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1 in 4 Brits More Scared of Gyms Than Spiders
• One in four non-gym goers would rather have an injection, or be in a room with a spider, than go to the gym
• Fear expert Dr. Margee Kerr says the social element of the gym is to blame for such high anxiety but is a fear we can all overcome
• PureGym has launched a wide range of advice, guides and workouts for people new to the gym, to help them through their first few sessions
New findings from PureGym reveal that 50% of non-gym goers in the UK admit to feeling scared of the gym, with some stating their gym phobia is worse than more commonly recognised fears such as heights, spiders or injections.
The scale of our gym-phobia:
The study (full report here) compared gym anxiety to other common fears and helped to show that some people are so spooked by gym that one in four would rather choose to have an injection, or be alone in a room with a spider than go to the gym.
30% of millennials said they'd rather give up their phone for a day instead of going to the gym alone, and 1 in 4 (25%) women said they'd rather go on a rollercoaster than head to the gym. Almost 1 in 5 non gym-goers also said they currently would rather stand atop a skyscraper than visit the gym alone.
What scares some most about the gym?
The study also revealed the things that worry non-gym goers the most about visiting the gym, helping to uncover why some may be avoiding a pastime shown to result in multiple benefits for both physical and mental health.
The top five sources of gym nerves:
1. Looking stupid in front of other people
2. Feeling self-conscious next to other people
3. People judging my body shape
4. Not knowing how to set up the machines/equipment
5. Not being strong enough or fit enough to use the machines properly
How to overcome gym phobia:
Stephen Rowe, Chief Marketing Officer at PureGym says:
"Our research revealed two principal causes of fear for people new to the world of gyms. The first is a general fear of the unknown and secondly, people worry that others may judge them as they don't know what they're doing which can lead to social anxiety. To help first timers with their first visit, we've created a behind-the-scenes gym video tour which shows what a PureGym looks like from the inside, so they can get used the gym before they even leave the house. There is also an online treadmill guide on how to set-up a machine and three new workouts specifically for beginners to help a nervous member on their first visit. By arming new starters with a little more knowledge before they step into the gym, we hope to give them a bit more confidence and remove some of those anxiety barriers."
In addition to launching a host of new guides and advice to aid new members, the gym provider has also worked with fear expert Dr. Margee Kerr, to provide further insight into gym phobia and how everyone can overcome it.
Dr. Margee Kerr teaches and researches everything 'fear' related at the University of Pittsburgh and has even consulted on deliberately fear-inducing theme park attractions. Dr. Kerr explains the reason why the gym is different to other healthy activities in our minds is because "Going to the gym is a social experience, meaning it carries all the potential gains that come with socialising, but also all of the fears and anxieties too".
"We, as humans, are constantly comparing ourselves to our peers, analysing how we're similar, better, or worse. We also compare ourselves to our own expectations of what we think we should be capable of, our internal representation of our 'best' self".
"Where we might be able to hide some of our vulnerabilities in the workplace or school, our weaknesses feel on full display in the gym, inciting intense feelings of vulnerability, of self-doubt, of fear."
Dr. Kerr suggests the following tips for recognising and over-coming your gym anxieties:
1. Remind yourself that you are in control. Studies show a sense of control makes scary social events easier to tolerate and overcome. So, acknowledge, and frequently remind yourself, that you are the one choosing to take on this fear inducing situation. Your doctor, spouse, family member, coach, etc. didn't make you go to the gym, YOU did. Knowing it's your choice will empower you to embrace the challenge ahead.
2. Don't ignore that you feel scared. Denying, or attempting to suppress your fears doesn't work, in fact studies show it does the exact opposite. The more we try to NOT think of something the more importance we give it in our minds! Give yourself permission to feel scared, acknowledge the fear when it creeps in, welcome it and know that it's OK to feel this way. And applaud yourself for feeling the fear but doing it anyway!
3. Educate yourself. Fear is all about the unknown, so you can do yourself a BIG favour and reduce a ton of anxiety by learning more about the gym before your first workout. Either research online, or book an induction to learn where the locker rooms, water fountains, and exits are located, and learn any important gym protocol like proper equipment use and class etiquette. Thinking strategically will help you manage your fears, you have to know your territory before you make a move.
Read more of Dr. Kerr's tips on coping with gym anxiety at www.puregym.com/blog/how-to-get-over-gym-anxiety/
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Notes to editors:
PureGym is the UK's leading gym operator providing low-cost and high-quality fitness facilities for over one million members spread across 235+ sites. PureGym was launched in 2009 and pioneered the model for affordable, flexible, high-quality fitness clubs in the UK.
Members pay monthly and have no contract commitment. Most of its 235+ gyms are open 24 hours a day across the UK and offer a full range of top of the line equipment including cardiovascular equipment, fixed-resistance and free weights. Each gym typically offers over 220 pieces of fitness equipment and up to 80 group exercise classes each week delivered by around 2,500 personal trainers.
Survey conducted in August 2019 by Censuswide on behalf of PureGym to 1,000 UK non-gym member adults aged 16 and above.
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Leigh Whannell to Direct The Invisible Man Remake
The Dark Universe may be dead, but that doesn't mean Universal is giving up on rebooting the Universal Monsters. After the failure of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise which was supposed to kick off a shared universe on the big screen, it was unclear whether they would continue forward with their plans. This week the studio announced that they will still produce updated versions of these classic stories but they will no longer be interconnected. For the next one, instead of going the big budget route, this time they are turning to producer Jason Blum who will set up a new version of The Invisible Man with director Leigh Whannell (Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3) at the helm. Peter Cramer, Universal's president of production had this to say:
"Throughout cinematic history, Universal's classic monsters have been reinvented through the prism of each new filmmaker who brought these characters to life… We are excited to take a more individualized approach for their return to screen, shepherded by creators who have stories they are passionate to tell with them."
Well it sounds like they have learned from some of their mistakes and decided to give directors more creative freedom, which could be a great thing. The movies will also be "rooted in horror, with no restrictions on budget, tone, or rating." Johnny Depp was previously attached to play The Invisible Man but it sounds like he will not be involved in this one although they are not writing him off for future monster movies. Do you approve of this new approach to rebooting the Universal Monsters?

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Activation Energy - Ea
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Skills to Develop
- Explain activation energy.
- Describe how energy varies during a chemical reaction.
- Plot chemical potential energy of the system as a function of the reaction coordinate.
- Explain the model \(k = \ce{A e}^{\Large{E_{\Large\ce a}/RT}}\) for chemical kinetics.
- Plot k versus 1/T when k is measured at several T.
- Calculate Ea when a series of k and T are given.
- Calculate k at certain T.
Energy of a Chemical System as the Reaction Proceeds
A spontaneous reaction usually releases energy. The mixture of reactants has more energy than that of the products. This energy is referred to as the chemical potential energy. The difference between the potential energies is called the enthalpy of reaction. A simple diagram illustrating this relationship is given below.
Figure 1: Chemical potential energies of reactants and products. The difference is the enthalpy of reaction.
This potential energy difference is the driving force for a chemical reaction to take place. After the reaction energy is released, the products are at a more stable energy level than the reactants.
The Activation Energy, Ea
We all know that a mixture of \(\ce{H2}\) and \(\ce{O2}\) will not react until its temperature has reached the ignition point, despite the large amount of energy released in the oxidation reaction. This phenomenon is best described by the requirement of an activation energy, Ea. The relation between Ea and chemical potential energy in a reaction is given below:
Figure 2: Activation Energy and Enthalpy of Chemical Reaction
The rate constant k is affected by the temperature and this dependence may be represented by the Arrhenius equation:
\(k = A\, \ce e^{\large{-E_{\Large\ce{a}}/RT}}\)
where the pre-exponential factor A is assumed to be independent of temperature, R is the gas constant, and T the temperature in K. Taking the natural logarithm of this equation gives:
\(\ln k = \ln A - \dfrac{E_{\Large\ce{a}}}{RT}\)
\(\ln k = \dfrac{-E_{\Large\ce a}}{RT} + \ce{constant}\)
\(\ln k = \left(\dfrac{-E_{\Large\ce a}}{R}\right)\left(\dfrac{1}{T}\right) + \ce{constant}\)
These equations indicate that the plot of ln k vs. 1/T is a straight line, with a slope of -Ea/R. These equations provide the basis for the experimental determination of Ea.
Example 1
The reaction constants k determined at 298 K and 350 K are 0.00123 /(M s) and 0.0394 /(M s) respectively.
- Calculate Ea.
- What is the rate constant at 308 K?
Let k1 and k2 be the rate constants determined at T1 and T2, respectively. Then you have two equations:
\(\ln k_1 = \ln \ce A - \dfrac{E_{\Large\ce a}}{\ce R T_1}\)
\(\ln k_2 = \ln \ce A - \dfrac{E_{\Large\ce a}}{\ce R T_2}\)
From these, you should be able to derive the following relationships,
\(\ln \dfrac{k_2}{k_1} = - \dfrac{E_{\Large\ce a}}{\ce R} \left(\dfrac{1}{T_2} - \dfrac{1}{T_1} \right)\)
- Further, you should give
E_{\Large\ce a} &= \dfrac{T_1 T_2 \ce R}{T_2 - T_1} \ln \dfrac{k_2}{k_1}\\ \\
&=\dfrac{\mathrm{(350\: K)(298\: K) \left (8.314\: \dfrac{J}{K\: mol} \right )}}{(350 - 298)\: k}\: \ln\dfrac{0.0394}{0.00123} \\ \\
&= \mathrm{57811\: J/mol}\\ \\
&= \mathrm{57.8\: kJ/mol}
It is a good idea to manipulate the formula with symbols until you have obtained the desirable form before you substitute numerical values into it. The necessary units are included here to show you the derivation of units for Ea.
- To calculate k at 308 K,
\ln k &= \ln (0.00123) - \dfrac{57811}{8.314}\left(\dfrac{1}{308} - \dfrac{1}{298}\right)\\
&= -6.70 + 0.758\\
&= -5.94\\
k &= 0.00263
An increase of 10 k doubles the rate constant in this case.
If Ea is positive, increasing temperature always leads to an increase in the rate constant.
Example 2
For a particular reaction the rate constant doubles when the temperature is raised by 10 K from 300 K. Calculate the activation energy.
The statement of the problem is equivalent to the condition given:
\(k_{310} = 2 k_{300}\)
\(k_1 = 2 k_0\)
Then, using the same equation as you have used in the previous example, you have
E_{\Large\ce a} &= \dfrac{T_1 T_0 \ce R}{T_0 - T_1}\: \ln \dfrac{k_0}{k_1}\\ \\
E_{\Large\ce a} &= \dfrac{(310) (300)\: \ce R}{300 - 310}\: \ln \dfrac{k_0}{2 k_0}\\ \\
&= \dfrac{(93000\: k)\: 8.314\: \mathrm{\dfrac{J}{mol\: K}} }{- 10}\:\ln (0.5)\\ \\
&= \mathrm{53594\: J / mol}\\ \\
&= \mathrm{53.6\: kJ / mol}
This question is intended to show the general magnitude of Ea for the rule of thumb: For every 10 K increase in temperature, the reaction rate doubles.
Professor Frank L. Lambert of Occidental College has given an interesting view of the chemical ideas related to activation energy in his website about second law of thermodynamics.
Arhenius Parameters for Some Reactions:
Not all chemical reactions agree with the Arhenius model in terms of temperature dependence, but the following reactions are known to agree well with the Arhenius equation. Parameters in the Arhenius equation for these reactions have been determined. (Note that 3e11 means 3x1011)
First order gas phase reactions:
\(\ce{N2O \rightarrow N2 + O}\); \(A = 8\ce e11\), \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \mathrm{251\: kJ/mol}\)
\(\ce{N2O5 \rightarrow 2 NO + O2}\); \(A = 6\ce e14\), \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \mathrm{88\: kJ/mol}\)
Second order gas phase reactions:
\(\ce{N2 + O \rightarrow N + NO}\); \(A = 1\ce e11\), \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \mathrm{315\: kJ/mol}\)
\(\ce{OH + H2 \rightarrow 2 H2O + H}\); \(A = 1\ce e11\), \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \mathrm{42\: kJ/mol}\)
Second order reactions in aqueous solution:
\(\ce{CO2 + OH- \rightarrow HCO3}\); \(A = 1\ce e11\), \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \mathrm{315\: kJ/mol}\)
Confidence Building Questions
- The effect of temperature on chemical reaction is a manifestation of
- the kinetic energies of molecules
- the activation energy of the reaction
- heat content of reactants and products
the size of molecules
- If the activation energy is positive, an increase in temperature will always lead to
- an increase in reaction rate
- a decrease in reaction rate
no change in reaction rate
- For a spontaneous reaction the activation energy for the reverse reaction Ear is
- greater than
- the same as
- smaller than
the activation energy Ea of the forward reaction.
- For a reaction, k1 = 0.0503 /(M s) at 289 K and k2 = 6.71 /(M s) at 333 K. Calculate the activation energy of the reaction.
(R = 8.314 J/(mol K), give your answer in kJ/mol)
- For a reaction, k1 = 0.0503 /(M s) at 289 K and k2 = 6.71 /(M s) at 333 K.
What is the rate constant at 305 K?
(Use your results from the previous problem)
- If the rate for a particular reaction at 373 K is four (4) times faster than it was at 323 K, what is the activation energy? (R = 8.314 J/(mol K))
- 27.8 kJ/mol
- -27.8 kJ/mol
- 27.8 J/mol
- a.
Discussion -
Only a fraction of molecules have sufficient energy to react at a specified temperature. The distribution of kinetic energy amongst molecules and the required energy for molecules to react give rise to the activation energy. The activation energy quantitatively describes the effect of temperature on reaction rates.
- a.
Discussion -
A positive Ea means increased rate at higher temperature.
- a.
Discussion -
Usually, Ear > Ea.
- 89.0 kJ
Discussion -
\(E_{\Large\ce a} = \dfrac{\ce R T_1 T_2}{T_2 - T_1}\ln\left(\dfrac{k_2}{k_1}\right)\)The data were given for the reaction
\(\ce{C2H5I + OH- \rightarrow C2H5OH + I-}\)
- 0.35 /(M s)
Discussion -
\(\ln k_2 = \ln k_1 - \dfrac{E_{\Large\ce a} (T_1 - T_2)}{\ce R T_1 T_2}\)
The experimental value is 0.37 /(M s)
- a.
Discussion -
\(E_{\Large\ce a} = \dfrac{\ce R T_1 T_2}{T_2 - T_1} \ln\left(\dfrac{k_2}{k_1}\right)\)Ea must be positive if the rate increases at higher temperature. \(E_{\Large\ce a} = \dfrac{\ln(4)\times 8.314\times 373\times 323}{50}\)
Chung (Peter) Chieh (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry @ University of Waterloo)


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2. Put more content in officers. Its especially important because Ports are isolated, there are almost no interactions between them (probably because they are designed by different people and not as part of integral world). But officers always with you, they could and should connect different places, persons and you.
...and if you could only have one officer of a certain type at any one time - it'd make the choice of "who do I want as my chief engineer" a bit more substantial than in Sunless Sea, since there you can just change back whenever you feel like you'd actually prefer the first one after all.


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Join us for our monthly Austin Downtown Experience presented by David Shapiro: Happy Hour at Galvanize.
This month, we are proud to announce that a portion of the proceeds will support Heroes for Children, a charity that supports families of children with cancer.
Interested in more info about Heroes for Children: http://www.heroesforchildren.org
We've made a change starting in November: We're partnering with a different charity each month so we can do some good while having fun.
David is the expert on how to make the "downtown lifestyle" work for buyers and has become the go-to-Realtor for a number of young professionals and young families who want just that. More importantly, he knows that partnering with Austin's SocialQuencher to throw a party at the city's trendiest locations is the best way to network.
Where: Downtown's newest and coolest co-working space... Galvanize... in the 2nd Street District.
When: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
What: Entry to the event grants you free drinks, thanks to our gracious sponsors
Who will be there? David, obviously. Mighty Swell Cocktails (wine-based cocktails!!) + Cathead Vodka + South Austin Brewery + Dulce Vida Tequila to keep you refreshed. Nicky C to keep the beats going, Gyp C Girl Photography to catch you looking fabulous… and YOU!
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Who is this event for?
All like-minded Downtown dwellers, workers, and explorers that share an enthusiasm for the Austin DT Lifestyle are welcome. This event is to meet and mingle; to start new business and personal relationships, and grow exisiting ones. Why not do that while sipping free cocktails at a hip spot downtown?
David will be available throughout the night for anyone that wants to pick his brain on real estate and/or investing. Mel will be available to ensure you have a cocktail in hand at all times.
What's the best way to get there?
The entrance to Galvanize is on Nueces St between Cesar Chavez (1st) and 2nd St. We encourage sustainable means of transportation like walking and biking. You can also use Car2Go or RideSharing apps. If you do drive, The City Hall and Violet Crown parking garages are about a block away. There is also another garage on San Antonio Street.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Contact Mel - firstname.lastname@example.com
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
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I've taught research methods and sampling methods for 45 years. I've written books and articles about research methods etc. KLAS is the example I use of the worst possible false "research" presentations. Only a fool would pay attention to a KLAS rating It is a means of selling KLAS reports and of favoring vendors who pay for KLAS reports. I'm not saying they intend to deceive–but their design does that. Period. Thus, even if they wanted to be truthful, they can't be with their research approach. It has no statistical validity. It's an advertising tool.
Monday Morning Update 9/17/18
Top News
Paper EHR woes following Hurricane Katrina created the push for EHRs and interoperability in 2005 (and propelled Karen DeSalvo into the National Coordinator role in early 2014), so it's fitting that Georgia's GRAChIE HIE is working to connect Southeast providers via the EHealth Exchange to meet care needs that are being challenged by Hurricane Florence.
In related news, HIEs in Tennessee and North Carolina take just 48 hours to connect their respective systems to allow Tennessee providers to pull up records for North Carolina evacuees who require medical care there.
Also, UNC Health Care waives fees for its MDLive-powered virtual visits during the hurricane.
HHS reminds hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia that it is temporarily waiving several HIPAA Privacy Rule sanctions and penalties:
- The requirement to obtain patient consent to speak with family members and friends about their care
- The requirement to honor patient requests to opt out of the facility directory
- The requirement to provide a notice of privacy practices
- The right of the patient to restrict uses and disclosures and to request alternative forms of confidential communications
I would be interested in hearing from IT folks hurricane-affected hospitals about how they prepared for the storm or responded to its effects.
Reader Comments
From Silver Surfer: "Re: KLAS. We're a vendor and cancelled our agreement three years ago after KLAS assigned 18 months of feedback from our clients to the wrong vendor. Three years later, anyone searching KLAS for our consulting firm gets a message that our results don't meet minimum KLAS Konfidence levels, meaning that we might be losing business from prospects who see that as a negative for our company even though it was KLAS's error." Unverified. The strongest complaints I get regarding KLAS's methodology involve (a) how many of a vendor's clients they survey; (b) how they select those they speak to; and (c) whether that small subset of clients is representative. People also express concern that paying KLAS to survey more clients than they might otherwise contact gives deeper-pockets vendors a chance to gain ground.
From Vishnu: "Re: [vendor name omitted]. Protecting its managers and team leads against internal sexual harassment accusations. Hopefully in time they will do what's right." I'll omit the company's name in the absence of legal evidence, such as a filed lawsuit.
From Dr. Ross: "Re: Epic in Denmark. I was in southern Europe for a conference and this article seems to be all the talk, even though I haven't seen it mentioned in the US." Three doctors in Denmark's Capital Region refer to its newly implemented system (in a Google-translated page) as "the killing platform," saying that it's cumbersome, illogical, and doesn't easily share data with quality and research databases (they expressed their concerns in a Danish language video that doesn't include an English translation). The doctors say the Region's claim that 30 systems have been replaced by one is "fake news," as departments that previously used 6-7 systems are still running 3-4, and warns that reduced productivity may bankrupt the Region. They conclude that the system was built for private hospitals in the US and isn't suitable for those in Denmark despite the claims of "US salesmen and lawyers," urging the Danish Parliament to take over the project instead of "cling[ing] to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it."
From Udon: "Re: ERISA. Would love to see an expose on that statute, which renders most state-level legislative and regulatory actions meaningless because it governs employer-funded health plans. If you are denied a scan or behavioral stay, you have to sue the health plan – which will fight it tooth and nail – and the most you can get is the cost of the denied benefit." ERISA, which sets standards for private health and pension plans, got a recent spotlight when an HCA hospital assured a heart attack patient that his out-of-network stay would be covered by his insurance, then went after him for the $109,000 balance beyond what Aetna paid because his employer-provided insurance was self-funded (as is true of 60 percent of people), meaning he's not protected by state-mandated prohibition of balance billing. On the other hand, those state protections are not common anyway and are often not comprehensive. ACA prohibits balance billing for out-of-network ED visits, but still allows out-of-network doctors, hospitals, and ambulance services to demand payment from the patient beyond the negotiated amount their insurance pays. So, Mr. Life-Threatening Emergency Patient, your job before breaching a hospital's financially (and sometimes clinically)dangerous wall is:
- Study your employer's insurance ahead of time to see if it's self-funded.
- Keep a list of which hospitals are in your policy's ever-narrowing provider network.
- Never travel beyond the immediate vicinity of those in-network hospitals.
- Stay conscious at all times during your medical crisis (or better yet, bring a medical bodyguard) so you can ask every person you see whether they're in your network since hospitals are notorious for letting people work out of their building who are anxious to bill you separately and who don't need your approval to do so.
- Remember that you don't have a choice of ED doctor, surgeon, anesthesiologist, hospitalist, etc. and your condition makes elective transfer unlikely, so wear ear plugs to mute the sound of the ever-ringing cash register.
- Assume that despite paying for what looks like decent insurance, an unplanned medical event could progress quickly into an unplanned medical bankruptcy courtesy of healthcare profiteers and their political lap dogs who like things just the way they are.
HIStalk Announcements and Requests
Poll respondents express little interest in paying for expanded consumer genetics testing at a higher price, with the most significant concern being that long-term care insurers could use your personal data against you — the testing companies aren't covered by HIPAA's minimal protections and therefore your data can be sold to anyone.
New poll to your right or here: How much impact will Apple Watch's announced EKG recording capabilities have on overall population health? I admit I'm skeptical about all consumer diagnostic tools for these reasons:
- Our system is already burdened by excessive use and cost, so further clogging up EDs and PCP offices with Apple Watch wearers demanding to have providers interpret their likely meaningless readings isn't necessarily a good thing
- Many millions of Americans have already been accurately diagnosed with life-affecting conditions they can't afford to have treated and this further aligns people into have/have not categories
- It reinforces Silicon Valley's misperception that our poor public health is caused by underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis rather than a screwy system of misaligned incentives and the siphoning off of most of our healthcare spending to episodic care providers rather than toward population and public health
- Such tools also reinforce the inaccurate idea that funneling symptom-free people into a healthcare system that can do more harm than good is in their best interest, especially the largely elderly population likely to experience atrial fibrillation
Thanks to Jenn for covering for me for a few vacation days. I'm happy to have rendered myself at least temporarily redundant so I can take occasional worry-free time off without being chained to a computer all day. You may notice the difference since my writing is grumpier and more wearily skeptical than Jenn, whose forte is admirable journalistic excellence rather than pent-up, post-vacation ranting.
Spam protection has made sending bulk email – such as my HIStalk "we've published something new" notices – a crapshoot. People tell me every day they aren't getting the updates, yet the problem always involves their email server's settings that I can't fix. I can only suggest that you enter your email again if you aren't getting my updates, which is risk-free since you won't get multiple email copies no matter what.
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September 26 (Wednesday) 12:30 ET. "How to Ensure Patient Records are Always Available." Sponsor: Goliath Technologies. Presenter: Goliath Technologies engineering staff. This webinar will discuss how an early warning system can help your organization ensure your EHR systems and patient records are always available. You'll also learn how to proactively anticipate, troubleshoot, prevent, and resolve end user experience issues before users or patients are impacted.
Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre for information.
Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Outgoing Cerner President Zane Burke has sold $52 million worth of CERN shares in the past couple of weeks. I notice. CERN shares are down 6 percent in the past year versus the Nasdaq's 24 percent gain.
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, speaking at Health Catalyst's Health Analytics Summit, urges attendees to develop optimism, confidence, and a tolerance for risk in describing how the tiny, struggling, two-year-old Netflix practically begged Blockbuster to buy it for $50 million and was quickly shown the door. He advocates "testing it without doing it," explaining that Netflix "was not about having good ideas. It was about a system and a culture of trying lots of bad ones. What we realized is that the key to this is not the good idea. It was how quickly and easily and cheaply you could try as many ideas as you could think of."
- Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (NY) chooses Allscripts Sunrise Abstracting.
- Chicago area home care provider Bowes In Home Care joins PreparedHealth's EnTouch network that connects hospitals with post-acute providers to improve outcomes.
- Stevens Community Medical Center (MN) will replace Cerner and EClinicalWorks with Epic in November 2018.
- Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center (AZ) will go live with Allscripts Sunrise in 2019, replacing Allscripts Paragon.
- IU Health Jay Hospital (IN) replaced Meditech with Cerner on March 1, 2018.
These provider-reported updates are supplied by Definitive Healthcare, which offers a free trial of its powerful intelligence on hospitals, physicians, and healthcare providers.
Industry long-timer Jonathan Niloff, MD, MBA died Saturday of cancer at 64. He was chief medical officer of Diameter Health, a board member of HIMSS North America, and founder of MedVentive (acquired by McKesson in 2012) as well as a former cancer surgeon and ovarian cancer researcher.
Announcements and Implementations
A new Reaction Data survey of 300 providers finds that 62 percent are using speech recognition in their EHRs, with another 15 percent working on it and a stubborn 23 percent saying they'll never use EHR speech recognition. Not surprisingly, Nuance is the big dog and is gaining ground, while MModal's much smaller market presence still makes them Nuance's only real competitor and its user satisfaction is higher. Epic is by far the most commonly used speech-integrated EHR. Only 3 percent of speech recognition users say they might switch vendors.
A new KLAS report on clinical documentation improvement says that Nuance and ChartWise provide the strongest financial ROI, Iodine's high-satisfaction tools are disruptive in prioritization functionality, and 3M's offerings are overhyped. Claro Healthcare leads a small pack of services firms that offer CDI optimization and outsourcing.
AMA's newswire highlights a JAMIA-published comparison of order entry clicks between Cerner and Epic under the title of "62 clicks to order Tylenol? What happens when EHR tweaks go bad."
An investor in online pharmacy Pillpack — whose value went from zero to more than $1 billion in five years when it was recently acquired by Amazon from its early 30s founders above — lists the company's lessons learned:
- Relentlessly focus on the end user
- Build a full technology stack that allows the company to control its own destiny (Pillpack spent $10 million building its systems)
- Stand your ground against larger competitors
- Realize that you can't grow and optimize a business simultaneously – design for scale, don't code before understanding processes, and don't industrialize without understanding the problem you're trying to solve
- Hire executives and board members who have a founder mentality
- Invest in culture, which will be harder to manage as the company grows
- Don't aim for a people-free business – human touch is essential
- Hire strong operations leaders who have a bias for action
- Hire a strong CFO/COO
In India, the state of Uttarakhand orders the government to provide printers so that every doctor's prescription can be printed out before signing, addressing a problem in which patients and pharmacists often can't read the doctor's writing.
NYU Langone Health's magazine notes that for the first time, all eight of its surgery chief residents are female.
A jury awards $4.6 million to a cruise ship passenger whose flu symptoms were mismanaged by the ship's doctor, claiming:
- The Colombia-trained physician (which the lawsuit misstates as "Columbia-trained") was inexperienced and gave a 25 mg dose of promethazine IV instead of safer, better drugs
- The doctor missed the patient's cubital vein and instead injected the drug quickly into his ulnar artery
- Staff ignored the patient's report of a burning sensation, declining to evacuate him by helicopter and instead waiting until the ship's next port
- The patient developed compartment syndrome, requiring his arm to be amputated at the elbow
Weird News Andy says that despite early examples of scientific hype that turned out to be wrong ("nuclear power will be so cheap it won't be worth metering usage") he still likes that we're getting closer to a Tricorder-like device. University of British Columbia engineers develop a Band-Aid sized ultrasound transducer that could turn a smartphone into an ultrasound machine for $100.
Odd: a Pennsylvania court upholds the prison sentence given to a man who in 2015 dialed 911 while choking. First responders found the 47-year-old passed out on his living room floor, clad only in underwear and socks in front of his computer monitor that was displaying a child pornography chat room. He unsuccessfully claimed that unnamed enemies framed him, with his daughter providing a heartwarming family moment in testifying that her dad isn't smart enough to know how to download porn.
Internal medicine resident Mike Natter, MD notes that the relationship between the number of things carried and level of medical training is inverse.
Sponsor Updates
- Voalte announces that its VUE user conference, to be held October 3-5 in Sarasota, FL, has sold out for the first time in its history.
- LogicStream Health publishes a new report, "The New Healthcare Imperative."
- MedData will exhibit at the Ohio American Academy of Pediatrics 2018 Annual Meeting September 21-22 in Dublin.
- Waystar will exhibit at Ohio MGMA September 21 in Dublin.
- The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association names Nordic a "Get with the Guidelines"-compatible vendor.
- Clinical Computer Systems, developer of the Obix Perinatal Data System, will exhibit at the annual Georgia Perinatal Conference September 19-21 in St. Simon's Island, GA.
- Experian Health and PatientKeeper will exhibit at AHIMA September 22-27 in Miami.
- PerfectServe will co-host the Hospital for Special Surgery Educational and Networking Open House September 21 in New York City.
- Redox will present at Health 2.0 September 16-19 in Grapevine, TX.
- T-System offers disaster relief T Sheets free of charge to hospitals in the path of Hurricane Florence.
- Mazars USA welcomes Chief Human Resource Officer Julie Venkat.
Blog Posts
- A Person-Centered Approach for Success in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services – Part II (Netsmart)
- Optimize Your Billing Office – Improve Workflows through Consolidation and Automation (Parallon Technology Solutions)
- Wasteful Ordering? Meet Order Manager (Experian Health)
- Four simple steps for reducing third-party service costs (PerfectServe)
- Healthcare communication is catching up. (Voalte)
- Designing Safe and Effective Digital Health Applications (Sansoro Health)
- Four Keys to EHR Go-Live Success (Santa Rosa Consulting)
- The 8-Minute Rule: What it is and How it Works in WebPT (WebPT)
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In this self-paced course, you will learn about the process for planning data analysis solutions and the various data analytic processes that are involved. This course takes you through five key factors that indicate the need for specific AWS services in collecting, processing, analyzing, and presenting your data.
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This course is for solutions architects, data scientists, and anyone who designs or implements big data cloud solutions. Learn how to work with Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Amazon Kinesis, and the rest of the AWS Big Data platform to process data and create big data environments.
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Husbands: Loving is Leading
Ehpesians 5:25-28 "Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ's love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor—since they're already "one" in marriage." The Message (MSG)
Many start with the "wives submit to the husband as unto Christ" passage and use it to guilt women into blindly following a wimp of a man. I choose to start this post with the husband because I firmly believe that the passages in Ephesians 5 are so misunderstood and abused. I have found it to be that when a husband is loving a wife like Christ loved the Church you will find a wife who is "submitting" to her husband without regret or problem.
I once had a pre-marriage coaching client tell me that "he loved his wife, but he wasn't ready to give up his life for her". I responded if that was truly how he felt then he was not ready for marriage and should consider another option. Relationship peace requires both parties involved to "have a love marked by giving, not getting". Just as Christ's love make us whole, the love of a husband makes a wife and a family whole. Show me a home with a strong loving father, and I will show you relationship peace.
Words are very important. "His words evoke her beauty" How do the words you use with your spouse evoke beauty? If you are constantly demeaning your spouse, you can't expect respect coming back to you in return. Think before you speak…especially when you are angry. That one bit of advice can save a relationship.
I have often heard remarks implying that the bible says a husband should be a dictator over the entire family. This is simply untrue. The bible does give the role of leadership of the home to the husband, but this doesn't mean to have a domineering relationship with your wife and/or kids. Husbands, if you want to lead your wife effectively (which means you want them to follow) you must first love them. Look at those in leadership positions in your workplace. Don't you have some folks at work whom you really want to please and submit to, and others whom you dislike taking orders from? What is the real reason you like the one and dislike the other? It is because the one person treats you with respect and cares about you that makes you want to please them.
What type of husband are you being to your wife, one that barks out orders without love and respect, or one who truly loves and cherishes his wife and lovingly leads? What type of husband do you really want to be? After all, if you are the leader, it is your choice.
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Mocca is grown in Yemen near the Red Sea in the mountainous region on the Arabian peninsula's southern tip. Nurtured by the rich soils of the mountain terraces, Mocca has a earthy yet balanced flavor.
Heavy body with deep berry tones, with hints of mandarin orange, stone fruit (such as peach and apricot) and subtle hints of spice.
Beans are wet-processed (or washed), where the fruit covering the beans is removed before they are dried, to ensure a clean taste and bright acidity. Our Congo Kivu beans are then given a Light roast by one of Teasia's artisanal roasters.
We roast all our beans in small batches using the most advanced (and environmentally friendly) technology available to develop the unique characteristics and flavor profiles of each coffee bean. All freshly roasted beans are packed and sealed within 24 hours to ensure maximum freshness and quality.
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In mid 19th century, the reformist Russian Czar Alexsander II tried to impose upon the nation and Anglo-American type of grand jury. Back then, this was considered an ideal organisation of court in many countries.
In Russia, they did give up on it after the maverick jury vindicated a woman who shot dead the governor of St Petersburg who was cruel towards political prisoners. While obviously guilty, the jury judged otherwise thinking it served the brute right.
With the above in mind... during these Estonian Presidential elections, the electoral body has repeatedly treated in media as something unpredictable.
To this, the 2001 elections seem to provide proof. While president of the Riigikogu Toomas Savi was the definite forerunner, Arnold Rüütel got elected due to diligent lobbying.
As seen in local leaders interviewed in Postimees today, a surprise of that calibre is not too likely. Still, the maverick element is there – not bad, come to think of it.
Not totally treading the party line, many are not supportive of the names prescribed by headquarters. Thus, seeing the electoral body tends to be honest and going by personal convictions, the idea of powerful political strings attacked may be wrong.


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Interior can be counted among a number of images by McNicoll that present a more complicated understanding of domesticity and femininity. According to Victorian and Edwardian gender roles men and women occupied "separate spheres": the private was associated with the feminine, and the public with the masculine. But for all the intimacy that the space in this painting evokes, we have no indication of the identity of the person who occupies it. There are no clues on the dresser or the mantle, and we cannot see the pictures on the wall.
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Helen McNicoll's Subversive Femininity
Helen McNicoll, Interior, c.1910
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Dame Dash Is Coming Back For Revenge!
(AllHipHop Rumors) Dame Dash and culture vultures were once friends, well at least business associates. And, yes he made his millions when he was running Roc-A-Fella Records in the 90's and 2000's. Now, he has completely changed his tune, which we have really seen manifesting for quite some time. Now, he's taking it to the next level and creating a BOOK devoted to exposing "Culture Vultures" aka people that appropriate cultures of culture (mostly). There isn't much more to this, but check out what Dame put on IG.https://www.instagram.com/p/BepBPnWAvql/


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With a top sailing speed of twelve knots and only ten cabins, sailing on the Motor Yacht Monserrat promises passengers an exciting adventure in a friendly and relaxed environment. The ship was named after Spain's patroness of Cataluña, thought to protect those at sea, and was refurbished in 2007. The Monserrat has three decks, with double and twin cabins located on the upper and lower deck. Interiors on the ship are smart and thoughtfully designed with beautiful paintings, wooden-panelling, granite surfaces and soft carpet.
Our Galapagos cruises with G Adventures start from £2,079pp. Get in touch to start planning your Galapagos cruise.
All cabins are air-conditioned with private bathrooms and amenities, hot water and electricity. As well as exclusively lower berth cabins, the Monserrat's generous space includes an inviting dining room, bar, lounge with flat-screen TV, three solariums and even a small boutique. On the upper deck, two of the cabins benefit from two ocean-view windows, giving guests more panoramic views of the magnificent scenery outside.
One excellent reason to experience the magical Galapagos Islands aboard the Monserrat is the advantage of having two naturalist guides on board, meaning one guide to every ten guests. The service of the eight crew on board the Monserrat is attentive and professional and as a result, the entire operation is carried out to the highest standards. The qualified chef prepares tasty and varied meals to please throughout the cruise and snacks are provided between excursions.
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The cane toad (Bufo marinus) is native to northern South America, parts of Central America and Southern Texas. It was deliberately imported from Hawaii in 1935 and introduced into Australia's tropical north-east in an unsuccessful attempt to control the cane beetle, a damaging insect pest of sugarcane crops. The toads quickly established in the new environment and began to spread. Today, they inhabit most of the Australian tropics and sub-tropics and have reached Western Australia. Their great expansion can be attributed to the combination of being highly adaptable to a range of environmental and climatic conditions, high fecundity and also being highly unpalatable.
Cane toads release potent toxins from their parotid glands as a defence strategy and predators who attempt to consume toads can be killed by ingestion of these toxins. Cane toad eggs also contain high levels of toxins and are also a danger to vertebrate predators. The direct impact of cane toads in Australia has been extensively studied and a review of this research has revealed that it is the lethal toxic ingestion of toads by frog-eating predators that is the major single mechanism of impact (Shine 2010). Although the cane toad has not been responsible for the extinction of any native species, some populations of predator species (varanid and scincid lizards, elapid snakes, freshwater crocodiles, and dasyurid marsupials) may be vulnerable, especially when toads first appear in a new area. However this negative impact can be variable and some of the taxa severely impacted by toad invasion recover within a few decades, via aversion learning and longer-term adaptive changes. The indirect impacts of toads such as food-web mediated effects are less understood and research is continuing in this area.
The control of cane toads is challenging because of their wide-spread distribution, large population numbers, high breeding capacity, small size and burrowing behaviour. Years of investigation into potential biocontrol agents have not yet been successful and currently there is no effective tool for broad-scale reduction of toad populations. Therefore, in the short term, management focuses on frontline surveys and removal of toads. Removal involves the intensive collection of toads by hand, sometimes aided by traps and/or barrier/deflection fencing.
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) contains current best practice for the euthanasia (or humane killing) of cane toads. The recommendations are based on information in the literature as well as behavioural observations and time to death recorded in a project to examine the welfare impact on cane toads of a range of euthanasia techniques. The research was conducted at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong (UOW): 'Evaluating the humaneness of known-to-be-lethal euthanasia techniques for cane toads that are used by community groups' (Munn and Lothian, 2010, unpublished). As new information becomes available the appropriateness of euthanasia methods for cane toads will be reviewed.
This SOP is a guide only; it does not replace or override the legislation that applies in the relevant State or Territory jurisdiction. The guidelines should only be used subject to the applicable legal requirements (including OH&S) operating in the relevant jurisdiction.
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ISS Mission
The guided tour of our multimedia exhibition will immerse your students in the glorious epic of space conquest. From the launch of the first rockets to the life of astronauts on board the International Space Station... Students can train like astronauts on two simulators.
3.5 hours of supervised activities (free the rest of the day)
Choice of two schedules: 9:30 am-1:00 pm or 2:00-5:30 pm (except Fridays: 11:00 am-3:30 pm with a one hour break for lunch)
Minimum 12 people
By reservation only
Inside, a tour of the multimedia exhibition and, outside, free access to activities, including our "Space Heroes" game on a tablet.
Practice on two astronaut training simulators (according to availibility):
- Multi-axis chair: a simulator that creates the kind of disorientation you may experience in space
- Moonwalk/Marswalk XP chairs: Moon and Mars walk simulators with a virtual reality mask
- Rotating chair: This simulator turns on a single axis to reproduce the sensation of vertigo
The multi-axis chair
Astronaut training simulator. The goal is to disorientate potential future astronauts. They must concentrate to carry out their mission under difficult conditions. The multi-axis chair was developed by NASA after the Gemini missions.
Moonwalk/Marswalk XP
Experience Moon and Mars gravity thanks to virtual reality. Our chair will let you experience the challenges of walking on the Moon or Mars. A unique immersion experience!
Rotating chair
This simulator turns on a single axis to reproduce the sensation of vertigo. The rotating chair trains astronauts to deal with space sickness.
Regain your energy at the Space Resto !
- During your stay, 4 daily meals are planned in self-service.
- During your excursion, you can eat a hot meal on site or a picnic with the purchase of one beverage per person (€1.80 for elementary and high school classes / €1.30 for kindergarten classes).
- All meals will be taken at the Euro Space Center restaurant (2 dining areas - seating for 200).
- The meals can be modified according to your cultural habits and for any allergies or food intolerances (at an extra cost).
- Menus are available on request.
Thèmes, tarifs et réservations
ISS Mission
3.5 hours of supervised activities
From 9 to 18 years old
Available all year long on reservation
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Each extra night on arrival and departure: €31.00/day (EU) or €41.00/day (Non-EU)
Adult accompanying person for "Astronaut for a day" : 1 free with 12 participants.
Each additional accompanying person : 7.50 € / pers.
Conditions of partial cancellation:
In case of absence of some of the participants without any earlier warning at least 30 days before the excursion, there will be no refunding of the paid amounts and the total amount calculated on the initially planned numbers will be billed. The only exceptional circumstances which justify a reimbursement are death of a close family member on presentation of a death certificate or sickness justified with a medical certificate.


text: Unlike the usual chaos that manifests itself in the final build up to a fashion show, Julien Pujol's new film, captured backstage at the Hermes SS14, reflects an almost otherworldly calm. "When they let me in, everyone was already dressed and the sense of usual chaos was gone," he explains. "I wanted to be really close to the models and capture a more sincere expression, to try and find something more truthful in the face rather than having them pose. Even when I shot the models on the runway, it felt more like a casual walk on the street..." Set inside a Parisian courtyard, the film captures the bohemian spirit and effortlessness of Hermes' new SS14 collection.


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This list contains resources to use when teaching Kindergarteners how to add and subtract. In order to develop good addition and subtraction skills, Kindergarteners must have strong number sense. Therefore, I have included resources that relate to number sense as well.
You will learn the name of numbers and what they look like.
You will learn to count by using fruit.
This fun video will help you count sets of up to five objects. It will also teach you the number words.
You will learn to count up to ten objects.
The song will help your counting.
Now that you have learned to count up to ten objects, you will learn how to count up to twenty objects.
Even though you now know how to recognize a number and count objects to show the amount, you still need to be able to write the number of an amount you counted. This video will help you write numbers.
This video tells you why numbers are important.
This video will talk to you about the teen numbers and will teach you about the value of each number.
This video will teach you different ways to show the same number.
This video will show you how to add or put together objects.
You will add or put together sets of animals.
You will add or put together objects.
This video will also help you add, but it will show you how your fingers can help you.
This video shows you how to use pictures to add two numbers together. Using your fingers, numbers, and pictures are strategies or ways to help us add.
This video will teach you how to subtract using numbers and pictures as a strategy or way to help solve.
This video will also teach you to subtract, but uses cookies to help you learn how.
Sometimes we are not sure when to add or subtract. This video will help us know when to add or subtract.
We will use body parts to practice adding and subtracting.
This math magician will use magic apples to show you how to add and subtract.


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A NOAA-led study published in September projects increases in "the number and occurrence days of very intense category 4 and 5 storms" by the end of the century, and, more generally, NOAA projects an increase in the average intensity of tropical cyclones.
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Record warm oceans have spawned scary slate of monster tropical cyclones
In the past six months, the Earth has witnessed several of the freakiest, most intense storms in recorded history.
Spurred by the highest ocean temperatures observed to date, record-breaking tropical cyclones — the class of storms that includes hurricanes and typhoons — have explosively developed in three regions: the northeast Pacific Ocean, the south Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
These storms may be a harbinger of increasingly severe tropical cyclones in future decades as the Earth continues warming.
The most recent vicious storm, Tropical Cyclone Fantala, attained peak winds of 173 mph north of Madagascar this past weekend. According to meteorologist Bob Henson at Weather Underground, it became the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Indian Ocean. Fantala has since lost some steam andis forecast to weaken to a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean by early next week. Fortunately, it has avoided any land areas.
A Harbinger of the End of the Fossil Fuel Era
Coal production as Peabody Energy Declares Bankruptcy, as an end becomes more and more visible in an ongoing global coal industry collapse and retrenchment. In three of the world's largest coal producing and consuming regions (India, China, and the US) production, imports and exports are down. In the US, coal production has fallen by more than 50% since 2008.
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4 Things to Know About the Peabody Energy Bankruptcy
In the last couple of years, more than 50 coal companies have declared bankruptcy. Activists in the US have halted the construction of more than 150 new coal-fired power plants since the early 2000s.
Here's What Science Has To Say About Convincing People To Do Something About Climate Change
The best way to motivate people to support action to limit climate change is to explain the dangers of not taking action. While that may not seem surprising, it is only recently that the immorality of inaction have been a key focus of top US politicians.
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Why Organized Religion Fears Educated Women
Educating women improves the welfare of families as they become empowered to contribute to the financial success of their household—which in turn creates more opportunities and resources available for their children.
For thousands of years women have been defined only in correlation to their relationship to men. They have been kept hidden, prohibited from speaking, forced into submission and treated as the "unclean" gender whose existence is that of mental and physical servitude to her human counterpart. Why has so much emphasis been placed upon the mind and actions of women? What does organized religion fear about the mind of an educated and logically-thinking woman?
Here are 5 reasons why organized religion fears educated women:
The loss of patriarchal control
It is a widely-known fact that the more educated and financially stable a woman becomes, the more likely she is to practice family-planning and have her children at a later age. Educated women are also more likely to have fewer children than their uneducated and impoverished female counterparts.
Furthermore, educated women are more likely to cultivate their own worldview, rather than simply following their traditional familiar teachings; and may contribute no followers to a religion when they do finally decide to start a family.
This is a problem for religion because women who choose the timing and size of their household don't typically contribute the same amount of future-followers to a religion as those women who are restricted from pursuing an education and career. If a woman leaves the religion altogether as a direct result of becoming well-informed and financially stable and no longer needs the "comforts" that her religion once provided, she has not only removed herself from the ranks, but her children as well. For religion to perpetuate itself, it must have followers, or it ceases to exist.


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Oriental lamp multicolour Mumbai Beads.
This Oriental lamp will be delivered with CE-marking and comes with an energy label.
Here you're sure to find the perfect, matching lamp for your interior style. There's a plethora of colors and styles.
Of course our specialist can assist, advise and inspire you. Please don't hesitate to ask.
All the beautiful lamps and decorations are handcrafted, which makes each of them a unique piece.
Productfeatures Oriental lamp multicolour Mumbai Beads:
First: The Oriental lamp's diameter is 10 inches and its chain's length is 19.5 inch. If so desired, the latter can be shortened or lengthened.
Second: This Mosaic lamp is stocked with an E-27 lamp-socket. They can hold "ordinary" light-bulbs as well as energy saving- and LED bulbs.
Third: There's an accompanying montage manual and a warranty certificate included. Warranty is valid for 6 months, but glass fractures are exempt.
Your Oriental lamp will be delivered to the address of your choice. They make a beautiful gift too!
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We can differentiate plenty of drug screening methods that employers are implementing in their policies so that they can maintain drug-free working environment.
Have in mind that the least popular method is hair analysis because most people do not understand it and it is the most expensive as well.
However, the operation is simple, and we can compare it with urinalysis with ease.
Of course, you can search online to answer the question: how to pass a hair follicle drug test for weed, but that is another challenge filled with numerous obstacles that you should pass to do it.
The process starts by getting a hair collection kit as well as CCF or Chain of Custody Form. As soon as you write your consent that you are willing to give a sample, a technician will perform a procedure at a lab site.
They will cut 1.5 inches of the sample from the base of your head and with width of pencil. You do not have to worry because technicians will not leave a hole or patch on your head, because they have experience on how to do it so that no one can notice.
In some situations, donors do not have enough hair so that the technician can collect a relevant sample required for the process. However, they can easily use other parts of your body and collect samples until they get enough.
We recommend you to avoid shaving yourself entirely because that will cause suspicion to your employer and they will consider it failed instead of repetition.
What about Different Forms of Testing?
The best thing about hair analysis is the large detection window when compared with other types and conventional methods.
You will be able to detect the presence of drug metabolites inside the hair follicles that will remain there for at least three months, which is much better solution than saliva that features that can detect the presence only in the next few days after consumption.
Apart from the ability to detect long-term abuse, hair analysis is usually under supervision by laboratory staff and collector, so the cheating is not possible as well as tampering with specimen afterward.
On the other hand, a urine drug test cannot be under supervision because it is considered as breach of privacy, which is why your employee can easily substitute a sample or do something about it that will affect the results.
You should remember that urinalysis is considered as the golden standard in the world of drug screening, but in the last few years, employers started combining them with hair drug tests in form of backup check.
It is also common for legal situations by courts so that you can present your behavior in the last few months. You should check here and you will be able to learn everything about urinalysis.
The Disadvantages of Hair Analysis
We have mentioned in the second sentence that this is the least common choice for screening among employers. The main reason for that is due to its high price tag, which may be complicated for small and intermediate companies that rely on every single cent.
Apart from the high price tag, you will also get an ability to check lower number of drugs than other methods. Therefore, it can detect the presence of weed, PCP, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, opiates, and barbiturates. Note that it cannot detect alcohol use.
Another common problem that happens with this particular test is the invasiveness when compared with saliva and urine testing.
Even though it is legal to test your potential employees, a haircut is not something that everyone will cherish afterward, which is another thing you should have in mind.
Hair Testing Myths
People have numerous misconceptions and myths about this particular testing method. The main reason for that is because they have not used it yet, which is why it is not popular among the public of employers.
Therefore, we decided to present to you the most common myths that are not true:
- It Features Higher Quality Testing Than Other Methods – Have in mind that when it comes to efficiency, hair analysis features the same level as well as quality as saliva and urine. The reality states that we cannot say that this is the best screening method because every single employer has different objective he wishes to achieve. However, it will present your most extended detection window, which is something that may help you along the way.
- Urine and Hair Tests Function The Same – Apart from the main difference in the form of specimen that you have to give, both methods use different measurement range as well, so we cannot say that the procedures are similar. At the same, due to separate detection window and the nature of urine and hair follicle, you will be able to test them for the same drug and get opposite results.
- You Can Be Positive Due To Second-Hand Smoke – This is one of the most popular myths that you can find online. The main idea is that only things you consume will enter your follicle through blood, which means that you will be able to remove second-hand smoke after washing your hair. At the same time, lab technicians will have to clean the sample, and that will also remove the second-hand smoke. It cannot be false-positive due to it, but you should avoid eating poppy seed cakes, because it may make you positive on opiates because most of them are derived from this particular plant.
If you wish to get weed out of your system, you should check out this website: https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Pot-Out-of-Your-System for more information.
It Cannot Show Recent Use
Finally, we are presenting you the truth you should remember because it differs from other methods because it cannot detect the short-term drug abuse.
Therefore, if you smoked yesterday a joint or ten of them, and the next day you have a test, your hair will not feature samples of THC metabolites.
The main reason for that is that it will require at least seven days for new hair to start growing with a particular compound you consumed beforehand.


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My Homecare Yorkshire's new training company MHC Training Ltd commenced trading on Monday 1st July.
The training Centre is a well-equipped room including a profiling bed, hoists, high seat chairs, a wheelchair and a commode. There is seating for 24 delegates, a 51" tv for Powerpoint presentations, an easel with whiteboard and 2 computers on a separate desk which staff can use to access the internet for their own training purposes.
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Ashfield District Council is reminding landlords and tenants that the law has changed regarding Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) – with wider ranging requirements and new penalties for landlords from 1 October 2018.
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Invoices are issued per term, Autumn, Spring and Summer (approximately 12-14 weeks). These are payable in advance.
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For more information on fees or payment plans, please speak to the Preschool Business Manager.
RBWM Funding
All children aged 3 and 4 are entitled to up to 15 free funded hours a week of early learning and childcare (up to a maximum of 570 hours a year). Children become eligible for a free funded place at the start of the school term following their 3rd birthday and the entitlement lasts up until the term they turn 5 (the term of their 5th birthday). A child must attend school the term after they turn 5 (Statutory School Age). See tables below for when children are eligible for their free hours.
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Fix Her Up
A Novel
On Sale: 06/11/2019
Fix Her Up
A Novel
On Sale: 06/11/2019
About the Book
"Fix Her Up ticks all my romance boxes. Not only is it hilarious, it's sweet, endearing, heartwarming and downright sexy. It's a recipe for the perfect love story." – Helena Hunting, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute
A steamy, hilarious new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey, perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne!
Georgette Castle's family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven't taken her seriously since. Frankly, she's over it. Georgie loves planning children's birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. She's determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World... whatever that means.
Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?)
Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi, leggings are pants.)
Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?)
Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!)
Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn't been on a date since, well, ever. Nobody's asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that's for sure. Maybe if people think she's having a steamy love affair, they'll acknowledge she's not just the "little sister" who paints faces for a living. And who better to help demolish that image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite?
Travis Ford was major league baseball's hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Now he's flipping houses to keep busy and trying to forget his glory days. But he can't even cross the street without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his… bat. And then there's Georgie, his best friend's sister, who is not a kid anymore. When she proposes a wild scheme—that they pretend to date, to shock her family and help him land a new job—he agrees. What's the harm? It's not like it's real. But the girl Travis used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman and there's nothing fake about how much he wants her...
"Her voice feels as fresh and contemporary as a Netflix rom-com." —Entertainment Weekly
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Critical Praise
"Bailey writes banter and rom-com scenarios with aplomb, but for those who like their romance on the spicier side, she's also the Michelangelo of dirty talk. She wields filth like Da Vinci does a paintbrush, and there's a lot to be said for an author who can fill such exchanges with all the requisite heat, enthusiastic consent, and yes, even humor, of such a scenario without veering into corny territory... Bailey ties all of these elements—the perfectly calibrated tropes, sizzling dirty talk, and envy-inducing ladies' nights—together with a super-charged ribbon of emotion... a swoon-inducing ending any reader will fall head over heels for." - Entertainment Weekly
"I could not stop smiling. Romantic comedy perfection." - Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author
"Fix Her Up was a complete, utter, unrelenting delight." - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author
"Tessa does it again. I laughed, swooned and had to look over my shoulder to make sure no one was reading the sexy scenes with me. Well-written, with great pacing and lovable characters, I absolutely loved everything about Fix Her Up." - Mariana Zapata, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
"Small-town atmosphere permeates bestseller Bailey's comedic contemporary... Delightfully intense and creative sex scenes and potent emotions will reward both fans and new readers alike." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"a lovable cast of meddling secondary characters... a charming subplot... The sexual relationship between Travis and Georgie is sizzling, but the emotional journey from fake relationship to true love is just as compelling. Don't let the cover fool you: This romance is as steamy as it self-empowering." - Kirkus Reviews
"A super delightful rom com that has the heat turned up to 11...I LOVED IT!" - Lauren Morrill, author of Meant to Be
"A lovely book... I'm here for ALL OF IT. Books by Tessa Bailey are an insta-buy for me." - Sally Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine
"FIX HER UP ticks all my romance boxes. Not only is it hilarious, it's sweet, endearing, heartwarming and downright sexy. It's a recipe for the perfect love story." - Helena Hunting, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute
"Funny, and SUPER hot, and also full of sooooo much heart... I AM SO EXCITED there will be more books in the series!" - Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author
"Bailey creates fireworks in this steamy novel as Georgie and Travis quickly break their own rules about their fake relationship. The story moves fluidly from one situation to the next, with lots of hot sex in between, and Bailey will keep readers on their toes as the "couple" starts to realize this might be the real thing. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Helena Hunting." - Booklist
"Fix Her Up is (so far) my favorite romance of 2019. The novel features well-drawn protagonists, who are as incredibly likable as they are lovable, and endearing secondary characters that jump off the page and into your heart... an authentic romance with humor, heart, incredible sex, and a refreshing depiction of female friendship. This is a must-read for all romance fans." - All About Romance (Desert Isle Keeper)
"I love Tessa Bailey's contemporary romances... the books are super sexy, but also deliver on an emotional level, and provide a lot of re-read romantic moments." - Lucy Parker, author of Act Like It and The Austen Playbook
"It had the perfect amount of quirky humor with steamy romance. Bailey hits so many of my favorite romance tropes with the book and she executes them all so well... If you need a fun rom-com to take the beach this summer, then Fix Her Up is a great choice." - Bookish
"If you adore romance and HGTV, this is just the book for you." - Oprahmag.com
Product Details
- Imprint: Avon
- On Sale: 06/11/2019
- Pages: 400
- List Price:18.50 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
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- Book & Brier Patch, Regina
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- Ella Minnow, Toronto
- Kaleidoscope Kids' Books, Ottawa
- Kidsbooks, Vancouver
- Mabel's Fables, Toronto
- Oink Oink, Montreal
- Scooter Girl, Toronto
- Tattletales, Dartmouth
- The Rocking Horse, Kingston
- Toad Hall Toys, Winnipeg
- Banyen Books, Vancouver
- Caversham Booksellers, Toronto
- Self Connection, Calgary
- Alpha Textbooks, Toronto
- Concordia University Bookstore, Montreal
- Coop HEC, Montreal
- Coop Zone, Quebec
- McGill University Bookstore, Montreal
- McMaster University Campus Store, Hamilton
- Queen's University Campus Bookstore, Kingston
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- The Batner Bookstore, Thornhill
- University of Alberta Bookstore, Edmonton
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- University of Calgary Bookstore, Calgary
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- Zone-L'Université Laval, Quebec
- Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks, Vancouver
- Appetite for Books, Westmount
- Armchair Books, Whistler
- Heritage Islands, St Johns
- Little Sisters, Vancouver
- Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore, Winnipeg
- Sleuth of Baker Street, Toronto
- Audiobook Connection, Burlington
- Books for Business, Oakville
- Imaginaire, Laurier
- Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal
- Renouf Books, Ottawa
- Sunrise Marian, Wellan
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- Amazon - France
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- Buch
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