After all that Jesus said about not worrying in Luke 12 and all that Paul wrote to the Philippians about not being anxious (4:6), one would think that Christian workers certainly would not suffer from anxiety. However, such is not the case as evidenced by Paul himself.
Paul wrote, "When I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless" (1 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV). He sent Timothy back to find out how they were doing.
Paul also wrote, "I think it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus … so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety" (Philippians 2:25-28 NIV).
After a long list of stressful events, he also wrote, "Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches (2 Corinthians 11:28 NIV). Paul clearly had some "concerns," "fears," and "anxieties," so Christians may experience these emotions, but we are not to continue in worry. We can do something to alleviate these emotions.
Although some fear and anxiety are a normal part of life and Christians are given ways to respond to them (Philippians 4:6), sometimes fears and anxieties become overwhelming, interfering with a person's life. The person may find no obvious cause and neither may friends or family. These anxiety disorders can take a variety of forms.
If you have worried about things excessively during most days over the past six months and those worries keep you from focusing on what you are doing because you are on edge, tense, irritable, unable to concentrate, and have problems sleeping, you may have generalized anxiety disorder.
If more than once you have had spells when for no reason you suddenly felt extremely anxious, frightened, uncomfortable, or uneasy even in situations when most people would not feel that way and you had a continuing fear that another attack would occur, you may have a panic disorder.
If during the last month you have had a fear of something that most people would not find frightening to the extent that you avoid those things and it disrupts your normal functioning or is distressing to you, you may have a phobic disorder.
During the past month if you have been bothered by repeated thoughts or impulses that were unwanted, distasteful, or distressing and you could not get rid of them but had to carry them out, you may have an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
If you have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event that included or threatened death or serious injury and you have re-experienced the event in a distressing way so that you avoid things that remind you of it and your reactions interfere with your normal activities, you may have a stress disorder.
Although it will not give a "professional diagnosis" of the anxiety disorders, questionnaires at the following web site will help you determine if you may need to see a mental health professional:www.mentalhealth.com/fr71.html.
What can I do if I have an anxiety disorder?
To ensure that a change will not be detrimental to existing medical conditions or treatments, Ideally one ought to consult a medical professional before making any significant lifestyle change.
A good first step is to get a medical checkup if you have not had one recently. Sometimes physical problems or prescriptions you are taking may mimic the effects of an anxiety disorder, and treating that medical problem or changing the prescription may reduce the anxiety. Also, you may have a specific ailment that a medical approach might help.
Be careful what you are saying to yourself. Monitor what you are thinking about because those thoughts may be creating the anxiety. Paul told us to think about things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8). If you are thinking about other kinds of things without developing strategies to solve the problems causing the worries, tell yourself, "Stop!" and change your thinking to the calm, hopeful, and optimistic things Paul described.
Stretching. While sitting as relaxed as you can, curl your toes to tense those muscles in your feet and relax them. Then raise your toes against the tops of your shoes to tense those muscles in your feet and relax them. Then move up to your ankles and do the same thing. Then to the knees and so on up through your whole body, learning to tense and relax every muscle group.
Breathing. Deep breathing using your abdomen (rather than your chest) helps you relax. To make sure you are "belly breathing" lie on your back and place a book on your belly. Slowly inhale through your nose for about five seconds gradually filling your abdomen, and the book should rise. Then slowly exhale through nose and mouth for about five seconds, and the book should fall. Once you have learned how to do it, you can do it sitting, standing, or lying down any time to relax.
Imagine one of your favorite places (remember Paul's advice to the Philippians) and perhaps think about being there alone or with your favorite companions. While "there," imagine doing one of your favorite activities or enjoying one of your favorite things, including all of the sights, sounds, smells, and other sensations.
Listen to some of your favorite calming music.
Smell some soothing fragrances, such as burning a vanilla or lavender candle, assuming you are not allergic.
Listen to running water, wind in the pines, or waves lapping the shore. These are available on tapes, CDs, or on sound generating machines.
Pray specifically about the situations causing your anxiety.
Ask others to pray about those difficult situations for you and with you.
If you wish to try herbal supplements, Kava Kava may help reduce anxiety, and Valerian (root) may help induce sleep if your anxiety is interfering with sleep.
If some problem is causing you to worry, take steps to solve the problem.
Think of the best thing that could happen and what would cause that outcome. Come up with "Plan A" to work toward that outcome.
Think of the worst thing that could happen and what would cause that outcome. Come up with "Plan B" to cope with that outcome.
If your difficulty is in social relationships in which you need to confront someone about a problem, note how God confronted the churches in Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation, telling the truth in love.
Make a plan deciding how you will word your affirmation, your confrontation, the consequences, and your reaffirmation of the other person.
If a specific object or situation produces anxiety in you, take steps to gradually reduce that anxiety by facing it.
First, make a list of the things that arouse the most to the least fear. For example, if you are afraid of dogs, think of the most feared situation with a dog, then the next most feared situation with a dog, and so forth down to one that would cause no fear.
Second, practice the relaxation exercises described earlier so that you can relax whenever you want to.
Third, imagine the least feared thing. If you have any anxiety, practice relaxing until you can think about it and still be relaxed. Keep doing this with things that are a little more frightening each time (over the days ahead) until you can think of even the most frightening without becoming overly anxious.
Even better than imagining them is to actually encounter them in real life if that is possible. Practice getting closer and closer to the feared object or situation. For example, keep playing with a little puppy until you are not anxious. Then do the same thing with larger and larger gentle dogs until the fear is gone.
Recognize that it may be a disorder.
Relabel the problem as due to an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Refocus on something other than the obsession.
If you feel compelled to repeat some act, gradually delay carrying out the action for longer and longer periods of time. For example, if you feel compelled to wash your hands because of your fear of the germs on them, first delay washing them one minute, then delay washing them two minutes, then five minutes, etc. Using relaxation to deal with anxiety, gradually lengthen the time until you no longer feel you have to do it.
If you keep re-experiencing a traumatic event, try actually writing down a complete description of everything that happened, just as if you were giving a testimony in court. Write down not only what happened objectively but also write every thought, feeling, and image you have of that time. Then reread it often (several times a day if possible), imagining everything that happened each time. Invite Christ into that image, especially at the point in which the scene is the worst, at the point of your greatest need or weakness. This will not necessarily erase the scene, but it often takes the emotional sting out of it.
Read some good books on the subject of anxiety such as The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmond J. Bourne, Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey Schwartz, Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks by Reid Wilson, or I Can't Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors by Aphrodite Matsakis.


Does the fact that we're moving up in the unemployment rankings mean there's slippage in our already shaky economic recovery?
I put that question to N.C. State University economist Michael Walden, who created a monthly index of North Carolina's leading economic indicators. His recommendations have helped shape past state and local tax laws.
He said he doesn't believe we're seeing erosion in the recovery. While big cities like Charlotte and Raleigh remain unsatisfied with their unemployment rates, he contends rural North Carolina has it far worse.
In counties like Scotland, which in June posted the state's worst unemployment rate at 16.2 percent, no tech firms or big bank headquarters ever showed up to replace those long-gone manufacturing plant and textile mill jobs.
The state's leaders have lowered personal and corporate tax rates. The Commerce Department is working on a plan to privatize some of its functions so it can work more aggressively to recruit industry.
I asked Walden, whose insights have often been cited and sought by lawmakers over the years, the question everybody wants answered: Will it all bring more jobs?
In addition to tax considerations, he said, businesses make relocation decisions based on the quality of the available labor, the cost of that labor, the training expenses, and the quality of life of the location.
But perhaps most importantly, the economy is already gaining momentum. When you look at payroll surveys, he said, job counts for the Charlotte and Triangle metro areas are higher than before the recession. Wilmington and Asheville are coming on strong.
It's not as bad as our national unemployment ranking might make it seem, he said. And Walden suspects we could indeed get at least a modest bump from the business-friendly tax changes going on the books.
Political differences notwithstanding, we have built a new playing field for business. For the sake of all those looking for work, especially in places like Scotland County, let's hope the corporations – and jobs – come soon.


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By Joseph Fieber, PCWorld	 Mar 2, 2012 12:00 pm PST
Most interface changes to new editions of Windows have been minor–an icon moved here, a toolbar added there. Windows 8 will be different, using a completely new Metro interface as the primary environment, and removing important elements like the Start menu from the older but still accessible "desktop" interface. Even IT pros may need to do some web searching to figure out some features. What questions will your workers have, and will you have the answers?
Windows 8, especially the Metro interface, was designed for touchscreens. Using a pointing device like a mouse or a touchpad is generally less intuitive and more difficult than using touch-based gestures. There are usually multiple ways to accomplish a task in Windows, so the ones mentioned below may not be the only alternatives. Also, this is a preview of Windows 8, features and the way they are accessed may change in the final release.
With all that in mind, here are answers to some of the basic questions workers will be asking their first day using Windows 8.
How Do I Log On?
Unless you're the one installing Windows 8, the first thing you're likely to see on a Windows 8 device is a scenic background with an overlaid clock. Similar to using CTR+ALT+DEL to access the logon screen in previous version of Windows, to expose the logon screen in Windows 8 either swipe (slide your finger across a touchscreen) or drag (click and move with a pointing device) the Lock screen upward.
Where Is the Start Menu?
The Start menu is gone, no longer a part of Windows. Instead, your starting point will be the Metro interface Start screen, comprised of smart "tiles" that act like desktop shortcuts and can contain all sorts of information related to a program, such as listing your latest email messages, upcoming calendar appointments, or incoming chats.
How Do I Get Back to Metro?
The Charms Bar on the right edge of the Start screen
If you're in the desktop interface, either by choice or because you opened a desktop app, returning to the Start screen isn't intuitive. To get back to Metro, open the Charms Bar by either swiping in from the right edge of a touch screen or moving your pointer to the lower-right corner. From the vertical menu that appears select the Start icon which will take you to Metro's Start screen.
Where Are My Apps?
Some of your apps are shown as tiles on the Start screen. If you don't see what you need there, open the Charms Bar and select search. This will reveal an Apps screen that you can scroll or swipe through, or you can type within the search bar to see apps and other content related to your search.
How Do I Close My Apps?
In the desktop interface, closing apps is the same as in previous versions of Windows. You can choose Exit from the File menu, or use the Close button (red 'X' in the title bar). Metro apps don't need to be closed, as Windows 8 manages them in the background in a Suspended mode. If you do want to close one anyway, on a touchscreen device you can drag in and back out from the left edge of the screen to reveal a list of running apps, then drag the icon for the app you wish to close to the bottom of the screen. Or, with a pointing device, move to the lower left corner to reveal your last used app, then move your pointing device up the left edge of the screen to reveal a list of running apps. Right-click and choose Close on the desired app.
How Do I Shut Down or Restart?
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Windows 8 is designed to behave more like a smartphone or tablet than a PC, simply going to sleep when it's not being used. If you do want to shut down, or have a need to restart, open the Charms Bar, select Settings, and then the Power button, which will reveal the Shutdown and Restart commands.
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A Day in the Life of a Laying Hen
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What do laying hens do all day? Research has shown that hens living in a more naturalistic environment were observed to spend up to 75% of daylight hours foraging –…
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Want to get G.A.P. Animal Welfare Certified meat delivered to your door? You're in luck! G.A.P. is proud to announce a new partnership with Thrive Market, an online membership-based grocer…
Introducing the First G.A.P. Certified Baby Food!
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October brings festive recipes, decorations, and Halloween. But, did you also know that October is also National Seafood Month? (And – you know we looked – there are so many…
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Have you ever seen something out in the pastures amongst a flock of sheep and think to yourself, "That's a funny looking sheep!"? It might have been a livestock protection dog!
SuperZoo 2019: The Land of Opportunity for Pet Food
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Last month, our G.A.P. Business Team attended the Super Zoo pet industry trade show at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Each year more than 1,000 companies and brands…
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We've all heard it before or have seen it in action – farming is hard work and can be quite physically demanding. With beef cattle ranching, a multitude of tasks…
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Many sheep ranchers rely solely on pasture to feed their animals. By managing pastures properly, sheep can receive a well-balanced diet and remain healthy. Our New Zealand-based partners at Atkins…


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Saudi Crown Prince
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in various fields
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain ... Gulf
Saudi Crown Prince attends inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has attended the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix being held in Jeddah.Formula Two was being run as ... Sports
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has announced the launch of the "Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Non Profit City," the first non-profit city in the world, ... Gulf
The green Saudi Arabia, planting the seeds of hope for neighbors and citizens
In his speech at the closing ceremony of the Green Middle East Summit held in Riyadh, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched inspiring, ... In Translation
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched the Middle East Green Initiative on Monday which he said aims to secure 39 billion riyals ... Gulf
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Monday a project to "Revitalize Historic Jeddah" as part of plans to redevelop the area ... Gulf
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A student at Princess Noura bin Abdulrahman University in Riyadh has created a portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman using 15,000 Lego pieces ... Variety
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Wefer launches U.S. Senate campaign
Says he will fight disillusionment among Republicans
By David Wildstein, April 03 2018 10:32 am
Former Hoboken Housing Authority Chair Dana Wefer, a former Democrat who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate as a moderate, says that her ballot slogan – "Make the GOP Grand Again" – was inspired by discussions with Republicans she met going door-to-door to get her petitions signed.
"The Republicans I spoke with are not insiders, many don't even vote in primaries, and they have a very different perspective of the NJ GOP than the party insiders do," Wefer said. "At least three times a day, I had people tell me they weren't Republican anymore or that even though they are registered Republican, they don't want to associate with the party. There is a general sense of disillusionment, even disgust. It's a very different group than the Republicans who show up to events and participate actively in party politics."
Wefer is one of two women who have switched parties and running without the support of the party establishment for federal office. Lindsay Brown is challenging Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton) in the Republican primary.
"We need a minimum of two strong parties for our system to work," Wefer said. "The minority party plays a critical role in keeping government honest and providing a check on runaway government. We owe it to the people to do better," said Wefer, an attorney from Englewood. "We can't persuade people if we can't get their attention, and we can't get their attention if we're doing the same thing we've always done. My candidacy is a sharp departure from business as usual, and I hope that it will lay the foundation for party growth in the years to come."
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Natural spoken language is full of disfluency. Around 10% of utterances produced in everyday speech contain disfluencies such as repetitions, repairs, filled pauses and other hesitation phenomena. The production of disfluency has generally been attributed to underlying problems in the planning and formulation of upcoming speech. However, it remains an open question to what extent factors known to affect the selection and retrieval of words in isolation influence disfluency production during connected speech, and whether different types of disfluency are associated with difficulties at different stages of production. Previous attempts to answer these questions have largely relied on corpora of unconstrained, spontaneous speech; to date, there has been little direct experimental research that has attempted to manipulate factors that underlie natural disfluency production. This thesis takes a different approach to the study of disfluency production by constraining the likely content and complexity of speakers utterances while maintaining a context of naturalistic, spontaneous speech. This thesis presents evidence from five experiments based on the Network Task (Oomen & Postma, 2001), in addition to two related picture-naming studies. In the Network Task, participants described to a listener the route of a marker as it traverses a visually presented network of pictures connected by one or more paths. The disfluencies of interest in their descriptions were associated with the production of the picture name. The experiments varied the ease with which pictures in the networks could be named by manipulating factors known to affect lexical or pre-lexical processing: lexical access and retrieval were impacted by manipulations of picture-name agreement and the frequency of the dominant picture names, while visual and conceptual processing difficulty was manipulated by blurring pictures and through prior picture familiarisation. The results of these studies indicate that while general production difficulty does reliably increase the likelihood of disfluency, difficulties associated with particular aspects of lexical access and retrieval have dissociable effects on the likelihood of disfluency. Most notably, while the production of function word prolongations demonstrates a close relationship to lexical difficulties relating to the selection and retrieval of picture names, filled pauses tend to occur predominantly at the beginning of utterances, and appear to be primarily associated with message-level planning processes. Picture naming latencies correlated highly with the rates of observed hesitations, establishing that the likelihood of a disfluency could be attributed to the same lexical and pre-lexical processes that result in longer naming times. Moreover, acoustic analyses of a subset of observed disfluencies established that those disfluencies associated with more serious planning difficulties also tended to have longer durations, however they do not reliably relate to longer upcoming delays. Taken together, the results of these studies demonstrate that the elicitation of disfluency is open to explicit manipulation, and that mid-utterance disfluencies are related to difficulties during specific production processes. Moreover, the type of disfluency produced is not arbitrary, but may be related to both the type and location of the problem encountered at the point that speech is suspended. Through the further exploration of these relationships, it may be possible to use disfluency as an effective tool to study online language production processes.


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Gokulam Kerala register 3-0 win over Sudeva Delhi
SportSports December 8, 2022 December 8, 2022
The first half was a tense affair, with the action limited mostly to the middle of the pitch and scoring chances only a few and far between…reports Asian Lite News
Gokulam Kerala FC registered a 3-0 win against Sudeva Delhi FC in their I-League 2022-23 sixth-round clash at the Payyanad Stadium, here on Wednesday.
Dodi Ndo's second-half strike, followed by a Shijin T brace gave the defending champions their first win in four matches, taking them to third place on the standings. However, for the visitors, the result means a fifth straight loss as they remain rooted to the bottom of the points table.
The first half was a tense affair, with the action limited mostly to the middle of the pitch and scoring chances only a few and far between.
Three minutes into the match, Boum Somlaga thought he had given Gokulam Kerala the lead as he bundled a cross from the right flank into the net. However, it did not count as the referee had stopped play for an infringement in the build-up.
In the eighth minute, Sudeva had their best chance of the half through Akbar Khan. The midfielder fired in a direct effort from a long-range free-kick but it was collected by the home side's goalkeeper.
From there on, it was Gokulam Kerala that did most of the attacking as they dominated possession but could not find the finishing touch in front of goal as the score was goalless at the break. They came closest to scoring in the 38th minute after Sreekuttan VS's shot was spilled by Kabir Kohli in the Sudeva goal, but the keeper managed to avert the danger on the rebound.
The visitors had the first major chance just a minute after the restart as Shubho Paul played Francis Uchenna through on goal with an excellent pass but the Nigerian's shot was saved deftly by Shibinraj Kunniyil in goal.
Gokulam Kerala resumed their control of proceedings and finally got the reward in the 53rd minute as they took the lead. Dodi, on as a substitute, found the net as he received a throw-in inside the penalty area, spun his defender, and fired his shot past Kohli.
Sudeva, however, came back fighting and had two glorious opportunities to score the leveller in the next three minutes. Misawa Tetsuaki's shot from distance went just wide of the target and Paul, who found himself in a shooting position just 10 yards from goal, blazed his effort over the bar.
The away side had to pay the price for their missed chances as Shijin extended the Malabarians' lead at the hour mark. After a dazzling run on the right flank, substitute Noufal PN floated in a teasing cross at the far post, which was duly nodded in by an unmarked Shijin.
In the 70th minute, the forward added another goal to his tally and his team's advantage. On a counterattack, the tireless Sreekuttan played in Shijin with an inch-perfect through-pass and he slotted it through the keeper's legs and into the net.
Gokulam Kerala continued to dominate proceedings right till the end of the match, coming close to scoring on a couple of occasions and also keeping their clean sheet intact. At the final whistle, the final score read 3-0 in favour of the hosts.
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ERADA was founded by Dr Benji Pretorius and Dr Richard Schmidt, located in Musina, South Africa.
This was done after a unique collaborative effort between the South Africans, Johns Hopkins University and Dinglasan Malaria Laboratory in Florida, US. From the drastic need for new innovation in fighting Malaria, the SMAART diagnostic technology was born and inspired Dr Pretorius to marry the science with solid, ethical business. The fight to END Malaria will be stronger than before and will drive the vision to eliminate Malaria and other infectious diseases.
— Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.
At Erada Technology Alliance, we love what we do. What could be better than to have the core determination to deliver a product to the world that could save 450 000 lives per year, prevent the long-term debilitating effects on millions of others and save world medical organizations tens of billions of dollars. We are truly satisfied and we believe we are doing great work.
We named our company 'Erada' because of one of the definitions of the word – "The will to conquer against all odds". As an effective team we are determined to focus our ability to tackle the most difficult medical diagnostic problems with courage and innovation. We will succeed in our goal, of that we have no doubt, we have the right people, and organizations do not create success – people do.
We will nurture our people, we will develop close relationships with our supplier partners and we will display the courage and innovation needed to provide a solution the world needs.
Global, large scale screening to eradicate and therefore finally eliminate detectable and treatable infectious diseases, including Malaria.
For accurate detection of early asymptomatic infection and disease carriers.
For accurate diagnosis of acute symptomatic infection.
To be the Diagnostic Technology of choice to support Vaccination programs and further Vaccination development.
To be the Diagnostic Technology of choice to support Treatment – and Monitoring of infection.
Dinglasan Malaria Laboratory established in 2009 as part of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute prior to its transfer to the University of Florida's Emerging Pathogens Institute in 2016.
The lab leverages multi-omics approaches to discover, validate and eventually develop enabling technologies focused on malaria elimination and eradication.
Oasis Diagnostics® Corporation founded in 2002 to address a growing need for non-invasive saliva based technology for rapid testing, sample collection, and molecular diagnostics [DNA, RNA and proteins] in the Life Sciences and Diagnostics areas.
The Company is dedicated to meeting the need for more effective screening tools, which may be applied to the early detection of diseases and medical disorders, utilising non-invasive test specimens, particularly oral fluids (saliva).
Fusion Antibodies a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) established in 2001 and located in Northern Ireland, UK. Its mission is to enable biopharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop innovative products in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of the global healthcare industry.
Award-winning Montpellier is proud to be associated with ERADA Technology Alliance and it's world-first SALVA Malaria Rapid Test. Montpellier comprise three world-beating marketing services consultancies, providing ERADA with top drawer public relations capabilities delivered by trained journalists, mouth-watering branding design and creative services and state-of-the-art digital and web services.
Erada Technology Alliance Ltd is interested in partnering with academic laboratories that will support the mission of the company and the development and testing of our existing technologies. We welcome the opportunity to work with such labs through collaborative research agreements, with the stipulation that funds from Erada Technology Alliance for a specific scope of work can only support indirect costs up to 30% of the total direct budget. Higher indirect cost rates cannot be accepted.
If this type of collaboration is of interest to your organisation, please contact us through the contact page and one of our senior Management team will be pleased to open discussions with you.
This technology is a non-invasive diagnostic for the detection of sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes, a critical component for successful human-mosquito-human transmission of the malaria parasite. Gametocytes, comprising <2% of the parasite biomass, circulate in tandem with low-level asexual blood stage parasites in asymptomatic or subclinical infections. These asexual blood stages cyclically rise in concentration leading to clinical disease (malaria) resulting in higher numbers of gametocytes as well, which drive transmission to mosquitoes. Saliva is used to test for the presence of the gametocytes in the microvasculature using high-affinity antibodies to a parasite protein that is abundant in saliva in asymptomatic individuals. Importantly, the diagnostic targets a novel Biomarker of malaria parasites to combat the threat posed by naturally occurring and spreading mutations in the parasite that are rendering the top of the line blood-based rapid tests ineffective. Since the technology is designed to detect very low parasite numbers, it has immediate utility in confirming malaria infection in symptomatic individuals that present to the clinic.
As the Founder and Principle of Erada Technology Alliance Ltd, Benji brings a great deal to the table as Managing Director. Educated in South Africa, he initially studied as a Biokineticist and became a lecturer in Physiology and Anatomy at the University of North-West, where he was later recognized for his achievements by the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly as part of their 'Future Leader' award program.
His skills as a General Medical practitioner were honed at a number of hospitals throughout South Africa and he undertook appointments as an Emergency Unit Doctor which he still holds today. Throughout his time as a medical practitioner Benji has always been driven by the challenges and rewards of research, resulting in him becoming Director Operations and Clinical Research Unit Head at Parexel, Port Elizabeth.
Benji is still actively involved at the sharp end of medicine, as a Senior Partner in a very busy Family Medicine and General Medical practice in Musina, where he counts amongst his major corporate clients, De Beers, Coal of Africa, SF Health and Swanepoel & Partners. It was here that Benji and his partner founded Musina Ventures Ltd, a company focused on Strategic Investment in medical technology and general business consultancy services.
Like many medical practioners in Africa, Benji has faced the challenges of dealing with Malaria throughout his career. His expertise was in demand by the prestigious John Hopkins University in the USA where he has provided Malaria Management and Diagnostics consultancy. One event in Benji's life that was an inspiration in his drive to find a major contribution in the reduction of Malaria was when he was unfortunate enough to contract the disease himself. He knows first-hand the debilitating effects of Malaria and is acutely aware that the ability to rapidly and accurately diagnose the disease is a significant step in treating patients before long-term damage is sustained. The added benefit of being able to accurately identify 'carriers' of the disease will also provide a significant contribution towards the ultimate eradication of Malaria.
Benji's vision, drive and experience will lead Erada Technology in our mission to identify and eradicate Malaria. In what little spare time Benji has, he is a devoted family man to his Wife and two Daughters.
As Director of New Business Development, George is responsible for identifying new business partners, suppliers and markets to meet the vison and goals of Erada Technology Alliance. He ensures, in coordination with our Marketing Group, that our path to providing operational products to our clients is as short and effective as possible.
George began his career as a military pilot with the UK's Royal Air Force. He then set up a number of very successful businesses associated with 'Aviation training' and was one of the first people to implement the now-mandatory program designed to reduce human error in aviation, worldwide. The program is recognized as having significantly reduced the number of aircraft accidents caused by human error in both military and commercial aviation environments across the globe. George then incorporated this successful strategy in both the petrochemical and medical industry.
George has provided cutting edge consultancy to medical and surgical teams in general practices and hospitals, focused on reducing human errors which can lead to situations causing unnecessary harm to patients. Human error in life and business critical situations is a problem across industry and the medical sector is no exception. His expertise in fatigue and the limits of Human performance have been widely acknowledged resulting in him being invited as a key note speaker at symposiums around the world.
Having been responsible for more than five successful start-up businesses and the timely recovery and development of other multi-national businesses, his experience and innovation will help drive our business development plan forward and his expertise in leadership and Human Factors will be of benefit to all of our team and our business as a whole.
George is married with four children and his passions include reading and studying quantum mechanics.
Dr Richard Schmidt is an experienced general family practice doctor, emergency medicine physician, occupational medical practitioner and business entrepreneur.
His career started with 7 Medical Battalion Group, the specialist Airborne Medical Battalion of the South African Military Health Service. In this group he rendered emergency medical support to the South African Special – and Airborne Forces.
His MBChB (medicine and surgery) degree from the University of Pretoria, was completed during his military career with general practitioner work following in New Zealand and South Africa.
He qualified as an Occupational Medical Practitioner, also through the University of Pretoria, and currently provides day to day support to De Beers South Africa and various other industries as part of the occupational health practice in Musina, South Africa.
He played an essential role in building the Swanepoel & Partners medical practice in Musina, since 2013 and still manages this busy practice everyday with annual growth and successes. Malaria management and interaction with key opinion leaders in the the infectious disease and Malaria fields, supported the initiative to found Musina Ventures (Pty) Ltd and Erada Technology Alliance Ltd (Erada).
Dr Schmidt with his strong clinical, analytical and practical business skills, provide the foundation to act as the clinical development director for Erada and will function at top level together with the likes of Dinglasan Malaria laboratory in Florida, US and other associated clinical development partners.
His passion for people, life and finding solutions to make a difference, make him a loving and caring family man, with high ethical medical and business values.
Malaria deaths reached 435 000 in 2017.
The economic impact of malaria is estimated to cost Africa $12 billion every year. This figure factors in costs of health care, absenteeism, days lost in education, decreased productivity and loss of investment and tourism.


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Das Höfli, auch Rosenburg genannt, ist ein Herrensitz in Stans, dessen Ursprung im 12. Jahrhundert liegt. Das Gebäude gehört mit dem Rathaus und dem Winkelriedhaus zu den bedeutendsten Profanbauten des Kantons Nidwalden.

Geschichte
Die Geschichte des Gebäudes geht zurück auf einen Wohnturm der adeligen Meier der Benediktiner-Abtei Murbach im Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts. Die Meyer von Stans amteten hier als weltliche Vertreter des Gotteshauses und nahmen die fälligen Zehnten von den klösterlichen Lehensleuten in Stans und Umgebung ein.

In der Renaissance war das Gebäude die glanzvolle Heimstätte des verschwenderischen Landammanns Johannes Waser, später barocker Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft um den prachtliebenden Landammann Nikolaus Keyser. Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde aus dem Gebäude ein bürgerlicher «Wohnblock». Die Renaissance-Stube mit dem reichen Buffet und dem bemalten Kachelofen wurde verkauft.

1969 wurde die Höfli-Stiftung gegründet, die seitdem die Eigentümerin des Gebäudes ist.

Zwischen 1977 und 1982 erfolgte eine umfangreiche Restaurierung des Gebäudes. Bis 2014 wurde es vom Nidwaldner Museum genutzt, unter anderem zeigte die Ausstellung dort die Geschichte des Hauses, das Stanser Dorfbild und die Folgen des Brandes von 1713, die Entstehung des Staates Nidwalden, den «Überfall der Franzosen» von 1798 sowie die Geschichte der Stanser in fremden Kriegsdiensten. Im November 2014 nahm das Literaturhaus Zentralschweiz (lit.z) seinen Betrieb im Höfli auf.

Im Erdgeschoss des Hauses befindet sich das Restaurant «Rosenburg», das für seine Küche mit 15 Gault-Millau-Punkten ausgezeichnet wurde. Im ersten Stock werden Räumlichkeiten für Zivil-Trauungen genutzt. Im Hof steht ein Ökonomiegebäude aus dem Jahre 1856 in der Bauform eines Gadens. Es wird heute als Chäslager bezeichnet und wird für Kulturveranstaltungen genutzt.

Literatur
 Hansjakob Achermann: Das Höfli oder die Rosenburg in Stans NW. (= Schweizerische Kunstführer, Nr. 433). Hrsg. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. Bern 1988, ISBN 3-85782-433-6.

Weblinks

 Die Rosenburg oder das Höfli, auf der Website der Höfli-Stiftung
 Stanser Baudenkmäler. Höfli, Rosenburg (PDF). Herausgeber: Gemeinderat Stans, 29. April 2009

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Bauwerk im Kanton Nidwalden
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The District's Role in School Improvement
Jacqueline Raphael and Mike Siebersma
Increasing student achievement in low-performing schools often depends on district leadership—but the district's role in school improvement isn't set in stone.
Through Success Now!, Education Northwest's collaborative and research-based approach to school improvement, we have found that it's beneficial for all involved parties to reflect on who should decide what needs to be done (i.e., the priorities) and how it will get done (i.e., the actions to take).
To support reflection on what works best for every district's culture and context, we created a free downloadable tool that describes four adaptable decision-making models regarding the district's role in school improvement:
District sets priorities and controls actions
District sets priorities, and school controls actions
School sets priorities and controls actions
School sets priorities, and district controls actions
Based on conversations about these models, here are three takeaways for district leaders:
Communicate your thinking and make sure there is shared understanding. Explicitly defining how decision-making will be shared is well worth the effort. Not only does it clarify roles and responsibilities, it gives all sides an opportunity to articulate their needs.
For example, the superintendent of a small district in Washington state told his principals their improvement efforts needed to focus on reading and that the schools should decide the corresponding goals and how to achieve them.
In addition, the superintendent required the schools to collect data, regularly report on progress and consult one another throughout the year. He also asked school leaders to demonstrate how their individual efforts contributed to a stronger K–12 experience for students.
Clearly conveying these expectations helped avoid misunderstandings and surprises at the end of the year, which was good for everybody.
Align resources, processes and responsibilities to your approach and decisions. Each decision-making model requires a different template for school improvement. For example, when districts set priorities for schools, sharing the data driving those decisions encourages school buy-in. And when districts delegate decisions to schools, they may need to provide support for school-level strategic planning and data-driven decision-making. Some things always remain constant, however, such as the importance of early agreement about required resources (e.g., professional development) and frequent communication about progress.
In addition, using data to align your approach and decisions can lead districts and schools to rethink their roles. This happened at a large district in Idaho, where we conducted a data review and classroom observations to determine the root causes of districtwide literacy challenges.
We found that deficiencies stemmed from a gap in foundational reading instruction at the elementary level. This prompted the district and school teams to refocus their improvement efforts, concentrating on systematic instruction in reading across elementary schools and leaving the secondary schools out for now. The district also realized it was operating under the second decision-making model, but the data indicated the first model was necessary for improvement.
Build relationships to maximize your approach. Determining a path is essential, but the quality of interactions between districts and schools is often what makes or breaks any school improvement effort.
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You will not always completely follow your diet plan, but who does?
You will likely forget to test or succumb to temptation now and then. But it is okay!
Do not stress yourself to death. As long as you get back in control, you should be fine.
If not, you will pay the price later. Most health problems associated with Diabetes are exacerbated by poor control.


Husqvarna will make its official debut in India by early 2019. Initially, Bajaj has decided to build these bikes in India but it's already too late and thus they have now made up their minds to launch the motorcycles here via the CBU route. This means that the motorcycle will be made in its origin Country Austria and will be imported here.
But Bajaj will start the local production of these motorcycles within the next 6 months here in India. For those of you who are not aware of the fact, Husqvarna is owned by KTM and they use the KTM engines to power their motorcycles. Both the Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 which will be launched in early 2019 are based on the Duke 390.
The Vitpilen has a simple and fresh approach to its styling. The motorcycle mixes Classic styling with the modern design perfectly and it does not get any unnecessary styling element. The silhouette is narrow and lightweight and helps in easy maneuvering.
The Svartpilen 401, on the other hand, is a Scrambler by nature and it gets a slightly higher positioned handlebars and an upright sitting position which helps the rider to cover long distances without breaking a sweat. The motorcycle also gets tires with deep cuts which help provide more grips while riding offroad.
Both the motorcycles share plenty of parts with each other which include the digital instrument unit, upside down forks and the LED headlamps. Husqvarna also offers a number of customization options as well with their motorcycles. Both these motorcycles excel in their braking department because Husqvarna offers a Bosch 9M+ dual-channel ABS setup on their motorcycles.
Both the Vitpilen, Svartpilen 401 are powered by the same 373.3 cc single-cylinder, liquid cooled unit which produces about 44.1 PS of peak power and max torque of 37 Nm. This engine is paired with a 6-speed gearbox and is sourced from the KTM Duke390. Both these motorcycles will be made in the same factory where the KTM bikes are made currently later when Baja starts their local production in India.


Do the maths: 20% means 720,000 men women and children – More than the population of Seattle, WA, and slightly fewer than Charlotte, NC, the 17th and 18th largest cities in the United States! And you guys are still bombing them!
The Turkish province accommodating the highest number of Syrian refugees in the country is Istanbul with 20 percent, according to media monitoring company Ajans Press.
Istanbul's "Little Syria". "Şam" is "Damascus" in Turkish.
In figures that are based on data from the Interior Ministry's Immigration Office, as well as media reports, as of June some 3.6 million Syrian refugees are hosted in Turkey.
Istanbul accommodates the highest number, followed by the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa and the southern province of Hatay.
Other provinces hosting a high number of Syrian refugees are the western provinces of Bursa and İzmir, the southeastern provinces of Gaziantep and Kilis, the Central Anatolian province of Konya, and the southern provinces of Adana and Mersin. The number of Syrians exceeds 100,000 in all of these provinces.
The registered number of Turks in Kilis, on the Turkey-Syria border north of Aleppo, stood at 136,319 as of last year, while the province hosts a total of 131,109 Syrian refugees. The demographic shift has sometimes led to confrontations between Turks and Syrians in the province.
The media monitoring company's report also included the number of Syrian babies born in Turkey over the last six years, calculating it as reaching 276,158 based on figures from media outlets.
It also found that the issue of Syrian refugees was one of the most-discussed issues in Turkish media reports over the last six years.
The number of refugees has been on rise in Turkey since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. The Syrian refugee population was 2.8 million in 2016 and 3.4 million in 2017.
Of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees, some 1.9 million are males and 1.7 million are females.


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Ben one of the very few who has made such a successful career from solely DJing and not producing. Ben alongside Pangaea and Ramadanman Co founded the record label Hessel Audio, which has become one of the most appreciated labels in the House and Techno scene. The London based Dj is also a resident at Rinse FM and has done some iconic mixes for them and Fabriclive and has built up a reputation for his experimental tendencies and broad varieties in his sets played all around the world. Ben UFO is never short of guests who want to come and play at his weekly Hessle Audio radio show with artists like Ron Morelli and Four Tet making appearances.


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No room at the inn? Why Jesus wasn't really born in a stable
Mark Woods Fri 22 Dec 2017 10:31 GMT
Everyone knows Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger.
It's a version of the Christmas story that's become sanctified by centuries of tradition and reinforced every time we read Luke's Gospel. In the popular New International Version it reads: '[Mary] gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn' (Luke 2:7).
A typical Christmas crib scene.Pixabay
The grumpy innkeeper yelling 'No room!' is a fixture in Christmas sketches. The ox and ass bow before the Lord Jesus in the carol. Children's nativity plays include any number of sheep and assorted animals; it's a stable, after all.
If we have a picture of it in our minds, it might be of an old English inn with a lean-to stable on the side. In the main building everything's light and warm, full of good cheer and singing. The stable is dark and cold; Jesus is on the outside. It's the story of his life, prefigured in his very first hours.
But what changes if it wasn't like that after all?
In his book Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Kenneth Bailey takes issue with the traditional view. He points out that the traditional Palestinian village home had two rooms – the 'best' room for guests, and the main family room where everyone slept, including the animals. They were brought indoors at night because their body heat kept the room warm, and for their own safety. At one end of the room there were mangers for them, either raised or let into the floor.
It's in this room that Jesus was born, he says – among a welcoming family.
But what about the 'inn'? It's a mistranslation. The Greek word for a public inn is pandocheion (like the inn the Good Samaritan took the injured man to). In Luke though it's katalyma, a 'place to stay'. That's the word used for the 'guest room' or 'upper room' in Luke 22:10-12 where Jesus was to eat the Last Supper with his disciples. It was the guest-room of a friend or relative with whom the family stayed that was already occupied, not the 'inn'.
What about the shepherds who first came to worship him? Bailey has a beautiful suggestion. Shepherds ranked very lowly in the social scale at that time. They might have expected to be turned away from the house of the Messiah. But instead they were welcomed in, just as they were. So, he says: 'The unclean were judged to be clean. The outcasts became honoured guests. The song of the angels was sung to the simplest of all.'
'Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes' is published by SPCK.
Mark Woods is the author of Does the Bible really say that? Challenging our assumptions in the light of Scripture (Lion, £8.99). Follow him on Twitter: @RevMarkWoods


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Hundreds of guests at Imelda Marcos's 90th birthday party rushed to hospital with food poisoning
The former Philippine first lady is famous for her predilection for luxury and her extensive collection of shoes and jewelry Credit: STR/EPA-EFE/REX
Nicola Smith, Asia correspondent
3 July 2019 • 11:38am
Nicola Smith
It was a 90th birthday party to remember, but for all the wrong reasons. A public celebration for Imelda Marcos, the former Philippine first lady, ended in chaos and a slew of excruciating headlines when more than 260 friends and supporters were rushed to hospital with suspected food poisoning.
The sudden outbreak of mass vomiting, diarrhoea and dizziness was so serious that the local disaster risk reduction authorities were mobilised and Francisco Duque, the health minister, was forced to make a statement.
Richard Gordon, the CEO of the Philippine Red Cross, tweeted pictures of medic teams in orange vests responding to the emergency at the Ynares Sports Complex in the city of Pasig and carting people off in ambulances to nearby hospitals.
"As of 1.55pm, 137 patients suffered from vomiting and dizziness due to alleged food poisoning. According to reports, adobo [a Philippine dish] and egg were served to est. 2,000 participants," he said, later updating the figure to more than 200.
According to the Rappler news site, food distributed to the party-goers included a boiled egg, chicken adobo in a plastic bag, and rice.
Emergency responders attend to Filipino supporters of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos Credit: ROLEX DELA PENA/EPA-EFE/REX
Larry Gadon, an attendee, said in a statement to the media that Mrs Marcos was not personally involved in the party preparations as her supporters had made the arrangements.
"The food packs were brought by a group of supporters which they shared among the loyalists who came early. It was not a catered food. The event itself was organised by loyalists. Madam Marcos was totally unaware," he said.
Mrs Marcos, the widow of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was not affected, radio station DWIZ quoted her chief of staff as saying. Video posted on Facebook showed people lining up at her table to greet her.
Mrs Marcos remains popular among the party faithful despite her divisive reputation as first lady, when she was famous for her extravagant collection of shoes, jewellery and artworks.
Her husband was deposed and exiled by a popular uprising in 1986 but the family has returned as a powerful force in national politics and enjoys good ties with President Rodrigo Duterte.
Many guests had travelled long distances to see their idol, only to fall desperately sick. The victims were rushed to ten local hospitals.
Luzviminda Lilio, 63, told Rappler she had travelled over 300 miles from the island of Leyte just to catch a glimpse of the Marcos matriarch.
As of 1:55PM, 137 patients suffered from vomiting and dizziness due to alleged food poisining. Accdg to reports, adobo and egg were served to est. 2,000 participants during the party. PRC already alerted nearby hospitals for possible patient transport. pic.twitter.com/Tj0VnCezv9
— Richard J. Gordon (@DickGordonDG) July 3, 2019
She journeyed 200 people from the "Maharlika Marcos Loyalist Incorporated" – a group of Marcos supporters, shelling out 3,500 peso (£54) for the return boat and bus ride.
The group slept overnight in the sports complex and were served packed meals in the morning. Ms Lilio said the egg tasted a little spoiled but she was hungry. Minutes later, she experienced pain in her stomach and went outside the complex to see others vomiting.
The incident adds to more misery for Imelda Marcos, who is the subject of dozens of graft cases that have hounded her for decades.
She was sentenced to 11 years in prison on seven counts of corruption last year for making illegal bank transfers worth $200 million to Swiss foundations while Manila governor in the 1970s. Mrs Marcos denies the charges and is on bail pending her appeal.
Her daughter Imee, an incoming senator, tried to mitigate the PR disaster, which exploded on social media in the Philippines.
"The food may have been spoiled, but we remain solid," she told those left at the party in comments streamed live on Facebook. "Let's just take care of those who are in the hospital and expect that we will visit each one of them."
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Course DetailsBecome a Successful Product Reviewer on YouTube, Learn Different Strategies to Find and Connect with Companies to get Product Review Samples.What are the benefits of being a successful product reviewer on YouTube?Get free product review samplesMake passive incomeGrow your online brandHelp consumers make choicesIn this course, I will show you everything that you need to know to get started as a product reviewer on YouTube. I was motivated to create this course because my followers on YouTube are constantly asking me how they can get started and most importantly what they need to do to get companies to send them free product samples to review. This course goes over all of that with a section that is dedicated to showing a variety of different strategies to find companies that will send free product samples. I have been doing this for nearly six years and I have been able to learn the various strategies through trial and error that allow me to get free product review samples sent to me on a near daily basis.Finally, this course will show you several strategies to make additional income from your videos. What's great about being a product reviewer on YouTube is that it's fun and I am able to get free product review samples and make money. I can't think of a better hobby!
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