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Literary Fiction (Resources for Readers pamphlets)
Neal WyattJoyce G. Saricks
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Literary Fiction is literature that focuses on style, language, and character. It asks readers to pay attention to the way it is constructed and approaches its subjects, regardless of its tone, with serious intent. These novels run the gamut from experimental fiction to comic delights to highly realistic stories that comment on modern times. Commonly, the books place more importance on the who of the story than the what, and readers enjoy engaging with memorable characters that are richly realized and "of themselves."
Drawn from the insights of RA experts Neal Wyatt and Joyce G. Saricks, these grab-and-go pamphlets for readers will help your library's users find their next favorite book.
Beginning with a quick overview of the genre, the pamphlet offers a list of key authors, both past and current, with recommended titles for getting started. It concludes with a list of suggested titles in other genres that will encourage readers to expand their horizons. Designed to fit in commonly sized literature racks, they're also useful tools for your next RA interview. Patrons will be eager to start exploring your library's collection even before they reach the last page!
Also available: The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, Third Edition
Neal Wyatt is a contributing editor and the readers' advisory columnist for Library Journal. She has served as President of The American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), chair of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section, and as chair of the Readers' Advisory Research and Trends Committee, The Notable Books Council, The Reading List Council, and The Listen List Committee, the last two of which she founded. She was instrumental in the creation of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, the Sophie Brody Award, and the Zora Neale Hurston Award and is the founder of the Readers' Advisory Research and Trends Forum. She won RUSA's Margaret E. Monroe Award (2012) and the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award (2013). She is the author of The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction as well as numerous articles and several book chapters. She holds a PhD in Media, Art, and Text.
From 1977 until her retirement in 2004, Joyce Saricks worked at the Downers Grove Public Library and developed and directed the readers' advisory department which involved working with fiction readers and books. She is the author of three books: Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library, The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, and Read On: Audiobooks. In her retirement she taught Readers' Advisory at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, served as Audio Editor for Booklist, and consulted for Ebsco's NoveList. She has presented workshops on readers' advisory for public libraries and library systems across the US and abroad and has spoken at state, regional, and national library conferences. She won the Public Librarian Association's Allie Beth Martin Award in 1989, was named Librarian of the Year by the Romance Writers of America in 2000, and won the Reference and User Services Association's Margaret Monroe Award in 2011.
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Artificial Lawyer
Changing The Business Of Law
AL JOBS
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Legal Bot Builder, Josef, Bags AUS$1m Seed Funding
6th May 2019 artificiallawyer Legal Automation 3
Melbourne-based legal automation and bot platform, Josef, has bagged AUS$1 million in Seed funding. Investors included: Jelix, Tiger Financial Group and Ben Armstrong, Angel investor and ex-Principal of Telstra Ventures.
Josef is primarily designed to enable the automation of specific legal processes, such as Q&A routines to gather knowledge and data, or help with a specific workflow, such as supporting the drafting of legal documents.
You can read more about the company in this special feature in Artificial Lawyer from 2018 – here.
The Australian company said: 'Bots built by lawyers on Josef can already handle employment law, environmental law, health law, commercial law, bankruptcy, consumer law and more. In our short time of operating, more than 600 bots have been built on Josef, which have dealt with over 30,000 legal problems.'
'Josef's mission is to make all legal services more accessible, whether through our work with Herbert Smith Freehills, the American Bar Association or community legal centres like Consumer Action Law Centre,' they added.
The founders are: Tom Dreyfus (CEO): former lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Sam Flynn (COO), also a former lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler, and Kirill Kliavan (CTO): a machine learning expert.
Dreyfus said: 'Thirty years ago, lawyers learned to use word processors. Twenty years ago, they learned to use email. Today's lawyers are learning to use automation to deliver their work faster, better and with their clients front of mind. We've built an automation platform to drive that transformation.'
Flynn added: 'The legal industry is really starting to change. Lawyers realise that the way they've done things in the past isn't working anymore. It doesn't work for them or their clients. Josef is part of that change.'
Meanwhile, Herbert Smith Freehills partner, Mike Gonski, concluded: 'I believe that Josef are onto something big…my view on the future of law is that lawyers need to work out how to turn what they do every-day into processes. Josef is the first software I have seen where the lawyer is empowered to turn their process into a chatbot or an app rather than needing to pay a developer to do it for them.'
'That is game changing as it has never been worth the cost of paying the developer when right now it is cheaper to just do it the 'old fashioned way' and keep the process on a piece of paper or an excel spreadsheet. Hopefully chatbots will take off so that they can deal with repetitive, cookie cutter work and lawyers can spend their time coming up with bespoke, commercial solutions for their clients,' he added.
Are bots the answer to all legal efficiency issues….? Nope. But, clearly they can help, so it's great to see Josef get this level of support. It's also interesting to see the views of a partner from a global law firm on the use of bots.
The key here is that a lawyer's life is made up of many dozens of narrow processes. If some of those can sensibly be made more efficient through automation – and that this narrow automated product can be relatively easily made within a law firm using a platform such as Josef – then this is a positive step forward and should be embraced.
Well done to the team at Josef. It's also great to see another Australian legal tech success!
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Daniel K. Inouye Congressional
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Interview with Peter Boylan, Senator Inouye's Deputy Chief of Staff and Press Secretary. The interview was recorded at PBS Hawaiʻi building in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi on October 30, 2015 for the Daniel K. Inouye Oral History Project. Topics include how Boylan's career in journalism led to his secretary position, Senator Inouye's views of modern politics, Senator Inouye being a "normal guy", Senator Inouye and Boylan's friendship, and the advice of being kind and respectful to everyone taught to him by Senator Inouye.
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New True Crime game unveiled at VGAs
Looks like it's set in Hong Kong.
News by	Ellie Gibson, Contributor
A new instalment in Activision's True Crime series is in development.
Judging by the trailer shown at the Video Games Awards, it's set in Hong Kong. It all looks very exciting - Triads! M0t0rbik3s! Cleavers! Cleavages! Splosions! etc.
"When you're undercover you have to make sacrifices," says a voiceover. "These people are ruthless. Whatever happens, just remember: we are the good guys." And by the way, "When you're with the Triads you will have to think like them and kill like them." Crikey.
A logo at the end of the trailer suggests the game is being developed by United Front, also responsible for ModNation Racers. So it could be rather different to the original True Crime games, which were produced by Luxoflux.
The original, subtitled Streets of LA, was released in 2003 and scored a respectable 7/10 on Eurogamer. A sequel, True Crime: New York City, followed two years later and wasn't as good.
Platforms and a release date for the new True Crime have yet to be announced.
More about True Crime: Hong Kong
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Ellie spent nearly a decade working at Eurogamer, specialising in hard-hitting executive interviews and nob jokes. These days she does a comedy show and podcast. She pops back now and again to write the odd article and steal our biscuits.


Travelers are aware that an escape is needed by the speed of a city such as Kathmandu. The Kathmandu Guest House, a Rana dynasty mansion with airy corridors and fragrant gardens, has supplied the refuge of selection.
Since the times of becoming the only and first resort in Thamel, Kathmandu's tourist area, it has turned into something of an institution. It is close to everywhere and its gate is the assembly point that nobody could confuse. As a guidebook put it,"Kathmandu Guest House functions as a magnet for mountaineers, pop stars, celebrities and bizarre characters."
Kathmandu Guest House prides itself from people seeking to treat themselves to complete comfort in suites that are , to scholars and volunteers that take the rooms.
Whether you are coming in the hills or coming from the airport, then come and unwind at the courtyard restaurant, purchase a cup of nice Italian coffee or some chilled Gorkha Beer, and escape for an instant from the historical environment of Kathmandu's most adored guesthouse.
The garden facing rooms are the most popular in KGH for their reasonable rate and mostly in demand by the adventure travellers and trekkers who stay here for a few nights before heading to the mountains. All rooms have a common balcony overlooking the beautiful Buddha garden. It is non AC with an attached bathroom and all the necessary amenities.
We're proud of the new Siddhi Annex, which brings a new, more modern level of comfort to the Kathmandu Guest House. The building is centrally air-conditioned and serviced by a lift. Suite rooms come with attached bath to soak tired legs, while deluxe rooms offer a powerful shower unit. Most rooms directly overlook the Buddha Garden.
The KGH has two special family apartments with two bedrooms, living, dining and kitchen. This mostly caters to long-term guests who are here with children or those who are here for long-term contract work. It is also very convenient for families with children who are vacationing in Nepal. Other family rooms are large and spacious with 3-4 beds but without the kitchen and living areas.


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Leo returns to BBC Radio2 this December...
Leo will be presenting a new LIVE series of SOUNDS OF THE 50s on BBC Radio2, Friday nights at 7pm - Click HERE for info
Leo will be presenting a new series of "LEO GREEN REMEMBERS" on BBC Radio2, celebrating the lives of Peggy Lee, Dean Martin & Dean Martin - Click HERE for info
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"Sounds Of The 50s with Leo Green" is back for a new series on Monday April 4th and it will be 'live' this time....Email your requests to: FIFTIES@BBC.CO.UK
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Leo will be hosting Radio 2's legendary show "Friday Night Is Music Night" on April 8th, 8pm-10pm, for a concert celebrating music from 50's movies. Click on the image on the left to go to the show details.
Leo returns to BBC Radio 2 in February with a brand new series celebrating The Great American Songbook
Leo returns to BBC Radio 2 this Xmas with two new shows...
Join Leo at 8pm on Monday Dec 28th as he celebrates the great Sammy Davis Jr
Join Leo at 10pm on Xmas Night for a Very Special Sounds Of The 50s
Leo is an Award Nominated broadcaster, and has presented his own shows on Smooth FM and for four years, on Jazz FM.
In Summer 2013, Leo made his debut on BBC Radio 2, presenting two one hour specials on his late father, Benny Green.
Leo has since Written & Presented various series on BBC Radio - please see below for additional info and clips.
Starting on June 8th, Leo will be hosting a major new series on BBC Radio 2 'Sounds Of The 50's with Leo Green'
The 1950s was the decade that saw Elvis, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Ray Charles, The Drifters and so many others make some of the most well loved and influential recordings of all-time. Now it has become the latest period to have its music celebrated in a weekly show on Radio 2.
"Sounds Of The 50s" is a brand new show presented by Broadcaster and Saxophonist Leo Green, which will kick off on Monday 8 June at 10pm.
The show will celebrate all of the musical genres of the 1950's, which featured some of the biggest stars in recording history from the worlds of Rock 'n' Roll. Soul, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Country, Pop & Swing.
Leo says: "I'm incredibly excited and honored to be hosting Sounds Of The Fifties every Monday night on Radio 2. It is the decade that featured so many of the original Icons & Legends, and I'm really looking forward to sharing the best music and the stories from the most exciting decade in musical history!"
Listeners can email requests to fifties@bbc.co.uk
Leo on Simon Mayo's Drivetime show discussing 'Sounds Of The 50s'....
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Leo on Clare Teal's show choosing his favourite tracks and discussing 'Sounds Of The 50s'....
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Leo on Steve Wright's show discussing 'Sounds Of The 50s'....
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Leo hosted BBC Radio 2's Gershwin celebration on May 4th feat. Gregory Porter, Rebecca Ferguson, Laura Mvula...
Feb 2015 on BBC Radio 2
Following the passing of the great Ervin Drake, BBC Radio 2 are repeating the two shows as a tribute to the great man.
Further programme details are availible HERE
Jan 2015 on BBC Radio 2
Leo Green Presents: "Too Late To Stop Now - The Van Morrison Story"
Written & Presented by Leo Green
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In an extremely rare series of interviews with Leo Green, the legendary Van Morrison looks back at his life and work.
This first episode of four takes in Van's early life as a musician, his first influences and the start of his career in Belfast and Hamburg with the band Them.
After working with Them's New York producer Bert Berns on beautiful Top 40 pop hit 'Brown Eyed Girl' (1967), Morrison moved to another realm.
Recorded over 3 days with legendary jazz musicians Astral Weeks (1968) is a still singular album combining street poetry, jazz improvisation, Celtic invocation and Afro Celtic Blues wailing.
Morrison would weave these and myriad other influences into the albums that followed in quick succession.
Reflecting on new life in America on the joyous Sinatra soul of Moondance (1970) and the country inflected Tupelo Honey (1971) he summoned old spiritual and ancestral life in the epic St Dominic's Preview (1972) closer track Listen To The Lion.
Steering his own course throughout the 80s on albums such as No Guru, No Method, No Teacher he claimed Celtic roots with The Chieftains on Irish Heartbeat. Teaming with Georgie Fame brought new impetus to his live show while Avalon Sunset saw him back in the album and single charts by the decades end.
Van Morrison continued to advance on his status as a game- changing artist through the 90s and into the 21st century.
Awards and accolades - a Brit, an OBE, an Ivor Novello, 6 Grammys, honourary doctorates from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster, entry into The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and the French Ordres Des Artes Et Des Lettres - attest to the international reach of Van's musical art.
December 2014 on BBC Radio 2
"Leo Green Presents: Ella & The Songbooks"
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ella's final 'Song Book' recordings, musician & broadcaster Leo Green leads us through the most loved songs in the Ella collection, focusing on these seminal albums which paid homage to the classic songwriters of the Golden age of the Great American Songbook.
Ella herself tells us about how she got her big break with Chick Webb and the early influence on her of Connie Boswell.
We'll enjoy the most celebrated duet recordings of all time that she made with the great Louis Armstrong as we hear the stories behind some of the greatest songs ever written such as Everytime We Say Goodbye, Manhatten, S'Wonderful and How Deep Is The Ocean.
Ella made her historic Song Book series between 1956 and 1964 and the 240 tracks will probably never be surpassed by any other recording artists.
January 2014 on BBC Radio 2
"It Was A Very Good Year - The Ervin Drake Story"
Ervin Drake is the last surviving composer from the Great American Popular Songbook - Ervin Drake.
To coincide with his 95th birthday celebrations, Leo chatted with the great man about his incredible life in music. Ervin composed some of the most loved songs of all time - we'll hear how and when he wrote such classics as 'Good Morning Heartache' and 'It Was A Very Good Year', all accompanied by recordings from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Rosemary Clooney. We'll also enjoy some of Ervin's recollections of working with Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ethel Merman and Nat King Cole, as well as hearing of his dealings with the various songwriting giants of the day; Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and others.
Part 1 of The Ervin Drake Story
"Leo Green's Hollywood Special"
Leo presents stories and music from some of the greatest names of the Hollywood Golden Age of Musicals. We hear from the likes of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, Barbra Streisand amongst others as Leo selects some real gems from the family archive, created by his father Benny Green during a recording trip in the 1970'a for Radio 2.
Part 1 of Leo's Hollywood Special
Part 2 of Leo's Hollywood Special - Walt Disney
July 2013 on BBC Radio 2
"Green On Green - Leo Green Explores His Father's Radio Legacy"
15 years after he died, Benny Green's son Leo celebrates his legacy with a selection of interviews and comment from the Radio 2 archive alongside some of Benny's favourite music.
Benny's much-loved Radio 2 shows defined Sunday afternoons for several generations of listeners with their mixture of jazz and selections from the Great American Songbook.
"Green On Green - Leo Green Recreates His father's Final Radio Script"
An acclaimed saxophonist, Benny started his BBC career in 1955, and was on air right up until his death in 1998 at the age of 70.
Benny died on Monday June 22nd 1998, having missed his Radio 2 show from the preceding day. The script for that missing show has recently been unearthed by the Green family, and on August 6th Leo will be recreating it on Radio 2, using his father's words and selection of music.
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Townhouse with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with closed complex of only 30 houses in unbeatable location a few min. From Puerto Banus to its beaches, restaurants, shops and shopping centers. Next to the Aloha school and several golf courses. It is a very bright property with its own garden. It consists of entrance hall, modern kitchen, totally renovated and open to the living room. Exit to the terrace and the garden with incredible views to the Aloha golf course. On the upper floor is the master bedroom with en suite bathroom and exit to the west facing balcony overlooking the golf course. In the basement is the second bedroom with bathroom. There is the possibility of expanding the second bedroom as have other houses of the urbanization. Features: Air conditioning, community parking, community pool.


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Getting set to Raise the Woof for PVHS
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Published on: September 10, 2019 | Last Updated: September 10, 2019 6:28 PM EDT
Simon King. (BOB GARLICK/www.thisissimonking.com)
The Pembina Valley Humane Society, in partnership with the Winkler Dental Centre, announced the Raise the Woof Comedy Night is back for another year.
It's taking place on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Quality Inn in Winkler. There will be a "Yappy Hour" to start the evening at 6 p.m. with complimentary appetizers, with the comedians to start at 8 p.m.
This year's line up of comedians include Casey Flesch from Minneapolis, Winnipeg's Jared Storey (a three-time finalist in Winnipeg's Funniest Person competition) and headliner Simon King.
King is originally from England but emigrated to Canada as a young child. He has performed at The Just For Laughs Festival, The Vancouver International Comedy Festival, The TBS Las Vegas Comedy Festival, and The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, to name a few.
"To have a comedian of this calibre coming to our little neck of the woods is quite an honour," Holly Thorne, PR Chair for the Pembina Valley Humane Society said.
"He's funny, without a doubt, and attendees are in for a real treat."
The night also features mystery bag giveaways, a silent auction, 50/50 raffle and a grand prize, a $750 travel voucher from Blessed Journeys.
Through ticket sales and prizes the shelter hopes to raise about $11,000, up from the $10,000 raised at last year's event.
"This year we've taken a bit of a hit financially at the shelter, due to things like our property taxes going up and some past fundraising opportunities that unfortunately weren't available to us this year," Thorne says. "We've also had a very busy kitten season and our vet bills were more than expected. The money raised through Raise the Woof will help us get caught up and allow us to be in a better position going into the new year to be able to help rescue and care for more animals."
Tickets are $40 or guests can reserve a table of 8 for $290. They are available online at the PVHS Facebook page, at the local Co-op Gas Bars, the Quality Inn in Winkler and at the shelter.
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FY18 OmnibusPentagon From Zero to HeroHow the Pentagon is being forced to buy $6.8 billion worth of projects they never asked for.
Our TakeArmy Unfunded Request is MinusculeAh, the annual Kabuki theater of the unfunded lists.
F-35 Savings Are Smaller Than They AppearThere's more hype than cost-cutting in Donald Trump's review of a pricey jet fighter program.


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*	Health premiums are assumed to be borne by individuals. In provinces that impose payroll taxes, 75% is assumed to be borne by employees and 25% by employers.
*	Fuel tax is based on estimated consumption of 3,000 litres per year for one income families and 4,500 litres for two income families.
* Carbon changes are based on the fuel tax gasoline consumption assumptions and natural gas consumption of 130 GJ/year for a family of four.
* Only direct carbon changes are applied and are net of related credit programs (e.g. ACLAR). Cap-and-trade systems such as those in place in Ontario and Quebec are not included.
*	RRSP/RPP contributions of $0, $6,000, $10,000 and $25,000 are included in the calculation of personal income tax for the $35,000, $75,0000, $100,000 and $200,000 families, respectively.
* For two income families, income and RRSP/RPP contributions are split 60/40 between two spouses.
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Our World | December 29, 2018
10 Offbeat Stories You Might Have Missed This Week (12/29/18)
The end is nigh. As the year comes to a close, it is time to take one last look at some of the quirkier stories that made the headlines. You can click here to catch up on some of the most significant and shocking developments of 2018.
Most of the festive stories will be found in the uplifting list, although we do talk about Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Robber. There is another Christmas-y crime tale as we explore an Arctic bank robbery. There are also a lizard which breathes underwater, a space hippo, bright blue lights above New York City, and a new prime number.
10 Rudolph Makes The Naughty List
Photo credit: Fort Collins Police Services
Someone is trying to besmirch the good name of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. While the real one was out helping Santa Claus deliver gifts to all the good boys and girls, someone wearing a Rudolph mask robbed a business in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Police have security footage of a woman who burgled a company disguised as the iconic reindeer. Alas, she was not wearing the full costume, just an oversized Rudolph head. It didn't seem to be the most sensible choice of concealment, though, because at one point, she takes off the mask and looks into an overhead security camera.[1]
Now that police know what the burglar looks like, they made a public appeal on Facebook with a festive twist: "Oh how the camera caught her/As she committed burglary/Rudolph the Red Nosed Criminal/We need your help with her I.D."
9 A Fortuitous Film
This Costa Rican Lizard Can Mimic a Deep Sea Diver
Scientists have filmed a lizard breathing underwater for the first time.
The serendipitous phenomenon was caught on camera by chance while filmmakers were in Costa Rica shooting an animal program for the Smithsonian Channel. They filmed a small female lizard called a river anole sitting underwater for almost ten minutes.
At first, they didn't realize they'd captured something truly special. They simply thought the lizard was holding its breath, as anoles can stay submerged for up to 15 minutes at a time. However, when they got the opportunity to inspect the footage more carefully, they noticed a tiny bubble of air contracting and expanding on the lizard's head.[2]
This ability was previously unheard-of in lizards. They shouldn't be confused with salamanders, which might look similar but are actually amphibians. Now, the footage will be reviewed by biologists and other nature experts, and the results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. At the moment, researchers believe the lizard's ability is akin to deep-sea divers who recycle their oxygen supply.
8 The Coldest Case Of The Year
For the first time ever, a man committed a bank robbery in one of the northernmost settlements in the world.
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago located roughly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, mainly known for having more polar bears than people. The largest city and the administrative center in the region is Longyearbyen, a settlement with about 2,100 residents. It is one of those remote regions where everybody knows everybody, and there's only one small airport that flies people off the archipelago. In other words, it is not an ideal choice for a criminal looking to make a quick getaway.
Last week, a man robbed a bank in Longyearbyen but was apprehended minutes later in the town center.[3] He was detained and later sent to the town of Tromso in mainland Norway. Police haven't given any details regarding the crime or the perpetrator, other than saying that he was a foreigner and was armed with a gun.
7 Prime For Discovery
There is a new largest-known prime number, and it is almost 25 million digits long.
Just as a quick refresher for those who aren't mathematically inclined, a prime number is a natural number which can only be divided by two whole numbers: itself and 1. A Mersenne prime number (named after a 16th-century French monk) is a number which is one less than a power of two (2n – 1).
In the mathematics world, there are people who become quite obsessed with the ongoing search for ever larger prime numbers. There is even a volunteer project called the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), in which people download special software and let it run on their computers to seek new numbers.
GIMPS started in 1996 and has since uncovered 17 Marsenne primes, and 15 of them were the largest-known prime numbers at the time of their discovery. The latest find came courtesy of Patrick Laroche from Ocala, Florida. He made the discovery on December 7, and it took mathematicians a few weeks to verify. The number is 24,862,048 digits long and has beaten the previous record-holder by a whopping 1.5 million digits.[4]
6 That Doesn't Go In There
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission revealed the latest data from its National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). It is a database which monitors roughly 100 American hospitals with emergency departments for injuries related to specific products. It includes statistics for people who required medical assistance to remove objects that got stuck inside them. In other words, it is time to find out what things people have been shoving into places they shouldn't have this year.
The list is quite extensive, so we will take a look at some highlights.[5] People put a lot of weird stuff in their ears. Most mentions simply specify the object (floam, toy mouse, googly eye), but other descriptions are copied verbatim from the emergency room report and a bit more colorful: "was cleaning ear with Q-tip, accidentally walked into wall, pushed Q-tip into ear."
A small transistor radio was probably the weirdest thing that got stuck in someone's throat this year, although a Christmas tree branch and a mood ring are also strong contenders. Men put plenty of things in their penises, such as a domino piece, a thin, electrified rod, a crack vial, and the back of a remote control. Not to be outdone, women also inserted a multitude of items in their vaginas. One woman came in with an interesting problem because she "inserted a crayon in vagina, can't remember if it came out."
Now it's time for the main event: What have people been shoving up their butts? We have all kinds of different bottles, glasses, and balls, an iPad stylus, a telescope leg, crayons, pencils, and markers, the handle of a broom, a cell phone, and "crack cocaine with sex objects." Among the more unique scenarios was someone who "took a soda bottle with Fireball whiskey via his rectum, stuck bottle in rectum and squeezed." And, of course, there were some who made futile attempts to explain their situations such as "jumped on bed—toothbrush was on bed and went up patient's rectum."
5 Do You Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas?
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR/NSF/GBO
Earth received a visit from a space hippo just in time for Christmas.
NASA shared a few images of an asteroid which flew past Earth on December 22. Its official name is 2003 SD220, but the space agency couldn't help notice that the rock shared a striking similarity to a certain large African semiaquatic mammal. As NASA put it in its press release, the asteroid resembled the "exposed portion of a hippopotamus wading in a river."[6]
The asteroid was approximately 1.6 kilometers (1 mi) long and buzzed Earth at an approximate distance of 2.9 million kilometers (1.8 million mi). This was its closest approach in over 400 years, and it won't fly any closer to us until 2070. There was never any danger of the rock impacting our planet (nor will there be in the future), but the short distance did allow NASA to take some remarkably detailed photos of the space hippo.
4 A Barrel At Sea
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A Frenchman has set off to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel. Jean-Jacques Savin departed from the Canary Islands and hopes to make it to the Caribbean in as little as three months.
Calling his vessel a barrel might be a bit of an understatement, though. It is a barrel-shaped orange capsule which the 71-year-old former military paratrooper built himself. It is made out of resin-coated plywood and reinforced to withstand the constant battering of waves. There is a kitchen, sleeping bunk, and storage unit within 6 square meters (65 ft2) of living space.[7] It also has a solar panel to generate enough power for communications and GPS. The "barrel" cost around €60,000 to build, which Savin mostly raised through crowdfunding.
The capsule is not powered by anything. The Frenchman believes that the ocean currents will be enough to carry him on his 4,500-kilometer (2,800 mi) journey. He will also be dropping markers along the way to help scientists study the currents of the Atlantic. As far as his final destination is concerned, Savin believes he will arrive in Barbados, although he would prefer a French island because there would be less paperwork.
3 Banksy Under Attack
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Last week, a new artwork from mysterious artist Banksy appeared on a residential garage in Port Talbot, Wales. Immediately, police were concerned that the installation might be targeted by "some idiot who wants to make a name for themselves." Their fears were proven correct, as a "drunk halfwit" tried to vandalize it last Saturday.
The work of art was claimed by Banksy in an Instagram post, where he also named it Season's Greetings. It wraps around the corner of a garage. On one side, it shows a child in the snow, seemingly trying to catch a snowflake on his tongue. The other side shows that the "falling snow" is actually ash coming from a dumpster fire.
Unsurprisingly, thousands of people have already turned up to see the latest Banksy, and many more are expected. The local council was caught unprepared to deal with this influx of people. So far, volunteers have been looking after the artwork. Actor Michael Sheen, who is from Port Talbot, paid for a protective screen and a security guard.[8]
This turned out to be a fortunate move because the guard chased away a drunken would-be vandal. The unidentified man tore down part of the plastic screen but ran away before causing any actual damage to the artwork.
2 The Bright Lights Of New York City
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New York City was treated to an eerie light show Thursday night that had people thinking an alien invasion might be upon us. In reality, it was a transformer explosion at an energy plant in Astoria which caused a massive blue glow in the sky above Queens.
The explosion occurred at a Con Edison substation just a few kilometers northeast of the Empire State Building. The energy company blamed it on a "brief electrical fire," which was under control within an hour. The NYPD updated the public with a follow-up tweet which confirmed: "no injuries, no fire, no evidence of extraterrestrial activity."[9]
Con Edison is still investigating the cause of the fire and surveying the power outages caused in the surrounding areas. Nearby LaGuardia Airport experienced some delay as it grounded all of its flights for half an hour while it switched to a backup generator and conducted safety inspections. New York governor Andrew Cuomo said that crews were working to restore full power and that there were no significant outages except for the airport. A spokesman for the mayor's office reiterated that the cause of the blue glow was a blown transformer and "not aliens."
1 An Ancient Relic From The Big Bang
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We end the year with an exciting discovery that promises to yield more information about the origins of the universe in 2019 and beyond. Astronomers from the M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii found a "fossil cloud" of gas which was created around the time of the Big Bang.
The study was led by two Australian astronomers from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and is due to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Clouds of gas are not rare in the universe, but they have been tainted with heavy metals, courtesy of exploding stars. This cloud, however, was "pristine."[10]
The discovery was made somewhat by chance. Scientists were able to spot it because it had an incredibly bright quasar behind it. They pointed their spectrometers at the cloud and found it to be extremely low in density, unaffected by heavy particles which permeate throughout the universe.
Astronomers call this cloud a "true relic of the Big Bang" but also believe it could only be the tip of the iceberg, now that they know what to look for. They are hoping that finding more could show us why some gas clouds turned into stars and galaxies and others did not.
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The third, latest live-action adaptation of Dune (a great sci-fi novel written by Frank Herbert back in the 60s) has been eagerly expected amongst nerds. Reception of the various adaptations have been mixed, as the book is actually quite hard to translate to film. David Lynch's 1984 film failed to adequately convey the complex workings of Frank Herbert's fictional universe to casual audiences. A 2000 TV mini-series with more time to work with did a better job, but necessarily sported a smaller budget. Dennis Villeneuve seeks to strike the right balance by splitting the story over two big budget films. The first part is visually stunning and quite faithful though missing a couple pieces of worldbuilding from the novel (such as why everybody fights with swords instead of guns). The movie also ends rather abruptly, despite closing with an important development in the main protagonist's character. For the most part, however, my criticisms are more small quibbles, save one element: Hans Zimmer's score. Zimmer professed great enthusiasm for scoring Dune, to the point that he chose it over frequent collaborator Christopher Nolan's Tenet. He is also a big fan of the book, so this was a passion project for him. The end result is a score that is so focused on ambience and industrial noise that, if not for the film's incredible visuals and strong performances, would have nearly stripped it of emotion.
It would be wise to attempt a basic summary of the story itself. While there are battles, the emphasis of the story is on politics, religion, and psychological conflict. The basic story is that the desert planet of Arrakis supplies a star-spanning human empire with spice. This spice has many purposes, enabling some humans to gain incredible abilities, and whoever controls the spice can control the course of the empire while making immense profits. As a result various powerful aristocratic houses strive to gain control over its collection and distribution. The Emperor hands the planet over to the House Atreides. The villainous House Harkonnen, however, makes a power play. Paul Atreides and his mother Jessica (a Bene Gesserit who can manipulate others through the use of her voice), find themselves seeking refuge with Arrakis' desert-dwelling Fremen. Paul takes advantage of a prophecy to set himself up as a messiah figure and vie with other powerful figures for control of the empire. Continue reading →
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Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, a fundraiser and economic adviser for Donald Trump, said Tuesday the Republican presidential nominee has about a 20% chance of winning November's election, based on polls.
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Q: Plotting $\sqrt{z}$ where z is a complex number I try to plot the image of the domain $-\infty<x<\infty$ and $0<y<\pi$ under the function $w=\sqrt{z}$. I've got a hint that one boundary is a hyperbola.
I tried sth like that:
$w^2=z=x+iy \ \ \ \ \  w=u+iv \\ (u+iv)^2=u^2+2iuv-v^2 \\ u^2-v^2=x \ \ \ \ y=2vu \Rightarrow u={y \over 2v} \\ {y^2 \over 4v^2}-v^2=x \\ {y^2 \over4}-v^4=xv^2 \\ v^2={-x\pm \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \over 2 } \\ v=\pm {\sqrt{-x\pm \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \over 2}} \\ u=\pm {y \over 2\sqrt{-x\pm \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \over 2} }$
I'm not sure if it is a right approach to such kind of problem.

A: You went too far.  Once you have $2uv=y$ then you know you have a hyperbola for any specific nonzero $y$ and of course the $u, v$ axes (to which the hyperbola are asymptotic) for $y=0$.  So put in $y=0$ and $y=\pi$ with that information and get your boundaries.

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Strategic Goal 1: Reform, Strengthen, and Modernize the Nation's Healthcare System
Strategic Goal 2: Protect the Health of Americans Where They Live, Learn, Work, and Play
Strategic Goal 3: Strengthen the Economic and Social Well-Being of Americans Across the Lifespan
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Strategic Objective 3.1: Encourage self-sufficiency and personal responsibility, and eliminate barriers to economic opportunity
Strategic Objective 3.2: Safeguard the public against preventable injuries and violence or their results
Strategic Objective 3.3: Support strong families and healthy marriage, and prepare children and youth for healthy, productive lives
Strategic Objective 3.4: Maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers
Poverty, unemployment, family disruptions, aging, and disability can threaten independence and self-sufficiency and increase Americans' need for safety-net programs. Violence and preventable injuries threaten the security and social stability of the American people. HHS is committed to supporting the social and economic well-being of all Americans, including those individuals and populations who are at high risk of social and economic challenges. A core component of the HHS mission is the dedication to serve all Americans from conception to natural death, including those individuals and families who face or who are at high risk of economic and social well-being challenges.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the official poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7 percent, down 0.8 percentage points from 13.5 percent in 2015. Both the percentage of the U.S. population in poverty and the unemployment rate have declined in the last three years. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2017 the monthly unemployment rate averaged 4.4 percent, down from 4.9 percent in 2016.
However, some Americans still experience challenges. According to the 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, on a single night in 2016, nearly 550,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States. Additionally, in 2011, 4.8 million formerly incarcerated individuals were under community supervision. Many individuals returning to the community after serving time experience challenges due to limitations on their eligibility for access to public housing, employment, and healthcare. Job training and social supports are imperative for ensuring that these individuals are able to reintegrate into their communities.
Both unintentional injuries and those caused by acts of violence are among the top 15 causes of death for Americans. Nearly 200,000 people in the United States die every year from injuries and violence related to preventable events such as drug overdoses, falls, drowning, and self-harm. Even when people do not die from injuries and violence, many experience long-term effects. Survivors often face lifelong mental, physical, and financial problems. In 2014, 26.9 million people were treated in an emergency department for injuries, and 2.5 million people were hospitalized. In 2013, costs associated with fatal injuries totaled $214 billion, while nonfatal injuries resulted in $457 billion in costs.
The Department's effort to support all Americans includes empowering families to encourage positive child and youth development. Financial and emotional support can encourage children and youth to continue education and make healthier decisions. In 2010, 71 percent of children younger than 18 were reported to be living with at least one parent who was employed full-time, year round. In 2014, 79.3 percent of adolescents age 12 to 17 surveyed said they had an adult in their lives with whom they can discuss serious problems, up from 78.2 percent in 2013.
Over the past 15 years, there has been significant improvement in the teen birth rate. The teen birth rate declined by 63 percent between 1990 and 2015 and is now at a record low. In 1990, the teen birth rate was 60 births per 1,000 teenage girls. By 2015, the rate had dropped to 22 births per 1,000 teenage girls.
Some subpopulations are at high risk of poor economic and social outcomes. In 2015, 35 percent of single-parent families had incomes below the poverty line, compared with 8 percent of married couples with children. Over the past decade, the percentage of children in single-parent families has increased from 32 percent to 35 percent, although the percentage has remained stable since 2011. Additionally, the more than 400,000 children who live in foster homes face a complex set of challenges. Older foster youth who age out of foster care are at a higher risk of teen pregnancy, employment instability, and homelessness.
Older Americans and Americans with disabilities also face a number of obstacles. Over the past 10 years, the population 65 and over increased by 30 percent from 36.6 million in 2005 to 47.8 million in 2015, and this age group is projected to more than double to 98 million in 2060. More than 4.2 million older adults lived below the poverty line in 2015. At least 90 percent of older adults receiving help with daily activities receive some form of unpaid care, and about two-thirds receive only unpaid care. Almost 12 percent of working-age adults in the United States have some type of disability. Of these adults, 51 percent had a mobility disability, and 38.3 percent had a cognitive disability. Working-age adults with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty, have less than a high school education, and be unemployed.
Within HHS, the following divisions are working to achieve this goal: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Community Living (ACL), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Strong, economically stable individuals, families, and communities are integral components of a strong America. Many Americans currently experience or are at risk for economic and social instability. The social and health impacts of poverty can include reduced access to nutritious food; fewer educational opportunities and poor educational outcomes; a lack of access to safe and stable housing; increased risk of poor health outcomes including obesity and heart disease; and difficulty obtaining work opportunities.
In 2016, a family of three was considered to be living in poverty if they earn less than $19,105 per year. According to the Census Bureau, the poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7 percent, with 40.6 million people living in poverty; this number was down 0.8 percentage points from 2015. For most demographic groups, the number of people in poverty decreased from 2015, with adults older than 65 the only population group experiencing an increase in the number of people living in poverty. By providing opportunities for work and work supports, the Department is dedicated to improving the education, skills, health, and resources of low-income individuals and families to help them expand their productivity, achieve economic independence, and enhance their economic and health outcomes.
To reach this goal, the Department coordinates safety-net programs across the Federal Government; State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; and faith-based and community organizations. One of the Department's primary programs for families in need is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF provides States with block grants to design and operate programs that help needy families reach self-sufficiency, with a focus on preparing parents for work. The Department coordinates with the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which is designed to help young job seekers and people with disabilities access employment education, training, and support services and match employers with skilled workers.
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ACF, ACL, and CMS
In March 2017, nearly 2.5 million people across all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands received cash assistance from TANF programs. The Department invests in education, training, work, and work supports through the following strategies:
Invest in evidence-informed practices that enable low-income adults, unemployed noncustodial parents, youth, and individuals with disabilities to prepare for, acquire, and sustain employment, including for fast-growing professions in healthcare
Strengthen the required work participation rate standards for States receiving TANF funds, and provide guidance and technical assistance to State TANF programs to engage adult cash assistance recipients who have the capacity to work in work activities
Promote innovation in the TANF program to advance the objective of helping families in need find stability and support through the employment and economic independence of adult participants and the healthy development of children whose families receive assistance
Integrate refugees entering the country into American society and connect them with wraparound services and resources, using faith-based and community organizations, to provide economic opportunity and success
Provide assistive technology equipment to people with disabilities, allowing them more self-sufficiency and eliminating barriers to their economic opportunity
Increase the number of employed people with disabilities by encouraging and assisting integration into the greater community's workforce
Note: Additional strategies on supporting independence for people with disabilities are in Strategic Objective 3.4.
Although the number of people in poverty is shrinking, in 2016, 40.6 million people lived below the poverty line, with 32 percent of these people under the age of 18. The Department is working to reform human services programs to assist low-income populations through the following strategies:
Foster coordination and innovation across safety-net programs, including faith-based and community organizations, to help individuals and families in need to become self-sufficient and end dependency through employment and growth in habits of personal responsibility
Increase access to comprehensive services as part of short-term, transitional public welfare services in partnership with other Federal agencies and faith-based and community organizations, including programs to promote social and economic self-sufficiency for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Support formerly incarcerated individuals in obtaining and maintaining employment, developing habits of personal responsibility, reconnecting with their children and families, paying child support, and avoiding recidivism
Become a center of excellence in the research and practice of facilitating rapid and sustained economic independence for diverse at-risk populations
Support youth as they transition to adulthood by assisting them to develop habits of personal responsibility, to obtain an education, to strengthen employability skills, and to establish and maintain positive, healthy relationships (including through evidence-based or evidence-informed healthy marriage and relationship education)
The Department participates in the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which coordinates the Federal response to homelessness by partnering with 19 Federal agencies, State and local governments, advocates, service providers, and people experiencing homelessness, with a goal of ending all homelessness in America. The Department is working with its partners to reduce the incidence of homelessness through the following strategies:
Testing and investing in models, including emergency shelter and Housing First, to support homeless domestic violence survivors
Strengthening programs for runaway and homeless youth that provide outreach, crisis intervention, shelter, counseling, family reunification, and aftercare services
Increase the percentage of adult TANF recipients and former recipients who are newly employed
Increase the percentage of refugees who are self-sufficient (not dependent on any cash assistance) within the first six months of the service period
Injuries and violence affect all Americans regardless of an individual's age, race, or economic status. Preventable injuries and violence—such as falls, homicide stemming from domestic violence, and gang violence—kill more Americans ages 1 to 44 than any other cause, including cancer, HIV, or the flu. Hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and lost productivity caused by injuries and violence cost Americans billions of dollars annually.
Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual's functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. The Department supports multiple trauma-informed care initiatives to integrate a trauma-informed approach into health, behavioral health, and related systems, to reduce the harmful effects of trauma and violence on individuals, families, and communities.
In 2015, the age-adjusted rate of unintentional injuries (43.2 per 100,000) increased 6.7 percent from the rate in 2014. The largest subcomponent of injury mortality is poisoning, with a rate 1.5 times greater than that of motor vehicle traffic deaths. In 2015, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was more than 2.5 times the rate in 1999. The pattern of drugs involved in drug overdose deaths also has changed in recent years. In 2010, 29 percent of drug overdose deaths involved natural and semisynthetic opioids, and 12 percent involved methadone. In 2015, the percentage of drug overdose deaths involving these drugs decreased to 24 percent and 6 percent, respectively. In contrast, drug overdose deaths involving heroin increased from 8 percent in 2010 to 25 percent in 2015. Increases also were seen in drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, from 8 percent in 2010 to 18 percent in 2015.
In 2014, according to the National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System, nearly 200,000 people died of injuries, including poisoning, resulting in a mortality rate of 62.6 per 100,000. In that same year, 39.5 million (126.3 per 1,000) medically attended injury and poisoning episodes occurred in the United States. In 2013, 1.4 million emergency department visits were due to assault alone. In 2014, 33,594 people died from all firearm-related injuries. In 2013, these issues cost the United States an estimated $671 billion in medical care and lost productivity.
ACF, ACL, CDC, IHS, OASH, and SAMHSA
HHS funds 23 State health departments through the Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core SVIPP), which helps States implement, evaluate, and disseminate strategies that address the most pressing injury and violence issues, including child abuse and neglect, traumatic brain injury, domestic violence, and sexual violence. Core SVIPP aims to decrease injury- and violence-related morbidity and mortality and increase sustainability of injury prevention programs and practices. The Department also is working to identify and disseminate evidence-based practices to reduce injuries and violence through the following strategies:
Expand knowledge about important abuse intervention models to enhance evidence-based services for older adults and adults with disabilities
Disseminate evidence-based strategies to keep children and youth safe from violence and injuries—including child maltreatment, unintentional poisoning, drowning, fires and burns, and infant suffocation
Ensure more children safely avoid foster care placement by encouraging the availability of effective, accessible family support services to address the issues families face, including the opioid crisis
Homicide is the third leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24, with more than 4,000 young people dying by homicide each year. One in four women, and one in nine men, were victims of sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, resulting in injury, fear, and a concern for their safety. The Department funds services to support those who have been impacted by injuries and violence, including through the following strategies:
Fund National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention to better understand youth violence, implement and evaluate programs to prevent violence, and promote safe and supportive environments
Provide support for emergency shelters and related assistance for victims of family violence
An estimated 1 in 10 older adults will be a victim of elder maltreatment. The Department works to prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation for older Americans through the following strategies:
Coordinate elder justice activities within HHS and across the Federal Government through the Elder Justice Coordinating Council
Foster the health, safety, rights, and welfare of individuals who live in long-term care facilities through promoting person-centered quality care, monitoring, and ombudsman programs
Improve access to resources and education to help local communities identify and responding to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation
Enhance knowledge about preventing elder maltreatment, through research
Strengthen adult protective services' timely and effectively responses to older adults who are maltreated through practice guidelines, data collection and reporting, and technical assistance
Note: Additional strategies to support older adults are in Strategic Objective 3.4.
The Department works across the Federal Government, and with States, territories, Tribes, and faith-based and community organizations, to address injuries and violence—monitoring accidental and violence-related injuries, supporting research on the factors that put people at risk, creating and evaluating preventative programs, helping partners plan and implement programs, and conducting research on the effective adoption and dissemination of these strategies. The Department is working to expand partnerships with Federal, State, Tribal, local, and territorial government entities and other stakeholders to reduce injuries and violence through the following strategies:
Protect women from harmful exposures before, during, and after pregnancy, such as from domestic violence, tobacco exposure, and alcohol, opioid, and other harmful substance use, and improve outcomes for newborns and pregnant women
Expand interagency partnerships and systems to train healthcare and human service providers to assess for domestic and dating violence and do brief interventions to link victims to safety and support services, including through faith-based and community organizations
Expand bullying prevention and youth dating violence prevention partnerships with Federal, State, Tribal, local, territorial, and nongovernmental stakeholders to support safety and well-being
Expand and strengthen partnerships with Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, including faith-based and community organizations, on gang prevention programs as well as investing in youth mentoring and coaching, counseling, and life skills and workforce training
Assess and increase the capacity of medical and behavioral health practitioners, nonprofits, faith-based and community organizations, licensed social workers, child welfare professionals, housing authorities, and public health agencies to provide comprehensive and survivor-informed services for victims of human trafficking
Improve services to children and families in the child welfare system as a result of parental or caretaker opioid or other substance use disorder, including through faith-based and community organizations
Enhance the cultural competence of the workforce in the delivery of social services to children, youth, and families through research, technical assistance, and training
Nearly 192,000 people die from violence and injuries each year—nearly 1 person every 3 minutes. The Department is working to collect, analyze, and report national data on the incidence and consequences of injuries and violence through the following strategies:
Assess healthcare use and costs associated with violence and unintentional injury, including patient safety events that occur in healthcare settings, to inform actions to prevent injury and violence and describe the return on investment of public health action
Develop and enhance timely, coordinated data systems to monitor injuries and violence by using expanded surveillance, innovative methods, and new technology, to inform and evaluate national and State prevention activities
Address gaps in data on prevalence and risk factors for child maltreatment
Note: Additional surveillance strategies are in Strategic Objective 4.1.
Maintain the percentage of domestic violence program clients who have a safety plan
Decrease the percentage of children with substantiated or indicated reports of maltreatment that have a repeated substantiated or indicated report of maltreatment within 6 months
Increase intimate partner (domestic) violence screening among American Indian and Alaska Native females
Families are the cornerstone of America's social fabric. A strong family can lead to many positive outcomes for the health, social, and economic status of both adults and children. People live longer, have less stress, and are more financially stable in a healthy family environment where both parents are present, share the responsibility of the household, and raise the children. Additionally, in these households, children tend to be healthier, both mentally and physically, and are better able to have their fundamental needs met.
The Department supports healthy families and youth development through collaborations across the Federal Government and with States, territories, community partners, Tribal governments, and faith-based organizations. Head Start served 1.1 million children from birth to age 5 and pregnant women in 2015–2016, and approximately 1.4 million children per month received child care assistance in 2015. Recommendations for best practices for early child development are shared with partners across the country. Transitions from youth to adulthood are supported through the promotion of strength-based approaches, multisector engagement, and youth engagement efforts.
Through programs like the Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grant Program, the Department funds organizations (including faith-based and community organizations) across the country to provide comprehensive healthy relationship and marriage education services, as well as job and career advancement activities to promote economic stability and overall improved family well-being.
Children with involved fathers are more likely to perform well in school, have healthy self-esteem, and display empathy and pro-social behavior, compared with children who have uninvolved fathers. The New Pathways for Fathers and Families funds organizations across the United States to provide responsible-fatherhood activities that strengthen positive father-child engagement, improve employment and economic mobility, and improve relationships (including couple and coparenting) and marriage. The Department also supports reentry efforts for incarcerated fathers. Approximately 1.7 million State and Federal inmates are fathers of minor children. The impacts of incarceration affect the lives and well-being of their children and families. The Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility program funds grants that are specifically tailored to the needs of fathers transitioning from incarceration to their families and communities. Grants help fathers stabilize their lives, establish or reconnect with their children and families, develop habits of personal responsibility, obtain employment, and achieve economic mobility.
ACF, ACL, CDC, HRSA, IHS, OASH, and SAMHSA
In 2016, the United States was home to 73.6 million children, a number that is projected to grow to 74.5 million by 2022 and 76 million by 2029. The Department supports the healthy development and well-being of children through the following strategies:
Promote healthy development in young children to avoid behavioral challenges, support school readiness and learning, and offer parents of young children access to evidence-based, culturally appropriate parenting education and supports
Improve the quality of care and education settings through effective professional development, coaching, monitoring for health and safety, provision of comprehensive services, and other training and technical assistance in order to promote positive teacher-child interactions and support children's skill development in all domains, including language, early literacy, numeracy, cognitive, and social-emotional development
To achieve optimal brain development for all children, identify and promote effective approaches for early language development to integrate them into existing programs that reach young children, and leverage partnerships (including with faith-based and community organizations) to encourage broad implementation
Promote increased physical activity and active play, improved nutrition, reduced screen time, and increased interpersonal contact with and between children in child care and early childhood development programs
Improve access to high-quality early care and education opportunities for young children by improving the quality of existing early care and education settings, including those offered by Tribes and faith-based and community initiatives, and building the supply of high-quality options for families
Remove barriers to inclusion and accessibility to early child care and education for children with disabilities
Reduce barriers to child and family participation in early childhood programs and services
Provide effective training and technical assistance to help parents and families have greater involvement with teachers, educators, and caregivers to improve the quality of early childhood settings
Through the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, the Department collaborates with other Federal departments and agencies to support at-risk youth through adolescence and young adulthood. The Department supports the healthy development and well-being of adolescents and young adults through the following strategies:
Support successful youth transitions to adulthood by strengthening relationship and employability skills and the development of habits of personal responsibility
Help youth establish and maintain positive, healthy relationships, including connections with peers and caring adults, through demonstration programs and evidence-based or evidence-informed programs (including programs that provide healthy marriage and relationship education), including programs provided by faith-based and community organizations
Invest in training to support adults in detecting and responding to mental illness in children and youth, including encouraging adolescents and their families to seek treatment
Prevent and reduce morbidity, mortality, and key risk behaviors among youth by supporting schools and communities to improve youth skills through sound health education and connection to needed services, and promoting school environments that protect and nurture youth to avoid risk and make positive life choices
Support efforts to place children in foster care with extended birth family and support these kinship caregivers
Promote efforts to recruit, train, and support adoptive families for children and youth whose birth parents and relatives cannot or will not safely care for them
Support efforts to ensure the well-being of children in foster care and those who age out of foster care without a family
Provide adolescents with information and support to make healthy decisions regarding their health and well-being, including risk avoidance and establishment of positive life choices
While most children live with two parents, the Census Bureau estimates that 23 million children live in households with only one parent or no parent at all. The Department supports parents, guardians, and caregivers through the following strategies:
Improve opportunities for parent participation in an evidence-based parenting curriculum or mentoring programs to improve parenting skills and lead to better learning and development outcomes for children and marital and family stability
Support efforts, including through Tribes and faith-based and community organizations, to educate parents and caregivers about healthy child development, effective parenting practices, and specific developmental and health concerns faced by their children
Support and engage fathers in innovative program models across agencies to better integrate them into their families' life
Support families with young children by addressing parental mental health or substance abuse
Develop and implement local and national dissemination strategies to communicate the value of healthy marriages and relationships, and of the success sequence, which recommends completing education, obtaining employment, and getting married before a first or subsequent child, across all socioeconomic demographics
The Department recognizes that other risk factors like poverty, food insecurity, and housing instability can negatively impact health, and is working to integrate human services and health supports to support the well-being of children, youth, and families through the following strategies:
Ensure more young children become up to date on all age-appropriate preventive and primary healthcare, including sensory and developmental screening, with appropriate referral and intervention
Promote interagency Federal, State, and local coordination, including through Tribes and faith-based and community organizations, to facilitate families' access to services and help them navigate systems of care across the full spectrum of family needs, including housing, education and training, healthcare, child care, social services, and economic supports
Integrate age- and developmentally appropriate strategies into programs designed to help all youth avoid risk and make better choices
Integrate trauma-informed, family-focused behavioral health services with pediatric primary care
Reduce the proportion of Head Start preschool grantees receiving a score in the low range on any of the three domains on the basis of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS: Pre-K)
Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents ages 2 through 19 who are obese
Maintain the proportion of youth living in safe and appropriate settings after exiting ACF-funded Transitional Living Program services
(For adult-serving programs) Increase the proportion of participants who, at program exit, express positive attitudes towards marriage
(For adult-serving programs) Increase the proportion of married couples who, at program exit, view their marriage as lifelong
(For youth-serving programs) Increase the proportion of youth who express attitudes supportive of the success sequence
Older adults and people with disabilities face a complex set of difficulties. About one in every seven, or 14.9 percent, of the population is an older American. Approximately 12 percent of working-age adults in the United States have some type of disability. Of these adults, 51 percent had a mobility disability, and 38.3 percent had a cognitive disability.
Older people and people with disabilities often rely on other people to fulfill fundamental needs and complete daily tasks. In order to facilitate adequate care and maximize independence, older adults and people with disabilities of all ages should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose, and with the ability to participate fully in their communities.
To support older adults, people with disabilities, and the system of friends, family, and community members that support them, the Department collaborates across the Federal Government, with States, Tribes, and territories, and with faith-based and community organizations. Aging and Disability Resource Centers provide a gateway to a broad range of services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities. Centers for Independent Living are community-based centers that offer services to empower and enable people with disabilities to stay in their communities. Every State and territory has an Assistive Technology Act program that can help people find, try, and obtain assistive technology devices and services. Assistive technology includes resources ranging from "low tech" helping tools—like utensils with big handles—to higher-tech solutions like talking computers.
The Department also supports caregivers of older Americans and Americans living with disabilities. At least 90 percent of older adults receiving help with daily activities receive some form of unpaid care, and about two-thirds receive only unpaid care. In 2011, an estimated 18 million unpaid caregivers provided 1.3 billion hours of care on a monthly basis to Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over.
Strategies relating to supporting the healthcare needs of older adults and people with disabilities can be found in Strategic Goal 1: Reform, Strengthen, and Modernize the Nation's Healthcare System and Strategic Goal 2: Protect the Health of Americans Where They Live, Learn, Work, and Play. This Strategic Objective focuses on human services—efforts to support the economic and social well-being of these populations.
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Stable housing is foundational to good health and well-being. Accessible, affordable housing is essential to community integration and aging-in-place. For some older adults and people with disabilities, additional assistance is required to support community living. The Department works to strengthen supports for community living through the following strategies:
Support age- and dementia-friendly livable communities to improve quality of life for older adults, families, caregivers, people with disabilities, and the larger community
Promote independence of older adults and people with disabilities through improved collaboration, including with Tribes and faith-based and community organizations, to ensure opportunities to live and receive services in the community
Foster culture change through inclusion and accessibility for children and adults with disabilities and older adults by removing physical and other barriers
Support programs for people with disabilities and older adults that help protect them from all forms of abuse, including physical, mental, emotional, and financial abuse, and help ensure their ability to exercise their rights to make choices, contribute to their communities, and live independently
Support focused technical assistance to States aimed at forging stronger relationships between State Medicaid agencies, State housing finance agencies, and private partners including faith-based and community organizations with the goal of expanding community-living capacity in States
In Olmstead v. L.C., the Supreme Court affirmed that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities cannot be unnecessarily segregated and must receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate for their needs. Federal and State efforts following this landmark decision have increased community participation and independence of people with disabilities and older Americans who are living in communities, including those who have transitioned from nursing homes and other institutions. The Department is working to support choice across the care continuum, as well as improved care transitions and care coordination, through the following strategies:
Promote collaboration among Federal, State, Tribal, local, territorial, and private-sector partners that serve older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers to improve access to a full range of healthcare services, and home and community-based services
Pursue initiatives and programs to provide support to older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers as individuals move between the settings that best address their unique needs
Increase the proportion of youth with disabilities who have plans in place for transitioning from pediatric to adult care
Medicaid is the largest source of support for long-term services and supports, with an estimated $131.4 billion annually expended at the Federal and State levels. The Department is working to improve quality and availability of long-term services and supports, including home and community-based services (HCBS), through the following strategies:
Support the development of a core set of performance measures for HCBS that can provide data that can be used in quality and outcome measurement and reporting
Support innovative delivery system models and program flexibilities that include HCBS to improve quality, accessibility, and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid
Consider new person-centered models of care in Medicare and Medicaid that provide an integrated approach to addressing individuals' medical, behavioral, long-term services and supports, and other needs to maintain health, well-being, and independence
Identify opportunities to accelerate the development, evaluation, translation, implementation, and scaling up of comprehensive care, services, and supports for persons with dementia, families, and other caregivers
Assist States in strengthening and developing high-performing long-term services and supports systems that focus on the person, provide streamlined access, and empower individuals to participate in community living
Educate and improve the awareness of HCBS providers of the need to integrate the access and functional needs of older adults and people with disabilities into disaster and public health emergency preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that affects as many as 5.3 million Americans. The prevalence of people with AD doubles for every 5-year interval beyond age 65. Without a preventive treatment or cure, the significant growth in the population over age 85 that is estimated to occur between 2015 and 2050 (from 6.3 million to 19 million) suggests a substantial increase in the number of people with AD. The Department is working to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias through the following strategies:
Expand supports for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families through culturally sensitive education, training, and support; assessing housing and other needs; and assisting families in planning for future care needs
Enhance public awareness and engagement to reduce misperceptions about diagnosis and clinical management
Improve data to track the burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, identify and monitor trends in associated risk factors, and assist with understanding health disparities
Note: Additional strategies on preventive care are in Strategic Objectives 1.3 and 4.3.
Caregivers provide care to people of all ages who live in residential or institutional settings. Caregiving can be both paid and unpaid; a 2009 survey found that approximately 25 percent of adults reported providing care to a person with a long-term illness or disability in the past 30 days. The Department is working to strengthen supports for caregivers through the following strategies:
Provide support for unpaid family caregivers, to maximize the health and well-being of the caregivers and the people for whom they provide care
Educate and empower community supports, such as faith-based and community organizations, for providing support of all types for caregivers
Identify research gaps in caregiving, and optimize sharing of research findings
Improve access to educational and community-based resources that caregivers can use to maintain and/or increase their health and well-being
For people with complex health needs, such as older adults and people with disabilities, accessing high-quality and affordable care—healthcare, as well as assistance for daily living—can be challenging. Geographic disparities, as well as economic constraints, can limit the number and quality of available options. The Department is working to reduce disparities in services for older adults and people with disabilities through the following strategies:
Ensure that individual rights are protected and addressed through enforcement of mental health and substance use parity laws, Olmstead, Americans with Disabilities Act, and other protections
Include culturally appropriate, person- and family-centered care planning in Federal social and healthcare services for older adults and persons with disabilities to protect individual choice and address a person's current and future economic resources, including advance care planning needs
Monitor, using existing data sources, the status of the health, well-being, and independence of older adults and people with disabilities, and improve reporting on these populations
The number of people 65 years old and older is expected to double between 2000 and 2030. Providing high-quality services to this growing population requires a high-quality workforce. The Department seeks to strengthen the workforce through the following strategies:
Educate the healthcare and service professional workforce on the concerns of a geriatric population to ensure awareness of the unique challenges and issues of older adults
Improve and increase competency in the healthcare and direct service workforce in person-centered approaches and cultural competency
Strengthen the training and capacity of healthcare providers to recognize, assess, refer, connect, and engage caregivers
Strengthen partnerships between academia, health delivery systems, Tribes, and faith-based and community organizations to educate and train the workforce to provide high-quality, culturally competent care
Demonstrate improvement in nursing home health care quality by reducing the number of one-star nursing homes
Decrease the percentage of long-stay nursing home residents receiving an antipsychotic medication
Improve dementia capability of long-term support systems to create dementia-friendly, livable communities
Increase the success rate of the Protections and Advocacy Program's individual or systemic advocacy, thereby advancing individuals with developmental disabilities right to receive appropriate community based services, resulting in community integration and independence, and have other rights enforced, retained, restored, and/or expanded
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Content last reviewed January 24, 2020


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Toni Dijan (born 17 February 1983) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for Zadar. He played the small forward position.

Playing career
Dijan, a native of Sukošan, is a product of the Zadar youth system. He played in the Croatian national youth selections. He won a silver medal together with the Croatian Junior National Team at the 2000 FIBA U-18 European Championship held in Zadar, where he also made the All- Tournament team. His team lost in the finals by just one point against France, led by Tony Parker.

Unfortunately, his senior career, marked with many injuries, did not follow the success of his youth career. He signed his first professional contract with Zadar in 2000 and stayed with the club for the next five years. In this period Zadar won the Adriatic League in 2003 and the Croatian League in 2005, along with two Croatian Cups. In 2005 Dijan moves to the Slovenian Union Olimpija where he spent one season. After spending the 2007-08 season at the Bosnian Široki Prima pivo, he returns to the Croatian League signing with Zagreb in 2008. He spent another two seasons in Split and in the summer of 2013 decided to return to Zadar. He averaged 8.0 pts, 3.5 reb, 1.3 ass in the 2012-13 season of the ABA League.

In January 2015 he joined his former club Split.

References

External links
 Toni Dijan at fibaeurope.com
 Toni Dijan at abaliga.com
 Toni Dijan at draftexpress.com

1983 births
Living people
ABA League players
Croatian basketball coaches
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian men's basketball players
KK Split players
KK Olimpija players
KK Zadar players
KK Zagreb players
Small forwards
Basketball players from Zadar
HKK Široki players
KK Zadar coaches

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Walter Willis Granger (* 7. November 1872 in Middletown Springs, Vermont; † 6. September 1941 in Lusk, Wyoming) war ein US-amerikanischer Fossiliensammler und Wirbeltier-Paläontologe.

Granger war eines von fünf Kindern eines Versicherungsagenten. Er interessierte sich früh für das Ausstopfen von Tieren und arbeitete schon durch Vermittlung eines Freundes seines Vaters mit 17 Jahren für das American Museum of Natural History. Er nahm an Fossiliensuchen des Museums im Mittleren Westen 1894/95 teil und wechselte dazu ganz in die Abteilung Wirbeltier-Paläontologie (unter Leitung von Henry Fairfield Osborn). 1897 entdeckte er die reiche Fossilienfundstätte Bone Cabin Quarry bei Laramie in Wyoming, wo unter anderem ein Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus) für das Museum gefunden wurde neben anderen Dinosauriern des Jura wie Stegosaurus und Allosaurus. 1907 nahm er im Auftrag des Museums an der ersten großen amerikanischen Fossilien-Expedition außerhalb Nordamerikas in Ägypten teil, wo man in Fayum tertiäre Säuger ausgrub. Er wurde Associate Curator des Museums.

1921 war er stellvertretender Leiter und Chef-Paläontologe einer Expedition des Museums in die Mongolei und China. Dabei war er auch an den Ausgrabungen in Zhoukoudian unter Johan Gunnar Andersson beteiligt, die zur Entdeckung des Peking-Menschen führten. 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927 und 1928 war er an den Expeditionen von Roy Chapman Andrews in die Wüste Gobi beteiligt, wo er unter anderem Fossilien von Velociraptor, Oviraptor und Protoceratops fand. Er wurde 1927 Kurator für fossile Säuger im Museum und außerdem Kurator für Paläontologie in der Asien Abteilung. Er starb bei einer Expedition in Lusk (Wyoming) an Herzversagen.

1935 wurde er Präsident des Explorers Club. 1932 erhielt er einen Ehrendoktor des Middlebury College in Vermont.

Literatur
 Vincent L. Morgan, Spencer G. Lucas: Walter Granger, 1872–1941, Paleontologist (= New Mexico of Natural History and Science. Bulletin. 19, ). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque NM 2002, Digitalisat.

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Paläontologe
Kurator einer naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlung
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des American Museum of Natural History
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1872
Gestorben 1941
Mann
Ehrendoktor des Middlebury College


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0 Posted by Jae Jones - September 7, 2019 - Black History, BLACK MEN, CIVIL RIGHTS, LATEST POSTS
Prominent lawyer, Nathaniel Jerome Frederick was born on November 18, 1877, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. He was the son of Benjamin Glenn Frederick and Henrietta Baxer. Frederick helped organize the Victory Savings Bank, a black-owned financial institution in Columbia. He was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and served on its national legal committee.
After completing his primary education, Frederick attended Claflin College where he earned a B.A. degree in 1889. He later earned a degree in history and Latin from the University of Wisconsin in 1901. Frederick served as principal of Columbia's Howard School from 1902 until 1918. During this period he also read law. Admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1913, he opened a law office in Columbia the following year.
Despite the racial barriers that limited blacks in the early twentieth century, Frederick was able to become a successful lawyer. He appeared before the South Carolina Supreme Court thirty-three times, more than any black lawyer up to that time. Frederick also won twelve appeals on three of his four criminal cases that appeared before the court.
Frederick drew nationwide attention on two of his legal victories. On was the 1926 case of State v. Lowman, Frederick represented three members of the Lowman family. The Lowman's were blacks who had been convicted of murdering the sheriff of Aiken County. Taking the case on appeal, Frederick won an unanimous order for a new trial. At the retrial, Frederick obtained a directed verdict of acquittal of Demond Lowman. The expectation was that a similar result would be obtained the next day for Bertha Lowman and her cousin Clarence. However, Demond was immediately rearrested. On the evening of October 8, 1926, all three Lowmans were dragged from jail and murdered. Despite editorial campaigns and three grand jury investigations, no one was ever convicted for the lynching.
The 1929 case of Ex parte Bess had a less tragic ending. Ben Bess was a black man who had been convicted of sexual assault on a white woman. After Bess had served thirteen years of a thirty-year sentence, his alleged victim recanted her testimony. Using the recantation, Frederick obtained a pardon from Governor John G. Richards. After threats of prosecution for perjury, however, the alleged victim withdrew her recantation, whereupon the governor tried to revoke the pardon. Frederick immediately challenged the governor. The state supreme court sat en banc, with all the state circuit court judges, and in a ten-to-eight decision ruled that the governor could not revoke his pardon. Fearing a repeat of the Lowman lynching, Frederick immediately moved Bess out of state. Nathaniel Jerome Frederick died on September 7, 1938.
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