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Joe Rogan's Position on Abortion is Where a Lot of Americans Are
The thoughtful everyman host weighed in on one of the most controversial subjects in the country.
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Jack Hunter
I'm pro-life and have been most of my adult life. As a young adult, I was once pro-choice but exploring the issue over time led me to the other side.
This has to be a complicated question for millions of people in this country, whether you identify as pro-life or pro-choice. If it's not complex for you, I would question whether you're thinking deeply enough about the issue.
Joe Rogan is not pro-life. He is pro-choice. But I couldn't find much to disagree with in the popular podcaster's thinking on this subject this week.
"I don't like people telling other people what they can and can't do," Rogan said to his guest, comedian Doug Stanhope.
"But It gets weird when the baby gets like six months old," Rogan acknowledged. "I know that some states have late-term abortions and sometimes you need one for medical reasons, right? The woman could die if she gives birth."
Rogan was noting that some states allow for late terms abortions, exclusively when the mother's life is in danger.
Joe Rogan recognizes the extremely complex ethical and emotional issues surrounding the abortion debate.
"There's a big difference between a little clump of cells and a fetus with eyeballs and a beating heart … but where do you draw the line? That's the question." pic.twitter.com/cSortwiMf8
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) May 5, 2022
"Like it's a decision that people have to make," Rogan added, emphasizing the seriousness of the matter.
Stanhope then replied with one of many typical pro-choice responses, "If you look back, what was your favorite part of being a fetus." This line of argument is to reinforce that it is not an actual living human being inside the mother but something else, a "clump of cells," for example. After all, it's much easier to stomach the thought of vacating a clump of cells than ending an emerging human life.
Yet that sort of thinking and its intentional dehumanization of the unborn is what ultimately made me pro-life.
But pro-choice Rogan had a perfect response. It was a response a pro-lifer might give.
"Well, what was your favorite part of being three? You know? Should I be able to shoot you at three because I don't want to take care of you anymore?"
"I am 100% for a woman's right to choose," Rogan reiterated. "But as a human being, just a person observing things, there's a big difference between a little clump of cells and a fetus with the eyeball and the beating heart."
"And for anybody to pretend there's not…" Rogan said, leaving the question hanging.
Stanhope asked, "Where do you draw the line?"
"Right. Where do you draw the line?" the host said. "Yeah, that's the question."
"It's what I call a human issue," Rogan finished. "It's a very complicated issue. It's so fraught with emotion."
It is complicated. It is so emotional, because one would have to be a monster not to consider the tragic moral quandary for both sides, as Rogan did. I couldn't find much to disagree with him on.
Only the most militant activists on either side of this debate would pretend the other side didn't at least have some justified points.
As someone who believes we should defend the weakest among us who can't defend themselves, I don't want to penalize or imprison a woman who is already dealing with one of the hardest decisions of her life. Nor would I deny or would want to deny terminating a pregnancy to save the mother's life, in cases of rape or incest, or a thousand other scenarios that is the business of patients and doctors.
I don't have a clear answer.
But I'm not going to pretend that the fetus is not a human being. I can't. Almost every mass evil in human history begins by dehumanizing others and I am just not going to do that. Ever.
.@FiveThirtyEight article gives a good overview of the trickiness of abortion polling. A majority of Americans say they support Roe, but Roe protects abortion until last few weeks of 2nd trimester & 60% think it should be illegal after 1st trimester. https://t.co/jjydmDdoF4
— Secular Pro-Life (@secularprolife) April 16, 2022
Even the polling on this subject is complicated. A Politico/Morning Consult poll recently showed that 57% of Americans want to uphold Roe v. Wade.
FiveThirtyEight reported on Friday, "One of the most significant ways in which support for abortion varies depends on when in the pregnancy the abortion is performed. Polls have found that a large majority of Americans support abortion in the first trimester, but that support tends to drop in the second trimester."
The FiveThirtyEight chart showed that support for abortion dropped to 28% for the second trimester. That is about a 27-week-old baby or fetus. A full term pregnancy is 40 weeks.
The story added, "Roe, of course, legalizes abortion up to the last few weeks of the second trimester, underscoring another important factor here: It's not just that Americans hold contradictory opinions on abortion. Many Americans simply don't know a lot about abortion…"
I don't know enough to have all the answers on this issue. Neither does Rogan. And neither do those loud voices on either side who claim to have all the answers and portray this issue in simple terms.
There's a reason that so many Americans have been asking hard questions about this issue for decades and yet there has never been a general national consensus reached. (Unlike other once-divisive issues like same sex marriage, where strong majorities today support such unions.)
Barely half is not a consensus. For five decades since Roe v. Wade, America has never reached a consensus.
Neither, apparently, has even pro-choice Joe Rogan.
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Jack Hunter is a freelance writer, the co-author of Sen. Rand Paul's 2011 book 'The Tea Party Goes to Washington' and the editor of the libertarian news site Liberty Tree, published by Sen. Paul's campaign.
Craigusmaximus May 7, 2022 At 5:20 pm
Same boat as Rogan. I can see the legitimacy of both arguments. Murdering babies or have the freedom over your own body or what's attached to it. But what I do know for a fact is, us tax payers should not be forced to give money via taxation to these baby killing organizations (and the is precisely what they are) such as Planned Parenthood.
Dona May 8, 2022 At 7:39 am
There is just no damned excuse for a woman to find herself pregnant in this day and age.. there just isnt.


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Paula Ojok - Chief Executive
Paula is Chief Executive of Helplines Partnership, having joined the organisation in 2008 when it was Mental Health Helplines Partnership. The organisation subsequently merged (2012) with The Helplines Association to form Helplines Partnership. Over the years Paula has progressed into a variety of management and Director roles until becoming Chief Executive in 2018. Mental health and wellbeing are of the utmost importance to Paula and this passion is evident in both her work and personal life. She lives with her family on The Wirral and you will often find her either walking or running with her Cocker Spaniel on New Brighton or West Kirby beach.
Gemma Khairi - Director Of Operations
Gemma is the Director of Operations. She has an MA in Criminology, Rights and Justice that largely focused on children and young people and mental health. She began her career working with vulnerable adults who had suffered drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues, before moving into working with young Care leavers, Street sex workers, and those affected by, or with, HIV. Gemma has extensive experience in safeguarding, child protection and the Helpline sector and feels very passionate about both. She has wide and varied operational management and leadership experience within the charity sector, having previously managed a large national volunteer-led service. Privately, Gemma is dedicated to her weight training and fitness, loves time by the waterfront with good food and enjoys a well-made cocktail, Negroni being a favourite.
Lorraine Pearce - Head Of Administration
Lorraine has worked for Helplines Partnership since 2009 and has extensive and varied experience of working in administrative roles for the private, public and charity sectors. She likes to support others where possible, having previously volunteered on a helpline and by currently offering administrative support to her husband, who is Chairman of a local voluntary environmental charity. Her role at HLP includes Governance, Human Resources, general administration, Health & Safety and she often gets involved in all sorts of other things as they crop up from time to time. Outside of work, Lorraine enjoys walking in the countryside, reading, yoga, travel and meeting up with family and friends. One of her favourite mottos is 'every day is a learning day'.
Laura Dowswell - Head Of Finance
Laura is the Head of Finance and qualified as an Accounting Technician in 2000 after completing her training in general practice and in 2012 gained Fellow status as an FMAAT member. She started working as a finance officer for a local Church in 2008 which sparked her interest in working in the Charity Finance sector. She is also HLP's lead assessor and enjoys learning more about our member helplines and the services they offer. Laura is Chair of BBS UK charity, utilising her finance skills and being on the 'other side of the table'. In her free time, Laura loves the beach life in both summer and winter as she lives with her family on the coast of West Sussex and can often be found taking a therapeutic dip in the sea.
Sam Bromiley - Policy and External Affairs Manager
Sam joined Helplines Partnership in October 2021 having previously worked for a health charity as well as Parliament. He has experience working in policy across the health and disability sector and in his spare time is a local Councillor, focussing on children's social care and care leavers. He has also led participation work in research projects and is keen to ensure the value and impact of helplines is evidenced. Sam leads HLP's work on a wide range of policy issues relating to helplines and is looking forward to working with our membership to develop strategic policy activity. He lives with his family in the West Country and enjoys paddle boarding with his wife whenever possible.
Sonia - Membership Executive
Sonia works on the Membership Team and is the first port of call for organisations looking to join the Partnership or current members looking for help and support. Sonia can also sometimes be found on the reception desk at the Members' Annual Conference as she really enjoys putting a face to all member contacts and making them feel welcome. She previously worked on an Advice Line signposting members of the public to help and support across Sussex and at the same time enjoyed a volunteer role at a holistic centre assisting at events and exhibitions. Having grown up in Africa Sonia enjoys being outdoors and is particularly keen on tennis, swimming and walking. She enjoys amateur photography and can often be found in nature which she finds extremely healing.
Samantha Denyer - Helplines Standard Co-ordinator and Assessor
Samantha Denyer is the Helplines Standard Co-ordinator and Assessor here at HLP. She is very interested in shining a light on the services our members offer and Helplines who have achieved the Helpline Standard. Sam has worked for over 20 years in information, advice and support work. Holding a senior position in the NHS as a Hearing Therapist as well as working in the Charity sector and Higher Education on helplines, outreach, volunteer and group support work. Samantha has a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences from The London Metropolitan University and Level 1 Honsand 2 in British Sign Language. Outside of work Sam can be found walking the family dog in all kinds of weather in the Northwest and has a love of reading, cooking, and baking, especially anything that involves chocolate!
Hannah Wallace - Helplines Standard Executive
Hannah is the Helplines Standard Executive at HLP. She is the first point of contact for all accreditation queries and supports organisations through the submission and assessment process. Hannah has previously worked in the Charity sector and has many years of helpline and administration experience. Hannah lives in Bristol where she enjoys volunteering in local green spaces, growing fruits and flowers on her allotment and playing the tenor pan in an all-female calypso band.
Christian Murphy - Trainer
Christian has a long and varied professional career, going back over 25 years. The majority of this time was spent delivering offending behaviour programmes and staff training within a criminal justice setting. He has a BSc Hons in English Literature & Creative Writing, plus qualifications in adult learning and children & young people's mental health. He has also completed a diverse range of job-specific training courses, from First Responder Emergency Care and Mental Health First Aid to Cocktail Flaring! In his professional life he is passionate about working in helping industries and in his personal life loves movies, music and collecting books.
Stella Pearson - Trainer and Assessor
Stella has worked in helplines for 15 years, with a background in information provision and training in charities. With an MA in Information Studies, her first career in academic libraries also involved teaching and assessing students and planning for courses. Joining Helplines Partnership in March 2021, she loves being part of a team, and enjoys meeting, and learning from, people from a wide range of support services. She is always struck by the high levels of skill and commitment offered by helplines. She sees human connection, kindness, humour and stability as core to maintaining the quality of life. Away from work, Stella volunteers for a charity supporting vulnerable families and loves seeing her family, music, walking and nature. This year she created a pond in her garden and was delighted to welcome her first frog.
Bethan Harries - Trainer and Assessor
Bethan has a wealth of experience in the third sector, specifically with sensory disability, having worked with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, and those with Visual Impairments for the majority of her career. She service managed various telephone helplines and befriending services before joining HLP as one of our trainers and assessors. Bethan has recently returned back to North Wales, from Lancashire. When she's not working she is busy looking after her young family and can be found cheering on the cricket and rugby side-lines!
Emma Swann - Marketing and Communications Officer
Emma joined Helplines Partnership in 2022 as our Marketing and Communications Officer, having worked for a variety of not-for-profit organisations previously. Emma's role focuses on raising the profile of Helplines Partnership online and in the media, managing our website and social media channels, and ensuring member organisations receive regular, insightful communications. Outside of work, she enjoys long walks (ideally with a pub at the end), music, reading and cooking.
Molly Dawson - Services Coordinator Executive
Molly joined Helplines Partnership in 2022 as Services Coordinator Executive and supports with the organisation of training and consultancy. In 2020 Molly participated in the opening of a wellness centre which focused on improving the physical and mental health of her local community. This experience fuelled a new passion, believing that we should all have fast and affordable access to services and knowledge that can improve our health. In her spare time Molly enjoys attending gigs and music festivals and tending to her wildlife-friendly garden, in particular growing veggies for her and her family.
Pennie Haslehurst - Partnership and Engagement Manager
Pennie's past career experience involves a strong relationship management focus, most recently utilised with public sector adult social care teams. Having done a short stint within a Substance Misuse Service, she experienced first hand the need for training and support for staff and volunteers working with individuals going through mental and physical challenges. Her role at HLP will include building relationships with new and existing members and partners, and working with the team to establish a sustainable future model for the organisation. Away from work, Pennie is owned by two springer spaniels, and is occasionally allowed time off from walking them to sew patchwork quilts.
Ruth Ingman - Chair
Ruth started her career at the Bar in the early 1990s before moving into the private sector running her own employment law and HR consultancy. In that operational capacity she supported over 350 organisations across a range of sectors including national retail organisations, SMEs and not for profit clients. In addition to her organisational expertise, she has over 20 years' experience, working strategically as a non-executive director, trustee and governor. Ruth is currently an Independent Chair for NHS England.
Ruth lives in Leicestershire with her daughter. She has a dry sense of humour and enjoys reading books from the golden age of detective fiction and watching films of the mid twentieth century.
Clodagh Crowe - Vice Chair
Clodagh works for Rural Support, (Northern Ireland helpline formed in 2001 to support farming families). Clodagh's role is Service Co-ordinator and includes managing a regional farm business mentoring service. She is currently Chair of Helplines NI, (member-led network of over 30 Northern Ireland helplines). Clodagh believes that services should focus on quality, sustainability and partnership working. She would like to ensure that people know how to access the support that's available. Having been a member of HLP for many years she valued the services her organisation accessed. The quality of the staff team made her want to get involved as a Trustee. Their expertise, knowledge and commitment made such an impression on her, that she hopes to contribute in a meaningful way to the success of the organisation.
Jon Spain - Treasurer
Jon is a professional Actuary and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has over 40 years of experience in the private and public Sectors and retired from the Civil Service in 2018. Formerly, Treasurer of Community Voice Health (a patient/member-led community organisation monitoring NHS Trusts and CCGs). Jon is also currently Treasurer of Law For Life.
Elizabeth Rimmer - Elected Member Trustee
Elizabeth (CEO Lawcare) has been managing and developing charities in the mental health sector for over 20 years. She joined LawCare in 2014 from the Institute of Group Analysis, a membership and training organisation for group psychotherapists. Before that, she headed up Alzheimer's Disease International, a worldwide federation of Alzheimer Associations. Elizabeth started her working life as a solicitor specialising in clinical negligence, practicing at Leigh Day.
LawCare is an independent charity offering emotional support, information and training to the legal community in the UK . We work to promote good mental health and wellbeing in legal workplaces and drive change in education, training and practice. If you need to talk call us on 0800 279 6888 or visit www.lawcare.org.uk
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Stephen Buckley - Elected Member Trustee
Stephen works for Mind, (mental health charity) as Head of Information. His role is to run Mind's national information and support services, such as the helplines, digital peer support community and information service. Last year, around 100,000 people accessed a Mind helpline. Stephen has seen friends lose years of the kind of life they might have had because they were unable to get the support they needed with their mental health. Connecting more people with the right help at the right time is how he would like to make a difference. Stephen feels the voluntary and charity helplines sector makes a huge contribution to hundreds of thousands of lives each year and how important it is for this to be recognised and celebrated.
Debbie Sadler - Elected Member Trustee
Debbie works for Unlock as an Advice Manager. She oversees the Unlock helpline which provides information, advice and support to people facing stigma and obstacles regarding a criminal record. Knowing that the helpline can reassure and reduce a caller's fears or help them to access support from other organisations gives her the motivation to get up in the morning. Unlock has been a member of HLP for many years and Debbie has been lucky enough to attend several HLP conferences which resulted in Unlock winning an award in 2014 for 'Best Use of Innovative Technology' and also receiving a 'Star Member Award' in 2019.
Diane James - Elected Member Trustee
Diane works for Blue Cross animal charity as a Manager of the Pet Bereavement Support Service. Diane is inspired by knowing that the charity she works for and the team she leads can make a difference. She is passionate about supporting, developing and training her team to work together to best serve the needs of their callers. Diane wanted to work for an organisation that could make a difference to people and users of its services. As an HLP Trustee, Diane wanted to be a part of something that she felt she could impartially contribute her knowledge and life experience to.
Katie Foulser - Elected Member Trustee
Katie has worked for Rethink Mental Illness for almost 20 years. Katie is currently the Acting Deputy Associate Director for Community Services and her substantive role is as Head of Community Services South.
Rethink currently has seven mental health helplines and is extremely pleased to be a Helplines Partnership member and proud to hold the Quality Standard. Rethink helplines provide emotional support, crisis management, information and signposting and many of these are open 24/7 or out of office hours when callers most need support.
Katie is really passionate about helplines and has directly managed various mental health helplines during her career at an operational and strategic level and was extremely keen to become a trustee of HLP to contribute her experience and skills and give something back.

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Video interviews for Registered Midwives – CapitalMidwife London
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If you are considering applying for a vacancy with the Trust, please be aware it is a legal requirement to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, by the 1st of April 2022 for all patient facing roles. If successful, you will be required to provide evidence of vaccination or Medical exemption prior to starting employment.
If you want live and work in one of the world's most dynamic cities, we have some exciting news! We are now accepting applications from Midwives to join the team at various NHS Trusts in the exciting capital city of London!
The CapitalMidwife Programme has been developed in response to the growing need to apply 'once for London' solutions to the challenges faced by over 6,000 midwives who make up the London midwifery workforce. These challenges include staff shortages, increased workloads, retention of staff and policy changes. As part of their work, they are developing a range of products to enable London midwives to develop and grow throughout their career. By developing a framework to be used across London, they can ensure that their midwives are supported wherever they live and work.
Being part of the CapitalMidwife team means that you would benefit from salary supplements or High Cost Area Supplements (HCAS) which are paid to NHS midwives working in inner and outer London and the fringe zones. For more information about HCAS click here.
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VETERANS SERVICES COMING TO SOUTHERN CENTER IN MANAHAWKIN
VETERANS LIVING in Southern Ocean County will soon have easier access to claims assistance and counseling services at a county office building in Stafford Township.
The Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau plans to open a satellite office at the Southern Ocean County Services Center in Stafford Township late this summer.
The state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has also asked the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders permission to utilize office space in the complex, located at 179 East Main Street, Manahawkin.
"This is an opportunity to improve access to these important services for our veterans in the southern end of the county," said Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little.
The county already operates its Veterans Service Bureau in Toms River, but Little said the long travel distances from some southern communities could be a deterrent to residents who would otherwise utilize the bureau.
"Some of our older and disabled veterans have problems making the trip to Toms River," he said.
Little said the county would staff the southern office one or two days a week, depending on need.
The state and county are also in discussion about the stationing of two accredited Veterans' Services Officers at the Manahawkin facility two days a week.
Under this pilot program, both the state and county offices would provide Veterans Affairs claims assistance and counseling services to veterans, their dependents and their survivors.
Little, who is also liaison to the Veterans Service Bureau, thanked Bureau Director John P. Dorrity for his efforts in working with the state to bring the officers to the Manahawkin offices.
"We proudly serve more than 68,000 veterans that call Ocean County home," Little said. "This partnership between the state and the county is another way to assist those that have sacrificed so much to defend our freedom."
Little said the Freeholders are expected to give formal approval to the state's request in the coming weeks.
The Southern Ocean County Services Center already houses a variety of county satellite offices, ranging from the Ocean County Clerk, Surrogate and Senior Services, said Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari.
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Patrick Dempsey: I Have One Big Reason to Stay on Grey's Anatomy
by Jenna Mullins | Thu., Jul. 25, 2013 12:00 PM
Patrick Dempsey hit the stage at the TCAs today to promote his documentary series, Racing LeMans, which chronicles the Grey's Anatomy actor's journey to compete in the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Most fans know that Dempsey has a real passion for the sport, but according to McDreamy himself, his racing career is the biggest, if not the only, reason he has stayed on the ABC drama for this long.
Dempsey admitted while fielding questions that financing his racing career has been the driving force behind staying with the show, because "the more money you have, the faster you go."
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"[Racing] is a different type of passion. I'm an actor, so that's my job," he said. "That's my trade. Racing is always a discovery…finding different ways to be turned on. Race is always changing, and that to me is very exciting. And that keeps me alive."
Dempsey and the core cast members of Grey's Anatomy signed on for two more seasons of the ABC tentpole drama back in the summer of 2012, meaning that the upcoming tenth season could be the last for Dempsey (and the show). Even though he said racing is where he truly feels alive, he hasn't taken his decade long Grey's career for granted.
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"I'm not necessarily bored with the show. I'm incredibly grateful to have a show that's been on for ten years," Dempsey said. "But I'm not the creator. I'm not the writer. It's a trade, quite honestly. And that's fine. And when you're on the show, coming up on 200 episodes, it's about surviving. There's not a lot of homework. You learn your lines and try to stay present and try not to get caught acting. I'm glad I have the gig, but it's not the same as being in a racecar."
In the Racing LeMans trailer shown before the panel, Demspey and executive producer Rob Corn made several comments regarding the actor using racing to feel fulfilled.
"Patrick's passion is racing. I find Grey's Anatomy to be his hobby," Corn reasoned, while Dempsey talked about the fatigue that stems from running out of creativity on the series.
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"You're exhausted from telling the same storyline over and over," he admitted.
Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans premieres on Velocity on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Grey's Anatomy's tenth season is set to premiere Sept. 26 on ABC.
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Дени́с И́горевич Царгу́ш (; род. 1 сентября 1987 года, Гудаута, Грузинская ССР) — российский борец вольного стиля. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2012 года, трёхкратный чемпион мира (2009, 2010, 2014), трёхкратный чемпион Европы (2010, 2011, 2012), пятикратный чемпион России (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014). Заслуженный мастер спорта России. По национальности — абхаз По вероисповеданию — мусульманин.

Спортивная карьера
На одном из юношеских турниров был замечен тренерами ЦСКА и получил предложение тренироваться в ЦСКА, которое спортсмен принял.

Имея в своём активе титул чемпиона мира среди юниоров, две победы в Кубке мира и на чемпионате России, в 2009 году дебютировал на взрослом чемпионате мира в Хернинге, где также добился победы и стал первым чемпионом мира по вольной борьбе из Абхазии.

В 2010 году в третий раз в карьере выиграл чемпионат России и вошёл в состав сборной России на чемпионат Европы в Баку, где Денис впервые завоевал титул чемпиона Европы.

На чемпионате мира по борьбе в Москве защитил титул чемпиона мира в весовой категории до 74 кг, победив в финале иранца Садеха Саеда Гударзи — 1:0, 3:0. Медаль Дениса оказалась для России юбилейной, сотой золотой медалью, выигранной российскими борцами на чемпионатах мира.

На Олимпийских играх 2012 года в Лондоне Денис Царгуш завоевал бронзовую медаль в весовой категории до 74 кг. В борьбе за выход в финал он уступил своему старому знакомому — американцу Джордану Барроузу, которому до этого уже уступил на чемпионате мира в Стамбуле. Схватка проходила в 3 периода, и американец смог вырвать победу лишь за 10 секунд до финального свистка. В поединке за третье место Царгуш выиграл у канадца Мэтью Джентри со счетом 1-0, 2-0. В полуфинале чемпионата мира 2014 года взял реванш у Джордана Барроуза, выиграв уверенно 9-2.

На чемпионате России 2016 боролся в привычной для себя категории до 74 кг и дошёл до финала, где уступил Аниуару Гедуеву, тем самым лишив себя права борьбы за место в олимпийской сборной России по вольной борьбе.

Достижения
  Чемпионат мира по борьбе (Ташкент, 2014);
  Спортивная борьба на летней Универсиаде (Казань, 2013);
  Летние Олимпийские игры (Лондон, 2012);
  Чемпионат Европы по борьбе (Белград, 2012);
  Чемпионат Европы по борьбе (Дортмунд, 2011);
  Чемпионат мира по борьбе (Хернинг, 2009);
  Чемпионат мира по борьбе (Москва, 2010);
  Чемпионат Европы по борьбе (Баку, 2010);

Награды
 Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством» II степени (13 августа 2012 года) — за большой вклад в развитие физической культуры и спорта, высокие спортивные достижения на Играх XXX Олимпиады 2012 года в городе Лондоне (Великобритания).
 Заслуженный мастер спорта России (2 августа 2010 года).
 Почётная грамота Президента Российской Федерации (19 июля 2013 года) — за высокие спортивные достижения на XXVII Всемирной летней универсиаде 2013 года в городе Казани.
 Орден Республики Абхазия «Честь и слава» II степени (Абхазия, 6 октября 2009 года) — за выдающиеся спортивные достижения, за пропаганду физической культуры и спорта.

Примечания

Ссылки
  Профиль на сайте Федерации спортивной борьбы России
  Профиль на сайте ЦСКА

Чемпионы России по вольной борьбе
Чемпионы Европы по вольной борьбе
Чемпионы мира по вольной борьбе
Бронзовые призёры летних Олимпийских игр 2012 года
Борцы на летних Олимпийских играх 2012 года

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In 2008 Oren and Roni Frank packed their belongings, and left Israel for NYC with their two young daughters.
Oren Frank had a meteoric career in advertising in Israel, and was offered a dream position in the advertising capital of the world, as Chief Creative Officer of one of the world's largest and most reputable advertising agencies. Roni left a career in software development in Amdocs, one of Israel's pioneering tech companies.
Upon arrival to NY, the Franks enjoyed the comforts of life in the city, with a top-paying advertising career, and celebrity sparkle that comes with the position, a year after Mad Men originally debuted. Upon arrival to NY Roni decided to change direction, and started her graduate studies in Psychotherapy, while Oren was cementing his position as one of NY's star advertising executives. During those first years in NY, Oren continued to write a weekly column in one of Israel's largest newspapers. Anyone who read Oren's column realized that while Oren was in a position of service to the most powerful and wealthy corporations, he had a rebellious side to him, even radical in the eyes of probably many of his clients. So, it didn't come as a big shock to his close friends that one day in 2012, Oren decided to leave his comfortable advertising position, move to New Jersey to a slightly less glamorous lifestyle, and, at the age of 47, start, along with his wife and partner, Roni, Talkspace, a Startup aimed at fixing one of the most broken markets in the US, the mental health care market.
I met Oren and Roni for the first time in 2012 in a BBQ in their home in Tenafly, New Jersey. I was introduced through Adam Singolda, a mutual friend of ours, and the rockstar CEO of Taboola (one of our earlier portfolio companies) . Oren and Roni just started Talkspace (which was called Talktala at the time), and it was a rough start, nothing seemed to be easy. In this first meeting with Oren and Roni, I loved the concept, and admired their courage to start a very risky new startup in the middle of their life, with two girls, far from home in the US.
I was spending a lot of time in NY during the first years of Talkspace. After many years as early stage investors in the Israeli market, my partners and I decided to establish a new fund dedicated to late-stage investments – Qumra Capital. I was raising our first late-stage fund, Qumra I, and I was feeling firsthand the difficulties of starting a new business.
During this time, I got to see Oren and Roni, mostly in social occasions, and I became more enamored with this incredible couple, and the truly exceptional company they were building, but it was still too early for our new late stage fund. Three years after founding Talkspace, in 2015, the business finally started to take off. Talkspace pivoted from a group therapy, live-video conference model, to a subscription-based, text therapy model, and the business started to show real signs of growth. So, when by the end of 2017, Roni and Oren started raising round C, and we just closed our second late-stage venture fund, Qumra II, I immediately started working on the deal, and in perfect timing, the deal was closed by year end.
Talkspace is a text-based therapy platform that's now the global leader in online therapy by being affordable and accessible. Users are assigned a primary, fully licensed therapist and can message them confidentially at any time, from any PC or mobile device. The therapist gets back to them twice a day, 5 days a week, and for further help users can schedule a video call.
Talkspace has quickly gained popularity across the United States. Just recently, Olympic icon Michael Phelps and TalkSpace partnered to release a national TV ad campaign supporting therapy as a means to improve mental health.
Health care in the United States is generally regarded as flawed and inequitable. Costs are through the roof and the quality of services is below par. There are millions of people without access to health care, which also includes mental health services. The need for mental health treatment is clear. One in five adults in the U.S. lives with a mental illness. Untreated mental illnesses costs the nation more than $70 billion in lost productivity.
Traditional therapy averages at $125 an hour. Talkspace offers therapy subscriptions with fully licensed therapists starting at just $49 a week. All services are delivered directly via the online platform so you're no longer tied to a specific time during the week or having to make office visits. Users can write to their therapist any time of day and they usually get back to them within a few minutes, and at the most a few hours. The average person has never had a professional support system that's so accessible, and at this price point.
Roni and Oren were smart to initially build Talkspace as a B2C offering. They were then able to build a word-of-mouth reputation and get the media attention that opened doors for them in the B2B market, but mostly, like in any marketplace, create the needed match of supply of Therapists, in parallel to creating the demand in form of patients. This was especially difficult, as Therapists are state regulated, which means that a Texas resident can only be treated by a Therapist regulated by the state of Texas.
Talkspace is now scaling dramatically. They are actively building partnerships with health care providers, and just signed with Magellan Health, a clear win in this area, cutting costs for providers who are struggling with inflated premiums, and enabling their subscribers to better utilize mental health services. They are also bringing TalkSpace to enterprises that see the clear benefit to supporting their teams' mental health and by making those services easier to access.
TalkSpace will soon add Psychiatry to their services. With video conferencing, therapists can meet the appropriate examination legally required in most states to prescribe medication.
Talkspace is the most recent of a long line of companies in Qumra's portfolio that is transforming large, traditional markets in order to meet shifting consumer demands and harness new technologies, including Fiverr, Minute Media and Sweet Inn.
The company's impact on the mental health is very similar to Uber's on transportation in urban areas; it didn't replace existing modes of transportation, it increased the market. Talkspace keeps finding new ways to widen the market and the demand keeps growing. At Qumra Capital we're super excited to be supporting them as they aim to become a full-service provider for behavioral health.
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A present from Grandpa
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Our 11-year-old son, Jack, runs through the Hawthorn banner with his heroes
Tony Wilson
Jack and Ray
Jack isn't an easy kid to buy presents for. He has cerebral palsy that affects all four limbs, which means bats, balls, boots and pads are out. He has cortical vision impairment that makes it difficult to see and scan text, so no books or comics. He's scared of movies, even kids movies, because he has a sensory processing disorder, and movie soundtrack music freaks him out. He doesn't like soft toys. He can't hold or manipulate a game controller. He'll play memory and trivia games for a bit, then lose interest. He spends much of his home life watching live music gigs on YouTube, and talking about whether we should go and see his favourite bands live, which we should, except when it comes down to it, he's scared they'll be too loud.
His other obsessions are Paddington Bear, Ben Whishaw, Jack Black, Tenacious D (yes I know, bad parenting) and the Hawthorn Football Club. He follows footy in his own idiosyncratic way. Sirens are loud, and he doesn't like sudden loud noises, so he'll watch old games that he knows the result of at the edge of our living room, while I watch the live match on TV. We do go to the MCG together, but only if Jack is reassured that we have his noise cancelling ear muffs, and that we'll warn him when the siren is less than two minutes away. The most memorable game Jack ever attended was one with his sister and grandpa where he sat next to the booth containing the man who blew the siren. Sure, the Tigers pumped us by four goals, but Jack came home buzzing. 'Dad. He sits in a room. He presses a button.'
Jack has his Hawthorn heroes. When he was four, he went through a phase of calling himself Cyril Rioli. 'Is Cyril's gran coming over tomorrow?' and 'does Cyril have kinder tomorrow?'. Years ago, I made a little video about young Jack's love for Cyril, and after quite a bit of organising, Jack finally met Cyril after training one night. Cyril was lovely, he'd been told how much he meant to Jack. When I gave Jack the obvious videoed set up, 'who's your favourite player, Jack?', he didn't hesitate — 'Paul Puopolo'.
Cyril signing for Jack, Waverley 2015
Nowadays, he's obsessed with Luke Breust ("Breeeeeuuuuuust!'), and 'my man Jai Newcombe'. Jack has been saying 'my man Jai Newcombe' since August 2021, which is well before the rest of the footballing commentariat caught on, so it's not impossible that in that corner of the room, watching old replays, he's some sort of talent-spotting genius.
For his eleventh birthday present, his grandpa Ray thought of a lovely idea. Maybe we could get Jack into the Hawthorn rooms? We visited often in my childhood. Grandpa Ray (Wilson) played 105 games for the club between 1966 and 1972, won a best and fairest, became a life member after serving as a development squad coach in the seventies and eighties. In those days, the doorman at Princes Park or the MCG treated Dad like the good looking girl in the nightclub queue. We were just ushered straight in. Nowadays, it's trickier. In covid times, impossible.
But Hawthorn came back with an amazing alternative. Would Jack like to be the junior mascot for the Collingwood game? 'We'll make it a special day for him', Kerrie promised. 'Do I have to dress up as Hawka?' Jack asked, panicked. He doesn't like having his head covered, even by a hoodie. A giant styrofoam beak wasn't going to work.
We reassured him that junior mascots weren't the actual mascots, they were lucky kids given the chance to run (or roll) through the banner with the team, and he'd be pushed by the player of his choice. Jack asked all the questions I expected he'd ask. 'Will it be loud?' I explained that the sirens and the team songs were probably quieter out in the middle, because he'd be further from the speakers. 'What is a banner made out of?' I told an ancient story of tissue paper and cheer squads. 'Will you be there with me?' No, it was going to be grandpa. There's truth in the old adage, 'marketing departments prefer premiership players'.
Ten days out from the event, Jack was buoyant. He rang friends, cousins, aides, and especially grandpa, and everyone was treated to an in-depth preview. He chose 250-game milestone man Luke Breust to be his running mate, but asked repeatedly if he'd meet 'my man Jai Newcombe'. We bought tickets for the whole family, then the extended family. Grandpa booked an East Melbourne restaurant for a post-game birthday dinner. As they day crept closer I looked at the forecast. Twelve degrees and horizontal rain. Jack hates rain — is terrified of thunder.
We waited all week for the anxiety to strike, (we also waited for covid to strike), grimly aware that for Jack, jubilant anticipation and dread reality live side by side. But to my surprise, he didn't waver, at least not to me. We had many long conversations about where the speakers were positioned at the MCG, ('in the roof, quite high up, a long way from the banners') and Jack seemed to be placated. It was only when he was being tucked in by his mum the night before that he gave anything away.
'Mum, I'm really sorry, but I think I might be a bit nervous when I go through the banner tomorrow.'
It turned out Ticketek didn't send me the e-tickets. I want to reassure you that this cheap, loaded lead sentence is somewhat of a red herring. We all got into the ground, and good and efficient people ushered me to more good and efficient people who printed out an extended family worth of missing barcodes. But meanwhile, Jack and Dad disappeared into a lift that would take them down to the player tunnels while I was still in the ticketing office. So I didn't get to wish him luck. And I didn't get to brief Dad on what to do if Jack started to distress.
When Jack entered the arena, he was anything but distressed. I'd later discover that he'd met the senior mascots, the ones who do wear giant styrofoam beaks, and had his photo taken with them. He'd also been dressed in a new #22 Luke Breust footy jumper by Claire and Kerrie and the rest of Jack's Hawthorn handlers for the event. For nearly a minute Jack hovered on the precipice between race and arena, waiting for an MCC attendant to place a ramp. Finally, all was in readiness, and my seventy-seven year old father pushed his eleven year old grandson onto sacred ground, the same ground he ran onto 51 years ago in front of 118,192 screaming fans.
There were fewer screaming fans this day, although still plenty enough, and they were led by the mob of cheering Wilsons overhanging the tunnel. A security man spotted we were highly invested in the fortunes of the small boy in the lime green wheelchair, and pointed to the gate. 'Do you want to come out on the ground to watch?'
Suddenly, the gate was open, and Wilsons were pouring through it. For a moment it seemed we might charge at the banner ourselves, but we eventually took a restrained position at the back end of the Breust-Shiels guard of honour. Thirty metres away, Jack and grandpa Ray were posing for photos with Nick Riewoldt. He was clearly having a ball. So was his grandson. When the Magpies ran onto the arena, I'm no lipreader, but Jack seemed to be yelling 'boo Collingwood', and flinging his body against the back of his chair in excitement. He wasn't even wearing his ear muffs! He was cresting a wave.
Luke Breust, taking time on his big day.
We'd known for nearly a week that Luke Breust was going through his milestone banner with his nieces, and that it would actually be Dylan Moore who would accompany Jack. The Fable Singers struck up that Yankee Doodle toot, the Hawks players flowed from the tunnel — ridiculously young, and muscled and athletic at this close range —and a gang of them made their way over to their junior mascot. Luke Breust was indeed hand in hand with nieces, but stopped to talk to Jack, while grandpa took photos. Then someone arrived with a footy. It was none other than 'my man Jai Newcombe' and he gave Jack a kicked-in, full sized Sherrin, that wasn't really part of the junior mascot deal, and was really meant for the team warm up. We now know Newcombe brought his own ball for that game. But he also gave one away.
"My man Jai Newcombe." 2022 Rising Star!
Finally, Breust and Shiels were in position, two twenty first century greats celebrating their own special day, and Dylan Moore had Jack on the runway too.
Then they took off. It's fair to say AFL banner expeditions in 2022 are not the tissue paper catastrophes of my childhood, when the players crashed and bashed through metres of sticky tape, and spelling and misplaced apostrophes rode roughshod. The players brushed through the base of the banner, the milestone men leading, and Dylan Moore steering the Jack Wilson party caboose.
Dylan Moore was so lovely to Jack. Off they go!
'Woooohoooo! Go Jack!' Along the line, our phones were raised, as is the modern way.
The Wilsons in the guard of honour were getting emotional. Tam wiped away tears. 'I had no idea it was going to be like that.' Jack's sister Polly had choked up too. 'Well that was very quick, and very worth it.' Grandpa Ray retrieved Jack, and we made our way back to the gate and the big-hearted security man.
Excited Wilsons
The rain held off throughout.
He watched the game from a wheelchair space in level four, Q45, with family fanning into adjoining rows. I'd tried to get the seats next to siren man again, but just couldn't swing it. Jack held court, summoning cousins, bestowing on them the honour of sitting next to Hawthorn's junior mascot. Friends who were at the ground sent videos and photos. Whattsapp groups pinged with footage filmed from the TV. Jai Newcombe's Sherrin never left his wheelchair tray. We indulged in the donuts, the hot chocolates and the overpriced chips. A sporting drama unfolded in sleeting rain, and it had a thrilling, down-to-the-wire finish. Jack flinched as he always does when the final siren blew. Collingwood won by four points.
We were the happiest losers in the place. Jack issued one last 'booo Collingwood' in the crowded lift that took us down to ground level. Some Magpies laughed, winners being grinners and all that. 'Did I see you on the ground before the game, mate?' one asked. Jack flushed, and didn't answer. The celebrity beam was getting a little hot.
His grandpa wheeled him to the restaurant, leaving the stadium together, as they'd entered it. I walked with Polly, who'd sat next to Jack for most of the day. 'Do you know what he said to me in the last quarter?' she offered. 'He said, "actually, this is the best day of my life".
Thank you Hawthorn and thank you Dad. Actually, it was one of the best days of mine.
Contemplating banners.
Here is the scoreboard video of Jack's banner moment.
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Jun 17, 2022Liked by Tony Wilson
What a great story. I cried at the beauty of this experience for young Jack throughout. Thanks for allowing us to be part of it.
Simon Heath
Tony,
Wow - a magnificent piece. Thanks to you, your family and the family club!
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Q: python parallel calculations in a while loop I have been looking around for some time, but haven't had luck finding an example that could solve my problem. I have added an example from my code. As one can notice this is slow and the 2 functions could be done separately.
My aim is to print every second the latest parameter values. At the same time the slow processes can be calculated in the background. The latest value is shown and when any process is ready the value is updated.
Can anybody recommend a better way to do it? An example would be really helpful.
Thanks a lot.
import time

def ProcessA(parA):
    # imitate slow process
    time.sleep(5)
    parA += 2

    return parA

def ProcessB(parB):
    # imitate slow process
    time.sleep(10)
    parB += 5

    return parB

# start from here
i, parA, parB = 1, 0, 0

while True: # endless loop
    print(i)
    print(parA)
    print(parB)

    time.sleep(1)
    i += 1

    # update parameter A
    parA = ProcessA(parA)

    # update parameter B
    parB = ProcessB(parB)

A: I imagine this should do it for you. This has the benefit of you being able to add extra parallel funcitons up to a total equal to the number of cores you have. Edits are welcome.
#import time module
import time

#import the appropriate multiprocessing functions
from multiprocessing import Pool

#define your functions
#whatever your slow function is
def slowFunction(x):
    return someFunction(x)

#printingFunction
def printingFunction(new,current,timeDelay):
    while new == current:
        print current
        time.sleep(timeDelay)

#set the initial value that will be printed.
#Depending on your function this may take some time.
CurrentValue = slowFunction(someTemporallyDynamicVairable)

#establish your pool
pool = Pool()

while True: #endless loop

    #an asynchronous function, this will continue
    # to run in the background while your printing operates.
    NewValue = pool.apply_async(slowFunction(someTemporallyDynamicVairable))

    pool.apply(printingFunction(NewValue,CurrentValue,1))

    CurrentValue = NewValue

#close your pool
pool.close()

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Guest Bio: Brian Moore-Ward, a Boston-area man living with MS, is proud to be working with Biogen and MSWorld to help launch #MySupportHero, a program that encourages people living with MS to virtually thanks and recognize their support partners for their ongoing help, care and strength during MS Awareness Month.
Segment overview: Brian Moore-Ward talks about his MS journey.
Neal Howard: Hello and welcome to Health Professional Radio. I'm your host Neal Howard, thank you so much for joining us today. Our guest in studio today is Mr. Brian Moore-Ward, man living in the Boston area, living with Multiple Sclerosis, working with Biogen and MSWorld to help launch #MySupportHero, it's a program that encourages people living with MS to thank and recognize their support partners for their ongoing help and care and strength and support during MS Awareness Month and Mr. Ward is here with us to talk about his walk with MS, the support partners and much more. Welcome to Health Professional Radio Brian.
Brian Moore-Ward Hey, thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
N: You're suffering from MS, well is it suffering with or is it living with?
B: I'm living with. It's a very unpredictable disease and it's something that can change day to day symptom wise. So it's something I'm definitely living with and I don't like to say suffer because I'm a MS survivor.
N: I understand. Now, how long have you known that you had MS and was it something that you realized that you had immediately or was there a time period where you were confused and wondering, what the hey?
B: Absolutely, so about 9 years ago, I started to experience numbness in my legs especially in my right side of my body where I had lose feeling. It was almost like my arm was going to sleep for a week and at the time, I assumed my arm had fallen asleep, I must have pinched a nerve. So initially I was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and from there that was the initial diagnosis and then after the symptoms kind of subsided, I actually had a bad fall and I got a bulging disk and from the bulging disk I had to go and have a cortisone injection with the pain specialist and after he was reviewing my chart or my medical history, he asked me if anyone ever mentioned multiple sclerosis and I said "No" and then he asked if he could talk to my primary doctor and then do some more testing and so from the first initial when we thought it was carpal tunnel to the fall and the bulging disk and the pain specialist recommending that maybe I have an MRI and talk to a Neurologist. That's how it kind of subsided and then it's funny though because even after we got confirmed diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, I had, after I think back on my younger days, my teenage years, I always got probably some MS symptoms but I kind of didn't pay attention to or I was the type that unless I was really sick, I didn't go to the doctor.
N: You said that the symptoms kind of I guess temporarily subsided after the misdiagnosis of carpal tunnel. What made the symptoms subside? I mean was it a mental thing where you say, "Okay, now I know what I have and I can manage it" or was there some type of treatment for carpal tunnel that seemed to be working?
B: Well for the carpal tunnel they actually put me on the anti-inflammatory and so people with MS realized your inflamed, your nerves get inflamed so anti-inflammatories are good. Though actually by then giving me the anti-inflammatory naturally subsided some of those symptoms and they kind of slowly went away, they would come back but they wouldn't be that intense. That was the initial kind of making the symptoms kind of disappear, go away for a small period of time.
N: Now you've been living with MS for a time now and interacting with different MS support partners. In your experience, do men do that traditional thing like you did? Unless there's blood and an arm that I have to carry with my other arm, I'm not going to the doctor. Is that something that you see repeatedly in males or is it something that runs both genders because, I mean it's MS and who really expects to have MS when their arm is numb?
B: Right. It's funny that you say that because I was in that mindset that "Unless I'm bleeding or broke a bone, I don't need to go to the doctor". So many, majority of males think that way, they like to be tough guy but in my experience I was the type I wouldn't tell unless I was really in pain or broke something, it was just kind of how I was. So, after the diagnosis I initially kind of go pay more attention obviously to my body and know what was going on. But I do think that you…play that tough guy role especially males because you don't want to be a…and "Oh, my arm fell asleep, I need to go", because you don't think your arm falls asleep that is gonna be something serious but MS has symptoms can be across the board with MS, I mean like some tingling, some numbness to losing sight and hearing so it can be like all over the place.
N: When you spoke with your doctor or your doctor initially spoke with you and mentioned, how did you get your mind wrapped around it from "Oh carpal tunnel to MS"? Is that when you began to put together a support group or is this something that you have to stumble upon and learn that you would benefit from?
B: Well of course at the beginning it was I literally didn't know about the disease, I've heard of it but I didn't know anything of it. I think initially, my first initial thought was "Oh, goodness I'm goanna be in a wheelchair" and then luckily because of my support partner, my husband Charlie, he luckily is incredibly intelligent. He would actually have to do the research for me because I will get incredibly overwhelmed or worried so he kind of be at the forefront of, he probably knows more about the disease than I do because if I look at something it could boggle your mind. So it took a while after the initial diagnosis to really get into that positive mind frame and I'd say it took about a year or two to really kind of do a 180 on my mind set I guess.
N: Your husband, Charlie, is he your primary care giver and were you guys married before or after your diagnosis?
N: Oh you got this a life changer right after changing your life?
N: Man, you talk about overloading experiences.
N: I talk with people, quite a bit that are having the deal with a family member that's living with one illness or another and I guess the willingness or ability to be able to give someone support on that intimate level, a far above and beyond the nurse that comes maybe even daily but it's your husband or your mom or your wife or whatever. Do you often find yourself, maybe counseling or giving advice to others based on the quality of care that you're getting from your husband, their caregiver maybe stumbling in an area or totally lacking in an area? Do some of your friends come to you for support?
B: I definitely have a network or a team and I call them my MSers that n Facebook or Twitter reach out to me about every patient is different that's why symptoms could be different from patient A to patient B. So, we just try to talk about similar experiences like we're taking the same medication or what do you do when this symptom comes up? But the care giver obviously is incredibly important because they're huge resources as well as you said. So I think initially I try to help or people reach out to me they're a major great resources found in MSWorld.org or even aboveMS.com that's a great resource for people in the community to find out information and I think that was a huge help in the beginning for me to kind of get me into connecting with other people that are going through the same experiences as me. I do enjoy speaking to other MSers about their going through and they do tweet me or email me or reach out through Facebook.
N: Let's talk about MS awareness month and #MySupportHero.
B: Sure. So it's basically a great initiative that was started by Biogen and MSWorld.org is initiative #MysupportHero as you said and it's to honor those like my husband Charlie, it kind of affect them just as much as it affects the patient level of the disease even though they're not going through the symptoms or the pain of the disease. They're dealing on the emotionally and mental level where obviously this is a huge team and my husband's life after six months of marriage and now we're beginning our life together and then this disease…So this initiative is a great way to thank those people that don't always get the recognition.
N: Great. You've been listening to Health Professional Radio, I'm your host Neal Howard. And we've been in studio talking with Brian Moore-Ward this afternoon, discussing his journey with Multiple Sclerosis, also discussing the importance and the huge benefits of living, caring close by care giver as he has in his husband. Brian is in the Boston Area and he's also started the initiative #MySupportHero, it's an initiative where folks living with MS can personally, well virtually thank and recognize their support partners for their ongoing healthcare and support during MS Awareness Month. It's been great having you here with us this afternoon Brian.
B: Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
N: Thank you. Transcripts and audio of this program are available at hpr.fm also at healthprofessionalradio.com.au and you can subscribe through our podcast on iTunes.


Well, there goes another one. Even though I am starting to get older, every time a relationship ends it still causes me pain. I guess when I enter into a relationship I always have the thought in the back of my mind that maybe this is "The One." And when you realize that this isn't The One, it hurts.
This last relationship started around October and became official on Nov. 1. Things started off very well – almost too well. It moved quickly, but I didn't mind because everyone seemed to have fallen in love with this one, not just me. Friends and family alike all had high hopes. Heck, even complete strangers could see there was some definite chemistry there. There was a lot of attraction and a lot of admirable qualities.
I won't pretend that I haven't thought this before with others in the past, but for whatever reason things just never quite turned out the way I had hoped. Maybe it was my fault for putting too much of my heart and soul into those relationships. If I had tempered my expectations a little, maybe it would have worked out. At least I wouldn't be so devastated. Or maybe it was their fault, because they all certainly had their own unique flaws. But I tended to overlook those shortcomings. When you are desperate for something and put a lot of time and money into furthering things, you don't want to start over and think about moving on. But never before did I feel this strongly about something as I did throughout the majority of this last relationship.
There were certainly hiccups at times, but nothing too alarming – at least not until the last month or so. It was in the past month that I started hearing whispers from those close to me that maybe there were others who were better suited and more well-rounded options that could present me a more fulfilling relationship. I was starting to hear that there were other "fish in the sea," so to speak. I'm just not wired that way though, because I tend to be a very loyal person. When I commit, I commit for the long haul. The good times weren't quite as good as they had been in the past, but that was no reason to give up hope.
There were times, though, that I felt like I was the only one focused on improving things and that I cared more than they did. Really though, I think perhaps we just peaked too soon. Valentine's Day weekend was an absolute blast, but a couple weeks later things started to cool down. The chemistry just wasn't there like before and things started to seem a bit off. Maybe I took things for granted.
We still did alright up until the very end and created memories that will last a lifetime for which I am grateful. March 10 is a day I will certainly always remember. But before long it seemed like all I did was reminisce instead of create new and better memories. That's when I knew that we were in trouble. I began spending more time casually looking at others who were a bit more attractive and would briefly lust after them, but like I said, I'm a loyal guy. And now I'm left with that hollow feeling again. Although some might say it's actually been over for about a month now, our relationship officially ended late last Thursday night. Might have even been early Friday morning, I'm not real sure. It's still a bit hazy and I'm still dazed.
But it will be ok. I still have hope. We have a top-notch recruiting class coming in to Bloomington next year when once again Indiana University basketball and I will be joined together at the hip just like old times. "Next Year". The words that spring eternal.
Speaking of spring, it's baseball season now! It's time to pull for my Red Sox and enter into another new and exciting relationship. It may just be another six-month fling, but who knows? And then it will be IU basketball season again, and maybe this next season will be The One. Although if my girlfriend beats me again next year in our bracket challenge, I'm not sure I'll be able to handle it. My column in 12-months might have to be about ending a real relationship!
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How Big Data and AI is Disrupting the HealthIT
Aug 11, 2017 6:13:52 PM
Despite the fact that our brain has got immense storage and processing power, we prefer storing our data on digital space. In consequence, the digital data is enlarging in size and is estimated to reach 44 trillion GB by 2020. Surely, such big data is impossible for humans to handle and thus Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be needed to track, manage, and probably, process it as well.
While 'real' AI is a near future, we have started to use the best of narrow AI in the form of self-driving cars, search engines, security surveillance, and other devices. Similarly, we could see a number of potential implications of AI in healthcare that showcase an optimistic future of diagnosis, curing, and delivery of care. Let's peek into some of the revolutionizing examples in healthcare that are surely disrupting the industry and leading the way to more inventive solutions.
a. Mining Medical Records for Treatment Plans
One of the most apparent applications of AI in healthcare is data management. Gathering, storing, and normalizing data is the primary step in transforming the existing system of care. We could see this job being done phenomenally by the Google Deepmind Health project, that mines the medical big data to render better solutions.
Every test or scan conducted on a patient comprises of a set of information, indicating if the patient is at risk or what are the decisive steps in treatment. If this information (in the form of big data) is available, it can assist hospitals and physicians to save lives. In order to sort this data and offer relevant suggestions/solutions, AI helps. Instead of programming the systems to recognize the potential symptoms or signs of a problem, AI systems are trained to interpret the data into significant results. This would enable doctors to learn the issue and provide efficient treatment possible.
Currently, this deep learning research is being deployed for eye scans at Moorfields, and head/neck scans at University College London Hospitals. The issues are recorded, stored, and are sorted to recommend the right course of action to the clinicians.
b. Assisting Physicians in Performing Repetitive Tasks
Cognitive assistance, another application of AI has been aiding the HealthIT with analytical and reasoning capabilities. One of the potential and active examples of this is Medical Sieve, which aims to simplify decision making in cardiology and radiology. The project under IBM will analyze the radiology images (based on cognitive learning) and will spot and detect the issues, faster. This will consequently spare the radiologists from handling minor cases and have their focus on complicated cases either, where human supervision holds more significance.
c. Diminishing the In-Person Consultation Gap
Suppose you have headache, you feel dizzy, but you are uncertain about the malady. You need to visit the doctor but you get the appointment after two days. Now that's where AI is filling the gap.
There are apps like Babylon that are making in-person and online consultation easy. Backed with AI, the apps let the users report the symptoms of illness, which is then checked against the database of disease through speech recognition. Once the history of the patient is analyzed along with the current circumstances, Babylon offers relevant recommendation to them. Together with this, the app also reminds the patients for mediation, follow ups, and change in the course of action, accordingly. Such apps are programmed with Machine Learning (ML) to understand issues confronted by varied patients, studies them, and use this database for relevant suggestions. And with such examples, we can have some reasons to justify that mobile applications in healthcare are making for new opportunities and innovations.
d. Advancing Genomics for Healthier, Longer Living
AI is immensely impacting genetics and genomics. Take example of Deep Genomics, which analyzes the data patterns of genetic information and medical records so sa to verify the variations and linkages to a disease. With this, a new generation of computational technologies is introduced that will let the geneticists, predict what will happen within a cell when a DNA is undergoes any genetic variation, either natural or therapeutic.
In similar context, Craig Venter, an American geneticists is working on an algorithm that could design physical characteristics of a patient, based on their DNA. As an extension to his work, he has his enterprise, known as Human Longevity Inc. The scientists at HLI have created the largest database of sequenced genomes and phenotypic data, that can enable spotting cancer or other vascular disease at an early stage.
e. Drug Creation
Clinical trials for developing pharmaceuticals is a long process, which can sometimes take a decade or more and even cost million dollars. To make his process cost-effective and ascertain that innovation reaches the healthcare industry as fast as possible (especially in epidemic), AI has been making some amazing contributions.
One of the popular example of this one is Atomwise, which uses supercomputers for examining the database of molecular structure to find relevant therapies. Atomwise has made use of virtual search in the past to look out for safe and existing medicine to lessen down the effect of Ebola virus. The drugs suggested by the AI technology proved to have offered positive effects in just one day, which could have otherwise taken months or years.
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How is AI Defining the Future of Healthcare?
At first, Artificial Intelligence had to breakdown the prejudices and fears that were linked with its potential and involvement in a critical domain like healthcare. However, with the examples discussed above, AI is surely manifesting its significance and real time applications in maintenance, diagnosis, and treatment. In the following time, we can certainly have some interesting innovations in the domain through healthcare mobile app development and will have huge medical discoveries happening, backed and managed by AI.
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Crown of Madness 5e – Why Use It?
By Jake Morley • Updated: 01/04/22 • 8 min read
Despite the broad selection of spells in D&D, a relative handful of mainstays such as Sleep and Fireball tend to dominate most caster's spell lists. But there are several lesser-known options that can give casters creative new options for dealing with opponents.
With that in mind, let's take a look at one such spell in D&D 5E, Crown of Madness, that's available to most casters and has rich potential for creative use. First, let's recap the basic details:
Crown of Madness Description
Level: 2nd
Range: 120'
Casting Time: 1 action
Spell Lists: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
The caster may target any single humanoid visible within range, who must make a Wisdom save or be charmed for the spell's duration. A jagged iron crown appears on the target's head and the target's eyes glow with madness. Each round, the target must use its action prior to movement to make a melee attack against a creature chosen by the caster. After this attack, the target may use its movement as it desires. If there is no creature in melee range, the target can use its actions normally (though it still has the charmed condition).
The caster must maintain concentration and use his action each round to maintain the spell. In addition, the target attempts the save again at the end of each round, with success ending the spell.
Why Use Crown of Madness?
At first glance, the spell doesn't seem appealing – it takes up your actions, the target gets multiple shots at one of the less challenging saving throws and – if there's no suitable candidate for a melee attack – the target can act freely, including using ranged attacks, spells, or any other abilities, so long as they're not targeting the actual caster.
And even on the rounds they make the attack, they can still use their movement to take themselves out of melee range (or melee range of their own allies, at least).
Those would seem to be lethal drawbacks for the spell, when the basic Charm Person only takes a 1st level slot, doesn't require such an investment to maintain, and lasts an hour. However, Crown of Madness has a few quirks that set it apart from Charm Person (or the more powerful Dominate Person) and make it a worthy addition to a caster's arsenal.
Consider this: both Charm Person and Dominate Person give the target advantage on the Wisdom save if they're cast while the target's in combat with the caster's party. Crown of Madness has no such limitation – meaning it's just as effective if cast at an opponent during battle.
Also, while Charm Person ends immediately if the caster or his allies harm the target – and Dominate Person gives the target another try at the save every time they take damage from any source – attacks against the target of Crown of Madness have no such effect, meaning your allies can whittle away at the target even as it attacks its own allies on your behalf.
And the range of Crown of Madness is a stunning 120 feet – four times that of Charm Person, and twice that of the 5th level Dominate Person. Used correctly, that could make it a very versatile spell, as well as a great sneak attack option.
And while it might seem like a spell useful only against lower-rung humanoids whose low Wisdom and CR make the saving throw more challenging than normal – like goblins, kobolds, grimlocks, or slaad – the trick with Crown of Madness, like any spell, is in how you use it. So, let's talk about some of those more inventive uses that can elevate this spell.
Crown Of Madness Tactics
Target control:
Have an enemy bashing your healer, bard, or another soft target? Crown of Madness can let you redirect their aggression to, say, your party's barbarian. As long as the more combat-ready alternative is in melee range (or can get into melee range before the target kicks off his turn), you can keep them engaged with someone they'll have a harder time damaging, and free up those more vulnerable members to use their talents for more than just dodging. As an added bonus, if the target attempts to move away after attacking – boom, attack of opportunity (since they had to burn their action on melee, Disengage is off the table).
Limiting strikes:
The specific text of the spell says the target "must use its action before moving on each of its turns to make a melee attack". The implication is that the target of Crown of Madness gets a single strike – meaning that a target with the Multiattack action wouldn't be able to use it. Casting Crown of Madness on such a target, even if the only available melee opponent is the same party member they'd have attacked anyway, reduces the potential strikes against your allies.
Of course, this is something of a judgment call based on the wording of the spell, and the DM is always free to interpret it their own way. However, the fact that the attack is being made not of their own will, but by the compulsion of the spell (no matter who they're aiming at), seems consistent with the idea that they're making a single, forced swing.
Defanging the Spellcasters:
Granted, they're probably more likely than most to make a Wisdom save. All the same, compelling an enemy mage to take a swing at someone instead of working up a Fireball can only help the party's odds (and even without melee attacks, the charmed condition keeps them from throwing area-of-effect magic your way). Likewise, making their healer throw a punch instead of tending their wounded is a potentially valuable trick.
Teamwork:
Remember that one of the great advantages of the Crown of Madness spell is that attacks by allies don't impact the spell. This allows them to "corral" the target with Shove or spells like Thorn Whip to keep them in range of melee targets so they can't act on their own.
Cooperation by party members can keep a Crown of Madness target bouncing into melee range of other creatures for as long as the spell lasts.
Sniping:
As noted, Crown of Madness has impressive range – enough that a party can use it against a group that's totally unaware of them. Imagine a wizard or bard casting it from a tower window at a member of the formation of guards below.
Not only is the target in the midst of a number of melee options, when they do have the option to move, they won't have a clue why they need to, or where to.
The crown and crazy eyes will leave those around the target no doubt they're under some kind of magical effect, but what are the odds they'll know how to stymie it? As a long distance, sneak-attack option, this spell offers great opportunity to sow chaos for a stealthy caster.
While a first impression might make Crown of Madness seem like a limited spell, these few suggestions show it definitely has potential. Casters that can think outside the box would do well to give the spell a chance.
Crown of Madness FAQ'S
What does the crown of madness do?
Crown of Madness targets a single humanoid, causing a twisted iron crown to appear on their head and a mad light to blaze in their eyes unless they make a Wisdom save. They are charmed until the spell ends (up to 1 minute) and must make a melee attack at a creature the caster selects, though they are otherwise free to move as they wish.
Can crown of madness be twinned?
Since it can only target a single humanoid, Crown of Madness meets the requirements and can be twinned by a Sorcerer spending 2 sorcery points.
Can madness be cured 5e?
The Crown of Madness spell only lasts a minute, but other types of madness can endure. Lesser Restoration handles short- or long-term madness, while Greater Restoration works for indefinite madness. Remove Curse can work as well, depending on the specifics
How can you get the crown of madness?
A reference to the D&D 5E spell Crown of Madness, Roblox published an item of the same name (part of a set of three, including Robes of Madness and Pants of Madness) in 2020. It can still be obtained in the Piggy game.
Jake Morley
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Boulder's electronic smoking device regulations still unclear
There is continued confusion around how to best define language that would clarify Boulder's code regulating and taxing electronic smoking devices.
After being directed to discuss the matter by Boulder City Council, the city's Cannabis Licensing and Advisory Board on Tuesday agreed that it does not have a good way to distinguish between the various smoking devices.
"CLAB doesn't have a definitive test differentiating cannabis and tobacco vaporizers," board member Brian Keegan said.
This conversation began publicly last month when staff proposed a code change that would impose a tax on all electronic smoking devices, regardless of what those devices are used to smoke. Members of the city's financial and legal teams said it's been challenging to implement the voter-approved initiative requiring a 40% sales tax on electronic smoking devices because of the lack of clarity around which devices should be taxed.
"The conundrum that staff has when we're looking at administering a tax is how to develop clear objective standards," Tax and Special Projects Manager Joel Wagner said. "What we found in going out and doing research is that, you know, in a lot of this space … how manufacturers talk about the devices and how the devices are actually used or reviewed or sold doesn't conform."
The change, which city staff views as a clarification of the existing law passed by Boulder voters in 2019, is due to "inartful drafting" when the ordinance implementing the tax was adopted, staff said in a prior interview with the Camera. The ordinance originally defined the people collecting and remitting the tax to the city as tobacco retailers.
As such, Keegan and other CLAB members recommended distinguishing the places where the tax should be applied. Licensed marijuana retailers, for example, should not have to pay the tax, he recommended.
But Senior Attorney Kathy Haddock said doing so would be problematic "from a taxing perspective." Haddock said the board could make any recommendation it wanted but that staff didn't believe taxing based on the type of retailer would be feasible.
In a June meeting, the City Council was compelled by comments from cannabis industry representatives as well as the belief of many council members that the original voter-approved measure was not intended to include cannabis.
There are exemptions that say the tax will not apply to any electronic smoking device approved for sale as a smoking cessation product or for other medically approved purposes. The exemptions also say that marijuana included in the electronic smoking device at the time of sale is not subject to the 40% tax.
However, VS Strategies, a cannabis policy and public affairs consulting group, suggested including an exemption for any devices that cannot be used for tobacco or nicotine delivery.
The Council generally supported that but directed staff to fine-tune the language. In the meantime, the Council said electronic smoking devices that are used for cannabis should not be taxed.
Several Cannabis Licensing and Advisory Board members argued that the policy itself should be revised and that it might require returning to the voters.
"It's going to have to be redrafted and that's not CLAB's purview. That's not CLAB's job," member Tom Kunstman said.
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