For me, Twitter's utility has changed a bit over the last few years. What once was used as a way for my friends and I to share what we were up to, where we were, and so on has more or less morphed into a way for me to chat with other people who share similar interests regardless of where we are.
In fact, I've seen that each of my friends use Twitter in their own respective ways.
For people that I know personally, Path – yep, I actually use it – has worked out pretty well. But I've met a lot of really cool, interesting, and smart people on Twitter that I interact with on a daily basis many of which I would've never met otherwise.
@tommcfarlin how do you manage to write a blog post just about every day, but also get all your dev work and such done too?
This isn't the first time that I've been asked this question, and although this isn't strictly related to development, I figure that it's close enough to how I actually get development done that I'd share my response here.
My preferred method of organizing and managing tasks is using GTD. I've tried a number of different ways or organizing tasks, but this particular is what works best for my how I naturally work.
The thing about using GTD is that I also organize all of my personal tasks using this method, as well. This means that if I have a bill to pay, a phone call to make, or a reminder email to send, then it goes into my task list with the appropriate label.
Personally, I'm a big fan of Things. I've tried nearly every TODO list app that's available – I've always come back to it. In fact, I'm so sold out on GTD and Things that I've got it on both my desktop and mobile devices.
There's one caveat about GTD: I don't use that many labels.
I tend to use Personal, 8BIT, LLC, and the occasional miscellaneous label for certain things such as Envato or WP Gwinnett for groups or organizations with which I'm involved, but overall I try to keep the labels small.
The reason is this: Creating labels is an exercise in not micromanaging your tasks. I've found that the majority of stuff that I'm responsible for falls under a very small set of groups (or labels in the case of Things).
If I find myself having a hard time determine what something should be labeled, odds are it's not a task – perhaps it belongs on my calendar, perhaps it's something that I can manage via email (more on how I manage my inbox, later). Regardless, not everything belongs in the task list.
Or maybe it will. I've no idea.
One of the things that I dislike the most about a lot of the advice that I read online, hear in podcasts, and so on is how people recommend their process to others for getting things done.
Although I've shared mine here, I can't recommend this to you. We're all different and what works for me may or may not work for you.
Case in point: My wife does not follow the GTD methodology, so she naturally has no need for GTD apps. She has her own may of managing her day-to-day responsibilities.
Sure, we've talked about it, but asking her to try my method is as fair as she asking me to try her method. I know her method won't work because it doesn't jive with my personality.
So, with all of that said, that's how I generally manage my time during the day-to-day. Of course, I'm interested in hearing how you guys manage your time so, if you feel inclined, then share it in the comments.
Jason and I went on to chat a little longer, so if you're interested, you can also read the entire conversation.
I have tried several methods of managing my day-to-day… A notepad I carry with me, a stick note I use each day, an app on my phone, sticky notes in windows, tfs task tracking, version one, bugzilla… you get the point. The way that has worked best for me is something I read from zenhabits, 3 important things each day. I only have 3 tasks each day. If I accomplish them, then I feel success. I can easily remember 3 important tasks. What usually happens, is I do way more than that without even thinking about it. However, those 3 tasks are my goals. Sometimes, it is as simple as, Go to work, Fix a bug, Eat something. Sometimes it is, write a new framework, run a 5k, and investigate 10 plugins for WordPress. Depends on the day. :-) But the fact is, you are right, my method probably will not work for anyone else. "If I only list 3 things I will forget some important ones that I have to do." My response to that is simply, "don't do so much, identify your priorities". Jason Fried, of 37signals, had a blog about a class he wanted to teach: Write an article in 5 versions: 3 page, 1 page, 3 paragraph, 1 paragraph, and 1 sentence version. I think it was brilliant, teach people how to refactor, how to simplify, and how to prioritize. Figure out how to prioritize, and everything falls into place.
Yep – I'm familiar with this particular method, but you're right in that it wouldn't work for me :). I have to break things down into smaller tasks.
My biggest problem with GTD is making sure that I don't try to overload a given day; otherwise, I'm not able to complete all of my tasks which makes me feel as if I didn't do as much as I should've. Weird, I guess.
At any rate, it took my a little while to find the system that works best. For three years or so, I carried a notebook with me everywhere and used it to keep track of what needed to be done. Now I do the same thing, I just use my phone or computer.
As per the conversation, I tend to make sure and get my business tasks accomplished, but sacrifice my personal stuff. I need to level up on that and make sure I get my own stuff done too.
I think that bringing your personal tasks up to the level of your business-related tasks is key in getting everything done that you need to get done.
This is when I found that I was able to be most productive with GTD.
Truth be told, there are times when I may have forgotten to put something into Things that I end up doing during the day, so I end up going back and adding it to Things then checking it off just to make sure that I've been comprehensive in capturing my tasks.
It sounds weird, but if there's something that I'm doing every month or every quarter, I can use it as a reference to see when I did it last.
It's funny that you ask about this, Kevin – this post was actually much longer and had three distinct points one of which was how I manage things like Twitter and other social networks.
I ended up deleting it as I figured it was enough for a post on its own.
The short answer is that I've got boundaries setup for when I use Twitter (for example, I don't have the app installed on my phone), and I generally dislike intermittent distractions. I try to make sure that I can be as focused as possible on any given thing at a time.


The theme of winning has for decades heavily influenced our approach to business. It seems as obvious as the air we breathe, hence we don't even notice it. But winning has not always occupied the dominant positions it does today; go back and read Peter Drucker, for example. If we deeply explore the idea of customer focus, we get a different perspective; one in which customer focus is not the handmaiden of winning, but which sees winning is a byproduct of customer focus. It turns out the systemic benefits are greater with this latter view.
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Q: How many times can a photon be absorbed?wC I am just being introduced to quantum physics.
I know that in order for a transition in the energy level of an electron to take place, the photon energy must be equal to the difference in energy levels.
But, I also hear great stories of the famous Compton scattering effect. If a photon must be entirely "used up" in an interaction with an atom, how could it be emitted again with a different wavelength?
I struggle to reconcile these two phenomena.

A: The key difference is that Compton scattering occurs on a free electron. It's all about making energy conservation work out. In an atomic process, the atom goes form having energy $E_1$ to $E_2$, and its energy is fixed by the atomic state it goes to. It can't be a $2 p ^1$ electron and also have extra energy it hangs onto. (Things are slightly more complicated than this, due to splitting of energy levels, Doppler shifting, etc. But this still just means you have a slightly broader window, rather than a true single-infinite-precision-frequency-condition.) So the photon has to have $E_2 - E_1$.
On the other hand, a Compton-scattered photon hits an electron with, say, no energy (for simplicity), which then goes off into having any number of energies. It's only limited by how much energy the photon had. Other than that, there's no reason that after collision it can't be a 20 $keV$ electron, or a 30 $keV$ electron, or anything. So there isn't the same sharp absorbance peak, because the energy condition is less stringent.
Incidentally, something like this can happen in atomic process if the photon is high enough energy to eject the electron from the atom entirely. In this case, we say the electron is excited "to the continuum"--reflecting the fact that once the electron is free, it has a whole continuum of available energies, instead of just the few bound-state energies allowed by the atomic potential.
EDIT: I just realized I ended up answering some questions raised in the comments and not the asked question. My point here is to agree with others that the photon is best viewed as having been absorbed and re-emitted in both processes, and to explain why the energetic considerations are different in each.

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Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients
Michol Cooper, Isibor J. Arhuidese, Tammam Obeid, Caitlin Hicks, Joseph Canner, Mahmoud B. Malas
Importance: Early landmark trials excluding dialysis patients showed carotid endarterectomy (CEA) decreased stroke risk compared with medical management. Dialysis dependence has been associated with poor outcomes after CEA in small studies, but, to our knowledge, there are no large studies evaluating outcomes of CEA in this patient group. Objective: To delineate perioperative and long-term outcomes after CEA in dialysis-dependent patients in a large national database. Design, Setting, and Participants: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent CEA in the US Renal Disease System-Medicare-matched database between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2011, was performed in June 2015. The median follow-up time was 2.5 years. Logistic and Cox regression analyses were used to evaluate perioperative and long-term outcomes. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcomes of interestwere perioperative stroke, myocardial infarction and mortality, and long-term stroke and mortality. Results: A total of 5142 patients were studied; 83% of whom were asymptomatic. The mean (SD) age was 68.9 (9.6) years for asymptomatic patients and 70.0 (9.1) years for symptomatic patients. The 30-day stroke rate, myocardial infarction, and mortality for the asymptomatic and symptomatic groups were 2.7% vs 5.2% (P = .001), 4.6% vs 5.0% (P = .69), and 2.6% vs 2.9% (P = .61), respectively. Predictors of perioperative stroke were symptomatic status (odds ratio [OR], 2.01; 95% CI, 1.18-3.42; P = .01), black race (OR, 2.30; 95% CI, 1.24-4.25; P = .008), and Hispanic ethnicity (OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.17-4.42; P = .02). Freedom from stroke and overall survival were lower in symptomatic compared with asymptomatic patients at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years (in asymptomatic vs symptomatic patients, freedom from stroke rates were 92% vs 87% at 1 year, 88% vs 83% at 2 years, 84% vs 78% at 3 years, 80% vs 73% at 4 years, and 79% vs 69% at 5 years, respectively, and overall survival rates were 78% vs 73% at 1 year, 60% vs 57% at 2 years, 46% vs 42% at 3 years, 37% vs 32% at 4 years, and 33% vs 29% at 5 years; P < .05). Predictors of long-term stroke were preoperative symptoms (hazard ratio, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.24-2.24; P < .001), female sex (hazard ratio, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.03-1.73; P = .04), and inability to ambulate (hazard ratio, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.25-2.62; P = .002). Predictors of long-term mortality were increasing age (OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.03; P < .01), active smoking (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.00-1.48; P = .045), history of congestive heart failure (OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.12-1.39; P < .001), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.09-1.45; P = .002). Conclusions and Relevance: To our knowledge, this is the largest study to date of dialysis patients who have undergone CEA. We have shown that the risks of CEA in asymptomatic patients is high and may outweigh the benefits. The risk of CEA in symptomatic patients is also high, and it should only be offered to a small carefully selected cohort of symptomatic patients.
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Cooper, M., Arhuidese, I. J., Obeid, T., Hicks, C., Canner, J., & Malas, M. B. (2016). Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients. JAMA Surgery, 151(10), 947-952. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1504
Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients. / Cooper, Michol; Arhuidese, Isibor J.; Obeid, Tammam; Hicks, Caitlin; Canner, Joseph; Malas, Mahmoud B.
In: JAMA Surgery, Vol. 151, No. 10, 01.10.2016, p. 947-952.
Cooper, M, Arhuidese, IJ, Obeid, T, Hicks, C, Canner, J & Malas, MB 2016, 'Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients', JAMA Surgery, vol. 151, no. 10, pp. 947-952. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1504
Cooper M, Arhuidese IJ, Obeid T, Hicks C, Canner J, Malas MB. Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients. JAMA Surgery. 2016 Oct 1;151(10):947-952. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1504
Cooper, Michol ; Arhuidese, Isibor J. ; Obeid, Tammam ; Hicks, Caitlin ; Canner, Joseph ; Malas, Mahmoud B. / Perioperative and long-term outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in hemodialysis patients. In: JAMA Surgery. 2016 ; Vol. 151, No. 10. pp. 947-952.
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'Kirby and the Forgotten Land' just scored a surprising release date
Despite only just being announced, you'll be able to boot up 'Kirby and the Forgotten Land' on your Nintendo Switch sooner than you thought.
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Despite only just being announced, you'll be able to boot up Kirby and the Forgotten Land on your Nintendo Switch sooner than you thought.
Although many Nintendo faithful are still patiently waiting for that sequel to Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has gone ahead and dropped a release date for one of its other upcoming adventures, Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Announced alongside a brand new trailer, the surprising news is that it's only months away – slated for release on March 25 on Nintendo Switch. According to Ninty, the company's pink puff has a flair for inhaling air "so he'll have his work cut out for him when he arrives in an unknown land and discovers that Waddle Dees are being kidnapped in droves by the Beast Pack. To rescue his friends, Kirby heads out on a journey with the curious Elfilin, whom he meets in the new world."
In case you have absolutely no idea what any of that means, you check out the trailer for the game below. It appears to be filled to the brim with Nintendo charm, with plenty of exploration, cute enemies to fight and abilities to copy.
Watch the trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land below
The close release date is particularly surprising because we only found out about Kirby and the Forgotten Land in September last year. Considering the lead time most video games receive to allow for proper marketing, this six-month window is incredibly tight.
Revealed during a Nintendo Direct, Kirby and the Forgotten Land's reveal trailer teased an abandoned urban city, post-apocalyptic vibe and open world. Essentially, it looked and felt like a much more family friendly version of The Last of Us.
After having watched the latest trailer, on the other hand, it remains to be seen how dark the game's tone will go and how open its world will actually be. We have a sneaking suspicion that the game will follow a more traditional formula.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: PS4 vs. Xbox One performance comparison
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There's no doubt that The Witcher 3 is one of the momentous game releases of the year, and now that it's out, we need to nitpick it until there's nothing left to discuss. As it does with every major multiplatform release, Eurogamer has put both the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game to the test to see which comes out on top.
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Although the game is stunningly gorgeous regardless of platform, Eurogamer found in its analysis that both console versions of the game are inconsistent from a performance standpoint.
"The first distinction is that PS4 caps its frame-rate at 30fps (with v-sync), while Xbox One runs with no cap at all to allow a variance between 30-40fps during play. This means Sony's machine is in theory capable of a smoother experience – with the cadence of frame delivery forced to a consistent rate. However there are issues on the Sony side side as well, and the net result is that neither feels truly smooth, though for very different reasons."
The Xbox One version of The Witcher 3 has a higher frame rate than the PS4 version, but it doesn't run in true 1080p resolution. On the other hand, the 1080p PS4 version has a frame rate cap that should theoretically make for a smoother experience, but texture pop-in and other graphical glitches cause the performance to suffer noticeably and consistently.
All in all, the PS4 version is Eurogamer's choice, but it didn't win by the wide margin the site had expected. If you're looking for the best version of the game, it's probably best to start freeing up space on your PC.
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Book Collector's Meeting Room Whether you're an experienced collector or just starting out, this is the place to discuss Anne's books in all their various bindings, languages, and cover art.
I just read an article on the website IGN that says Warner Bros. Has optioned the entire Pern series for films. Could we finally see the Dragonriders of Pern movies we have all been waiting for? I sure hope so!! Hopefully more to come soon.
o wow, fingers crossed everybody!!!
I'll believe it when I see it. Until then I'm not getting my hopes up.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
And I agree. I only hope they do not mess it up, the way we have seen suggested in the past!!!
Are you sure it was a rcent article, cause that would mean that Canadian company Copperheart would have given up and gave the rights back to the McCaffreys.
Don't options have an expiry date?
Not an autumatic one, Lily. If there are they will be mentioned in the contract.
Anyway, it means that the Copperjeart venture is out the window, too.
Maybe WB wants to try that silly TV series plan again? Would be a lot easier to do with todays CGI abilities.
For me, I don't really care one way or the other. I'd rather see the Talent series made into movies, anyway. I suppose if there is actual activity on this it may spark some grumbling and complaining "enthusiasm", at least temporarily?!
Hans, Warner Bros. is looking for their next big franchise. After Harry Potter and LOTR and The Hobbit having done so well, they are looking for a good source material. I, like all Pern lovers have wanted to see a good quality movie made. Heck, I even daydream in my head how the movie would look if I was directing it. For me it would start with "Lessa woke cold" and go from there. I'm hopeful after what has been done on the Harry Potter and LOTR films that great movie can be made of our beloved Anne's books. Time will tell.
Most options expire. (Honestly, the best way for the writer to get rich is to sell the option, have it expire, and sell it again.) Likely Copperheart's had a 'use it or lose it' date on it and when it went, WB made an offer again.
There are a couple options that could be going on. One is they intend to develop the property. (No, LOTR does not inspire confidence. The Hobbit's a nightmare example of taking source material and absolutely darker-and-grimmer-ing it beyond recognition.) Another is that they have something similar in mind and wish to lock up Pern's rights so any overlap isn't actionable. Disney bought the rights to the comic book "PS 238" (about a secret school for the children of superheros) not because they wanted to produce it but because they were already in prepro on the project "Sky High" and they didn't want the comic writer suing them. When you DON'T lock up similar properties, you get situations with hard feelings at the very best (though he didn't sue, J. Michael Straczynski pitched Babylon 5 to Paramount, who hemmed and hawed and finally said no, and it went to another company...and there were in fact a lot of hard feelings when a year later as B5 went into production Paramount announced the eerily similar Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Which is ironic as CBS used a pitch session for the original Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry to swipe ideas that would be used for Lost In Space.....) WB may simply be tying up loose ends. I don't know what they'd be doing, but it's possible and wouldn't be the first or last time it's happened.
I agree with that, Simon.
Sent Todd McCaffrey a congrats note yesterday about the reported movie deal for Annie's Pern books and he said that much as he wishes it were true, so far it is just "another Hollywood rumor." Sigh.
Well, that was some short-lived excitement!
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I think right now the only two science fiction or fantasy franchises that have firm options are David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series, and Eric Flint's 1632verse. The Weber series is in movie pre-production and they are working on scripts and trying out CGI images of the treecats and ships. Flint's has been renewed recently and is for a TV series based on the secondary stories not the main storyline.
There's more than that, SpaceCowboy. There are two different tv series in the works for books by John Scalzi, Redshirts on FX and his Old Man's War series on Syfy. I'm hoping both come to fruition as they are entertaining books.
I hadn't heard about Honor Harrington, but will enjoy that as well!
I just got through reading Redshirts by John Scalzi. I met him at last year's Worldcon in San Antonio. He signed my copy as well as Old Man's War and Fuzzie Nation. Looking forward to the tv adaptation of Redshirts.


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Clichy, 18th April 2002
The Polish team has won the L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge, the first international online strategy competition. Brazil is the runner-up.
Launched in December 2001, the L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge generated tremendous interest this year, with almost 8,000 student applications from 50 countries around the world. "This year's competition was a huge success, and we are already working on e-Strat 2003. As in the business world, we have to innovate constantly and keep abreast of market changes, so that we fully comply with students' expectations", pointed out Philippe Louvet, Director of International Recruitment at L'Oréal.
The first prize of the L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge was awarded this year to the "Copernicus" team from Poland. The team members, Thomasz Kozlinski, Jaroslaw Boniecki and Dawid Piskorz, are management students at the Nicholas Copernicus University.
The second prize went to the Brazilian team represented by Juliana Alves, Gilberto Figueira and Daniele Martini, MBA students at UFRJ lnstituto COPPEAD de Administração.
The third prize was won by another Polish team, the "Economists", comprised of Peter Szytula, Sebastian Wódka and Sebastian Siodlak, all studying International Economics at the Karol Adamiecki University.
A special participation prize was awarded to the American team from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
The finalist teams from the five geographic zones were from Canada, Brazil, Thailand, Israel and Poland.
The L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge international ceremony was held at the L'Oréal headquarters in Clichy, France. The prizes were awarded by François Vachey, Executive Vice-President in charge of Human Resources at L'Oréal, to the international winning trio and the first teams from each of the five geographic zones, in the presence of the managers of Strat X, the simulation game designers.
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1Ouve, ó Deus, a minha voz na minha queixa; preserva a minha voz na minha queixa; preserva a minha vida do horror do inimigo.

2Esconde-me do secreto conselho dos maus, e do ajuntamento dos que praticam a iniqüidade,

3os quais afiaram a sua língua como espada, e armaram por suas flechas palavras amargas.

4Para em lugares ocultos atirarem sobre o íntegro; disparam sobre ele repentinamente, e não temem.

5Firmam-se em mau intento; falam de armar laços secretamente, e dizem: Quem nos verá?

6Planejam iniqüidades; ocultam planos bem traçados; pois o íntimo e o coração do homem são inescrutáveis.

7Mas Deus disparará sobre eles uma seta, e de repente ficarão feridos.

8Assim serão levados a tropeçar, por causa das suas próprias línguas; todos aqueles que os virem fugirão.

9E todos os homens temerão, e anunciarão a obra de Deus, e considerarão a obra de Deus, e considerarão prudentemente os seus feitos.

10O justo se alegrará no Senhor e confiará nele, e todos os de coração reto cantarão louvores.

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RAPID was a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a trauma-focused guided self-help programme versus Individual Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAPID has centres in England, Scotland and Wales.
It aimed to determine if trauma-focused guided self-help (GSH), using a web-based programme called 'Spring', provides a faster and more cost-effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), than individual trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TFCBT), whilst being equally clinically effective.
The RAPID trial ended in January 2020.
Evidence suggests that the most effective psychological approaches to treat PTSD are those that are based on trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TFCBT), including trauma-focused cognitive therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR).
However, there are a limited number of suitably qualified therapists able to deliver these interventions and waiting lists can be very long.
Another potential barrier to treatment is the required commitment from individuals to attend regular appointments in person over several months, which might be difficult for many reasons, such as taking time off work, childcare commitments, and perhaps a perceived stigma about attending mental health services.
Guided Self-Help (GSH)
GSH is a form of treatment that combines regular guidance from a therapist with self-help materials, which can be accessed by patients in a flexible way at their convenience.
This treatment type generally demands less therapist time and may be a solution in the treatment for PTSD, potentially reducing waiting times. Building on promising results from earlier Phase I and Phase II work, RAPID has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
The GSH programme being tested in RAPID, 'Spring', has been developed by Cardiff University's Traumatic Stress Research Group and Healthcare Learning Company, informed by people with lived experience of PTSD and health professionals working with PTSD.
It is an eight-step online programme that takes users through information about PTSD and typical symptoms, unlocking helpful tools and techniques for symptom management.
Therapists guide and support RAPID participants through 'Spring', encouraging access to the programme and completion of homework.
192 participants were randomly allocated to receive either face-to-face Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TFCBT) or Trauma-Focused online Guided Self Help (GSH).
Trial outcomes include measures of PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, self-efficacy, quality of life, disability.
Outcome measurements were taken at 16 weeks and 52 weeks post-randomisation.
Information was collected to estimate the costs of delivering the GSH, and to evaluate whether it is successful and acceptable from the perspective of the patient, their family, the health service and society.
Public Involvement in RAPID
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Involved as co-applicants on the grant application.
Reviewing 'Spring', the RAPID Guided Self-Help programme.
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"I am certain that if a self-help programme, such as the Spring Programme, had been made available to me immediately after that traumatic event, many years of suffering would have been prevented."
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BROBDINGNAGIAN BIG: Even for the neighborhood, the estimated $5-$10 million house is big
By Dennis Rodkin
In 2008, Khurram and Sameera Hussain paid $3.575 million for an old Tudor home in the Woodlands neighborhood of Hinsdale. They tore it down and put up a 27,400-square-foot behemoth. "It's certainly the biggest house built here in the past six years," says Robert McGinnis, the town's building commissioner.
Neither of the Hussains (he's a lawyer; she owns the 40-plus Dental Dreams clinics) responded to requests for comment, so it's hard to determine what the house cost. On a permit application, the couple estimated construction at $5 million, but two sources familiar with the project believe it approaches $10 million. As for neighbors worried about the home's size, McGinnis offers some words of consolation: "It could have been worse—they could have crammed two houses onto that [2.2 acre] lot."
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Chennevières-sur-Marne is een gemeente in het Franse departement Val-de-Marne (regio Île-de-France) en telt 17.837 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Nogent-sur-Marne.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Chennevières-sur-Marne bedraagt 5,3 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 3365,5 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Externe links

Gemeente in Val-de-Marne


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Monday Briefing | October 26
By Journal of Political Inquiry on October 26, 2020
Photo: Some people lined up for hours to vote early over the weekend. Photo from The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/nyregion/new-york-early-voting.html.
Stories to follow:
So far almost 60 million Americans have voted early in the 2020 presidential election, breaking a 110+ year record. "Not since 1908 have more than 65% of eligible US voters actually exercised that right." This is likely explained both by the dire circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and by intensified polarization along party lines, with President Trump's supporters more motivated to show support as he faces a strong challenge from former Vice President Biden. That said, some typically solid red or blue states may become battlegrounds this year. Texas, for example, tends to lean Republican, but this year "polls are unusually close" as Texas suffered 17,000 COVID-19 deaths and its state government faces criticism for alleged voter suppression.
Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan opposition politician who gained notoriety for leading protests against President Nicolás Maduro in 2014, fled Venezuela for Spain, arriving in Madrid to reunite with his wife and daughter, according to a statement from the Spanish foreign ministry. A former mayor, López "served several years in prison" for his role in the anti-Maduro protests "before being released to house arrest" and "shelter[ing]at the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas" for the past 18 months. This development signals "a blow to an already weakened opposition," led by National Assembly Head Juan Guaidó, whom "the U.S. and many other countries" recognize as "the country's legitimate president."
The United Nations first officially came into existence 75 years ago this past Saturday, when its charter was "ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, [and]the United States," and thus began its authority. In commemoration of this anniversary, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his urge for a global ceasefire and world leaders will hold a ceremony at the General Assembly "reaffirming [their]collective commitment to multilateralism," building on agreements reached at a meeting held last month.
Happening this week:
Join the Brookings Institute for its online-only webinar "Election 2020: Digital democracy, disinformation, and Black voters" on Wednesday, October 28 at 3:00 P.M. (EDT) to learn about "how misinformation is disseminated, what campaigns and elected officials can do to support targeted groups, and why marginalized communities and their rights should be prioritized when developing new rules for communication technology used in political and governance processes."
Artechouse, an art museum in Chelsea, recently opened a multimedia exhibit titled "Celestial," which will run until January 3. Dedicated to Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year, "Classic Blue," it aims to take visitors on a "journey beyond the skies…through sights, sounds, and sensations."
Daylight Savings Time ends this coming Sunday, November 1, so take advantage of it and try to get an extra hour of sleep 😉
In your free time:
Is your bank account dried up thanks to all those Seamless orders? If you're looking for a new hobby to pick up in quarantine and save a few bucks while you're at it, try binging Binging with Babish episodes on Youtube. Low-key a stand-up comedian and high-key a talented chef, Andrew Rea (AKA Babish) will teach you all the culinary basics so that you can be rolling out your own pizza dough and frying your own potato breakfast hash in no time.
This week's Monday Briefing was brought to you by Elisa Ron and Emmy Freedman.


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Chicago's first adults-only camp-in is coming to Northerly Island this month. But if you're interested, it'll cost you.
The entrance fee is priced by tent, which is included. A two-person tent will cost $250, a four-person tent $500 and a six-person tent $750.
The tent does not include sleeping bags or pillows, but the fee covers a camp happy hour, a pig roast, a twilight hike, sunrise yoga and other activities, according to the Chicago Parks Foundation. The event's purpose is to connect adults to nature.
This seems like a strange concept to us and something that could be mistaken for a spinoff of the popular Bachelor/Bachelorette series on TV.
Anyway, for more information you can check the Chicago Park Foundation website.


Welcome to Lorhill Gardens! The newest addition to the Lorhill Family.
Lorhill Gardens is working to help gardens be abundant, healthy and beautiful. Focusing on garden care, excluding lawn care except for special circumstances. Our rounded approach to gardening will look different for every garden. For example, perhaps you enjoy caring for your gardens and simply need some help with pruning, planting, or large clean ups in spring or fall.
Or maybe the workload of beautiful gardens has become too difficult and burdensome but you would like to remain in your home and still enjoy the garden's beauty.
We will strive to provide excellent costumer service, keeping a clear line of communication, encouraging you to participate in the planning and possibly the upkeep of your gardens. Our goal is not to run ourselves out of business, but instead to encourage you to do what you can, if you choose.
Spring Clean Ups – removal of debris from winter, cutting back perennials as needed, dormant pruning, preparing gardens for mulch if needed – weeding, splitting /transplanting perennials, edging as required.
Fall Clean Ups – preparation for winter, cutting down perennials as desired, winter wrapping, and tying, leaf removal if desired.
Installation – creating new gardens, mending soil, planting and/or transplanting, fertilizing plants, edging, mulching, and watering.
Pruning – dormant pruning in spring, shrub pruning through summer as specific to shrub.
Garden maintenance – weeding, splitting/transplanting perennials, edging, mulching, deadheading, and pruning.
We will be kind, creating the field of compassionate gardening, where the client is just as important as the plants in the garden. We aim to set ourselves apart by being guided by compassion, focusing on providing the best possible care for the environment and the homeowner. We will efficiently care for gardens while bringing positive energy to all projects.
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An auto accident involving two vehicles occurred on Tuesday morning around 8:30am outside of Mulberry, Florida, near the Polk-Hillsborough County border. The driver of a 1998 Ford Explorer, proceeding westbound, passed a car illegally on CR-640.
The driver, identified as 19-year-old Timothy Hammock, crossed the double yellow line in an attempt to overtake a slower moving vehicle. Timothy almost immediately lost control of his vehicle and swerved back into the oncoming lane.
His SUV then smashed into a white 2008 Ford Pickup head-on.
The crash's sole fatality was a passenger in Hammock's SUV, identified as 19-year –old Heather Layton of Plant City, Florida. Accident investigators determined that Heather was not wearing her seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle after the initial impact.
Hammock and the 3 remaining passengers, Jeffrey Surbaugh, Holly Bowman, and Derrick Wilkerson, were all airlifted to local hospitals with serious injuries. Bowman was also ejected from the vehicle, but was not killed. All 3 passengers remain in area hospitals where they are all still listed in critical condition.
The driver of the Ford Pickup was James Clark IV, from Riverview, Florida. Clark was also airlifted from the accident scene with serious injuries.
CR 640 was completely shut down between County Line Road and SR 37 from the time just after the accident until 1:30pm Tuesday afternoon.
The crash will undergo a full investigation.


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House of Lies Renewed For Season 3
Jan 08, 2012 - Jun 12, 2016
Marty - Don CheadleJeannie - Kristen BellClyde - Ben SchwartzDoug - Josh LawsonMonica - Dawn OlivieriRoscoe - Donis Leonard Jr.Jeremiah - Glynn Turman
Showtime has ordered more of the comedy for 2014.
Showtime announced today that House of Lies has been renewed for a third season. The sophomore comedy premiered last January, and so far in its second season has been showing year-to-year audience growth with 10% more weekly viewers than its first season.
Production on the show's next season will begin later this year, with a return set for 2014. No exact date is known at this time.
UPDATE: Season 3 of House of Lies premieres on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 10:00pm ET/PT.
(Source: TV by the Numbers)
Showtime Cancels 'House Of Lies'
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Love the show ! Hey bring back the black dancer from season 1.
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Love this show. Can't wait for it to return to my life.
Love this show can't wait for season 3...Just don't make every woman do a lesbian scene.
Season 3 better show some Kristen Bell NUDITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They show everyone else!! now its her turn!!!
Does anyone else agree??????
Amazing show... Very well put together. Can't wait for S3
I love me some Kristen Bell
quickly became a favorite! Stoked for this to come back.
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Can't wait for season 3! Love this show!
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Process, procedure, change management, training, documentation, etc.
These attributes will affect the archetypes, the exact manner in which the attributes affect or modify the archetypes is dependant on the archetype. For example, the monitoring and measurement attribute of the Data Store archetype is used for monitoring storage utilization and data access times. However, monitoring and measurement of the Physical Plant archetype is used for monitoring the datacenter environmentals such as ambient temperature, humidity, quality of power, etc.
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these attributes can be used to help enforce best practices and consistency across the archetypes. For example, if government requirements necessitate that data be retained for 10 years, the backup and recovery attributes can implement the requirement with the Data Store and Life Cycle archetypes of the pertinent systems.
More importantly, the archetype attributes are a way to document and analyze the trade-offs made when designing a system. Consider the case of a business need that dictates the creation a "one off" system to resolve a specific problem or meet a goal. For example, the site standard may be to use Sun Cluster 3.0 software to provide highly available NFS service for user's home directories and development workshops. However, business needs dictate the use of an old version of the source code sharing and management software for maintenance of a certain software project. This requirement, in turn, forces the use of Sun Cluster 2.2 software instead of the Sun Cluster 3.0 software.
This divergence from site standards is a trade-off that is made to meet the business need for maintenance of the software project. The commonality attribute of the affected archetypes can be used to document the reasons for this trade-off, as well as the impact of the trade-off on other archetypes or systems.
Note that some attributes may be detailed requirements, such as reliability, availability, or backup. Other attributes, such as simplicity and commonality, are more of a reminder to the architect, and are to be used to document any divergence from site standards.


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Human-wildlife conflict leading to wildlife mortalities is known to result in population declines, especially for slow-breeding megafauna such as elephants and tigers.
While conflict situations involving large herbivores and carnivores often lead to loss of human life, limb and property, they also result in retaliatory killing of the individuals involved and sometimes of many more individuals of the species indiscriminately.
In many parts of India, lesser charismatic species such as sloth bears are also known to come into conflict with humans regularly, for instance in the eastern state of Odisha, where today human-sloth bear conflicts are becoming a growing concern.
Characterised by a shaggy black coat, a bare, protruding snout, and an arched back, the sloth bear is an omnivore — relying primarily on insects, fruits and flowers, for its daily meal. With poor hearing and eyesight, they many a times unknowingly come within close range of humans and other adversaries, almost invariably leading to aggressive interactions. Their formidability against large predators such as tigers is also well-documented, especially of females with cubs, who will go to extreme lengths to protect their cubs.
Although sloth bears tend to avoid human proximity as best as they can, they show a low tolerance to humans when they inadvertently come across each other. This aggressive nature of sloth bears, and their armament of long sharp claws on their powerful forepaws (meant for digging) and four large canines, proves extremely detrimental to humans when sloth bears do decide to attack.
In Odisha, between 2014 and 2018, 716 attacks by sloth bears on humans were recorded, accounting for the highest number of human casualties due to wild megafauna in the state. In comparison, only 405 human casualties due to Asian elephants were recorded in the state during the same period. Nonetheless, sloth bear attacks leave far more grievously injured human beings than any other large wild fauna. For instance, out of the 716 attacks recorded, 627 humans were left grievously injured — with many victims severely impaired for life.
Perhaps it is this outcome of fewer human fatalities that garners lesser attention on human-sloth bear conflicts compared to conflicts with other megafauna like elephants, leopards and tigers. For instance, in the 405 elephant attacks recorded during 2014-18, more than 50 per cent led to human deaths, while just 89 human deaths occurred due to sloth bear attacks in the same period — a mere 12.4 per cent. Nevertheless, the repercussions on the species is no less severe, even if it doesn't end up killing more humans!
Human-wildlife conflicts not only create a greater public antipathy towards wildlife and conservation efforts, but at the proximate level, also lead to an increased loss of the species in question. Many a times, in areas with high conflicts, indiscriminate killing of individuals of the species occur in retaliation. And when this occurs, the brunt of the conflict is borne by sloth bears and other large carnivores alike, despite them being given the highest level of protection (Schedule – I) under the Wild Life (Protection) Act of India, 1972.
Retaliatory killings thus pose a serious threat to sloth bears that come into conflict with humans regularly, and are today regarded as a major conservation concern, besides other threats such as poaching and habitat loss. This risk runs deeper for sloth bears, as no concrete population estimate exists for this species in India.
Sloth bears also face a threat from poaching due to the demand for their gall bladders — used for traditional Chinese medicine prepared with bear bile, and in Odisha, also for their meat. Retaliatory killings therefore add on to the already unaccounted sloth bears deaths.
In Odisha, around 87 sloth bear deaths were recorded between 2014 to 2018, of which 10 were ascribed to retaliation by humans (including poisoning and electrocution), and 22 and 20 deaths were categorised as 'Unknown Cause' and 'Other Accidents', respectively. An additional 23 deaths were marked as 'natural deaths' (including deaths due to diseases) and 11 more ascribed to road or rail accidents. The highest recorded deaths were recorded from Nawrangapur, Koraput and Keonjhar, Dhenkanal and Behrampur forest divisions, while several other divisions have also reported wildlife deaths in the last three to four years.
An independent survey in the Balasore Wildlife Division, reported around 167 reported conflict cases involving sloth bears that led to 201 human casualties (including four human deaths) and seven retaliatory killing of sloth bears, over a 12-year period from 2002 to 2013. The study suggests that conflict cases peaked during the monsoons (July to October) which is the peak agricultural season.
While sloth bears depredate crops to a very low extent, in fringe forest areas, they do venture into crop fields and inadvertently come close to humans, leading to attacks. Sloth bears are also in particular, known to be attracted to mahua (Madhuca indica) flowers, which is widely used in the Central India landscape including Odisha for brewing liquor. Consequently, many conflicts also occur when people encounter sloth bears during the harvesting of mahua in the forests.
Such an increase in sloth bear attacks on humans in Odisha, the ensuing human deaths and injuries as well as the resulting sloth bear deaths, must be viewed as a wake-up call for the state. There is now an urgent need to address this issue and address it holistically so that long-lasting change can be brought about.
With a surmounting number of conflict cases in Odisha, and the resulting deaths of sloth bears, it is imperative that stringent steps are taken to mitigate the issue at hand. Mitigating human-sloth bear conflicts must take a three-fold strategy to ensure holistic and long-lasting impact.
Habitats of sloth bears are typically diverse, with a mix of fruiting trees, and a bountiful, palatable insect population. It is important that healthy habitat patches be managed to ensure minimal anthropogenic disturbances.
Minimising extraction of minor forest produce such as mahua and honey, while also reducing firewood lopping, and grazing is a crucial measure. Further, in many places where sloth bears thrive, their denning sites need to be secured.
Additionally, greater transparency needs to be built in across government departments, and sloth bear habitats need to be considered when diverting lands for developmental activities. This is crucial to prevent habitat fragmentation and degradation due to development projects that may limit the habitats for sloth bears, leading them to venture closer to human habitats.
Developmental activities such as mining and stone quarrying can have devastating effects on the habitats, and such projects need to be considered with extreme caution.
Developing the capacity of local people who commonly experience conflicts with sloth bears is also critical to ensuring long-term mitigation.
On the one hand, installation of community-led deterrent systems such as solar power fences or other cheaper physical barriers, need to be fostered. On the other, communities need consistent sensitisation exercises to make them more aware of sloth bear behaviour and ecology, and thus, also the ways of avoiding conflicts. Such awareness may also prove useful in preventing conflicts and safeguarding bears, when sloth bears venture into human habitations, sometimes to den and litter.
In areas where local communities depend extensively on minor forest produce such as mahua and honey, alternative set-ups such as community orchards, and apiaries need to be promoted within barricaded areas that prevent bears from venturing into them.
Additionally, local forest department staff also need to be made aware of the underlying reasons of human-sloth bear conflict, and the ways to manage them. It is also of utmost importance that these staff are encouraged to create and maintain a dialogue with local people who face conflicts.
Active management of conflicts is a crucial aspect of long-term conflict mitigation, as it not only contributes to the proximate mitigation of ongoing conflict situations, but also instil faith in local populaces of the management measures in place for their benefit.
For this, establishing well-equipped and trained conflict mitigation teams or squads that ensure swift response and efficient redressal of a conflict situation through extensive and continuous monitoring, ensuring safe-passage or capture and translocation, is critical.
It is also important that a larger network of volunteers or village responders is established across areas where human-sloth bear conflicts are the highest. These personnel require to be trained and equipped to not only provide information on conflict situations that arise, but also respond to them as a first line of defence to contain the situation and prevent it from aggravating into a serious situation by keeping local crowds at bay and monitoring the location of the animal involved in the situation.
With such a multi-faceted approach, the rising trend of human-sloth bear conflicts in Odisha can be curtailed, and, while it would be impossible to eradicate such conflicts altogether, they can be efficiently managed so that aggravations are minimised, leading to fewer attacks on humans and fewer retaliatory killing of sloth bears.
It is imperative that Odisha takes proactive steps to manage and mitigate human-sloth bear conflicts, lest the sloth bear also dwindles away like the state's tiger and elephant populations, albeit unlike them, in a less apparent manner.


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British singer Patrick Wolf is planning to compete in next year's (10) Eurovision Song Contest if fans approve of the track he wants to enter into the competition.
The star has a song in mind, from his forthcoming album The Conqueror, but he'll let concertgoers at this month's (Jul09) Latitude Festival in the U.K. decide if it's good enough to win the annual competition.
Wolf says, "There is a big hit song that I have been sitting on for the sequel to The Bachelor that I have plans to debut at Latitude. If it goes down well, then I will enter it into the Eurovision Song Contest. No joke".
If he enters and wins, Wolf'll be the first Brit to do so since 1997.
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