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An episode of The Fosters annoyed me today.
In a previous episode, Jude (Hayden Byerly) suddenly stops speaking. He's diagnosed with elective mutism, and the plan is to be patient and understanding towards him.
There's a really sweet scene at the beginning of "Mother" where Jude's sister Callie (Maia Mitchell) acts very understanding and tells him not to let her or anyone else pressure him to talk. I thought about how that was so nice, and how I wish my family members were like that.
But then....
Towards the end of the episode, Callie tells Jude he has to talk to her, and the other people who love him, because not doing so is selfish.
No!!!!!
Okay. Maybe we should give Callie a break. Because the reason she says this to Jude is that earlier her other brother, Brandon (David Lambert) pushed her to stop keeping her rape a secret.
Yeah. How many women (or men) have come forward about rape and not been believed?
In season one, Callie herself was actually punished for coming forward about the rape.
It is not selfish to want to keep things to yourself...even your whole voice.
For personal reasons, I really could not stand Callie calling Jude selfish. Then the episode pisses me off, because her insult works. Jude starts speaking again.
I really don't like the idea that the show is pushing—that we can cure people of their emotional problems by calling them selfish.
Anyway, I took the episode personally because I have closed up at times.
I don't go completely silent.
But I do go through phases where I keep things to myself. I avoid talking about myself.
This comes from years of experiencing things like emotional invalidation, minimizing, gaslighting, blatant disinterest, misunderstandings, etc.
A couple of summer ago, I was very upset.
A new cat had found its way into our lives. No I was not upset about the new cat. That was a very happy thing.
But....
I felt Annie was too young to be left alone while we all went to the lake house. Someone needed to stay home with her. The fourth of July weekend was approaching. I suggested to Tim that we split the weekend up. He spend a couple of nights; then I spend a couple of nights.
Tim got very tense and talked about how he needed to be there to cook the vegetarian part of the meal.
I was quite taken aback by this, because, besides me, there's only one other vegetarian. (And now I'm thinking, couldn't he have also made something ahead of time and then just had someone reheat it?).
Tim changed his tune slightly in the days approaching the weekend. But it was too late for me. The thing is, I already had a huge amount of insecurity about my family preferring Tim over me. I mean not from this one conversation but from years of things said, not said, done, and not done.
What I really wanted was for someone in my family to question why I was the one staying home with Annie and not Tim. No one said anything.
Now, to be fair, it wasn't in the plans for me to be completely absent from the lake house. Tim picked me up for an afternoon visit.
I was not doing well on that visit. Annie was in heat, and that was very stressful. I was still very hurt by the fact that Tim was getting all the nights at the lake house, and no one seemed to care. I was dealing with my new neurological symptoms. And on a lake house boat ride, my sister said something that really hurt me and stressed me out.
I ended up crying at the lake house. Sobbing.
It was not a good time for me.
I went home.
My mom texted me and offered to pick me up the next day if I wanted to come back to the lake house.
I texted back and told her maybe but that my brain and emotions were not doing well. So..also maybe not.
I very stupidly expected her to text back and be a sympathetic listener.
She didn't do that. She responded by saying, Let me know if you need a ride. Love You!!!!
On the surface that sounds very nice. She offered to give me a ride. She says she loves me. What's there to complain about?
But...well, below the surface was my problems and feelings being ignored.
The next day I kind of bitched her out about this, and I really let my feelings out. I talked about how the Tim thing really hurt me. I talked about how the family often acts that Tim is more important to them.
I also talked about how the family is often asking Tim to do them favors, and how, when at the lake house I asked Tim to do me (His wife!!!) a favor, I was mocked.
The message I was trying to convey to my mom is that A) With my family, I should come before Tim B) With Tim I should come before the family.
I am not self-centered enough to think I should come before everyone in the whole wide world. But with certain people I should come before other certain people.
Well, somehow this message got completely twisted. From what I could gather from future angry messages from my dad is that me feeling not-loved-enough somehow turned into me accusing my parents of treating Tim like a slave.
WTF????!!!!!
Between the dramatic text conversation with my mom and the angry email from my dad, we went on a cruise where, I might have imagined it, but I felt a coldness from my parents. Well, the fact that my dad later revealed he was angry about what he thought I said during the conversation, I had with my mom, makes me think it was probably NOT in my imagination.
OR maybe not, because sometimes I have very suppressed anger towards someone, and I feel completely fine towards them until we get in a fight that suddenly reminds me of the suppressed anger.
So...I don't know.
Anyway, I became so frustrated by my parents twisting my hurt feelings into a criticism of them not treating Tim well enough that I suddenly decided to become estranged from them.
It was a fairly mild estrangement that lasted about 2-3 months. I still wished them a happy anniversary. I still said happy birthday to my mom and gave her a gift. I didn't completely shut them out of my life, and I wasn't completely cold towards them.
I give a range for the ending, because it didn't suddenly end over night. It just slowly faded.
In October I went to my sister's 40th birthday party. My mom and I had a hug there.
I spent a night at the lake house over Thanksgiving. I didn't totally kiss and make up with my parents. But we were civil with each other.
In December, my niece had surgery. My dad and I lifted a lot of the ice between us via conversations about Apple Pay and vending machines.
A short time after that, I started having conversations with parents again. One such conversation was about a parenting issue I was having.
On a later date, I talked to them a lot about my neurological issues.
The estrangement was very much over. Not only was I no longer estranged with my parents but I was (stupidly) opening up to them. I was letting down my guard and letting them in.
Then about six months after the end of the estrangement, I got angry with my dad. Throughout the non-estrangement months, I had told him a LOT about my neurological issues. I wrongly believed he had listened and understood. But he said something that made me see he had NOT been listening well. He had totally NOT understood.
We got into a fight about this, and my dad then told me he was worried about my estrangement from the family AND criticized me for not talking about my child as much as my sisters talk about their children.
Here I am upset that my dad didn't listen well enough to me, and he's complaining that I don't talk enough???!!!!
Why the hell should I open up to him or my mom when I did so for months, and he labels that time as me being estranged? Did he not notice I had been talking to the family a LOT for the last several months?
It takes courage for me to share my feelings with my family, especially my parents. Because opening up to my parents is like putting quarters in a slot machine. Once in awhile, they SEEM to be listening and understanding. On rare occasions, they will say something wise and comforting. But most times, they end up making me feel invalidated, angry, and hurt. And well...really. When I win, it's more like winning money in the slot machine; then later learning out the money has poison ivy oils all over it.
It might SEEM like they're listening and empathizing/sympathizing. But later they'll say things that make me realize they totally do not get it.
Note: I have poison ivy rashes right now, so that's why I'm using that analogy.
Anyway, I spent months of not being estranged from my parents. I spent months bonding with them, talking to them, etc. And all my letting down my guard and opening up seems to have been for nothing.
So yeah. It really rubs me the wrong way when someone is labeled selfish for being silent.
Now if someone becomes silent, or holds back, because they WANT something and are trying to get what they want with a manipulative silent treatment? That's very different. That IS selfish.
Holding back, though, because you're scared, insecure, distrustful, etc. that is not selfish.
And sometimes opening up to certain people is NOT courageous. Sometimes it is foolish.
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Crystal Palace F.C. is a soccer team based in South London that competes in the English Premier League. Although Premier League games can start as early as 4:30 AM on the West Coast, Crystal Palace has a loyal following in the U.S., and even has a dedicated fan club in NYC called the NY Eagles.
You can live stream Palace matches from the U.S. on most major streaming devices, including iPhone, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV, with live TV streaming services that carry NBC's family of channels, of which, NBC, Peacock, and USA Network are the most important.
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Про́рвич () — белорусская фамилия. Известные носители:
 Прорвич, Бронислав Федотович (род. 1930) — советский кларнетист.
 Прорвич, София Фёдоровна — православная белорусская писательница.
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 Oberdán Caletti, filósofo;
 Sergio Caletti, teórico de la comunicación, hijo del anterior.


Tanzania has signed a Country Programming Framework (CPF) with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) worth Sh 1.8 billion ($867,000) to implement a number of agriculture programmes including tackling aflatoxins that has caused several deaths in the country.
The signing event was held in Dar-es-Salaam between the FAO Country Rep, Fred Kafeero and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, permanent secretary Mathew Mtigumwe.
While signing the contract, Mtigumwe said that the three projects include tackling aflatoxins, Sh 327.5million ($151,000), empowering Kagera women's groups after earthquake Sh648.8million ($299,000) and putting value added addition to agriculture crops Sh904.9 million ($417,000).
"The funds will be used to tackle major challenges facing the agriculture sector including the aflatoxins outbreak that caused several deaths in Dodoma recently mainly found in groundnuts," he said.
He said agriculture plays a critical role in the country's economy and FAO is one of the key partners in improving the sector which remains the biggest employer in Tanzania.
He said that the framework will be a big contribution to realizing the agriculture goals Phase Two of the Agriculture Sector Development Programme.
On his part, FAO country representative, Kafeero said the framework guides FAO support and partnership with Tanzania from 2017 to 2020.
"The framework aims to improve agriculture, food security and nutrition in the country" he said.
According to him, the collaboration between FAO and the government aims to reinforce priorities through evidence based agriculture policy, planning, investment and sector coordination; increasing agriculture production, productivity for food and nutrition security; improving market access for increased incomes; and strengthening resilience to natural and manmade threats and crises such as climate change impacts and unsustainable management of natural resources.
He said, the implementation of the priorities will be through working in partnership with central and local governments.


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Q: CAST: diferença entre "(String) arg" e "String.class.cast(arg)" Gostaria de saber se existe diferença entre:
String a = (String) arg;

e o cast da classe:
String a = String.class.cast(arg);

Uma vez, ouvi dizer que utilizar o cast estático da classe é mais performático, isto é verdade?

A: Ambos executam a mesma tarefa, porém a chamada versão "estática" gera mais bytecode (mais overhead em tempo de compilação).
Na pratica ambos executam o cast usando a instrução bytecode:
CHECKCAST java/lang/String

A diferença que o código gerado pela versão "estática" obtém o tipo declarativamente, no caso String.class, fazendo uma chamada de Class.cast(Object)
código de referencia:
public class CastTest2 {

    public static void main(String... args) {

        Object arg = "Test";

        String explicitCast = (String) arg;

        String explicitDynCast = String.class.cast(arg);

    }

bytecode gerado para o cast direto:
   L1
    LINENUMBER 10 L1
    ALOAD 1
    CHECKCAST java/lang/String
    ASTORE 2

bytecode gerado para o cast "estatico":
   L2
    LINENUMBER 12 L2
    LDC Ljava/lang/String;.class
    ALOAD 1
    INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/Class.cast (Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
    CHECKCAST java/lang/String
    ASTORE 3

Sendo assim:
LDC Ljava/lang/String;.class

A instrução acima retorna uma instancia de Class
que por sua vez, chama o método cast, retornando um Objeto:
INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/Class.cast (Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;

e implicitamente faz o Cast para o Type, Class T.
CHECKCAST java/lang/String

ps: O fato o qual chamo "estatico" e como pode ser visto no bytecode que a chamada a Class.cast(object) é feita usando a instrução INVOKEVIRTUAL e não INVOKESTATIC.

A: Como dito pelo Felipe nos comentários, para questão de comparativo de performance basta você fazer um benchmarking simples das duas abordagens.
Neste exemplo foi usado o Metrics, versão 3.1.0. Caso use maven, basta adicionar esta dependência:
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
    <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Outras considerações:

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*JRE 1.8 update 45

*Windows 8.1 Pro

*Rodado no Eclipse Luna, release 2, versão 4.4.2, Build id 20150219-0600

Foram feitos 10000 casts de objetos para String, tanto usando o cast operator, quanto usando cast(Object obj).
Abaixo estão os trechos usados para cast:

*

*usando cast operator
static void usingCastMethod() {
    final Object obj = "string";
    for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
        final String str = String.class.cast(obj);
    }
}

Resultado: 629.19 milisegundos

*

*usando cast(Object obj)
static void usingCastOperator() {
    final Object obj = "string";
    for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
        final String str = (String) obj;
    }
}

Resultado: 3065.02 milisegundos
Obs.: o resultado é apenas para comparativo, apenas para vermos que há sim diferença em performance.
Pelo resultado podemos perceber que há diferença significativa, ou seja, podemos concluir que isto não é tratado de forma diferente pelo compilador.
Agora, vamos verificar como ficou o bytecode gerado nas duas abordagens:

*

*usando cast operator
  static void usingCastMethod();
    Code:
       0: ldc           #104                // String string
       2: astore_0
       3: iconst_0
       4: istore_1
       5: goto          21
       8: ldc           #106                // class java/lang/String
      10: aload_0
      11: invokevirtual #113                // Method java/lang/Class.cast:(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
      14: checkcast     #106                // class java/lang/String
      17: astore_2
      18: iinc          1, 1
      21: iload_1
      22: sipush        10000
      25: if_icmplt     8
      28: return

*

*usando cast(Object obj)
  static void usingCastOperator();
    Code:
       0: ldc           #104                // String string
       2: astore_0
       3: iconst_0
       4: istore_1
       5: goto          16
       8: aload_0
       9: checkcast     #106                // class java/lang/String
      12: astore_2
      13: iinc          1, 1
      16: iload_1
      17: sipush        10000
      20: if_icmplt     8
      23: return

Pelo bytecode podemos ver que de fato usando cast operator é mais oneroso, se você verificar cada instrução na especificação verá em detalhes o porque disso.
Em resumo é devido ao fato de java saber o tipo apenas em tempo de execução, então ele tem que se virar para garantir ao máximo possível que não dê um ClassCastException. Já na outra abordagem, mesmo gerando mais bytecode, você já deixou explícito o tipo que espera, se não for ele (isInstance(Object obj)) uma ClassCastException será lançada, sem a JVM buscar mais informação para tentar o cast
Já sabendo que em termos de performance há diferença, existem vantagens e desvantagens? Consigo agora lembrar apenas quando usamos genéricos:

*

*para evitar warning em tempo de compilação quando estamos usando genéricos (e não apenas String), ou seja, em vez disto:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public <T> T cast(final Object o) {
    return (T) o;
}

Prefira usar isto:
public <T> T cast(final Class<T> clazz, final Object o) {
    return clazz.cast(o);
}

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The exec previously worked at Fuse Media, Machinima, MTV Networks and Fox Searchlight Pictures, and brings "deep experience" in the world of music.
Former creative director at Fuse Media, Jason Hargrove, has moved to Izo to head up the development of original programming at the music-focused digital brand.
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He'll also manage programming partnerships and oversee the distribution of channels and content across platforms.
In addition to rolling out Izo's development slate, Hargrove is tasked with overseeing the existing programming slate for DanceOn, the dance entertainment vertical under the recently unveiled Izo banner that counts music legend Madonna among its co-founders.
Hargrove will operate out of Izo's Los Angeles offices and report directly to company CEO Amanda Taylor.
Taylor called Hargrove "the perfect fit to build and execute" her company's multi-platform programming strategy.
"His deep experience in the world of music entertainment lines up with our goals to expand our brand and content strategy into new areas of music," she said in a media statement.
Hargrove comes to Izo from Fuse where he served as VP of original content for Fuse's FM channel, overseeing production and development of original content in addition to facilitating distribution deals and brand entertainment partnerships. His most recent work for Fuse included Tiësto's In The Booth, starring DJ Tiësto.
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Did you know that editing is a crucial part of the writing process? Most writers submit their content to an editor before publishing, others even turn to an editor before they finish their work to seek assistance in the developmental stages. Editing ensures that a writer's work is complete, clean of errors, and will be well received by the reader.
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Editing is an umbrella word that encompasses a host of responsibilities more easily understood when we look at the types of editing that go into improving copywriters' ideas and readying digital written content. The key purposes behind all types of editing are to better a piece of writing by correcting errors, to refine language, to apply a chosen style, and to ensure it conveys the intended message while also meeting publishing and audience standards.
Editors are often invisible but integrally necessary to helping writers carve their best work.
Consider these four actions:
I'm working with an editor to develop my idea for a novel. (developmental editing)
The editor helped me rewrite so many of my sentences because I had trouble expressing exactly what I wanted to say. (line editing)
It's a good thing I have an editor because she catches all of my misspellings, grammar mistakes, and punctuation faux pas. (copyediting)
After my final draft is formatted, my editor will complete the last step before publication. She will ensure all necessary changes have been made and check for any remaining errors in language, design, and formatting. (proofreading)
As you can see, each example above demonstrates one of the four major areas of editing, which are explained in more detail in Types of Editing. All told, an editor's job is to point out what problems have arisen, explain why they are problems, and offer possible solutions.
Editors have a meticulous command over language that allows them to improve written content.
All writers benefit from editors because it is difficult for most writers to see their own errors.
Editors are experts in grammar, mechanics (rules of written language), sentence structure, flow, unity and cohesion (interconnectedness of ideas), word choice, and applying specific styles, to name a few. They are patient, have a keen eye for the tiniest of details, and are often excellent writers in their own right. Editors are critical readers and critical thinkers, using their training and experience to evaluate, analyze, and comment on written material in ways that help writers achieve their personal bests, while preserving their unique voices.
Why editing matters
Editing is essential to published writing, be it in printed or digital form, because polished language presents a professional front. Language that reads unnaturally can turn away prospective customers and clients who might view your company as incompetent, at best, or as untrustworthy, at worst. They just don't know that someone else is responsible for the poorly-phrased and error-riddled content in your marketing materials.
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'Inadequate' rating for children's care centre
A RESPITE care centre for disabled children in Henley has been ordered to improve by Ofsted.
The education watchdog says the Chiltern Centre, off Greys Road, suffers from "serious and/or widespread failures" which mean children and young people are not protected or their welfare is not promoted.
Inspectors deemed it "inadequate" both generally and in three key areas — the overall experiences of children and young people, helping and protecting them and the effectiveness of leaders and managers.
The centre had been improving following a visit in July 2016 when it was judged to "require improvement". It was said to have "improved effectiveness" at an inspection in January 2017 and was rated "good" four months later.
But in the latest visit in January, inspectors found "serious failings" in how the charity dealt with safeguarding concerns. Staff reported these to managers but they weren't always passed on to the relevant individuals.
A report published this week says managers didn't follow the home's policies or "apply professional curiosity" to concerns that were raised and their records did not provide a clear trail of how they were investigated.
In some cases, concerns were passed on but not within the required timescales while matters of a "serious" nature were either referred to Ofsted's chief inspector too late or not at all.
Staff were completing risk assessments, including those relating to fire, but they were "weak" or "inconsistent" in quality and didn't consider all possible risks or their severity.
Inspectors said the home had improved its practices around the use of physical restraint but said staff should explore ways to help young people who do not speak to express their views on the subject.
They said managers didn't have clear systems to identify areas of improvement.
They said the home was serving many more adults than children and this should be addressed but it had no clear plan to do so.
The report says that the staff are caring and provide young people with individualised, personalised care and treat them with respect and dignity.
It says they follow detailed, informative health plans for their charges' dietary, medical, physical and personal care needs.
It says young people enjoy a varied programme of activities and staff understand each of their communication needs as well as monitoring how happy they are.
However, it was not clear when the home reviewed young people's plans and they were not being routinely consulted about improvements to the home.
Paul Barrett, the centre's chairman of trustees, said its new manager Gareth Groves, who has replaced Keith Manning, was making
improvements in line with Ofsted's recommendations.
He said: "Clearly this is a disappointing report. It highlights a number of procedural issues that need addressing but there is no suggestion that any of our users have been subjected to harm at any time.
"We are committed to providing children and young people around the area with first-class care and their families with a welcoming respite service.
"It is one that we've been proud to provide for many years and which we intend to carry forward.
"We accept that mistakes have occurred in the recent past but we are now putting everything in place to ensure that these procedural processes are improved.
"We look forward to showing the Ofsted inspectors how we have addressed the problems when they next visit."
The centre, which was launched in 2003, provides respite care for familes of children and young adults with severe physical and learning difficulties.
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Luke Fickell comments on Notre Dame speculation
Spenser Davis | 2 months ago
Notre Dame is the market for a new head coach, and Cincinnati's Luke Fickell is near the top of the list for potential replacements.
Fickell, who has a chance to make the College Football Playoff with Cincinnati over the next couple weeks, didn't do much to shut down any potential interest he might have in the Notre Dame job.
Here's what he told reporters on Tuesday:
Luke Fickell asked to address the Notre Dame rumors: There is no speculation. I don't check my phone, I don't pay it a lot of attention. I know there's an opening. All I care about is the guys (on the team). I'm not the only guy here with things swirling around my head.
— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) November 30, 2021
Fickell is catholic and is believed to hold the Notre Dame job in high regard. He's originally from Ohio and played football at Ohio State. He's also spent the bulk of his coaching career with the Buckeyes.
Other candidates to take the job include current defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman and Iowa State coach Matt Campbell. It's possible other compelling names will surface in the coming days.
Brian Kelly officially became LSU's head coach on Tuesday morning. He had been with Notre Dame since 2010 and was the winningest head coach in program history.
Notre Dame will learn its newest College Football Playoff ranking on Tuesday night. The Fighting Irish could be as high as No. 5 in this week's ranking. Fickell's Bearcats are expected to be in the top three.
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Spenser is originally from Oklahoma and has been covering college football since 2015. You can follow him on Twitter: @Davis_Spenser.
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My Experience Presenting at Public Health Conferences
By Jason Paltzer
Faculty, College of Nursing and Health Care Professions
January 17, 2018 in [ Medical Studies & Sciences ]
This past October and November, I had the privilege of presenting my research and work at three national conferences. Presenting and attending these conferences have been a great aspect of my career in public health.
Speaking at Health Conferences
The first conference was the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science conference in Austin, Texas sponsored by the Robert John Wood Foundation. The topic of this conference was "Improving Population Health: Now, Across People's Lives, and Across Generations to Come."
The second conference was the Addiction Health Services Research Conference in Madison, WI where I was able to connect with my research collaborators, Dr. D. Paul Moberg and Dr. Richard L. Brown, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The topic of my research investigates the effectiveness of substance use screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in primary care settings to reduce healthcare utilization and costs. SBIRT has been shown to be effective in reducing risky alcohol consumption, but its impact on longer-term healthcare use is inconclusive. The SBIRT program used paraprofessional health educators to administer SBIRT, which is a cost and time-saving alternative to using primary care providers (Brown et al. 2014).
The data consists of SBIRT program data linked to Medicaid claims data and uses a comparison group of Medicaid beneficiaries to assess changes over time while adjusting for secular trends. Overall, my findings show that SBIRT does reduce high-cost inpatient utilization and increases outpatient use, particularly among dual Medicaid/Medicare beneficiaries resulting in a net cost savings (Paltzer, et al. 2017). Future research will assess the likelihood of patients accessing substance abuse treatment services after receiving SBIRT.
Developing a Health and Wellness Program
In November, I presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. The topic of my presentation was the evaluation of a church-based health and wellness program I co-developed when I was serving as the global health director for Kingdom Workers, a faith-based organization (Kingdom Workers, 2017).
The 5|150 Wellness Circle program helps people start their wellness journey by guiding them in achieving the two basic health behaviors of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables per day and engaging in 150 minutes of activity per week. The evaluation found that the program was effective in increasing fruit and vegetable intake by 58% and minutes of activity by 14% over the eight-week program. The Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community sponsored the session where all the presenters shared work on supporting the local church to improve community health.
CIRT Scholarly Engagement Grants helped supported my participation in two of these conferences.
The College of Nursing and Health Care Professions at GCU is committed to providing both students and faculty with learning and growth opportunities. To learn more about our healthcare programs, visit our website or contact us using the Request More Information button on this page.
Paltzer, J. Brown, R.L., Burns, M., Moberg, D.P., Mullahy, J., Sethi, A.K., & Weimer, D. (2017) Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment Among Medicaid Patients in Wisconsin: Impacts on Healthcare Utilization and Costs. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 44(1):102-112.
Brown, R.L., Moberg, D.P., Allen, J.B., Peterson, C.T., Saunders, L.A., Croyle, M.D., Lecoanet, R.M., Linnan, S.M., & Breidenbach, K. (2014) A team approach to systematic behavioral screening and intervention. American Journal of Managed Care, 20(4):e113-e121.
Kingdom Workers. (2017) 5|150 Wellness Circle. Retrieved from: kingdomworkers.com/wellnesscircle.php
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Celebrities Sports Jackie Groenen: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About Soccer Player
Jackie Groenen: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About Soccer Player
Jackie Groenen (Soccer Player) was born on the 17th of December, 1994. She was born in 1990s, in Millennials Generation. Her birth sign is Sagittarius and her life path number is 7. Jackie's birth flower is Narcissus and birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz. What does this all mean? Let's find out!
Discover all the facts that no one tells you about Jackie Groenen below ↓
NAME: Jackie Groenen
REAL NAME: Jackie Groenen
PROFESSION: Soccer Player
BIRTHPLACE: Tilburg, Netherlands
NATIONALITY: Dutch
Jackie Groenen, best known for being a Soccer Player, was born in Tilburg, Netherlands on Saturday, December 17, 1994. Midfielder known for her play with both FFC Frankfurt of the Bundesliga and the Dutch women's national team. She also spent time playing for Chelsea.
Family: She grew up playing soccer with her sister Merel. Jackie Groenen father's name is under review and mother unknown at this time. We will continue to update details on Jackie Groenen's family.
Dating: According to CelebsCouples, Jackie Groenen is single .
Net Worth: Online estimates of Jackie Groenen's net worth vary. It's easy to predict her income, but it's much harder to know how much she has spent over the years. CelebsMoney and NetWorthStatus does a good job of breaking most of it down.
2. Jackie Groenen's zodiac sign is Sagittarius
Jackie Groenen zodiac sign is a Sagittarius. Dates of Sagittarius are November 22 - December 21. The Sagittarius zodiac sign often gains the reputation of the philosopher among their fellow zodiac signs. They do have a great ability to focus, but this may be surprising since many of them love exploring and wandering the world, tasting all the pleasures of life. They are ambitious, lucky,moral, optimistic, enthusiastic, open-minded, and versatile. Although, they can be gluttonous, lazy, restless, irresponsible, blindly optimistic, and tactless.
RULING PLANET: Jupiter
The Dutch soccer player has been alive for 9,884 days or 237,238 hours. There were precisely 335 full moons after her birth to this day.
Jackie Groenen was born on a Saturday. Saturday's children come courtesy of Saturn, the god of wealth, freedom, and agriculture. People born on Saturdays are modest, studious, wise, practical, and strict. Fun!
Countdown to Jackie Groenen's next birthday.
Jackie Groenen will be turning 28.
4. On Jackie Groenen's birthday
The world's population was 5,670,319,703 and there were an estimated 133,066,731 babies born throughout the world in 1994, Bill Clinton (Democratic) was the president of the United States, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was "Here Comes The Hotstepper (From "Ready To Wear")" by Ini Kamoze.
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Jackie Groenen was born in the Year of the Dog. People with Chinese zodiac Dog are usually independent, sincere, loyal and decisive according to Chinese zodiac analysis. They are not afraid of difficulties in daily life. Their strengths are being valiant, loyal, responsible, clever, and courageous. But they can also be overly sensitive, conservative, stubborn, emotional. Their lucky numbers are 3, 4, 9 and lucky colors are green, red, purple.
7. Jackie Groenen's life path number is 7
Life Path Number 7 represent 'The Intuitive'. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 7 have the admirable ability of seeing the infinite possibilities in every person and situation. 7 reminds us that the answers to all questions are in our DNA. Its energy is that of The Seeker. The values are meditative thought, introspection, imagination. The challenges are to listen to your rational side as much as your intuitive side.
Jackie Groenen was born in the middle of Millennials Generation.
9. Jackie Groenen's birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
10. Jackie Groenen's birth flower is Narcissus


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As previously covered, Jace's deck in the Duel Decks package was subtle and complicated, well-befitting the character Wizards has created in the Planeswalker. Not surprising, then, to find that the deck of his foil, Chandra, is is many ways quite the opposite. Although it is something of a cliche to say that burn decks are simpleton affairs, it certainly cannot stack up to the mono-Blue deck in terms of complexity and options. To some it may be refreshingly straightforward that Chandra's deck is designed mainly to smash face with beaters and clear a path with burn. In many ways, what you see is what you get with the fiery, impulsive Chandra.
Let's start with the array of creatures. A look at the curve graph shows a much more balanced spread than was present in the Jace deck, and with good reason- Red never wants a game to go long.
It's telling that the greatest threat density is found in the 2-drop slot, and even the earliest creatures never quite lose their punch. Most everything Chandra brings to the table has the ability to go large in some way as the mid-game stage is entered.
Take, for instance, the two one-drops (Flamekin Brawler). A 0/2 with Firebreathing, while there's some congestion with having one out early (do you attack for 2 or play something else on your second turn, since they don't do any damage without assistance), at no point in the game will they be unwelcome. They might well go down easy with only 2 toughness, but with enough open mana they'll almost certainly be taking something down with them.
The same goes for the Pyre Charger, one of the deck's very solid 2-drops, and indeed this slot is loaded with goodies. A pair of Soulbright Flamekin pull double-duty, granting Trample and even acting as a mana accelerant. The lone Fireslinger is a useful pinger despite the drawback, and the last two cards are my personal favourite: the Slith Firewalker. Faced with the prospect of growing out of control, they're often an early must-answer card in the deck. If nothing else, they are certainly magnets for the Blue mage's bounce spells.
The 3- and 4-drop spots are a bit narrow, as the deck has given you plenty to do early that will need the extra mana for pumping. Still, there are some useful cards here: a Flamewave Invoker provides a solid dose of uncounterable damage. The Flametongue Kavu begs to be a 2-for-1, and a smattering of Dragons (two Furnace Whelps and a Rakdos Pit Dragon) give you some presence in the air. The Hellbent mechanic on the Pit Dragon is an especially nice touch considering how easy it can be for a Red mage to run out of cards in hand.
Chandra's deck, however, is lighter on the big finishers than Jace's. The pair of Oxidda Golems– having Affinity for Mountains- can't really be considered as 6-drops in fairness, though they are quite inferior to their Jace counterparts as they're not as robust on the back end and lack evasion. The Ingot Chewer isn't much of a finisher, but it's price point reflects its utility as an artifact killer. That leaves the paltry Chartooth Cougar, and the heavyweight Hostility.
Don't confuse this lack of closers for weakness. Jace's deck leans on them heavilty to close the gap and get there. Chandra, however, has brought threats at all stages of the curve. For her, the closers are just another set of tools to stitch things up, and you'll be in little peril if you fail to draw any of them.
Only have a smidgen of Red mana left over in a turn? A brace of Firebolts and Seals of Fire have you covered. Got a little more to spend? Howabout a pair of Incinerates, a Magma Jet and a Flame Javelin.
Got a bunch, or just want to finish off your opponent? Twin Fireballs, a Cone of Flame, a Demonfire, perhaps followed up by one of Red's all-time closers- Fireblast– should get you there. Oh, and don't forget those Firebolts have Flashback and can make a return appearance.
In both Duel Decks, the singleton copy of the relevant Planeswalker ensures that it's a chance draw that's a boost when you luck into it, but by no means central to the deck's win conditions.
It should by now be clear that the deck is a racer, especially against it's nemesis in Jace. While the mono-Blue offering wants to clog up the middle, stall and delay until its beaters come online, Chandra's deck has to power through this. As always, you'll want to save the burn either for creatures in your way, or to finish off a gravely wounded opponent. But there's more than enough available, even considering attrition from countermagic.
On paper, I actually favour Chandra's deck slightly, but it will be interesting to see when we put them head-to-head and see how they perform!
In 2007, Wizards released what was to be the start of an innovative and highly collectible series of preconstructed decks that featured not one, but two decks designed to be played in opposition. This inaugural deck lifted a page out of lore and pitted the haughty Elves against the reckless Goblins (though their colours are aligned, the tribes need not be). This was enough of a success to prompt a Duel Decks release the following year.
Although the decks themselves are rather scarce (expect to pay about $80 new), are they worth the pickup? It's hard to argue in favour of that high a pricetag for a pair of preconstructed decks (as you're well on your way to buying a booster box at that point), but for the collector who enjoys the preconstructeds, is there actual play value here? Let's find out.
Green decks can afford to be fat in the back-end because they have ramping options to make the costs more afforable. Blue, alas, has no such luxury.
Furthermore, much like a Green deck, the sparse supply of noncreature spells offers a token support of the deck itself- there's nothing here that's gamechanging in and of itself. There's a smattering of countermagic (two Condescends, two Counterspells, and a Daze); some card draw (Fact or Fiction, Gush, Ancestral Vision); a jot of bounce (two Repulses); and a singleton Mind Stone for the faintest whiff of mana acceleration.
So is this the penultimate incarnation of Big Blue Beatdown? Not quite. Befitting Jace Beleren himself, there's a great deal more going on here than it might seem on the surface to the casual observer. Indeed, the deck is far more subtle and clever than these initial observations would indicate.
Of the 23 creatures in the deck, there are but two of them that might be considered 'vanilla:' a 4/4 flying Air Elemental, and a Waterspout Djinn (same as the Elemental, but cheaper with a slight drawback). Every other creature brings a little something extra to the table, often emulating the very Sorceries or Instants that inhabit Blue's segment of the colour pie.
Counters: Both the Voidmage Apprentice and the Martyr of Frost act as additional counterspells. For additional trickery, the Apprentice does so when coming out of Morph (an ability which finds plenty of use throughout the deck). The Willbender has a suprise coming out of Morph as well- acting as a Deflection.
Bounce: A pair of Man-o'-Wars act as early utility, with two other creatures following suit at higher casting costs (the Aethersnipe and Riftwing Cloudskate).
Card Advantage: The Weatherlight-era Ophidian is probably the clunkiest option here, as it must swing and connect to net you a card (in addition to forfeiting damage). The other options are a bit more elegant: two Fathom Seers net you extra cards when un-Morphing, while the Mulldrifter fuses a Bear with Divination giving you utility through flexibility with Evoke.
Utility: A few fewer options here, but there's a pinger in the form of a Mawcor as well as some additional trickery from the Brine Elemental.
Bombs: In addition to the aforementioned Elemental and Djinn, there's still another variant of the classic 4/4 flyer in the Errant Ephemeron, whose hardcast cost is seldom the way to go (taking advantage of Suspend is far cheaper, though requires some patience). Guile and the Quicksilver Dragon are also more than capable game-enders on their own.
The rest of the creatures defy such classifications, and range from the useful (the pair of Spire Golems are superb, and truthfully shouldn't be scored too strongly against the deck's mana curve) to the frankly underwhelming (a Bottle Gnomes and two Walls of Deceit).
So how does the Jace deck integrate? The suite of delaying tactics (countermagic, bounce) combined with the very heavy back-end of the mana curve all but demand that this deck go into the late-game to win. A quick victory here will almost certainly be a consequence of a dreadful draw or mana screw/flood on the part of your opponent, because the tools really aren't here for an urgent and sustained early aggro strategy.
Instead, the Jace player will want to contain, contain, contain, leaning on the back of the defensive-minded bodies in the deck to clog up the red zone. The extra card draw will then help dig for one of the deck's aerial closers.
Try and save some counters if you can to protect your closer. Although the top-tier ones (namely Guile and the Quicksilver Dragon) have their own built-in defense machanisms to thwart their demise, many of the other 4-toughness flyers will be vulnerable. They need not be kept alive long- Chandra's deck is light in the air and has little but burn for defense.
We'll soon have the chance to see how the deck plays out, but first we'll be doing something a little different. Typically we've kept the deck analysis post and the playtest post back to back, but this time we'll be taking a slight detour. Before sleeving up Jace for the field of battle, we'll be popping over to Chandra's side of things and seeing how it looks. Join us then!


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It should stay in Charlotte. And from the things that I'm hearing, it will stay in Charlotte. So I'm not nervous about it moving.
Cam Newton, on whether the Carolina Panthers getting a new owner might mean a move for the team.
I don't think Diddy will ultimately own the Panthers – he's just the biggest name to express interest at the moment. There will be many suitors for the Panthers, and I believe the NFL owners would ultimately prefer someone even richer (Forbes recently estimated Diddy's net worth at $820 million; the Panthers' asking price is expected to be about triple that figure).
I do think that Diddy – aka Sean Combs, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy – could find enough partners to get the money needed to buy the Panthers, however, and apparently he is taking the idea seriously enough to start looking.
Steph Curry has already expressed a playful interest in being a minority partner, and with Diddy's connections, he could find many more from the sports and entertainment worlds. So while the idea seems far-fetched in some ways, so did the idea of Donald Trump becoming the U.S. president 10 years ago or the idea of Richardson suddenly announcing he was going to sell the Panthers less than one week ago. Diddy is an astute businessman and has been an enormous success in both the music and fashion worlds.
On the other hand, Diddy faces a sexual harassment suit from his former personal chef, and his idea about Kaepernick possibly becoming the Panthers' starting quarterback in 2018 is completely ludicrous.
I will be the best NFL owner that you can imagine.
Diddy, in a video he posted on Instagram as part of his campaign to by the Carolina Panthers.
Newton is so much better than Kaepernick as a player at this point in their lives that would never happen, although Newton was diplomatic when asked about possibly competing with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who started the national anthem protests and is out of football this season.
What Newton is not cool with is the idea of the Panthers being sold at all. Richardson had a private meeting with the team's captains Sunday after Carolina's 31-24 victory over Green Bay and told the players he had decided to sell the team – this only hours after an explosive report in Sports Illustrated that alleged all sorts of workplace misconduct from Carolina's 81-year-old owner, including sexual harassment and the use of a racial slur.
Newton said that when Richardson told him and the other captains he was about to announce he was selling his team that none of the players liked the idea.
I didn't approve of it.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, when team owner Jerry Richardson told Newton he was going to sell the team.
Handle it he must, though, for these are unusual times and will continue to be. The Panthers have always taken the road less traveled, but the twists and turns that still await all of us in this saga are unparalleled in the franchise's history. It's enough to make even a franchise quarterback tremble a little as he talked about the uncertainty and the blockbuster stories that have emerged over the past few days.


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Trans people's rights in Australian election spotlight
17 Apr, 2022, 8:39 am
Transgender rights have been thrust to the centre of Australia's closely fought election campaign after the country's prime minister refused to withdraw party support from a candidate who made inflammatory comments on the issue.
Liberal Party candidate Katherine Deves described trans people as "surgically mutilated and sterilised" on Twitter and posted that she felt "triggered" by the Pride flag, according to reports this week by News.com.au.
She also compared her activism against trans athletes competing in women's sport to people standing up against Nazis during War World II while speaking on a panel last year, the Guardian revealed Thursday.
Deves co-founded Save Women's Sport Australasia, an organisation that campaigns for sport to be "categorised by sex, not gender identity" -- an issue that has become increasingly contentious around the world as sporting bodies consider their position on the participation of trans athletes.
While Deves apologised for her comments after the media reports, it was not enough to quiet calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to drop her as a candidate for the May 21 vote, including from high profile members of his own party.
Liberal Matt Kean, treasurer of Australia's largest state, New South Wales, called Friday for Deves to be disendorsed.
"There is no place in a mainstream political party for bigotry," he posted on Twitter, adding that "political leaders should be condemning the persecution of people based on their gender, not participating in it".
Morrison confirmed Saturday that he would stand by Deves.
"I'm not joining that pile on," he said.
However in the wake on the backlash over Deves' comments he did walk back support for a bill from a member of his party that would allow trans people to be excluded from single-sex sports.
The Morrison government is facing tough competition from socially progressive independent candidates in a number of inner-city seats at this election, which has prompted concern that support of Deves could harm other candidates' chances.
Australia election