stunted. In late summer, small, pinhead-sized black structures may develop on the whitish gray patches. These structures are for surviving the winter. The following spring, they produce a second kind of spore that causes more infection.
Prevention & Treatment: For large trees, it is usually not practical to spray, and control is often not warranted. When spraying is feasible and necessary, several fungicides (myclobutanil*, thiophanate methyl*, propiconazole, chlorothalonil, sulfur, copper fungicides, and horticultural oil) are available. Read and follow all directions on the label.
*Note: Powdery mildew fungi can develop resistance to these fungicides if they are applied exclusively.
Bacterial Leaf Scorch: Bacterial leaf scorch (BLS) is a problem on several species of shade trees, including American sycamore and London planetree, oaks, maples, sweetgum, dogwood and American elm. It is caused by Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterial pathogen (disease-causing organism) with a wide host range. This bacterium lives in the host plant's xylem (water-carrying tubes). Many ornamentals and weeds are hosts to this organism, but show no disease symptoms. To enter a new plant, the bacteria are generally carried by insects such as leafhoppers, sharpshooters and spittlebugs that have fed on xylem fluid from an infected plant. The bacteria may also spread from tree to tree by root grafts.
Sycamore leaves showing the scorched appearance and upward curling characteristic of BLS.
Characteristic symptoms of BLS in sycamore include irregularly shaped areas of scorch (dry and brown tissue) on leaf margins and between leaf veins. These symptoms are generally evident in late summer/early fall. Oftentimes, there will be a band of reddish color between the scorched portion of the leaf and the rest of the leaf. Affected leaves may curl upward, but often remain on the tree.
Initially, leaves on only one or a few branches may be affected. With time, symptoms may appear on other branches of the tree. Symptoms tend to begin with older leaves on a branch and then develop in younger leaves. As a result, younger leaves at the ends of sycamore branches may appear healthy. Over several years, entire branches may die. The resulting tree decline may require removal of the infected tree.
Prevention & Treatment: There is no way to prevent BLS, but if affected limbs are pruned out early in the infection and well below the scorched leaves, a cure may be possible. Providing irrigation, mulch and fertilizer to an infected tree can extend the life of the tree. Trees with extensive dieback should be removed and replaced with non-susceptible trees. Currently, spray treatments are not available. However, certified arborists can perform annual root flare injections of antibiotic treatments, using oxytetracycline (such as Bacastat), which can reduce symptoms by suppressing the pathogen.
Sycamore Lace Bug: Sycamore lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) gets its name from the lacy pattern seen on the adult's wings, head, and thorax (chest region). The adult is small, 1/8 inch in length and brown to black in color.
Adults survive the winter under peeling bark of the sycamore tree. They become active in the spring at about the same time as leaves begin to develop. The adult female lays eggs on the leaf's undersurface, attaching them with a brown sticky material. In a few days, the nymphs (immature stage) hatch. The nymphs are wingless, darker than the adults and covered with spines. Both adults and nymphs feed on the undersides of leaves. They have piercing/sucking mouthparts that they use to remove sap from the leaves. Around the feeding sites, the leaf tissue turns yellow. These yellow flecks are visible from the leaf's upper surface. Late in the summer, the lower surface of the leaf will typically be covered with dark spots of waste material and the cast off skins of immature lace bugs. Damage to trees is typically not serious, but heavy infestations can reduce growth.
Prevention & Treatment: The sycamore lace bug has several natural enemies, including assassin bugs, minute pirate bugs, lacewings, spiders and predaceous mites. As much as possible, these predators should be allowed to reduce lace bug populations. To control sycamore lace bugs, it is important to inspect leaves every week for signs of the insect. If the tree is small enough, spraying with a strong stream of water can control a light infestation. Controlling this pest on a large tree using chemicals is expensive and often not practical. Since little serious damage results from lace bug infestation of sycamore trees, tolerating some damage is a good choice. If insecticide application becomes necessary and is feasible, acephate (sprays) and imidacloprid (soil drench) are recommended for homeowner use. As with all pesticides, read and follow all label directions and precautions.
Insecticides and Fungicides for Sycamore Insect Pest and Disease Control.
2 Never apply a horticultural oil spray within 2 weeks of a sulfur spray, and do not apply horticultural oils or sulfur when the temperature is above 90 °F or to drought-stressed plants.
Add 3 tablespoons of horticultural oil to a gallon of water with 3 tablespoons of baking soda for powdery mildew control.
Note: With all pesticides, read and follow all label instructions and precautions.


When the new Costco Anywhere Visa card replaced the chain's American Express rewards card, the transition was not without hiccups.
Costco has changed from American Express to Visa for its rewards card. Image source:Mike Mozart, Flickr.
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) has learned that changing credit card providers when your chain only accepts one variety of card can cause major upheaval.
Even though there was more than a year's worth of advance notice before the new Citigroup-issued (NYSE:C), Costco-branded Visa (NYSE:V) was rolled out, its arrival still caused problems for the warehouse club. The Costco Anywhere Card entirely replaced American Express (NYSE:AXP) as the retailer's rewards card, but the chain will now let customers pay with any Visa.
Costco promoted the change to its existing cardholders, and stopped taking new reward card members months in advance of the switchover. But given the sheer number of people involved, problems were inevitable, and the abruptness of the switch added to that. On June 19, Costco stores only took American Express. When they opened on June 20, they only took Visa, including the new Costco Visa cards.
In the first days of the switch there was confusion at the registers, and long wait times for help when customers placed calls to Citigroup. Those issues were addressed quickly according to Jennifer Bombardier, a spokeswoman for the bank, who spoke to The Motley Fool via an email interview.
"With any conversion of this magnitude and a brand this beloved, call volumes were unprecedented," she wrote. "As a result, some customers experienced longer-than-desired wait times in the first few days of the launch. In response, we swiftly took action to better meet the demand for the new cards and since then, average call wait times have lessened significantly."
And while the media jumped on the story of problems with the conversion, in reality, both Costco and Citigroup addressed the issues quickly. Yes, the first few days were rough, but things improved rapidly.
"The vast majority of call volume was related to a number of topics including card activation, payment queries, online setup and things of that nature. Not complaints," Bombardier wrote.
What does the new Costco Visa card mean for customers?
Anyone who held the old American Express card should have received the new Costco Visa card well in advance of the June 20 switch date. In making the change, the new credit card company did not do credit checks, and all rewards and balances were supposed to switch over.
Now that the transition has been completed, Costco has also begun taking new members for its credit card rewards program again. That gives customers who previously had been temporarily locked out access to the new Visa card, which offers a number of benefits.
The new Costco Visa card has no annual fee, but to get one, applicants must be members of the warehouse club, which costs $55 a year. They must also pass a credit check, as they would for any credit card.
Assuming you qualify for the card and have joined Costco, the Visa card then serves as your membership ID at the warehouse club.
The new card's benefits are an upgrade from those offered with the Costco American Express: The cash back on gas purchases has been increased from 3% to 4% for the first $7,000 spent in a year, up from a $4,000 limit. The cash back on restaurant and eligible travel spending increased from 2% to 3%. Customers also maintain the 2% cash back benefit on all Costco purchases, and 1% cash back return on everything else.
Costco's new Visa card also offers worldwide car rental insurance along with worldwide travel accident insurance. In addition, it includes damage and theft protection.
While the transition had its rough moments, both the warehouse club and its credit card company recovered quickly. Now, it's business as usual for the chain, which can go back to adding members to its rewards credit card program. The early results for that appear to be very positive, which suggest significant pent up demand.
That's good news for shareholders, as it suggests that despite the early problems the warehouse club has returned to business as usual. Going forward, any problems should fade in importance, and the company should add to its Costco Anywhere cardholder base.


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Two Towns Over by Darren C. Demaree Review by Sam Frost
Darren C. Demaree's Two Towns Over was chosen by Campbell McGrath as the winner of the Louis Bogan Award from Trio House Press and will be launched at AWP this year.
Reading these poems left me both hollow and whole, an incredible experience. The collection creates the feeling of reading one's diary and at the same time reading the history of a town. Demaree speaks so specifically about Ohio and the experience of drug addiction that it's easy to lose yourself in the words.
The language is sharp and doesn't waste any time. Every word is important and packs a punch.
The first ten poems are titled "Sweet Wolf # (1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 13, 22, 24, 25, 29)" and "Sweet Wolf #1" begins with immediate imagery, giving drugs a symbol before they are even mentioned. Then, much like addiction, each poem escalates, and by "Sweet Wolf 29" Demaree shows us what addiction can do to a family.
The last twenty poems are titled "Ode to the Corner of the Drug House Down the Gravel Road Off the Two-Lane Highway # (1-60)". The Odes fluctuate from lyrical to straight forward, creating a pulse within the lines. The repetition of the title forces addiction and its horrors to become visceral.
Reading these poems felt like walking. Like I was traveling through these towns, seeing snapshots of the life there, one fading into the next, and being changed by them.
This is important work written about an important subject in a beautiful way.
Thanks to the author for the opportunity to read and review Two Towns Over, and congratulations on the much deserved award.
You can find more about the author on his website, and also check out more of his writing in the latest issue of Unbroken.
Book Reviews Darren C. Demaree


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Middleton's Historic Depot, Visitors Center
Built in 1895, this depot was an active passenger station until 1960 and a...
Whittlesey House
The Whittlesey House was the original residence for Mr. Thomas Tucker Whittlesey, and was...
The Stamm House was built in 1847 and has served the Middleton community as...
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Weinberg Building
The Weinberg Building, named after the original owner Charles Weinberg, was built in the...
H.G. Wolf House
The Wolf House was built in1868 as a private residence for Henry G. Wolf,...
Pheasant Branch School
A one-room elementary school was moved to this property in 1861, from Branch Street...
Palmer House
The area's first home, which was built in 1847. The structure you see today...
American Hotel
The American Hotel, built between 1867 and 1870, attracted diners from Madison to its...
The original building on this site, known as the 'Opera House', was constructed in...
Little White Church on the Hill
Built by German Methodists and Baptists in 1870 at a cost of $1,800, this...
This building dates to the 1850s and housed a blacksmith shop that served guests...
Middleton Historical Museum (A.K.A. Rowley House)
The museum is housed in a historical landmark building that was built in 1867,...


Two UO researchers seek to harness the power and portability of e-reading technology such as the iPad and Kindle to help college students who have difficulties with reading comprehension. The project could ease students' academic anxieties as well as their (literally) heavy textbook loads.
Stephen Fickas, professor of computer and information science, and McKay Sohlberg, professor of communication disorders and sciences, will collaborate with two Department of Defense facilities to develop a process that matches reading impairments to effective reading strategies that can be delivered on electronic tablets.
The growing popularity of these devices makes them a useful platform for the delivery of individualized reading support to struggling students.
Fickas and Sohlberg started this project—called the CampusReader project—in fall 2009, and recently received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue the work. With this project, the researchers hope to fill the gaps in the scientific literature that links reading impairments with reading strategies.
"Ideally, as students sit down with their computers to begin their online reading assignment, the CampusReader software will work in the background to extend the textbook content with strategies that fit with each student's reading profile," said Fickas.
Read about another Steven Fickas project: a new smart-phone app class.
The CampusReader software will be designed to facilitate reading tasks for a wide range of college students, including veterans with mild brain injuries and adults with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.
"Reading comprehension deficits are a huge problem for many students leaving high school who have both identified and unidentified impairments," said Sohlberg, who recently was awarded the College of Education's five-year HEDCO endowed professorship.
"Our targeted students are those who have cognitive impairments that make it difficult for them to sort relevant from irrelevant information, draw inferences or connect background knowledge to new learning situations," said Sohlberg.
As reading-tablet technology improves, and the publishing industry increasingly embraces e-books, the researchers see an opportunity to integrate reading strategies with electronic textbooks.
Fickas and Sohlberg will conduct pilot studies, laboratory experiments and longterm evaluations to develop an educational package that uses open-source software and hardware.
One of their goals is recognition and acceptance of the CampusReader through the Computer-Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), which provides assistive technology, devices and services free of charge to partnering federal agencies that work with returning soldiers. The research will help active-duty service members and veterans with mild brain traumas who wish to enroll in specialized training programs or resume their education on university or community campuses.
If Fickas and Sohlberg's efforts succeed, reading difficulties—as well as backpack-induced lumbar lordosis—could be greatly reduced on college campuses nationwide.


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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has been resulting in far more than two deaths and even more jokes about there being more than two deaths, but players are having a ball with the latest FromSoftware title, despite its difficulty. Of course, while fans are enjoying the adventure, it has recently come to light that the developers had a few different plans in mind while creating it. In fact, according to creator Hidetaki Miyazaki, the plethora of bosses featured in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice were originally in a much different order than how they are in the final game.
During the opening keynote at Reboot Develop, Miyazaki spoke alongside Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda. He said that while developing games, he is prone to switching the bosses around quite a bit. "When creating the story and the natural flow of the level design and the stage design, because it's all about balancing, you'll realise a boss is in a certain position that he shouldn't be in," he said.
He then went on to note how making one change results in having to make even more changes. "Then you have to switch that boss and all of a sudden the things he was saying totally do not fit the world, so you have to make more changes," Miyazaki said.
It's definitely interesting to think of how different the bosses were in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice before they were switched around by Miyazaki. Ueda added to this, saying that he experience much of the same while creating Shadow of the Colossus. According to him, bosses are similar to puzzle pieces, in that they must find how each works and fits next to one another.
What do you think about all of this? Would you love to know just how different the arrangement of the bosses in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was before the finished product was released? Sound off in the comment section below, or feel free to hit me up over on Twitter @anarkE7!


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Q: Magento 2.2.x Multistore Full Page Cache Issue If a Url is opened on a non-default store, same url do not returned from cache in different browser or even in Incognito mode.
Steps to reproduce
1.Created 2 different store, Store A, Store B (Default store)
2.Enabled full page cache with In-Built Mode.(Using Redis)
3.Open home page on Store A.
4.Open same home page on Store A in different browser or in incognito mode.

Expected result
Home page on Store A, should be rendered from FPC in different browser as it was cached in other browser
Actual result
Page do not return from FPC causing multiple keys in redis.


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For more than 65 years, Irene Hull was a Communist Party member and dedicated activist. Born in Kansas in 1913, Hull moved to California when she was 7.
Hull graduated from UCLA with an education degree, but in the midst of the Great Depression, work was hard to come by. After crisscrossing the Northwest with her husband and growing family in search of work, Hull finally came to settle in Vancouver, WA where she worked as a carpenter in the shipyards.
In 1942, Hull joined the Communist Party and although she left for a time, she later rejoined and remained a member until her death in 2011. In addition, she was unflaggingly active in a host of progressive causes. During the infamous Canwell hearings, Hull helped organize the Congress of American Women to protest communist persecution. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, she undertook political work for the Democratic Party and Progressive Party. In the 1970s, she was influential in founding the Coalition of Labor Union Women(CLUW). She protested the Vietnam War and every war since. She was active with Jobs With Justice and the photo of her 1995 arrest (at age 82) was featured on a much circulated JwJ poster. Her service to the labor movement of Washington State was legendary and she was honored by both the King County Labor Council and the Washington State Labor Council which gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 convention.
Irene Hull died on March 20, 2011. She was 98 years old.
Irene shared memories of her life and activism in a videotaped interview with Stephanie Curwick at her home in Seattle on March 12, 2002. Here are streaming video excerpts of the interview.
Here is an article about her life from the Peoples World. Below is the famous 1995 arrest photo.