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Children's Mental Health Services (CMHS) work within the Children's System of Care training objectives . Specialty Populations: NA . Parent Organization: Response Services program through cultural competent activities, services
Children's Mental Health Services (CMHS) work within the Children's System of Care training objectives . Specialty Populations: NA . Parent Organization: Response Services program through cultural competent activities, services
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a mental health diagnostic term that can be applied by a mental health professional to describe some severely misbehaved youth and children. Although this youngster may be a real handful to manage, this diagnosis is an infinitely more hopeful and workable one than Conduct Disorder, which can appear similar.
Art therapy is simply the professional therapeutic ability to use artwork that has been done by individuals who desire personal development. This development has not been able to be achieved, due to trauma, personal crisis, illness, and certain challenges that have affected their life. People of all ages use art therapy, done by a professional art therapist who has been trained extensively about the human development, artistic traditions in a multitude of cultures, psychological theories, and the healing abilities regarding the use of art. Services are provided to these individuals through art therapy because they cannot articulate through words, emotions, and feelings about their true state of mind. The professional settings that participate with art therapy methods are mental health services, rehabilitation, medical institutions, education services, nursing homes, corporations, forensic agencies, community outreach, and independent practices. Strict standards for art therapy have been established by the American Art Therapy Association, Inc. (AATA) and The Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc. (ATCB). Some individual states regulate their own practices of art therapy, while other states allow art therapists to become licensed counselors or mental health therapists. These art therapists utilize art-based assessment instruments to determine their client's level of functioning. From this they are able to formulate a certain level of treatment objectives, decide what strengths and weaknesses their client has, gaining a better understanding of who their client is and the problems they have, and be able to evaluate their client's progress. The Master level of training and education for an art therapist is mandatory, as ensuring the appropriate usage and application of drawing tests, evaluation of the instrument validity, and its reliability is extremely important to better serve the client. According to Donna J. Betts, Ph.D., ATR-BC, in her 2005 Doctoral Dissertation, some of the top art therapy tests that can be used are: Favorite Kind of Day (AFKOD) Person Picking an Apple from a Tree (PPAT) Birds Nest Drawing (BND) Bridge Drawing Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) Child Diagnostic Drawing Series (CDDS)Rating instruments are also investigated, which can include: Descriptive Assessment of Psychiatric Art (DAPA) DDS Rating Guide and Drawing Analysis Form (DAF) Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS). These are just a few of the art therapy assessment tools that can be used by art therapists, in clinical settings or in research. Each art therapy tool is a structured assessment that are collected under standardized conditions. Most are developed to provide a compatibility with psychological testing and psychiatric evaluations: Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessment (ATPIA) Draw-A-Story Screening for Depression (DAS) Used to identify children and adolescents at risk for harming others or themselves. Through the artwork, it can be seen that significant differences will emerge between aggressive and non-aggressive groups in its emotional content and self-image, in addition to
County of San Diego 2 January, 2011 Children's Mental Health Services Provider Resource Manual San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
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Focal point for children's mental health services. Among its initiatives is the longstanding Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families, providing grants for improving and expanding systems
Access to Children's Mental Health Services under Medicaid and SCHIP. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. 13. Ibid. 14. Burns, B.; Phillips, S.; Wagner, H.; Barth, R.; Kolko, D.; Campbell, Y.; Yandsverk, J. 2004. Mental
1 CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT Voluntary Access to Services On July 1, 1998, the Children's Mental Health Services Act (CMHSA) took effect.
Children's Mental Health Training for Foster Parents: Approved List of Courses July 16, Youth & Family Consortium's Children's Mental Health Program (CMH Program) mental health services for children and their families.
training program to teachers, social services personnel, law enforcement, and others that come into Children's Mental Health at the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, adapted the Australian youth manual for U.S. audiences.
S5111 Family Care Giver Training $46.86 hr $53.89 hr . Department of Medical Assistance Services 600 East Broad Street, Suite 1300 Richmond, Virginia 23219 www.dmas.virginia.gov Children's Mental Health Waiver Services & Rates. Title:
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Beulah Heights Social Integration Program - New Haven, CT - Food Assistance
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782 Orchard Street
New Haven, CT 06511
: Phone: 475-238-8270
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Description: BHSIP is a non-traditional faith based program that operates on high risk days and times. We are open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday for programming and on Sunday for Services and Breakfast. Breakfast is served each day and lunch is served on Saturday. Van transporation is available on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.We services homeless individuals and families and ex-offenders reintegrating into the City of New Haven.
Volunteers Requests by Beulah Heights Social Integration Program: Yes, we are looking for volunteers to help spearhead a Winter Carnival for Dec. 2013. We are looking for volunteers to help in all aspects of getting this event off the ground and successful.Contact us at 475-238-8270 ask for Erik or Joseph. You can also contact Lataina Murphy at 203-865-2640 between the hours of 9:00 and 3:00
Donation Requests by Beulah Heights Social Integration Program: Coats, hats, gloves, mittens,soap, toothpaste, deodorant,razors, hoodies,sweatpants.
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Former landlord Chris Kirby couldn't bear to see his old pub going to 'rack and ruin' so he's taken it back on and opens tonight
PUBLISHED: 18:00 23 October 2019 | UPDATED: 18:00 23 October 2019
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Pub landlord Chris Kirby stepped back behind the bar of the Cock Inn at March "to stop it from going to rack and ruin".
He says he's taken back on the lease of the High Street pub - with a friend - to get it back open and with plans to turn it into a centre of entertainment for the community.
Mr Kirby, who ran the Cock Inn High Street from 2010 to 2016, moved back in on Monday and will run it with his friend of 20 years Darren Mundy.
"It was going to be shut down because there was damp on the walls," Chris said.
Darren said: "After the previous owners left the pub earlier this year we kept seeing that no-one took it over, so now there's two of us hopefully it should work - as long as we get support from local people."
Chris added: "I just didn't want to see it shut." The doors open to the public tonight (Tuesday).
With plans to host live bands at least once a month as well as DJs, comedians and ladies nights, they hope to make it a "proper entertainment venue" - something that Darren says is missing in the local area.
He said: "There's not much else in the town to be honest. Obviously some of the pubs do have live music already but we're trying to get more entertainment, especially local people, into the area and cater for all individual types of music taste.
"And because we're both very different characters, I think we bring different things to the party."
While Darren takes charge of booking the live music - everything from ska, punk and Irish bands - Chris will be managing any special occasion bookings that come in.
They've already been busy transforming the garden so that it can be used for christenings and birthdays in the summer. The function room, meanwhile, will be available for free to people hosting charity events.
Chris is also planning a fireworks night for November 5 as well as a Santa's Grotto for children at Christmas to open up the pub to families.
"We both decided to just have a go at it since we've become single," Chris said.
"One thing's for sure," they agree. "This is going to be a very random place!"
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Niraj Dubey
According to Buddhist saint Dalai Lama, "Happiness is the highest form of health. The most important thing is to enjoy your life to be happy-it's all that matters. Happiness is the secret to all beauty. Happiness is when, what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." According to Mahatma Gandhi – It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Life is a wonderful, challenging, joyful, heart-breaking, painful, blessed, love filled and inspiring experience. We also get to make choices. We have the choice of how we want to take care of our health. We get to choose to pursue balance and harmony or life in disorder. We have the choice to focus on joy and happiness or seek out negativity. Happiness is a state of consciousness of harmony and peace between all the elements of a human being; between their thoughts, feelings, will-power, and even their physical body. Think, feel and act in harmony with the luminous forces and beings of nature and the whole universe. The best form of medicine is that which is practised every day by the way you live, the way you think, feel, believe, love and nourish yourselves. Every Human Being aspires to be happy. All his efforts are toward this end. The outcome from his efforts depends on the focus of the effort, specifically on his notions about happiness. When these notions are right, the outcome is mutual happiness. When the notions are wrong, the outcome is unhappiness. The purpose of education is to establish right understanding in the human being so that by a certain age, the individual is able to gain clarity about happiness and the programs to ensure it. The process which enables a human being to lead a happy life in continuity regardless of region, caste, creed, gender, race etc. can be termed as universal human education. On closer observation, we can see that every human being aspires for a way of life which ensures happiness for all human beings living in harmony with nature. At an individual level, happiness is harmony and integration among all four dimensions within the self – Thought, Behaviour, Work and Realization. At the level of society, individuals aspire to ensure harmony and integration among four levels – Individual, Family, Society and Nature. This is the aspiration; this is the desire, this is the innate need of every human being, regardless of age, gender, caste, creed, nation and beliefs. Happiness can be experienced as momentous and temporary. It can also inform our lives in a lasting way in the form of joy. This is because joy is a state of being human. Thus, joy is a form of being that recognizes the centrality of the self to the reality of the world. Being a good/happy person can mean different things to different people. To some of us, it is based on a moral compass that revolves around charity, generosity, empathy, doing no harm to others or the self and other such values whereas others associate these terms with material wealth , good careers and high standards of living. Harmony in the soul mind and body is the key to ultimate wellness and happiness, and as such attaining this balance should be an important goal for every individual. However, most people rarely give it a thought. In today's materialistic world most people spend time and effort concentrating on the surface demands and needs of the brain and body, and ignore the mind and soul. Happiness may be defined as being in harmony/synergy in the state/ situation that I live in. Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure or joy. Happiness may be described as consisting of positive emotions and positive activities. There may be three kinds of happiness: pleasure, engagement, and meaning. Happiness by far because it is choice. It leads to better health, better life decisions, and better relationships. All of these things create a positive feedback loop that makes you happier and healthier. In other words, freedom from want and distress, consciousness of the good order of things, assurance of one's place in the universe or society, inner peace and so forth. Everyone has to understand the power of peace and harmony, art of living and tranquillity in their life one day or the other. I too recognized that ego, guilt and shame are the things that can prevent an individual from attaining mental peace. These feelings can be nurtured by you or may be a result of some wrong advice or guidance. When we start talking about health we tend to associate it with food or exercise, or both. We don't often look at the mind or soul. Health is defined as the absence of disease but wellness is actively working towards a healthy mind, body, and spirit and beginning to see the results of that effort. Spiritual health is an important facet of wellness that is highly individualized. It encompasses everything from gratefulness, thankfulness, and contentment to being at harmony in your life to finding peace through the challenging moments. Harmony is, at its most basic level, finding a balance between the joy and suffering in your life.
Ultimately, we would prefer to live life without pain but, if we never experience that pain, how will we ever truly appreciate and embrace the joy? There again life presents a perfect example of harmony: pain and joy, noise and silence, absence and presence, hate and love. Harmony is learning how to deal with the pain and then focus on the joy and revel in those moments. The author would like to conclude this article that, "Neither health nor happiness is more important than the other. If they are genuine, they are the same thing. If you are healthy, but unhappy, you're not healthy. If you're happy but unhealthy, your happiness is a delusion – further sign of poor health". 3H will change our lives drastically making us a good citizen and our society a better place to live in.
(The author is a Sr. Faculty & Warden, GCET Jammu)


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Aloha Beach Services provide surf lessons and beach rentals
Waikiki Beach was once a playground for Hawaiian Royalty and is now one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Much of that is owed to Duke Kahanamoku and his hui of watermen, who worked to keep the tourists happy by teaching them how to surf. While the heart behind the instruction remains the same, the activities have expanded beyond surfing to canoe surfing, stand up paddling, and beach accessory rentals to name a few.
HI Now host Kanoe Gibson met up to talk story and catch some waves with her old friend Didi Robello, who is the grand-nephew of Duke Kahanamoku and the last of the 3rd generation of the original Waikiki Beach Boys.
Aloha Beach Services is the longest running beach service business in Waikiki, and has been on the beach since 1959. It continues to instill Hawaiian values into everything it does.
"Everyone needs to know where we came from. Being the oldest and original beach service in Waikiki, we've got to maintain that as best as we can," said Aloha Beach Services owner Didi Robello. But it's more than just providing services to tourists and locals — it's a lifestyle.
"Aloha Beach Services has been here 53 years now, my whole life. I don't know anything else — I've been here since I was a kid," said Robello.
Aloha Beach Services specializes in stand up paddle surfing, surf lessons, and canoe surfing. It also provides beach accessories to make everyone's beach day a more enjoyable event. Aloha Beach Services is even available for special events such as weddings, birthdays, and convention group rentals.
Aloha Beach Services is open every day from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and is located on Waikiki Beach at the Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort, on the Diamond Head side of Duke's restaurant on the beach.
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Tee Hee…………..Bizzy Bee……….I've just been busy lately – what with all the parties and activities and holidays and trees and decorations and it just seems like there's always SOMETHING to do. Well this time around, I've been so busy I haven't made my new/improved/for the new year Teaser Badges but I'm hoping to premiere them tomorrow on my Tuesday Teaser. So stay tuned.
Speaking of the Tuesday Teaser this week it's going to be a Guest Teaser AND also something "different"………….it isn't a "landscape" – it will be totally different and will really test your skills at observation and probably googling (hahaha). You'll find out tomorrow what it is…………..I think it will be VERY tough! You'll know WHAT it is, but the issue will be WHERE it is! Had enough teasing? Oh no you haven't……………that will happen tomorrow – I'm just "whetting your appetite" now!
Here's a little "warm-up" for the Teaser…………..a couple of "flashback Teasers"…………….this won't be for any badges, BUT wanna take a guess where these old Teasers turned out to be taken????
Two different places in the world!!! But where????
Yesterday we pawticipated in The Cat On My Head's Sunday Selfies as many of you do, but Mom thought this was a particularly "menacing" photo of me………laser eyes in FULL BEAM…….this was my selfie. Does it scare you? Naaaa…….I'm just a pussycat after all! HAHAHA
See you tomorrow for the Teaser
Hugs, Sammy


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One of the original homes in Glencairn, built in 1890, this 3 bedroomed Victorian home is surrounded by the natural beauty found in this part of the world with the mountains as a backdrop. The property is in need of updating but has huge potential to be turned into a distinguished home. An open plan lounge dining room with a wood burning stove faces West / North West. The 3 bedrooms are all well proportioned. A large storeroom located at the back of the property provides extra accommodation. Situated in a magical garden (1,700m²) a perfect haven for families, children and pets. Single automated garage and a single carport with access from Forrest Way.
Asking price: R2 650 000
Contact Jeanne Cowan from Harcourts to view 083 443 8108
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EU must reconnect with its citizens, Irish Council of Churches told
The Irish Council of Churches – part of the Churches in Ireland Connecting in Christ grouping – held its 2012 Annual Meeting on 29th March at Taney Parish Centre, Dublin.
An act of worship was led by the Revd Bernie Daly in the parish church. Taney National School Orchestra and Wesley College, Dublin, Senior Choir took part in the service, while pupils from Holy Cross National School and Taney National School had painted pictures on the theme 'Working together for God'.
The Bishop of Clogher, responding to last week's finding of a viable bomb outside the home of Ulster Unionist Councillor Harold Andrews at Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh, was surely right to stress not only the "monstrous" nature of such an action as planting the bomb but also the overwhelming desire of people right across the whole of Ireland to build "a new sort of society".
The Church, indeed, stands against terrorism and for a future in this island that is truly shared. That term, 'shared future', cannot be allowed to become just another platitude. The future for all of us must be indisputably and categorically shared, so that the rancorous divisions that have been so much part of our past are firmly relegated to that past. A 'shared future' means a future in which all recognize the same fundamental values of common decency, respect and – as Lord Bew pointed out at the Church of Ireland's recent commemorations conference – the principle of 'consent' as far as political and constitutional affairs were concerned (Gazette report, 6th April). These are all things that the Church appropriately underscores, not least because they lie at the heart of the peace process in the cause of which, as recent years have witnessed, so many have worked so tirelessly for so long.
The action of placing that viable bomb outside Councillor Andrews' home sends one back to the 2008 report on the views and experiences of Border Protestants, Whatever you say, say nothing. It was compiled for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher by David Gardiner and had been commissioned by the 2005-2008 Hard Gospel Project. One of the particularly striking findings in that report was the fact that most interviewees had seen republican violence in Border areas as having been intended to drive them out, a perception that the BBC reported Mr Andrews as expressing last week.
However, Mr Andrews also spoke, more hearteningly, of how well both communities in the area were now getting on. The would-be peace wreckers do need to be identified and brought to justice, for all our sakes and for the sake of future generations, and the spirit that Mr Andrews described as characterizing his local community today is the kind of spirit that the Church must always seek to encourage and support.
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10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches
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Letters to the Editor
Same Sex relationships
The Revd Colin Hall-Thompson (Letters, 23rd March) tells us that the Scriptures are "very clear" in condemning gay relationships, but neither of the scriptural references he cites supports his claim.
Romans 1: 26, 27 appears to be a criticism of certain heterosexuals who engaged in homosexual activity, contrary to their heterosexual nature. It says nothing about people who are by nature homosexual.
The Harper Collins Study Bible comments on these verses: "Some think that Paul here condemns homosexual acts by heterosexual people (i.e. unnatural means 'unnatural for them') … it is questionable whether Paul thought of homosexuality as a condition or disposition."
Genesis 1: 27ff says nothing about homosexuality. Mr Hall-Thompson's claim is based on a logical fallacy, argumentum ad ignorantiam, argument by appeal to the unknown, based on assumptions about what was not said.
He quotes the injunction "Be fruitful and increase in number" (Genesis 1: 28) as if procreation were the sole purpose of marriage, but common sense tells us that it is not. Marriage Service One in the Book of Common Prayer gives three distinct reasons for matrimony: procreation, the avoidance of sin and "the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other".
Procreation is not essential to Christian marriage and gay marriage is a development of Christian doctrine on marriage.
Paul Rowlandson, Londonderry, BT47
Clergy Pastoral visiting
For many generations, there has been in the Church of Ireland a close and valued relationship between her clergy and people. This relationship has been highly valued by both clergy and laity. It has been built up to no small degree by the practice on the part of the clergy of what I can only describe as routine pastoral visiting.
Observation and anecdotal evidence leads me to fear that this custom is in some respects no longer valued and implemented in some places, which I believe is a mistake and very sad.
Now I know well that parochial and extra-parochial duties and responsibilities take up a great deal of clerical time, but I am convinced, having served for 40 years in large, urban parishes, that it is still possible to devote much time to what has sometimes been derided as 'door knocking', but which I prefer to think of as the pastor caring for the souls of those committed to his or her care – sharing in their hopes and fears, getting to know them as persons, no matter what their depth of commitment to Christ and his Church and, as opportunity arises, sharing with them the insights of the Gospel and, when appropriate, praying with them.
Furthermore, the benefit is not one-sided. Again and again, the visitor leaves a home feeling spiritually blessed and uplifted and often grateful for the sheer depth of spiritually discovered in unexpected places.
Jesus had a great way of dealing with people, not only in large numbers but also with individuals. I submit that systematic visitation of his people in their homes by the clergy provides opportunity to carry on Jesus' ministry of loving care.
It is a privilege that should not be lightly set aside.
Jack Mercer (Canon), Groomsport, Bangor, BT19
Westminster Internet surveillance plan
I am astounded at the clamour from the liberal chattering classes over the Home Secretary's eminently sensible proposals to force Internet Service Providers to afford police and security services untrammelled access to customers' email and web browsing records.
Access of this sort is invaluable in combating crimes and moral turpitude, such as tax avoidance, immorality and conspiracy to frighten the horses.
Ever eager to assist, I have resolved to forestall any legislation by forwarding copies of all my email direct to Mrs May at firstname.lastname@example.com and would urge your readers who have nothing to hide to do the same.
John Eoin Douglas
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Misconduct in the Pharmaceutical Sector - Abbott
My next installment on corruption in the pharmaceutical trade – Abbot Laboratories.
By Ronald Gibson.
Abbott Alkaloidal Company was founded in 1888 by Dr Wallace Calvin Abbott. This fledgling company innovated the use of the active molecules in medicinal plants, most notably alkaloids like morphine, strychnine, quinine, and codeine, into dosimetric granules, much like some naturopathic compounds of today. Abbott quickly spread its wings into an international company with many diverse products, by 1965 establishing interests in Canada, Pakistan, Japan, Europe and India, with Abbott at present being the largest healthcare products company in India.
The first official smudge in their record occurred in 1966 when, according to Lester Grinspoon and Peter Hedblom's book, "The Speed Culture: Amphetamine Use and Abuse in America", Abbott sold two million doses worth of methamphetamine in powder form to a Long Island criminal dealer. It seems Abbott behaved itself for the next 35 years in which many mergers and takeovers took place, ensuring that Abbott stayed in the running as a major pharmaceutical company.
Then comes 2001. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, a joint venture between Abbott Laboratories and Japan's Takeda Chemical Industries, paid a settlement agreement of $875 Million over fraud charges relating to their prostate cancer drug, Lupron. It seems there were serious anomalies in charges and pricing with regards to Medicaid, and doctors were paid bribes to prescribe the product over other, cheaper products competing in the market¹.
December 2010, Abbot gets fined a cool $126,5 Million for their role in engaging in a scheme to report false and inflated prices for numerous pharmaceutical products knowing that federal healthcare programs relied on those reported prices to set payment rates.
B. Braun Medical Inc. and Roxane Laboratories Inc. n/k/a Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and affiliated entities as well as Abbot paid a combined $421 Million as full settlement².
2011 - St. Jude Medical, with Abbott as parent company, coughed up $16 Million to resolve allegations that the company used post-market studies and a registry to pay kickbacks, inducing physicians to implant the company's pacemakers and defibrillators. This action was initiated under the False Claims Act by a whistle-blower.
These pesky pacemakers and defibrillators come to haunt St. Jude Medical, as they had to hand over nearly $3,9 Million, and an additional $3,65 Million in 2010 and 2012 for the very same transgressions³.
In Dec 2012 Abbott Laboratories plead guilty in order to resolve charges of misbranding its product Depakote, by marketing the drug for the control of agitation and aggression in elderly dementia patients, and to treat schizophrenia, while neither of these uses were FDA approved. This is termed as "off-label" use. Abbott confessed to having a dedicated sales force(of 300) marketing this drug to nursing homes during the period 1998 to 2006. This drug had no clinical or scientific evidence indicating that it was effective in treating agitation and aggression in elderly dementia patients. This drug was only approved for treatment of epileptic seizures, bipolar mania and the prevention of migraines.
This dedicated sales force covered all the bases. Their marketing base included health care providers and employees of nursing homes, they entered into contracts that provided long-term care pharmacy providers with payments of rebates based on increases in the use of Depakote in nursing homes serviced by the providers, and also created programs and materials to train the pharmacy providers' consultant pharmacists about the off-label use of Depakote to encourage them to recommend the drug for this unapproved use.
The total fine for this remarkable example of lack of ethics – a whopping $1'500'000'000⁴.
2013 – Again violating the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce doctors to implant the company's carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products, Abbott is given a paltry $5.475 Million rap over the knuckles, seeing that their profits for the year was $2,6 Billion⁵.
It seems that not even infant milk formula is safe from being exploited. Abbott is fined $12 Million in China during 2013 for their role in price fixing and anti-competitive practices relating to milk formula⁶.
2014 The US Department of Justice fines Abbott $5.475 Million in another Health Fraud case – this time for kickbacks paid to doctors to implant the company's carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products. But they went a step further, allegedly paying prominent physicians for teaching assignments, speaking engagements and conferences with the expectation that these physicians would arrange for the hospitals with which they were affiliated to purchase Abbott's carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products⁷.
More recently the role of Abbott in the Purdue Pharma/OxyContin judgement for Inappropriate Marketing of 2004 was exposed when a West Virginia judge ruled that the sealed documents should be made public in 2016. It emerged that as Abbott had a huge presence in the market where Purdue wanted to sell OxyContin, and agreement was reached between the two companies that Abbott would assist in building the OxyContin brand. Part of the agreement was that Abbott would receive indemnity from any legal costs that might arise from the selling of the drug. Due to this partnership and unethical marketing practices as described in the court documents, the turnover of OxyContin increased from $49 Million in 1996, to $1,6 Billion in 2002. Purdue was fined a paltry $10 Million and Abbot got away without a scratch⁸. What is also notable is that some analysts in the profession attribute this period of growth in the sale of OxyContin as the birth of the present opioid epidemic in the USA, with the trafficking of this drug now starting to affect Canada, and regular FDA action for unethical prescription habits by medical professionals, with Florida doctors, pain clinics and pharmacies forming the hub.
1. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abbott-takeda-venture-in-to-875-mln-lupron-settlement. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/04/business/2-drug-makers-to-pay-875-million-to-settle-fraud-case.html
2. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pharmaceutical-manufacturers-pay-4212-million-settle-false-claims-act-cases
3. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/minnesota-based-st-jude-medical-pays-us-16-million-settle-claims-company-paid-kickbacks. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/heart-device-manufacturer-minnesota-and-hospitals-ohio-kentucky-pay-nearly-4-million-resolve. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/minnesota-based-st-jude-medical-pays-us-365-million-settle-claims-it-overcharged-implantable
4. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/abbott-labs-pay-15-billion-resolve-criminal-civil-investigations-label-promotion-depakote
5. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/abbott-laboratories-pays-us-5475-million-settle-claims-company-paid-kickbacks-physicians
6. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-meadjohnson-china-idUSBRE97512S20130807
7. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/abbott-laboratories-pays-us-5475-million-settle-claims-company-paid-kickbacks-physicians
8. https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/22/abbott-oxycontin-crusade/


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Plenty don't know that Franklin D. Roosevelt is our last "great" president
Jun 10, 2017 — (JUNE 10, 2017) -- Vast swaths of the American people don't know who Franklin Roosevelt is, or how he saved us from economic collapse and a global war against murderous thugs.
Sure, plenty of people know a whole bunch about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and that his nickname of FDR are the letters of his name.
Plenty know that he created Social Security, and led us through the Great Depression and to victory in World War II.
For most people, that's about as much as they know, and FDR would be fine if that's as much as most people know.
Some even know that he was a rich man from New York, who had to choose whether he cared more about the rich, or ordinary Americans.
Unfortunately, the absence of a basic understanding of history seems now to be a tool being used by another rich man from New York.
The difference between these two New York rich men who became president comes down to that one question: "Who do you care about?"
Mr. Roosevelt was hated by the rich, because when he took office, he made it clear that it was the ordinary American who mattered most.
The rich man from New York had been Governor of America's biggest state when our economy collapsed, people lost jobs, starvation and suicides spread, and millions lives in shacks.
Governor Roosevelt looked around, and saw nothing happening from our federal government. The Governor of New York then set his own state into action, to feed people, offer something new called "welfare," and hired people willing to work long hours just to have a job.
The rich didn't like Governor Roosevelt. In 1932, it had been three long brutal years of economic collapse, so deep that it gained the name of, "The Great Depression."
Mr. Roosevelt ran for president against an incumbent Republican named Herbert Hoover.
Mr. Hoover himself was seen as a bright and caring man, from his earlier days, when the US sent him to Russia, where a war and revolution put huge numbers of those people into absolute starvation. As the food commissioner, Hoover fed the starving Russian people, so that a hugely important strategic place did not collapse into absolute chaos.
It stunned Mr. Roosevelt when President Hoover did nothing to help the American people after the economy collapsed. Didn't feed anyone. Didn't help create anything on jobs or the economy. Hoover sat at his desk and said nothing.
Meanwhile, the rich saw Franklin Roosevelt as their biggest threat. They called him the worst names and lies imaginable. The spun fear and hatred. They bent the truth.
The people could tell who care more about ordinary Americans... Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He beat Mr. Hoover in a massive victory, and made it clear from his first words as President, that "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."
No longer would ordinary people be ignored.
FDR went on to try lots of things. Some worked. Some were failures. But he always kept trying.
In 1935, a couple years after taking office, he told the Congress, let's give our people predictability about their own economic future. Let's create something that we'll call, "Social Security."
Even though FDR's votes in Congress pushed legislation forward, the bill he signed initially only created a framework of Social Security. In his re-election campaign, FDR told voters that if they returned him to office, he would push through a tax system that guaranteed no politician would EVER dismantle Social Security.
In the 1936 election, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won every state in America, except Maine and Vermont. FDR then got Congress to write the law that we have today, where each worker pays a tax to their own Social Security fund. When they hit a certain age, or face some like-changing conditions, then that tax fund helps them to find predictability through their remaining life days.
It's not the only thing he did. It may not even be the biggest thing he did, since without him, this world might have seen a very different globe when we fought against brutal thugs who came close to winning their victory of hatred.
But Social Security has for decades been what ordinary Americans rely on at like's hardest moments.
Now we look at today. Another rich man from New York is sitting in the Oval Office.
These days, the President and his lackeys in Congress seem ready to end Social Security as we know it. Tweaking the rules is the first step to radical change, but it is a tumble down the mountain of security that Americans may get shoved down.
Is it the rich, or ordinary Americans that our government now cares more about?
Does the rich man from New York face hatred from the rich themselves? They despised FDR, accusing him of abandoning the super-rich. Well, he did. And he never gave in.
The new rich man is talking about taking food from the hungry and padding the pocketbooks of the rich.
So, let us ask, "Does history matter?" Or is a new president twisting history itself, so that the lack of people knowing much about FDR is a tool for him to bash away at the mountain of security that FDR build for ordinary Americans?
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Dog bites are very common in India. It is estimated that every year about 15 million people in India are bitten by animals, mostly dogs (91.5%), of which 60% are stray dogs and 40% are pet dogs .
According to a study, India has approximately 25 million dogs, with a dog man ratio of 1:36 . These dogs fall into four categories - pets, family dogs, community dogs and feral dogs.
Every 2 seconds a person is bitten by a dog and every 30 minutes a person dies from rabies. There is an increase in the number of cases of dog bites and the ever-increasing demand for vaccination.
In this article, we will inform you as to what to do when the dog bites you or someone else.
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Once you are bitten by a dog, it is necessary to take care of the injury as soon as possible to lower the risk of bacterial infection. In some cases, you will be able to give first aid to yourself and in other cases, medical treatment is required.
The type of first aid needed depends on the severity of the bite. Here is a list of things you should do before seeking medical attention:
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1 in 5 people bitten by a dog requires medical attention. Seek medical treatment immediately
Also, it is important to know that taking a rabies shot is necessary after a dog bite. Rabies is a deadly virus that progresses rapidly, so immediate medical treatment is required. The rabies vaccine is a series of four injections that are given over the course of several weeks to prevent rabies or counteract the virus after a dog bite .
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A dog's mouth contains many types of bacteria including Staphylococcus, Pasteurella and Capnocytophaga . If the bacteria enter the skin through a dog bite, it can cause many complications.
So, it is very important to wash the wound as soon as you are bitten and apply topical antibiotics on the wound as prescribed by the doctor . Keep the wound covered with a bandage and keep checking for any signs of infection. If you see any signs of infections, check with a doctor right away.What You Can Do Prevent A Dog Bite


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Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned comments by an Iranian official blaming Ankara for the bloodshed in Syria and warning Turkey it would be next, as unacceptable and inappropriate, and urged Iran to honour its ties as neighbours.
"It is unacceptable and irresponsible that Iranian officials in various posts continue to target our country through their statements, although Turkey's principled foreign policy is known to everyone," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"Everyone knows who, inside and outside Syria, is responsible for the human tragedy, caused by the Syrian regime. They will be called to account by history and human conscience."
The statement came just ahead of an unscheduled visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to Turkey on Tuesday.
The Foreign Office singled out the "baseless allegations and inappropriate threats" made by the Iranian chief of general staff Hassan Firouzabadi on the website of the Iran Revolutionary Guards.
Firouzabadi said Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey were responsible for the bloodshed and accused them of helping the "war-raging goals of America".
Salehi's talks are to focus on Syria and a group of Iranians seized by rebels there.
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I am a Breast Cancer Survivor: And This is My Story
This article was submitted to us by Maya *(name changed) She is a brilliant person, a beautiful author, and a breast cancer survivor. This is her story. Team Blank Slate Chronicles thanks Maya for doing this. We wish her good health and happiness!
"Can you come in today to discuss your test results?", the nurse's voice echoed on my cell. Something was off in that statement. I stopped short in my tracks.
I just celebrated my fortieth birthday!
"Sure, how long is she available today?", I asked – trying to find a time later in the day, optimizing as I always do, to not cancel too many meetings.
"She's here till 6. Can your husband accompany you?", the nurse asks.
Please don't make me cancel my trip to South America next month!
"Let me see if he can. We'll see you at 5:30 pm".
Everything changed that day.
That weekend, a heavily tattooed, pink haired employee at Whole Foods check-out counter asked, "How are you doing today?"
I've just got a diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer.
"Good. How are you today?", I return the nicety.
"Waiting to finish off my shift! Any fun plans for the weekend?", she asks again.
Well, I plan to sift through research to make treatment decisions that are literally life or death. I will be moping – complaining about losing a vacation. And I will be refusing to acknowledge that the lost vacation is not the worst of my worries.
"Nothing much", I responded, wanting to cut the conversation short and head home.
Fast forward. One and a half years.
"How are you today?", the spin instructor at the gym asks.
"Great!", I respond and I meant it.
I used to cringe when anyone referred to the infliction of the pain and suffering that cancer treatment is, and called it a cancer journey. Journey, to me, is a beautiful thing. One picks a destination, a route and then soaks in enriching experiences along the way. There's a modicum of choice. Was there a choice in the destination, the route and the experiences in this case? Perhaps. You be the judge.
Awareness 1: Self Advocacy
I wouldn't be writing this article today if my cancer hadn't been found and treated.
We are taught to do self-exams and look for lumps. Mine didn't start out as a lump.
We are asked to do mammograms after we turn forty. I had two mammograms before I was forty and one 4 months before the biopsy results found cancer. The mammograms did not detect any abnormality.
Younger folks often have denser breasts which make it harder to detect irregularities.
Even when the tests showed nothing, I went back because one breast felt different from the other, till we had a biopsy.
Remember that one in eight woman gets breast cancer in their lifetimes. If detected early it might be treatable. Check, test and if you still feel something isn't right, ask for more tests.
Awareness 2: Moving Beyond Denial and Hopelessness
"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity."
― Gilda Radner
Cancer. A word that evokes fear. Helplessness. Hopelessness.
All those reactions are unproductive. They may be unavoidable for some period. If you or a loved one is diagnosed, work on not letting either of those feelings cloud your clarity of thought.
Once diagnosed, pretending it's all going to be okay magically won't help. But giving in to fear or hopelessness won't help either.
Acknowledge the reality and then work on addressing the fear.
Reality Check 1: Gratitude
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. William Arthur Ward
My first reaction was frustration and anger. Jealousy even – as I looked at the picture perfect lives of friends and family streaming on Facebook and Instagram. In the seven stages of grief, I definitely went directly to anger – skipping shock and denial.
This was a shitty situation to be in – how could there even be anything to be thankful for? But there was. There always is something!
I had health insurance and access to a couple of cancer centers at the cutting edge of research close to where I lived. My workplace was supremely supportive and I had friends and family who were ready to be there for me.
Gratitude doesn't come naturally in the face of such disasters. However, gratitude – devoid of any feelings of entitlement, is what keeps us grounded.
Reality Check 2: All life is terminal.
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have. – Nelson Mandela
This was not supposed to be my story. I didn't believe in luck, fate, destiny or divine interventions. Particularly for the atheist types like me. There's is no resorting to prayer. I had worked very hard for as long as I remember to build a life and seeing it potentially slipping away is a hard blow – and that's putting it mildly.
But here's the thing – no one gets out of this life alive! Life is terminal by the very definition of it.
Mortality is what makes it interesting. Yes, life is terminal, but we do not have to stop living!
Get the anger out of your system if there is. That self-pity? Shove it away.
I'm not suggesting to be in denial. Keep it real. You may or may not be fine – but there is no need to wallow in it.
Over the next several days, I asked myself and my significant other several times – if this was it, the end of life, would I be content? And the answer was a resounding yes.
And at that moment something changed. It didn't mean I was losing the desire to fight. It meant I would be ok with whatever might be the outcome.
Action Plan 1: What do you have power over?
"Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't."
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
When cancer strikes, it really feels life is spinning out of control. But there are always some things we do have control over.
I spent weeks educating myself on breast cancer. Being able to speak and understand the language made it so much easier to make treatment decisions and be able to objectively analyze.
Stages. Grades. Hormone Receptor Status. Her2 status. Chemo drugs. Common cocktails for the various scenarios. Targeted therapies for Her2 positive cancers. Clinical trials. Radiation. Surgeries. Reconstruction options. Learned about it all.
Once treatment started, I planned out my days to the T. Office hours interspersed with doctor office visits. Chemo every Friday after work. Cook on Saturdays when I was high energy from the steroids and stock up home cooked food for the week. Work from home on Mondays – when I'd be the most depleted. Walk every day for at least half an hour. Write.
Worked like a charm for the twelve weeks of chemotherapy.
When radiation started, I scheduled the sessions on the way to work every morning for five weeks. Twenty-five sessions seem daunting and it was. But – scheduling it as if it was a morning gym visit made it less overwhelming.
I controlled my schedule, diet, treatment decisions. And that was quite empowering.
Action Plan 2: Find Joy.
How can one find joy in the aftermath of a life-altering event when facing mortality head on?
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. Sharon Draper
None of the happy moments are usurped by the unwelcome grand event. There are still sunsets, giggles, and the rain. There is still the walk in the park. And the little indulgent shopping if that's what rocks your boat. Fill your life with those little sips.
It will be rocky sometimes when the ship is elusive. Build a thick skin, cut out any negativity around yourself and enable your tribe to help you. Sometimes that means asking people for what you need.
Find a tribe that you can rely on. Not all relationships will survive this. Some new relationships might develop. Is there a support group that you can lean on?
Action Plan 3: Reprioritize
I'm a planner. I have lists and lists of lists. And then life happens.
But life, should not have the power over you, to take all of your well-laid plans and wreak havoc. I sat down one day while chemo was underway to whip out my bucket list and prioritize ruthlessly.
I might have a few years. I might have twenty. Or forty. No one can tell for sure.
I asked myself – what dreams/desires are non-negotiable if I had two years. And what things needed to be in order? Everything else would be the cherry on top.
So I built yet another list. A ruthlessly pared-down list that I continue to refine and follow passionately. My days are fuller than ever before.
That's it. Awareness. Reality Checks. And Action Plans. Maybe that will get you through the tough patch?
My work responsibilities tripled last year, traveled widely, wrote a lot – published a short story and a research paper, drove out in the middle of the night to photograph the night sky, volunteered for a political campaign, decorated our new home, spend some intense time with family, and I was also diagnosed with cancer.
Some relationships got stronger, I lost some and I also gained a whole new tribe.
I am alive today. Happy. Content. Thriving. Tomorrow is another day.


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15085 Trestle Glen Dr, Glen Ellen, CA 95442
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Trestle Glen Vineyards is named after the narrow gauge railroad constructed through Sonoma Valley in 1882 that connected the town of Sonoma to Glen Ellen.
The culmination of vast winemaking experience, award winning grapes, boutique small lot production, and the drive to craft exceptional wines.
Solely sourced from the Trestle Glen Vineyards estate, we strive for each small lot wine to uniquely express its own story. We take a minimalistic winemaking approach to allow the nuances of the vintage's land, grapes and weather to come through.
Trestle Glen's sustainably farmed grapes are highly sought after and have been used for many years in B.R. Cohn's own estate Cabernet wines.
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When you stay at Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo in New Cairo City, you'll be close to Cairo Festival City Mall. This 5-star hotel is within the region of City Stars and Cairo International Convention Centre.
Make yourself at home in one of the 449 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Rooms have private patios. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature designer toiletries and bidets.
Take time to pamper yourself with a visit to the full-service spa. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a nightclub, a health club, and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this hotel include gift shops/newsstands, a hair salon, and wedding services.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant or in a coffee shop/café. Or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Breakfast is available for a fee.
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Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).


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Ayurvedic Lifestyle Tips: Seasonal Eating For January
By Elizabeth Halliday-Reynolds
Many western doctors and and professionals who focus on nutrition and wellness extoll the benefits of eating seasonally. Eating seasonally is also an approach favored in the ancient science of Ayurveda. When we chose to follow an Ayurvedic lifestyle, we are urged to eat with the seasons and according to our dosha.
The logic behind seasonal eating is that foods will be fresher and have more nutritional value having spent less time in storage. In Ayurveda we learn that we are able to digest certain foods better during certain seasons. For instance, generally big salads with lots of raw vegetables are going to be harder to digest in the cold months because our bodies are using energy to stay warm rather than using that energy to kindle the digestive fires. Because digestion and elimination are so important in Ayurveda (less waste in the body = a healthy body), taking the seasonal approach also means that we support our digestion processes.
Vegetables: broccoli, broccolini, brussels sprouts, butternut squash | celery root, collards, fennel, leeks, mache, potatoes (maincrop), pumpkin, rutabaga, salsify, sweet potatoes, sunchoke, turnips
Fruits & Nuts: kiwi fruit, oranges, pomegranate, tamarillo, tangerines, ugli fruit
Meat: duck, goose, quail, rabbit, venison
Fish & Seafood: clams, crab, mussels, oysters, scallops
Ayurveda notes that we are in Kapha season which runs from Mid-November through Mid-March with some Vata days thrown in (dry and cold). Taking this list of foods and and choosing foods and spices that support the season means choosing foods that are supportive of Kapha. This during this winter (Kapha) season, we will choose foods that have tastes that are pungent (leeks), bitter (Collards) and astringent (broccoli). On the Vata days we would look for sour (oranges), sweet tastes (Basmati Rice)and warming (Quinoa) foods. Keeping these ideas in mind when selecting which in season foods to eat will support us better during this season of Kapha (cold, wet) and sometimes (Vata) cold, windy and dry winter months.
Grains that support all dosha types in the winter are: Amaranth, Basmati Rice, Buckwheat, Grain Flours, Hulled Barley, Quinoa, Rye, Short-grain Brown Rice, Wheat Berries and Whole oats.
Another factor in Ayurveda is that not every body is built the same way. We each have an individual constitution made up of all three doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha). The amount of each dosha in your individual constitution can impact the way in which you digest food. It is telling that you may be able to handle a lunch of pasta easier than your friend who has a different dosha.
If your particular dosha does not support pungent, bitter and astringent or salty, sour, sweet or warming, you would make modifications to these food lists by way of cooking, combining or spicing.
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For 10 years, "bao lady" Sarah Tan has opened up her five-room home to single mothers and homeless youth.
The owner of steamed bun shop Choon Ming Bao Dian uses her business to support her social work. Of the 50 people she has taken in over the years, more than 10 have worked in her stalls. She had 13 stalls at the peak of her business. Now, she has three outlets left after a failed business deal.
For her efforts, Madam Tan, 52, was yesterday given the individual award for champion for women's economic empowerment by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
"Of course, I'm happy to receive the award," she said in Mandarin. "I'm also a single mother, so I understand their struggles."
At its annual gala dinner yesterday during which it raised $402,487, Aware gave out awards to individuals and organisations which have made inroads in the economic empowerment of women, and gender equality and justice.
There was also an Alamak! Award, a tongue-in-cheek "honour" for those who hampered gender equality. Aware also announced the Building Dreams programme, in partnership with voluntary welfare organisation Daughters of Tomorrow.
Other winners
Champion for women's economic empowerment (organisation)
Bettr Barista is a social enterprise founded in 2011. Since then, it has trained 50 marginalised women and young people to work in the speciality coffee industry.
Champion for gender equality and justice (organisation)
Transgender shelter T Project, founded in 2014 by two transgender sisters, is the only organisation housing homeless transgender people.
Champion for gender equality and justice (individual)
Freelance journalist and activist Kirsten Han was credited by Aware with highlighting gender issues during last year's General Election.
Alamak! award
This tongue-in-cheek award for sexism went to lawyer Edmund Wong. He got 71 per cent of votes cast for humiliating a molestation victim in court. He had asked her to stand up to show how attractive she was, and said if she was voluptuous and in a low-cut top, she was more likely to be molested.
Building Dreams will train low-income women in confidence-building and IT skills, among others, to help them gain employment.
Madam Tan's work with needy Singaporeans started in 2007 when a women's shelter approached her about hiring a single mother at her Ang Mo Kio stall. She hired the woman and also took her and her four children in. When the mother had to be hospitalised, Madam Tan took care of the four children.
Losing her husband in a car accident at 27 and raising three children on her own made her more aware of the difficulties single mothers faced, she said.
Currently, Madam Tan houses six children at her rented property in Casuarina Road and is expecting two unwed mothers to move in when their babies are due.
Her long-time friend, sales executive Esther Tham, 56, who met her when their children attended the same school, said: "I'm glad that her efforts have been recognised."


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New top November bull
New top November bull
THE first November proof run for UK progeny tested black-and-white bulls shows a new number one, with Augusts leader Rosparry Thor dropping to number three, and yet another MOET-bred bull nearing the top 10.
In figures published by the Animal Data Centre, new leader is Etazon Celsius, with an ITEM of £123 and PIN of £122. However, EU animal health legislation (Livestock, Oct 30) means that little semen will be available from this Holland Genetics bull.
Moving back to second place, despite dropping £2 on ITEM, is Singing Brook N-B Mascot, with an ITEM and PIN of £119.
Rosparry Thor, from Avoncroft, who achieved second place in February and top place in May and August, drops to third place, with an ITEM of £117 and PIN of £113 – a £9 drop in ITEM and a £8 drop in PIN.
Etazon Labelle – another bull to be affected by the EU health legislation – is in fourth place with PIN and ITEM of £116, while Mars Silver Boy is fifth, with a PIN of £118 and ITEM of £115.
MOET Martha Franchise, in eighth place with an ITEM of £112 and PIN of £114, is joined by stable mate and highest climber MOET Flirt Freeman in 11th place with an ITEM of £112 and PIN of £115.


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A 1,000-square-foot medical clinic in the Andes Mountains is transforming rural healthcare
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
In the mountains of Peru, a husband and wife run a Quechuan-speaking center where patients pay what they can and are never turned away due to a lack of resources
High in the sky between the peaks of Peru's Andes Mountains lies a picturesque 70-mile stretch of land called the Sacred Valley. Running between Cusco and Machu Picchu, this fertile valley was once highly prized by the Incans thanks to its rich soil and moderate climate. Today the valley is still home to the Indigenous Quechua, a rural population that continues to subsist on agriculture. And while the area remains rich in crops and tradition – the Incan language, music, food and handiwork thrive here – it lacks many modern amenities, including reliable electricity and medical care. Location, poverty and cultural differences are major barriers to healthcare access for the Quechuans. Previous studies state nearly 60% of the indigenous Peruvian communities do not have access to a healthcare facility.
Those that do often struggle communicating with healthcare providers, many of whom speak Spanish but not Quechua, an officially recognized language in Peru.
Guido Del Prado was raised in Coya, a Sacred Valley province located an hour outside of Cusco. Growing up, he experienced the healthcare disparity firsthand. "In Peru, public healthcare should be focused on the vulnerable population." Guido explained. "Unfortunately, the resources and budgets are being used to build centers, rather than increase the quality and personal care for patients that, oftentimes, are Quechuan speakers."
Guido left Peru to attend school in the United States, where he served as a Peace Corps Director and U.S. Foreign Service Officer. But after retiring in 2005, Guido and his wife Sandy – who once served as a member of the Peace Corps in the Sacred Valley – decided they wanted to address the healthcare challenges in Guido's hometown, so they returned to Coya and opened a medical clinic called Kausay Wasi, which is Quechuan for "House of Health." Their goal was to treat the Quechuan population and beyond with dignity and respect and provide high-quality, personalized healthcare using the best technology available. The clinic, which is less than 1,000 square feet, has two operating rooms, a laboratory, a pharmacy, an X-ray room, six offices, a room for dental procedures and, a block away, a physical therapy/rehabilitation unit that creates and fits orthopedic prostheses. Employees of the clinic speak Quechuan and patients pay what they can but are never turned away due to a lack of resources. Kausay Wasi treats people of all ages with a variety of health problems, but very commonly sees pediatric patients with orthopedic conditions, like hip dysplasia. Without early treatment, these conditions can develop into a lifelong physical disability. Because of this, Guido helped acquire an OEC Brivo, a mobile C-Arm from GE Healthcare, that uses real-time fluoroscopy (commonly known as X-Ray) to help physicians perform diagnostic exams and musculoskeletal procedures. While the Brivo enables physicians to perform trauma, spinal, urological, abdominal and general surgeries, as well as offer pain management, it is especially helpful during orthopedic procedures. "Before the Brivo, doctors would perform procedures as best as they could without real-time imaging – reorienting the bones and inserting the screws based on diagnostic images taken before the procedure." Talía Vargas, Account Manager at GE Healthcare, explained. "But how could they know if everything was placed where it needed to be? They were working blindly and as a result, the surgeries took a long time and were more invasive because the doctors would have to make larger incisions."
Since the Brivo was installed in 2017, physicians can make real-time decisions based on the information gathered during surgery. As a result, Guido says there has been an uptick in patient load. "Thanks to the OEC Brivo, the clinic had been able to see double the number of children we used to see before." Guido said. One patient recently travelled to Kausay Wasi from Pucallpa, a city located in the Amazon jungle in Eastern Peru. She was born with a several limb deformities that significantly impacted her mobility and quality of life. After undergoing five different interventions using the Brivo, this patinet has learned to walk, write and participate in activities her immobility once prevented. Today, 13 years since Kausay Wasi opened its doors, the clinic has done more than just serve its local community. In recent months, individuals from Bolivia and Ecuador heard about the hospital and traveled to the Sacred Valley to be treated for their medical conditions.. As Guido and Sandy look to the future, they hope to expand Kausay Wasi and continue to close the healthcare gap in Peru. "Our mission will continue to be providing attentive, high-quality healthcare while treating our patients with dignity and respect using the best technology available." Guido said. "That is what they need."


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Easter 5Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me1 Jesus, thy boundless love to me no thought can reach, no tongue declare; unite my thankful heart to thee, and reign without a rival there! Thine wholly, thine alone, I am; be thou alone my constant flame.2 Oh, grant that nothing in my soul may dwell, but thy pure love alone; oh, may thy love possess me whole, my joy, my treasure, and my crown! All coldness from my heart remove; my ev'ry act, word, thought, be love.3 This love unwearied I pursue and dauntlessly to thee aspire. Oh, may thy love my hope renew, burn in my soul like heav'nly fire! And day and night, be all my care to guard this sacred treasure there.4 In suff'ring be thy love my peace, in weakness be thy love my pow'r; and when the storms of life shall cease, O Jesus, in that final hour, be thou my rod and staff and guide and draw me safely to thy side!Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676; tr. John Wesley, 1703-1791, alt.
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Easter 4The King of Love My Shepherd Is1 The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine forever.2 Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul he leadeth and, where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth.3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, but yet in love he sought me, and on his shoulder gently laid, and home, rejoicing, brought me.4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill, with thee, dear Lord, beside me, thy rod and staff my comfort still; thy cross before to guide me.5 Thou spreadst a table in my sight; thine unction grace bestoweth; and, oh, what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth!6 And so, through all the length of days, thy goodness faileth never. Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever.Text: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877
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2nd Sunday of Easter
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The Resurrection of our Lord Sermon and Prayers
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Maundy Thursday Homily and Prayers
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The Passion of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew.
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text: Betta fish are freshwater fish. They are the second most popular in home aquarium pets. Bettas are very smart. These fish come in many different, striking colors and shapes as well. These fish are very territorial; hints their name. It is not recommended to house two of these fish together. Male betta fish seem to be more aggressive than females. Though females can also be quite aggressive as well. Even at the sight of the betta's own reflection can cause a rant of aggression. Male bettas are usually larger than females and display brighter colors with more ornate finnage. Siamese fighting fish are meat eaters. Those kept in home aquariums are usually fed pellets or freeze-dried bloodworms available at Pisces Reef Fish Emporium. Bettas are anabantoids, also known as labyrinth fish. Labyrinth fish possess a special organ that allows them to breathe air. This organ allows them to survive in habitats that often become too polluted or oxygen-poor to survive with normal underwater breathing alone. Bettas create what is called a "bubble nest." This is completely normal, and a sign of a happy, healthy betta. "Bubble nest" are also created to protect offspring. If two bettas mate, the male cares for the eggs.


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Posted: Aug 30, 2019
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Juniors Madison McCoy (Fredericksburg, Va. / Stafford) and Austyn Faries (Richmond, Va. / Monacan) each scored a pair of goals as Randolph-Macon field hockey exploded in the second half in a 6-0 victory.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 6, McDaniel 0
Location/Venue: Westminster, Md./Gill Stadium
Records: Randolph-Macon (1-0), McDaniel (0-1)
How It Happened
- Both teams played a more defensive game early. Just three shots came across the face of goal between the first and second quarters, with R-MC accounting for two of the three. NCAA Field Hockey is now played across four 15-minute quarters as opposed to two 35-minute halves as in previous years.
- But Randolph-Macon exploded in the third and fourth quarters. Two minutes into the third period, Faries scored her first on a pass from the right baseline coming from junior Maria Teresa Ambrogi-Torres (Richmond, Va. / Trinity Episcopal School). Moments later, junior Claire Magill (Moseley, Va. / Trinity Episcopal School) scored after junior Kathleen Tanner (Spotsylvania, Va. / Riverbend) passed it ahead to her for the score. McCoy ended the R-MC scoring in the frame with a goal as she slipped it past the diving keeper. Junior Ayanna Healy (Newport News, Va. / Woodside) earned he assist on the goal.
- Faries kept the onslaught up with an unassisted goal after a rebound on her own shot. Faries then helped out on McCoy's second goal of the night as she slipped it into the open goal from the top of the circle in the 53rd minute. Junior Kaylene Thomas (Suffolk, Va. / Lakeland) finished the scoring for the night after freshman Anna Gale (Chesapeake, Va. / Great Bridge) passed it from the left post for Thomas to finish at center.
Inside The Numbers
- The shot by McDaniel in the second quarter was their lone of the game as the R-MC defense stood strong for all four quarters. The defense was anchored by Magill, junior Megan May (Hayes, Va. / Gloucester) and sophomore Sydney Duimstra (Montpelier, Va. / Deep Run). Sophomore keeper Gatlin Snyder (Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan) made the lone save.
- R-MC tallied 16 total shots, with 14 landing on goal.
- Randolph-Macon had six penalty corner chances, of which one helped setup a goal.
- Faries and McCoy led the Yellow Jackets with four shots each.
Up Next
Randolph-Macon will have its home opener on Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM at Day Field against Southern Virginia.


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Pirelli Star Drivers benefit from pre-season training
Milan, March 23, 2010
Pirelli's five Star Drivers have got their season off to the best possible start by completing a week of media and fitness training; including a test in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X with which they will contest six rounds of this year's World Rally Championship.
The five drivers, Nick Georgiou (Lebanon), Peter Horsey (Kenya), Hayden Paddon (New Zealand), Alex Raschi (San Marino) and Ott Tanak (Estonia), completed three days of theoretical preparation in Edinburgh together with their co-drivers, before moving onto a two-day test in Tuscany, where they sampled the Mitsubishi Lancer run by Ralliart Italia for the first time.
The five Pirelli Star Drivers will contest World Championship rallies in Turkey (15-18 April), Portugal (27-30 May), Finland (29-31 July), Germany (19-22 August), France (1-3 October) and Great Britain (11-14 November).
The three days in Edinburgh covered all aspect of driver psychology, training and fitness, with practical exercises supplementing the classroom teaching. During the two-day Tuscany test, the drivers each tested the car for around 70 kilometres, which were mainly on gravel.
The Pirelli Star Driver scheme is a joint effort between Pirelli and world motorsport's governing body, the FIA, which gives talented young drivers from each of the major FIA regional rally championships the chance to compete at the top level. The five drivers participating in the scheme are selected by an international jury, following a shoot-out competition.
Pirelli's rally manager Mario Isola, who has kept a close eye on the scheme since its inception in 2008, when Pirelli started a three-year contract to supply the World Rally Championship with control tyres, said: "At the heart of Pirelli's motorsport philosophy there has always been a desire to help talented young drivers, so we are particularly proud of our involvement in the Pirelli Star Driver scheme. The training session, followed by the test, gave all our young drivers the opportunity to start the season as well prepared as they can be for the challenges that lie ahead. All the drivers put a lot into the course and equally got a lot out of it, so we are feeling very optimistic about the season to come."
San Marino's Alex Raschi, one of the two European Pirelli Star Drivers, commented: "The training was an extremely useful way for us all to begin the year; it was brilliant because we managed to cover some topics that I would not even have thought of otherwise. There's an extremely strong sense of solidarity amongst the group of Pirelli drivers, and we were all able to push each other quite hard. I'd like to thank Pirelli for the biggest opportunity of my career to date, because otherwise it would be impossible for a young driver like myself to even consider going to the World Rally Championship: the costs are prohibitive. Now it is down to us all to make the most of this unique chance."
The next time that all the Pirelli Star Drivers will gather together to drive their cars in anger will be at the shakedown for the Rally of Turkey, on Thursday April 15.
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Millie," he warned her. "Don't you go on like that.
Maybe I _will_ come in. And if I do, my girl, it won't be me that'll
be lickin' shoes. It might be _you_!"
"Me!" she scorned. "You ain't got no hold on me no more. Come in and
try it!"
The man hesitated.
"Come on!" she taunted.
"I ain't coming in, Millie," he answered. "I didn't come up to come
in. I just come up to tell you I was sorry."
She laughed.
"I didn't know you was there, Millie," the man continued. "If I'd
knowed you was with the Forty Flirts, I wouldn't have took the boy
there. And I come up to tell you so."
Overcome by a sudden and agonizing recollection of the scene, she put
her hands to her face.
"And I come up to tell you something else," the acrobat continued,
speaking gently. "I tell you, Millie, you better look out. If you
ain't careful, you'll lose him for good. He took it hard, Millie.
Hard! It broke the little fellow all up. It hurt him--awful!"
She began to walk the floor. In the room the light was failing. It
was growing dark--an angry portent--over the roofs of the opposite city.
"Do you want him back?" the man asked.
"Want him back!" she cried.
"Then," said he, his voice soft, grave, "take care!"
"Want him back?" she repeated, beginning, now, by habit, to tear at her
nails. "I got to have him back! He's mine, ain't he? Didn't I bear
him? Didn't I nurse him? Wasn't it me that--that--_made_ him? He's
my kid, I tell you--_mine_! And I want him back! Oh, I want him so!"
The man entered; but the woman seemed not to know it. He regarded her
"That there curate ain't got no right to him," she complained. "_He_
didn't have nothing to do with the boy. It was only me and Dick.
What's he sneaking around here for--taking Dick's boy away? The boy's
half mine and half Dick's. The curate ain't got no share. And now
Dick's dead--and he's _all_ mine! The curate ain't got nothing to do
with it. We don't want no curate here. I raised that boy for myself.
I didn't do it to give him to no curate. What right's he got coming
around here--getting a boy he didn't have no pain to bear or trouble to
raise? I tell you _I_ got that boy. He's mine--and I want him!"
"But you give the boy to the curate, Millie!"
"No, I didn't!" she lied. "He took the boy. He come sneaking around
here making trouble. _I_ didn't give him no boy. And I want him
back," she screamed, in a gust of passion. "I want my boy back!"
A rumble of thunder--failing, far off--came from the sea.
"Millie," the acrobat persisted, "you said you wasn't fit to bring him
"I ain't," she snapped. "But I don't care. He's mine--and I'll have
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"Jim," the woman said, now quiet, laying her hands on the acrobat's
shoulders, looking steadily into his eyes, "that boy's mine. I want
him--I want him--back. But I don't want him if he don't love me. And
if I can't have him--if I can't have him----"
"I'll be all alone, Jim--and I'll want----"
He caught her hands. "Me?" he asked. "Will you want me?"
"I don't know."
"Millie," he said, speaking hurriedly, "_won't_ you want me? I've took
up with the little Tounson blonde. But _she_ wouldn't care. You know
how it goes, Millie. It's only for business. She and me team up.
That's all. She wouldn't care. And if you want me--if you want me,
Millie, straight and regular, for better or for worse--if you want me
that way, Millie----"
"Don't, Jim!"
He let her hands fall--and drew away. "I love you too much," he said,
"to butt in now. But if the boy goes back on you, Millie, I'll
come--again. You'll need me then--and that's why I'll come. I don't
want him to go back on you. I want him to love you still. It's
because of the way you love him that I love you--in the way I do. It
ain't easy for me to say this. It ain't easy for me to want to give
you up.
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