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When I first became a working mom, leaving my children behind when I had to travel for work wasn't easy. I know it was tough on them, too. Not being there when they came home from school, ready to talk about their day, and not being there to tuck them into bed was far from ideal, but I knew there had to be a way we could make things work. I realized the most important thing for me to do was to make them understand why I travel and, for that matter, why I work.
So, about three years ago, my family and I decided to retool how we approach business trips. Since then, I've found a variety of ways to maintain the strong connection I share with my children without disrupting their norm, even if we can't be together physically. I set expectations, I leave personalized notes, and I even bring my kids with me on certain trips.
These things have made all the difference in the world. Like so many other working mothers, I've found that creating a nurturing, stable and supportive environment is paramount for my kids, whether I'm at home or a plane ride away.
I'm a 9-to-5 career woman working as a vice president at Upromise by Sallie Mae, a college savings program. But more importantly, I'm a mom to three amazing girls, ages eight, six, and three. We live in Boston, but Sallie Mae is headquartered in Delaware, so I travel there somewhat often, typically for a few days at a time. Before we changed our routine, whenever I would get back from a trip, I'd sit down with the girls and tell them all about it. They'd ask questions and I'd do my best to answer them, but it was challenging for them to fully understand when they couldn't conceptualize where I was, who I was with, or what I was doing.
Take Your Kid To Work Trips
I discussed it with my family and we decided that I would start bringing the kids on a business trip once a year. So, for the last few years, that's what we've done. And it's worked. Now, once a year, usually in the summer, my three girls come to Delaware with my mom and me to see my work life in action. During the day, Grandma will take them around town, and then we'll meet up in the office for chunks of time so they can see how I work and meet some of my colleagues.
This has worked so well, I think, because they're able to visualize where their mom is going when she has to leave home. They can put faces to the people I talk about, and truly feel immersed in my work life. Knowing who my boss is and who I work with on a daily basis engages them that much more. Even little things, like knowing there's a Chili's down the street, provide an accessible touch point for them, making it easier for us to talk about where I was and why I had to go in the first place.
The Calendar Is Your Friend
Even if I'm not able to take my kids on a trip with me, I always take extra measures to make sure they feel supported at home. A very simple and effective technique we've developed is scheduling family time on the calendar. Whenever possible, I try to book my travel at least three weeks out. This way, we can sit down as a family once or twice a month and look at the calendar so there are no surprises. By the time my trip rolls around, my kids are as ready as they can be for me to go. The trauma of not having me around for a few days is reduced by knowing when I'll be gone and where I'll be.
Loop In Your School
I also make sure to let the kids' teachers know when I'll be gone. It's never been a problem for our family, luckily, but it's a good precaution to take. Especially at younger ages, it's not uncommon for children to act out either at home or at school when they feel like they aren't getting the attention they need from their parents. With a busy travel schedule, it gives teachers the heads-up and gives them insight into what the problem may be. In our family, we look at it as no-cost insurance.
Leave a Note (Or Two)
When I'm not able to bring my children with me, I still want to be physically present in some small way. If I'm going on a trip for more than one night, I'll hand-write notes for each of my daughters for every night I'll be gone. Then, each night, they'll shuffle up their notes and pick one to read; they actively look forward to these notes now. It's a great way to bond when I can't be there with them.
Finding the time and energy to write the notes is tough, but I can't stress how valuable it's been. The notes don't have to be long, drawn out love letters. Cute sayings and anecdotes do the job just as well, if not even better. I've found giving one reason I love them to be especially powerful. For example, my six year-old sometimes gets caught up in middle child syndrome. One of my all-time favorite notes to her was simple: "Remember–the best part of the sandwich is the middle."
Business travel is the new normal, especially for women. This is a fact that more and more families are starting to face, and that's something I want my daughters to understand. My husband and I make a conscious effort to expose our kids to families like ours so they don't feel like the only children out there with a parent who isn't able to be home all the time. Like so many mothers, work trips have become a regular part of my monthly routine and therefore something my kids have become accustomed to in their own schedules.
Traveling frequently for your career doesn't have to affect your children negatively. With preparation and a lot of communication, it can become a seamless part of the family's routine. As a mother of three daughters, this is especially important to me, because I want them to know they can be whatever they want–mom, boss, friend–and still have it all.


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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 07:25
Law enforcement in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and elsewhere in East Africa needs skills, experience, and enabling equipment to effectively investigate terrorism cases. Investigators in the region need international support as they seek to work more closely with prosecutors to build cases against terrorists and successfully bring them to trial.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 07:45
As in other parts of the world, most prison systems in sub-Saharan Africa are abusive. Routine and bureaucratized abuses are widespread throughout the region. This article looks at the challenges facing the continent's prison systems, using case studies from several countries to better understand the possible paths to reform.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:06
The new Uruguayan government says it will no longer grant asylum to prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
On Cuba: Senator Menendez Writes Secretary of State Kerry, FBI Director Comey And Demands Harbored American Fugitives Face Justice in the United States
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 10:24
Menendez: "As the Department of State moves forward with its review of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, it is essential to recognize that the Castro regime has a long track record of providing sanctuary to terrorists and harboring U.S. fugitives who have murdered American citizens, while undermining international security."
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:56
Askhat Daulbayev, Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, and Bruce C. Swartz, U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, signed the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT) on Feb. 20 at the U.S. Department of Justice. The treaty, after it is ratified by both countries' legislatures, will significantly boost cooperation between the nations and aid them in tackling crime more effectively.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:51
Uruguay's president-elect Tabaré Vázquez has launched a Truth and Justice Commission to look into crimes committed during the country's 1973-85 dictatorship.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:49
Thousands of Argentines marched in the capital Wednesday demanding answers in the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman exactly one month after he was found in his bathroom with a bullet in his right temple.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 10:22
As Argentine investigators attempt to uncover the mystery behind the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, a new wrinkle has appeared in the investigation: the body of an unidentified middle-aged woman, deposited and burnt across the street from Nisman's apartment.
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 06:39
Tajik authorities say they have detained 11 people on suspicion of being adherents of a banned branch of Islam.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 07:27
Ibragimov's arrest appears to be part of a pattern, whereby the hypersensitive government of strongman Emomali Rakhmon accuses critics of "extremism" and uses the servile judiciary to lock them up.


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Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007.
A report from Countrywide's high-end brand Hamptons International says the previous high spent by Londoners outside the capital was £37 billion in 2007.
Londoners purchased 74,350 homes in other parts of the UK in 2018, 3.8 per cent more than in 2017. This year they paid an average of £398,910.
Approaching 80 per cent of Londoners leaving the capital in 2018 moved elsewhere in the southern half of the UK but there were buyers further afield too.
Aneisha Beveridge, head of research at Hamptons International, says: "Historically most people moving out of London have done so because of changing priorities, such as starting a family or generally wanting a slower pace of life.
"But increasingly as affordability in the capital is stretched, more households are looking beyond the confines of London to buy their first home.
"For many this means moving further afield to areas such as the Midlands and North where they can get more for their money.
"Despite a rise in the number of London leavers this year, 2018 is likely to be a peak. A slower housing market in 2019 will likely mean that we see fewer Londoners buying homes outside of the capital than in 2018."
Using Countrywide group figures, this is the breakdown by region:
- South east England 37%
- East of England 32%
- South west England 9%
- North west England 6%
- East Midlands 6%
- West Midlands 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber 2%
- Scotland 2%
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Michael Peevey appoints himself to head the San Bruno investigation.
The head of the state Public Utilities Commission—faulted by critics for its lax safety oversight during his tenure—has put himself in charge of deciding whether Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will be fined for the deadly San Bruno gas explosion.
President Michael Peevey has acknowledged that the agency he has led since 2003 had been lax and complacent on safety before the Sept. 9, 2010, disaster, in which eight people died and 38 homes were destroyed.
A blue-ribbon panel he appointed in the wake of blast, as well as the National Transportation Safety Board, said the agency's oversight as flawed.
This month, the commission lodged charges that could result in hundreds of millions in penalties against PG&E for a string of violations of state and federal safety regulations related to San Bruno.
The commission issued a statement Wednesday that stressed the assignment was done in consultation with the PUC's chief administrative law judge, Karen Clopton, and that any settlement with PG&E requires a vote of the five-member panel.
"Each commissioner handles cases across many industries," the statement noted.
Peevey's critics, who have called for his ouster, said his self-assignment to the most significant case in the commission's history was a stunning setback to safety.
"I think it's a slap in the face to all Californians," said Mark Toney, head of The Utility Reform Network consumer organization, "that he would have the audacity to appoint himself, especially since he bears some of the responsibility for the situation in the first place."
Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, wrote a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown to "express outrage and indignation" at Peevey's action given what he called a "decade of mistrust" under Peevey's tenure.
He said that the commission's expert on gas safety, Mike Florio, has been diligent and "there is no reason why he should not be guiding this penalty investigation."
"I find it offensive that someone so responsible for the culture implicated in the San Bruno disaster has taken it upon himself to lead the direction of this penalty proceeding," Hill said. "It is a slap in the face to the people in San Bruno."


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In Forex trading the products bought and sold are currencies, i.e. Money used in different countries and regions. The word "Forex" is short for "foreign exchange" which has to do with converting one currency into another, "foreign" currency, one used elsewhere.
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Since the product traded on is currency, a Forex trader buys one currency while paying for it with another. The currency bought is called the "target currency" and the one used to pay with is known as the "base currency". In any Forex trade, two currencies that are involved referred to as the "currency pair". Since there are almost 200 different currencies in the world, there are, theoretically, thousands of different possible currency pairs. However, there are about 100 pairs as such, which are responsible for practically all of the volume of Global Forex trading, and out of these 100, there are pairs which are most commonly traded, such as the U.S dollar/Euro pair.
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As described above, there are many currencies traded in Forex markets the world over. But out of all these different currencies, there are several which are the most interesting to Forex traders. Among the currencies which are most commonly found in Forex trading currency pairs are the U.S dollar (USD), Euro (EU), British pound (GBP), Swiss franc (CHF), Chinese Yuan (CNY), Canadian dollar (CAD), Australian dollar (AUD), Japanese Yen (JPY) and several other currencies.
What Affects Currency Values
A certain currency's value is determined by many different factors. In generally speaking, the stronger a country's economy is, the better its currency will hold its value as compared to other currencies. Things like periods of local market depressions, wars, large scale natural disasters, unfavorable reports about the state of the economy etc. Will cause a currency's value to drop. It is important to understand that just like with any other product prices are determined by the balance between supply and demand, i.e. If many traders are selling U.S dollars and buying Euros the value of the U.S dollar will tend to drop and that of the Euro will rise.
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Just like when trading on any financial product, profit is made by buying at a certain price and then selling at a higher one. In Forex trading, this means trading on a certain currency pair when the target currency is worth a certain amount in terms of the base currency (this is the "exchange rate") and then ending the trading position once the target currency's value has risen, i.e. The exchange rate had changed in our favor.
Pips and Spreads
Pips and spreads are two of the most basic terms a Forex trader must be familiar with.
A pip is the smallest figure in the number indicating the value of a certain currency. For instance, if the USD/EU exchange rate is 1.0563 then the "3" is the digit indicating pips. If the exchange rate then rises to 1.0567, there was a rise of 4 pips. In the case of the USD/EU example the value of each pip is one thousandth of a cent. The digit indicating pips for all currencies is the fourth after the decimal point, except with the Japanese yen, this currency's pip is the second digit after the decimal point.
The spread is the final difference, in pips, between the exchange rate the trade position was opened at and the exchange rate when the position is closed. For instance, if a trader gives an order to trade in Euros, buying them using U.S dollars, the currency pair is USD/EU, the exchange rate may be 1.0612 when the order to buy was given, and then 1.0635 when the Euros were sold back in U.S dollars. The spread therefore, in this case, was 23 pips in favor of the trader. If the trader had bought 10,000 Euros and then sold them, they would have made a 23$ profit. Trading fees in Forex are very low.


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Laniakea is a long but rather small beach where turtles can frequently be seen. It's just an hour drive from Honolulu to the north shore of Oahu depending on the traffic.
Laniakea Beach is famous for the Hawaiian Honu, the green sea turtle. It's not guaranteed to spot basking turtles, but if they come ashore, it's one of the most memorable experiences. There isn't any specific time for the honu to haul up onto the beach to sunbathe and rest. Some come year-round while others prefer the spring and summer. Several already appear in the morning, some prefer the afternoon sun like "Kekoa"; a 20-year-old male.
A couple of them like to stay on the beach past sunset like "Kuhili" a 40 years old male. Also, Olivia Dawn; the 4th most frequently basking honu stays past sunset. Overall you get a higher chance to spot turtles sunbathing during summer (May-September). Usually, they prefer a calmer sea and perfect conditions to come ashore.
We came to the beach three times; on the first day we didn't spot any and watched the sunset. On the second day we spotted a few in the sea only, and on the third day two turtles hauled up to the beach while others were feeding on seaweed on the limestone shelf. Walk along the huge limestone and look for "Keoki". This turtle basks here exclusively. "Hiwahiwa"; the 5th most frequently spotted honu left the beach past sunset on our visit.
Snorkel with Green Sea Turtles
It's fairly easy to spot the honu while snorkeling during summer due to a gentle surf. But be aware, strong currents and a hazardous surf occur here especially from October to April. Do not enter the water in rough conditions. Just look don't touch the honu. Leave enough space that the honu doesn't get scared.
Crowds and Traffic Jam
Tour buses circle the island and make a stop here so do the rental cars. It's almost impossible to avoid the masses of tourists except when it's raining.
You may get stuck in a traffic jam a couple of miles before the beach on the Kamehameha Hwy especially during midday and weekends. The flow of the traffic is impacted by many cars searching for a parking lot. It's a nightmare for the residents. Only the morning and evening are less busy.
Limited parking on a gravel area on the opposite of the beach. It's pretty busy and fills up around midday and during weekends. Don't leave any valuables in the car. The road is heavy trafficked crossing it can be challenging especially with children.
Top Tips
- Stay here in the north of Oahu minimum two nights to higher the chance of a sighting. It was just a ten minutes drive for us, and we always had a quick look to check if turtles are present. The other advantage; there is too much traffic roughly from 11 am onwards coming from Honolulu. Often the parking lot is full. Weekends are super crazy. We recommend the private Pipe Beach House just 10 minutes drive north of Laniakea Beach. Another excellent choice on the north shore is the Turtle Bay Resort in a spectacular location. Nearby is the famous snorkel spot Sharks Cove with lots of colorful fish.
- Bring enough water and a picnic. There isn't any good shop nearby and finding a new parking lot is sometimes impossible.
If you enjoy snorkeling, the Big Island is one of the best. I'd recommend staying in Kona and check out some of the many snorkeling spots in the area.
Big Island is one of the best places for snorkeling. Although the conditions are good year-round, the perfect season with warmest and excellent water conditions is in the late summer and early fall (August until October).
One of the best spots for snorkeling is the Mount Cook Monument. If you like to hike to this coral reef start early or late. It's pretty busy with tour boats from approximately 10 am until early afternoon. Bring enough water for the hike. Scroll down for more information about the different snorkel spots south of Kona.
Weather Overview
Hawaii is a sunny and warm paradise with very little temperature variation throughout the seasons: Big Island Weather Guide. There is even less rain in the drier season from May until October, which makes these months even better for snorkeling. However, it's a tropical climate and some rain can always occur in Hawaii. That's the reason why the islands have a lush and green vegetation. The north and east coast get more rain than south and west which is the leeward side. The area around Kona is often foggy in the summertime.
Water Conditions
You'll find the warmest water in late summer / early fall from August through October around 80°F (27°) degrees. It tends to drop by 6-9 degrees during winter. In winter, it's also a little chilly in the mornings, when it's a good idea to wear a thin neoprene wet suit top. The winter months from December to March tend to have heavy surf at times.
Seasons - Avoiding the Crowds
Fewer visitors in spring and fall: mid-April to mid-June and September (after Labor Day) to November. However, it's busier during the "Golden Week" in Japan at the end of April until the beginning of May. It gets very crowded when the Ironman takes place in October. Busy and increasing rates in summer (mid-June through August), during Christmas, New Year's Eve (mid-December until mid-January) and on Independence Day.
Bottom Line and Personal Experience
Although some months might not be ideal, you can visit the Big Island year-round for amazing snorkeling tours. Almost perfect months with fewer visitors as well as excellent water conditions are usually September and October. My visit to Hawaii was in September 2011. Kona's weather is often described as "eternal spring". Not too hot, not too cold, with some late afternoon rain showers. If you're lucky, you might get to see a rainbow! Crowds in September were fine although probably a bit higher than normal because it was the week before the big Hawaii Ironman Triathlon event. There were lots of bikers on the road training.
This hiking trail in the north of Kauai is called to be the most beautiful trail of Hawaii. The trail is 15 km long in one direction.
Best time for hiking the Kalalau trail is the drier season between May and October however showers occur frequently. After Hanakāpīʻai Beach it is almost impossible to hike this trail in very wet conditions. It is very slippery and muddy on the narrow footpath. The only option is a pair of mini-crampons.
Update August 2019: There was a trail closure for 14 months due to immense flooding mid-April 2018. The highway and bridges to the Haena State Park got also flooded and destroyed. The Haena State Park and Kalalau trail got reopenend mid-June 2019. However, a permit is neccessary also for day visitors now. Apply online for a permit to hike until the Hanakāpīʻai Beach and Falls, same for the entire Kalalau Trail. Permits are limited. Overnight parking is not any longer allowed. A shuttle bus reservation is needed for the Kalalau Trail. Do you look for alternatives to explore the Napali Coast? Scroll down for more details.
Kauai is wetter than the other Hawaiian Islands, therefore, called "The Garden Island". The rainy season starts in November and lasts until April. The north and east coast gets more rain than south and west which is the leeward side. Mostly showers are short, often in the night, and the sun returns quickly.
The first part of the trail until the Hanakāpīʻai Beach is not any longer accessible without a permit. It'll be less busy in the future. The Kalalau Trail is almost always fully booked. You have to get your permit far in advance. Tuesdays are often not full due to Haena Park closure. Shoulder season in spring between mid-April to mid-June and in fall from September to October. Crowded during summer with hikers and kayaks, during Christmas, New Year's Eve, Independence Day and June 9th is a bank holiday.
Parking at the Kalalau Trail - Haena State Park
Limited parking at Haena State Park of around 100 parking lots, 30 are for local people. A reservation is essential. Don't leave any luggage in the car. It is not safe, and the car might be broken-up!!
Where to Stay
You can stay at Haena State Park and campground, but it is closed every Monday from 10 a.m. to Tuesday 12 p.m. for maintenance. The reason that the Kalalau trail is often not fully booked on Tuesdays. Be aware of leaving your valuables and bags in the car is not recommended. We, a part of the team, saw a couple of rental cars on Kauai which had a broken side window and glass on the ground respectively.
Close by is the town of Princeville; ideally located in the north to buy your groceries and to enjoy the Queen's Bath. Also not far away is the gorgeous Hanalei Beach Park. Have a closer look at the different private apartment rentals and hotels. Princeville Accommodations
The KA'ENA Point Trail is located on the north shore of O'ahu. Two trails are leading to the Ka'ena Point.
The breeding season is from November to July. Nesting time is the 'only' time they spend on land which is roughly 290 days each year. The hike is eroded. Be careful when hiking along the trail. Carry enough water; it's often pretty sunny and hot without any shelter.
The drier season is from May until October. The north and east coast get more rain than south and west which is the leeward side. Even in winter, in the 'rainy' season from November to March you don't have to worry: Mostly showers are short and the sun returns quickly to the western part.
Low season in spring between mid-April and mid-June as well as in fall from September to November. Busier during the "Golden Week" in Japan end of April until the beginning of May. Busy and increasing rates in summer, during Christmas, New Year's Eve and on Independence Day.
How do the manta rays get attracted?
This trip is offered year-round. Sometimes ocean conditions can spoil the trip, especially in the winter (November/December until March/April). It's a popular tour and likely to be sold out days before, particularly on weekends.
The popular manta tour is mostly sold out even in the shoulder season. Up to 150 people watch this awesome "dinner show" in the sea each evening. Therefore advanced booking is recommended. Book your Manta tour here. Shoulder seasons are: During spring between mid-April to mid-June and in fall from September to November. It's busier during the "Golden Week" in Japan end of April until the beginning of May. It gets very crowded when the Ironman takes place in October. Increasing rates in summer, during Christmas, New Year's Eve and on Independence Day.
Weather and Ocean Conditions
In summer the ocean is calmer which is better for snorkeling. In the winter the surf can be higher. The island is drier from May to October. Kona is often cloudy during the summer. Rain can always occur in Hawaii especially late afternoon and in the nights. The reason that the islands have a lush and green vegetation, especially in the east and north on Big Island. The north and east coast gets more rain than south and west which is the leeward side.
Diving in Winter
- Hammerhead Sharks can be spotted year-round most probable encounters are in January and February.
- Whale sharks are more likely to spot between mid-December to mid-January.
The lighthouse is located on the north shore of Kauai at Kilauea Point.
The National Wildlife Refuge which is the area around the Lighthouse is open from Tuesday until Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed on Sundays and Mondays and major official holidays. If you miss the opening hours, you can get a good but more distant view of the lighthouse from the parking in front of the Wildlife Refuge gate.
Avoiding Crowds
To avoid the crowds come late afternoon around 3 pm. This allows enough time to walk around, observe the seabirds flying around and get a closer look at the lighthouse. Pretty busy before midday and especially on Tuesdays. Cars are queuing and the gate will be closed if the two parking areas are full.
Guided Tours
If you like to get a view inside the lighthouse, tours are offered only on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm every 30 minutes. If you like to take part come at 10 am and inscribe for the first tour. Places are limited. The guided tour is for free.
The humpbacks migrate to Hawaii and arrive in December, heading back late April. Best months to spot them are February and March just in front of the lighthouse.
The Laysan Albatross colony can be observed from November to July. You can use the provided monocular to see them closer. The nest in an area west to the lighthouse. The nesting birds and chicks can be seen only from the lighthouse area.
Where to stay in the north of Kauai
Princeville is a perfect location where the popular Queen's Bath is located. The St. Regis Princeville is one of the best-rated hotels with private beach access.


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"Hybrid" Population Health Management Model May Work
Posted by Joe Antle on July 16, 2019 3:25 PM EDT
Traditional command and control techniques can drive immediate change in healthy lifestyle behaviors. But are these changes sustainable? Open and collaborative management can create more participant engagement, but does this model maximize the benefits of the changes? Perhaps a better concept....
...would be to combine the best of both approaches?
I've enjoyed reading and thinking about the two contrasting perspectives shared in recent blog posts written by Thomas Edwards and Chip Block. Both advocate the idea of applying organizational management and operations management techniques to driving improvements in overall population health.
Planning, directing, organizing, reporting on results and managing response are classic traditional management approaches. On the other hand, leveraging teamwork and collaboration, technology support, expert support and guidance and a substantial group reward for successful results "at scale" promote some of the more contemporary methods of the open innovation world and the networked economy.
But what might happen if we combine-or recombine-the best of both management techniques? Not sure anyone can predict it, but it's almost certain that the hybrid model of integrating the two methods together, enhanced by effective and efficient communications techniques and roles for support people and experts could be better. So, why not try it?


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This is our story after the death of our only child, Parker Reese. She was born at Duke University Medical Center on May 7, 2006 at 9:03 a.m. weighing 3 pounds and 12 ounces. She passed away on May 8, 2006 after 20 hours of fighting a rare birth defect known as Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). You can find her story and many other CDH families at www.parkersingletary.com Not only am I a mommy but I am a farmer's wife. I love and adore my husband, Ashley! He is my constant inspiration! He farms 6 days a week, 11 months out of the year but it's our life and we love it! Welcome to our world!
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Youtwo are so sweet!
I too am a Farmer's Wife (you look close to my age–late 20's early 30's?) from Missouri and happened to stumble across your web page while looking for a t-shirt that says "Farmer's Wife" on it. How funny is that?
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I am on maternity leave with my third daughter. My husband too is a full-time farmer—sounds like he works as much as your husband. Very hard to get used to at first, but we made it.
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On Christmas Day, we were in the midst of Agnes' shunt saga and coming home was not even on our radar. We went to church and had a nice family dinner, we visited Agnes in the hospital and wondered how her shunt surgery would go on the day after Christmas. We snapped a few photos:
Agnes did do well with her shunt surgery. So well, in fact, that she was transferred out of the PICU on Saturday, while the rest of us were in Perrysburg, OH for a holiday gathering of extended family. I got a picture with my grandma:
When we came back to Akron and visited Agnes on Sunday, several people asked us if we were still planning to take her home that day, as in Sunday. Um…no that's not really possible. We thought maybe by Tuesday all the home care stuff would be organized; that's what we were expecting.
On Monday morning, I went with Stephen to visit Agnes while Jeremy took care of some car business at the BMV. As soon as I arrived at the hospital, before I saw anyone or spoke to Agnes' nurse, I got a call from home with the message that the home care agency would be out at our house to reopen Agnes' case since she was scheduled to come home that day, as in Monday. Well, that was news to me. So I called Jeremy and told him to bring all of Agnes' travel gear when he was done at the BMV.
It was a whirlwind, but we still managed to keep the tradition of discharge-day photos:
We brought Agnes home in her Christmas present minivan, and she did a great job. No crying, perfect O2 sats, no puking. She has been very stable since coming home. She has been able to sat 100% almost all the time on a mere 1 liter of oxygen, which is something she was never able to do. Not since the week or two immediately after coming home with a trach only.
I can't even believe she came home after only two weeks in the hospital. I am still amazed by what seems to be a miraculous recovery. It is hard to believe that only two weeks ago, she was so sick we were talking about what to do if it was The End, and the social workers were whispering "hospice care" to each other. And now, she seems to be healthier than ever, at least from a respiratory standpoint. She still has a bit of mysterious distention in her belly, which can't possibly be shunt-related anymore since the shunt is now in her heart. If it's not brain fluid, then what is it?
On the one hand, I am thrilled to have Agnes home and I want to relax and settle in to a routine at home, and feel like a "normal" family, as much as we can. But on the other hand, I keep expecting Agnes to pull a fast one in two or three days, "I told you so!" and end up back in the hospital.
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This season has seen a lot of praise for the young players coming through the system at Cardiff Blues. Corey Domachowski, Kieron Assiratti, Seb Davies, Tomos Williams and Jarrod Evans have all earned rave reviews for their performances in the Guinness Pro14, and rightly so.
However, along side those guys has been a player quietly getting on with his business in the back row. A man who is always around giving his all for the Cardiff Blues jersey, but perhaps has not had the recognition outside of the Arms Park that he deserves.
Josh Navidi has now been a stalwart of the club for six seasons, after breaking into the first team properly during the 2011/12 campaign.
Having made his debut in October 2009 he has gone on to make 145 appearances for the capital side, scoring 20 tries and making more than 20 appearances in each of the last five seasons.
Multiple player awards have been won by the back-rower in 2013, 2014 and 2015, with it almost feeling like Navidi has not won anything for the last two seasons purely on the basis of letting someone else win something.
Outside of the capital though, his achievements have been overshadowed by team-mates and fellow Welsh back-rowers, with Navidi going up against Sam Warburton, Ellis Jenkins, Justin Tipuric, Dan Lydiate, Thomas Young, Ross Moriarty and Taulupe Faletau, amongst others, for international honours.
This has restricted him to just three Wales caps in his career so far, when perhaps in a different generation he could've been on a lot more.
The Autumn Internationals approach on the horizon though, and with a number of his back row rivals suffering with injury, and Navidi playing as well as ever, more caps could be on the horizon for the Dreads of Destruction. Let's take a look why…
The Game Reader
Josh Navidi is almost the complete rugby player in terms of his pace, power and handling ability. Arguably his most impressive attribute however, is his rugby brain. Many players around the world would pay good money to see the game in the way Navidi does.
Three plays that could have been called for Navidi, had he not been on the defensive side on each occasion, and it's not a coincidence that the flanker is there.
On the first clip he's moving before the ball even goes over the lineout jumper, on the second he's shifting direction to cover the kick before Duncan Weir pokes it through, and for the third clip he's just nudging the Connacht flanker out the way to be in the right position to steal the offload.
Add in his mobility to get into the right positions and he's a very difficult opponent to get around.
What is most impressive though is not just that he reads the game to make the plays, it's what he does after them. After intercepting the offload he doesn't just take the contact, his head is up to allow Rhun Williams to counter-attack, and after taking the defensive lineout he makes 20 metres to take the team well out of trouble.
His reading of the game can also lead to situations like this, turning defence into serious attack, and that leads me onto the second part of his game this season…
The Bodyguard
Now one version of this title might be best known for it's soundtrack, but this particular bodyguard is best known for his dreadlocks, and this season Josh Navidi has made that position as second or third man in the defensive line his own.
Slotting into this position in Shaun Edwards' system is no mean feat, with the flanker in this position having to read the attacking system and assess whether to spot blitz the first receiver, or drift across and prepare to his the breakdown outside him.
Two occasions in the Leinster game where from either second or third man in the defensive line Navidi is able to blitz and put a hit on the ball carrier that either kills the attack or slows it down sufficiently.
To have a player like Navidi in this position is invaluable as his mobility means that the inside shoulder isn't as exposed on the blitz, with another player maybe not getting the hand on the attacker in the second clip that holds him up enough for the tackle to be put in.
His own tackling stats are also impeccable, with the crowning glory being Connacht away, where Navidi made 28 tackles without missing one.
The second part of the bodyguard role in this defensive system is to work on breakdowns in the wider channels when the ball goes past the opposition first receiver.
This goes back to Navidi's reading of the game, and when to hit a breakdown. On this occasion he's spot on, tracking the game across the field and getting in over the ball to significantly slow the Connacht attack down.
The Jackal
That ability to get over the ball comes back to being a natural openside, where Navidi has found himself returning over the last few weeks, and despite taking a game or two to recover his positional sense, those basic breakdown skills haven't gone anywhere.
Two textbook body positions for the jackal, providing a real sturdy base to attack the ball and making it impossible for two opposition players to clear him out in both clips.
When you combine the position in the defensive line, tackling ability and jackal position, you end up with the complete back-rower.
Josh Navidi blitzes from bodyguard, makes the hit and gets over the ball. Although he isn't able to secure the turnover, there is no chance of quick ball for Edinburgh, and Cardiff Blues have only committed one man to the breakdown. Invaluable.
The Carrier
Of course in the last three years Navidi has expanded his positional portfolio to the point where many would now say his best position is actually number eight, rather than his natural openside berth.
The reason for that has been the aforementioned tackling ability, combined with a surprising ability to make the hard yards with ball in hand.
Just like in the clip earlier when taking the Glasgow lineout overthrow in Cardiff Blues' 22, in both of these clips he makes metres when realistically he has no right to.
This is where the surprising aspect of his carrying comes in as he's not an atypically imposing man stature wise like other number eights around the world. Leaving a man mountain like Nick Williams aside, if you think of Taulupe Faletau, Billy Vunipola or Kieran Read, they aren't exactly small blokes.
What Navidi has is an underestimated amount of raw power, combined with the speed, agility and footwork of a centre.
Getting back to his first, as in the first clip, and staying on his feet, as in the second, makes him a very difficult man to stop, and a go-to carrier for Cardiff Blues. It also solves the exit strategy for the coaches, 'pass to Navidi'.
In attack, Navidi combines his carrying ability with the rugby intelligence to hit some excellent lines.
Both times his reading of the game allows Navidi to accelerate towards a hole in the opposition defence and, although he is caught by the covering defenders on both occasions, it sets up quick, front-foot attacking ball to play from.
The Swimmer
Just when you think Josh Navidi's talents are coming to an end, it also turns out he's a very effective weapon in maul defence. He's becoming that kid at school who is good at everything…
On both occasions Navidi is straight through the middle of the maul, latches on to the ball carrier, and secures the turnover in a textbook piece of maul swimming. In an area that the team as a whole is relatively weak, he is a shining light in not allowing teams to use this tactic against us.
The Footballer
Oh, and he can kick off his left foot.
All in all, Josh Navidi is massively critical to this Cardiff Blues team, and will only get more invaluable over the next few years.
With those 145 appearances, despite being only 26, he is one of the senior players in the squad, but still has some of his best years ahead. That sort of experience will be crucial as we move to developing our own young players around a core of players like Navidi.
If the 'in-between seasons', until the new stadium revenue comes in, in whatever guise that may be, are to be a success, then it will be due to the performances of players like Josh Navidi.
One thing is for sure, a Wales call-up would be thoroughly deserved for the Dreads of Destruction.


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Has taken me a while to get to this but with one thing or another I haven't had much time to actually sit down and type. As the title suggests- four pubs that I was at and the feelings to match the seasons in each. Thought it was going to be a quiet enough night but it didn't turn out like that!
The International
Went into town to meet Gary from work for a couple of drinks and met up with some of the people that I had been down to Electric Picnic as well- John and his girlfriend Julie…and some of her friends Caroline, Justin, and Emma. So quite a group when I was expecting to have only a few drinks. John, Julie and Co were smart though and went off for something to eat…hindsight is always great but I should have done that! So just Gary and I having a couple of more before we meet up with them later when a friend of Gary comes into the pub and we are there for another 2 hours with them before moving on. This is definitely the springtime of the night since the body and head feel nice and fresh with the happiness of the neat vodka starting to warm up the body quiet nicely:-)
John, Julie and Co decided to go to Dakota after they ate- must say it was the quietest I have ever seen Dakota and was quite surprised but it was great since you could actually talk. Great to talk with Caroline and Emma…really lovely girls and was great chatting with Emma about music since I didn't have to explain anything at all! Rarely happens that you can mention Nialler9 without having to say who he is…actually told her about the blog as well which I don't usually do so she must have charmed that out of me (yes Emma if you are reading this I am just trying to butter you up!) So the summer of the night- laidback, relaxing, and internally warm:-)
The Front Lounge
Went there with Gary after Dakota since he wanted one drink in a gay bar before he got the bus- it should be noted that we were there for him! I can empathise with women being eyed up and down and the hard stares from men- I feel like a piece of meat whenever we go there and it is actually difficult trying to get eye contact with the straight women while avoiding eye contact with the men. Also met friends of friends who I haven't seen in years so had a couple of drinks with them as well. They reminded me of the first time I had met them- a rather infamous house party where they had tried to turn me and it so obviously did not work. Great music in the place…lots of Depeche Mode as is to be expected. Definitely the autumn of the evening…still warm but getting just a wee bit darker and you can feel winter starting to set in.
Phantasm- The Village
Didn't have a ticket for the Phantasm or the gig in Whelans but decided to walk up that direction for a pub called Anseo that I remembered Lauren Guillery was going to be playing at. It is just past Whelans/Village so decided to pop around the entrance of those venues to see if there was any buzz…rounded the corner and there was a girl that was getting rid of her ticket for the Village since she was going into Whelans so I was sorted there! Had 10+ vodkas at this stage with nothing to eat so the head was starting to pound just a wee bit. Noticed Pete straight off so had a quick chat with him and also a very quick chat with Eavann and Nadine- didn't want to have an in depth conversation as I would have liked since I knew that I wouldn't be able to last long.
The place was packed which is great to see for a Phantasm! I had missed the first group (Red Kids) but I had seen them at the last Phantasm so I knew I probably wouldn't have heard anything new…they were a last minute replacement for A Lazurus Soul which would have been good to see live. I hid myself towards the back so that I wasn't blocking people and ended up playing eye hockey with a redhead that looked very familiar-still can't remember where I have seen her before.
Betamax format came on and were good- played their couple of tracks that get the radio play and then some of their longer jamming tracks…kind of dark ambient but just doesn't seem to have a hook. Great visuals though with scenes from Vanishing Point/Deathproof playing in the background!
Fight Like Apes then came on with some rather funky sunglasses with lights and their usual sense of 'this is my style so fuck you' attitude- brilliant:-) Great songs from them again- have heard them a couple of times this year and they always put on a great show. I was approached by a lovely girl called Louise who was wondering why I was not smiling….great when somebody takes an interest but was truthful and told her I needed Solpadeine! Loving the music but the head really starting to pound. Of course she commented on my height but then she noticed the size of my feet and took numerous pics…and she asked the usual line of what they say about big feet being true…since I can't tell a lie I had to give it to her straight…big feet….big socks;-)
Pete came on the decks a short while later and I must say he was rocking! Played some great old school hits and really had his finger on the pulse of the crowd to get them moving. Pete was moving quite a bit himself up on the stage and I was just waiting for him to body surf into the crowd! Some excellent tunes anyway but when he hit a quieter streak my automatic pilot came on and I just had to go for the bus. So definitely the winter of the night with the felling of a darkness that is never going to end!
Had a great night all in all even if I wasn't actually feeling the best the next day…only had three hours sleep as well since the body woke me up for more Solpadeine! The best nights are the ones where you don't expect it but thankfully it doesn't happen every time:-)


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Vaccination status not necessarily ideological
This article originally appeared in the Orange County Register.
The mother of an Orange County child who exposed 20 infants to measles last year never intended for her baby to go unvaccinated.
"That baby was not in a family that was against vaccinations. The mom … had four children, and was juggling so much, it had simply slipped her mind," said Dr. Jan Johnson, a partner at Sea View Pediatrics, with offices in Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo.
In the past year, as a measles outbreak has stricken 141 people in 17 states and a whooping cough epidemic has killed two infants and sickened more than 10,000 people, public attention has focused on parents who refuse to immunize their children, often obtaining personal belief or religious waivers to permanently skirt vaccination laws.
Just under 10 percent of elementary school students in California enroll in school without having all of their vaccines. But it may have more to do with caution and time constraints than ideology.
Some parents are wary of vaccines, even if they understand the necessity. They get an initial round of vaccines, but then delay some of the 15 state-required follow-up shots designed to fully protect against nine diseases, health officials say. Other parents don't follow through because they lack access to health care; still others are so busy they either forget or don't have time to get required booster shots.
Those children, who may have as few as one dose of each required vaccination, are allowed to enroll in school. But this partial, or conditional, vaccination is supposed to be temporary.
Schools are required by state law to follow up with families and eventually exclude students from classes if they fail to get all of their vaccines by the time they are due.
Unless there's an outbreak of a disease, however, those students who don't follow through are rarely, if ever, kicked out. The problem is, officials often don't know who has followed through.
"The law says schools need to review (immunization) records every 30 days. It does happen, but I'm sure it's not as often as legally it should," said Pamela Kahn, a registered nurse overseeing health and wellness for the Orange County Department of Education.
"When our health care staff is out there caring for chronically ill, our acutely ill children, our special education students, this follow-through often does not rise to the priority level that it probably should," she said. "It's probably not realistic (given) how schools are staffed right now."
About 7 percent of Orange County kindergartners were enrolled conditionally this year. In Riverside County, the figure was 2.98 percent.
Some individual schools had much higher rates – including a number of private schools in affluent neighborhoods. Saint Joachim, a private school in Costa Mesa, began the year with 75 percent of its 28 kindergartners in the conditional category, more than any other school in the county.
At Serrano Elementary in Villa Park, part of the Orange Unified School District, 38 percent of 63 kindergartners were enrolled conditionally, the second highest percentage of all public schools. The district's lead nurse, Helen Burzumato, said that percentage is much lower now than when the school year started, but she did not provide an exact figure.
"Most parents comply. We don't really have an issue with that," Burzumato said. "They understand their students are conditionally accepted into school."
Schools aren't required to report follow-up figures to the state, so the state has an incomplete picture of how many students have followed up to be fully vaccinated.
"We take it on good faith that it's happening," said Dr. David Nunez, family health medical director for Orange County Health Care Agency.
"Most school nurses have been alarmed by this outbreak and have taken some proactive action," Nunez added.
But the school does get a partial snapshot of conditional vaccine follow-ups. Every three years, the state audits 3 percent of kindergartners randomly. Then it is up to the county to follow up with those schools.
The most recent audit, completed in the 2010-11 school year, showed that the number of conditional entrants statewide dropped by about half between autumn and spring.
How successful school districts are at following up and enforcing the immunization laws depends on staffing, said Kahn, of the county department of education.
Nurse-to-student ratios are as broad as one nurse per 15,000 students, she said, and those nurses "don't usually have the time to do the clerical paperwork."
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Thanks to its mild, temperate climate, the city of Livorno offers plenty of opportunities for a wide range of sports and recreational activities.
The Natural Park of the Tuscan Archipelago, situated off the coast of Livorno, is an excellent sailing ground, while Livorno's unspoilt coastline and seabed represent an ideal environment for divers.
Just a stone's throw from the coast and the city centre is the Parco delle Colline Livornesi, an area of natural park that provides a perfect setting for horse-riding, walking and cycling, as well as for exploring places of architectural and historical interest such as the Colognole Aqueduct, the Cisternino (old water cistern) at Pian di Rota, the Sambuca hermitage, dating back to medieval times, and the ancient hamlet of Valle Benedetta.
Recreational activities in Livorno
A - Windsurfing
This widely practised water sport can be carried out by hiring the necessary equipment or by signing up for one of various courses, available for groups or individuals.
B - Surfing
The seabed along Livorno's coastline is also ideal for traditional surfing. Equipment hire and short courses are available
C - Canoeing
Canoe hire is available by the hour, half or full day. Besides providing good physical exercise, canoeing is a good way to see the coast from a different perspective.
D - Walking
Guided half-day, full-day or weekend walks are available in the Livorno area and in the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.
E - Cycling
You can cycle along Livorno's seafront or in the Livornese hills. Cycle hire is available by the hour, or for a half or full day.
F - Diving
The seabed around Livorno, especially along the Romito cliffs and around the Meloria and the island of Capraia, represent an unlimited resource for divers: from red coral to lobsters, as well as many species of fish and nudibranchs. Livorno's diving centres offer exciting and easy-access dives from special boats. Divers can dive by day and night, and first-time dives are also possible.
G - Snorkelling Trips
Observing the seabed using snorkelling equipment is an increasingly popular activity. Equipment hire is available, as are guided snorkelling tours and half-day and full-day courses.
H - Fishing Trips and Sport Fishing
Fishing trips can be organised where passengers fish from a hired boat with crew, for a half or full day. Lunch is usually included. Sport fishing is instead usually done at specially organised lakes.
I - Sailing
This very popular sport makes it possible to enjoy life at sea and explore the many enchanting corners of the Tuscan Archipelago. Boats can be hired, with or without crew, for daily, weekend, or longer trips. Individual and group sailing courses are available, as are courses for regattas and deep-sea sailing.
L - Motor boat Trips
Motor boat trips include day or evening excursions along the coast, to the Meloria, or the islands of Capraia and Gorgona. Trips of several days can also be organised to all the other islands in the Tuscan Archipelago. A lunch of fresh fish is served on board. School trips with a marine biology theme can also be arranged.
M - Horse Riding
For horse and nature lovers, horse riding trails are available in the area. Lessons by qualified instructors are also possible.
N - Archery
Practising archery combines an opportunity to spend time in a natural environment, while exercising your skills of concentration. A very relaxing sport.
O - Clay Pigeon Shooting
The traditional art of shooting at flying targets with a shotgun.


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To say that Lacey isn't #bridegoals, would just be a lie. This Norfolk Botanical Gardens bridal session was one for the books. Lacey and I hit it off from the moment we spoke, and she's been the SWEETEST soul ever to me since then. She's like a southern belle! ha ha Her blonde hair and gorgeous eyes just light up a room! I was so sad I had to sit on these images for over a month, waiting for her wedding that just happened the other week!!! Go HERE to see it!
I think the best thing ever about this session besides how ABSOLUTELY gorgeous Lacey was, well was the fact that you would have NO IDEA that it was about 103 outside!! That's right! It was incredibly hot, humid and Lacey pretty much was dripping under that dress by the time we were done!! But we came prepared! We used my favorite girl for hair and makeup (JESS BARBINI) Lacey brought a battery operated fan and we brought LOTS of tissues!!!! To say that Lacey and I got close that day would be an understatement. I not only fluffed her dress but wiped her sweat!!!! My love for my brides runs deep and I will do what I need to do for you ladies that's for sure!!!
We laughed and walked one of my favorite venues for 2 hours in that heat and this bridal session simply made every bit of sweat WORTH IT!!!!! Lacey even cried at the end! Her fairy tale was coming true and this session was the beginning to it!!!! Lacey you're simply beautiful and "LLYSM" ha ha


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A second Navy SEAL has been charged in connection with the ongoing war crime probe for the alleged knife kill execution of an ISIS detainee in Iraq.
Lt. Jacob Portier faces an Article 32 hearing allegedly helping to cover up a string of war crimes allegedly carried out by Special Operations Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher. Portier was not present at the time of the knife kill.
Portier's civilian defense attorney, Jeremiah J. Sullivan III, told Navy Times, "Lt. Portier's combat service to our country warrants a medal, not a charge sheet." Sullivan also said he expects Portier to be fully exonerated.
The SEAL initially charged for the knife kill, Special Operations Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher, remains in the brig on charges of murder, aggravated assault, obstruction of justice and professional misconduct.
Gallagher has been a SEAL for over 14 years and has earned three combat valor awards, including two Bronze Stars with "V" device and one Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal. He is vowing to fight to clear his name.
The newest charge against Lt. Portier suggests that even more arrests and charges are still to come. Approximately a dozen SEALs are currently being investigated for war crimes during 2017-2018 deployments to Mosul, Iraq.


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Thursday, February 26, 2015
NAPLES, Florida — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a contender for the 2016 GOP nomination, flexed his potential presidential campaign muscles during a trip here this weekend—showing off his pull with grassroots voters and his ability to win over donors.
After arriving late Friday night after a speech in Montgomery, Alabama—Paul was the keynote before the Alabama GOP's annual winter dinner—Paul on Saturday morning kicked off his day by holding a roundtable discussion with local doctors about healthcare policy.
"I think it's very helpful to have someone familiar with healthcare here both inside the beltway and outside the beltway," Dr. W.G. Eshbaugh, a reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgeon from the Naples area said. "He's had a private practice and is able to articulate many of the challenges we face. It was a real pleasure to have that discussion with him."
Eshbaugh was a year behind Paul at Duke Medical School—where Paul studied to become an ophthalmologist. Paul and his wife Kelly then moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where Paul practiced for more than a decade before he scored a surprising Senate primary win against the Mitch McConnell-backed Trey Grayson in 2010. As a U.S. Senator, he's now one of the leading Republicans—along with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush—potentially vying for the GOP nomination in 2016.
Sergio Gor, Paul's energetic communications director, explained to Breitbart News that Paul plans to highlight the fact he is a doctor on the campaign trail, and Paul has frequently held such roundtable type meetings with doctors nationwide on many occasions.
"Part of Sen. Paul's appeal both inside of politics and outside of politics is he was a doctor and surgeon for so many years," Gor told Breitbart News as Paul wrapped up the meeting.
So you're able to get a lot of doctors and surgeons from all over the country who are interested whether it's their first time [meeting with a politician] or they're regularly politically involved. You get a lot of doctors upset about Obamacare, about new regulations from Washington.
While everyone can be against Obamacare, doctors understand the exact intricacies and the small details that someone like Dr. Paul would understand. When they're involved in day-to-day practice, they're able to relate to what he's saying. He knows it in and out.
One of the things we do is almost everywhere the senator travels we'll invite a group of physicians and they'll invite some of their other physicians and this happens all across the United States.
On Paul's trip, both Cato Institute president John Allison and Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL) hinted that they believe Paul may very well win. Clawson said that while he'll back whoever wins the GOP primary in the general, he plans on backing Paul in the primary. And Allison predicted that given the current political environment, Paul will become the next president of the United States of America.
That's what Paul is projecting himself as: The conservative Republican who can go the distance, battle former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the primary then defeat Hillary Clinton—or whomever else Democrats may nominate should they decide against coronating the former Secretary of State—and get elected to the White House.
Paul is doing that by painting himself as the perennial outsider, the man of the people—and a grassroots champion for liberty and the values of ordinary Americans. Paul has, in recent weeks, amassed an impressive array of campaign operatives. He outmaneuvered potential rivals Cruz and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to get Texas state GOP chairman Steve Munisteri to join his campaign-in-waiting and picked up Chip Englander—a young data-and-ground-game-savvy GOP operative who led newly elected Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign in 2014—to run his presidential effort should he run.
While in Naples on Saturday, Paul also held a meeting with grassroots activists where he spoke then took questions—a meeting that occurred across the hall from the doctor roundtable. It was there that Clawson—a businessman before his election to Congress—introduced Paul, and Paul praised outsiders like Clawson while railing against the political class in Washington, D.C.
"It's good to have people like Curt in Congress—we have very few people who have any business sense at all," Paul said.
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Literacy at St George's C of E Foundation School
St George's Church of England Foundation School is committed to raising levels of literacy. We foster a cross-curricular approach whereby pupils are expected to maintain high standards of literacy within all subjects in relation to their reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Each day, pupils are required to bring their own reading book into school where pupils will be required to read this for 10 minutes after lunch during 'DEAR' time. Pupils can take out a book from the school's library, however an importance is placed on returning this book by the date given and in the same condition it was taken in. We greatly encourage reading outside of school to further deepen pupils' skills and knowledge. A copy of the school's recommended reading list can be found here.
On Fridays, years 7, 8 and 9 enjoy a class selected book being read to them by their teacher in 'ESCAPE Time', and years 10 and 11 are able to explore current topics in today's news through a range of articles that have been recently published during 'Forum Friday'.
Support is initiated for pupils identified as having weaknesses within literacy through TA intervention and our own pupil reading mentors in various initiatives within the school. We also use the Accelerated Reader programme to track and monitor the progress of pupils with a reading age of under 10 years throughout the school year.
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This product is kind of a bummer. The main issue is that the formula is super watery. The first application will look like water color paint…with lots of water.
The liquid color can be described as "transparent gray". (Excuse my unkempt eyebrows here, please.)
The other problem is that the felt tip is so pointy and hard that when you try to add another layer of liner, you may move some of the first layer. You can see the gaps below where an attempt to add more liner scraped off the existing liner.
On average, I needed about 3 layers to get a nice, consistent dark line. That's a lot!
After the arduous task of applying this liner, I did not experience any smudging or smearing. So once it was on, it stayed on. If you're willing to try it out, it is about $10 at drugstore.com. It definitely did not work out for me.


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It appears that there are some bugs or features in phpBB 3.1.10 that affect the digest extension:
- If you install versions of the digest extension prior to the latest 3.0.6, phpBB will complain because there is no exp.php program in the extension. This was introduced in 3.0.6 and appears to be required in phpBB 3.1.10.
- If after disabling the digests extension you also select the option to delete the extension's data, the following error will appear: "Something went wrong during the request and an exception was thrown. The changes made before the error occurred were reversed to the best of our abilities, but you should check the board for errors. A required module does not exist: ACP_CAT_DIGESTS". In fact based on my testing all the data is deleted including modules, config table rows and columns added to the phpbb_users table. So the message is erroneous.
I think it's likely that this is caused by bugs introduced in phpBB 3.1.10 to the migrator class. This may require the phpBB group to put out a patch to this version. Issues with the migrator are known so presumably these will be fixed.
I have not extensively tested Digests 3.0.6 with phpBB 3.1.10 but I have not encountered any other bugs so far, so if installed it should work correctly, just flag a bogus error when uninstalled.
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How do you buy a smartphone in 2019? We're talking specifically here about smartphones. We are all aware on how smartphones are so diverse these days, it could take you forever trying to decide which phone to buy and that's why there are so many tech YouTubers and tech videos on YouTube to help you with that.
Since we have now agreed that it's quite hard and time-consuming to decide what phone to buy and how to buy a smartphone. Let talk more about the variations of phones.
We have phones all the way on the cheapest end for under $200 all the way up to over a $1000 with taxes and cases for the iPhone X on the premium end. Also, there are the phones that are in between and there are just so many options like how do you really decide.
What to consider when buying a smartphone.
1) IOS or Android.
The first thing you need to decide on how to buy a phone is to answer the question "whether you want to use an Android or iOS." This might sound pretty common sense but really what you want to think about is do you want to customize, do you really want to dig into your phone and have a robust file system then you definitely want Android.
Also if your aim is to have more freedom feeling phone, if only you feel like you can tweak and do whatever you want at your own risks then you should definitely consider an android phone.
However, if you want a very secure operating system that you know you could count on each and every day that is going to be very fast, fluid and reliable then you want to really take a look at IOS. You just want to stay away from Android.
If you're the type of person who wants a more simple phone to use. In my opinion, you should either look at the Google Pixel series or the iPhone, these two are the most simple phones that you can buy right now.
2) Price.
The second thing you want to consider when you want to get your next smartphone is the price. Here, we are talking about value for price. Now you don't just look at a premium smartphone and think like oh I don't need that type of phone when you might just need that much phone.
This depends, however, if you're a person who has a laptop and a tablet and are both powerful enough for your needs then you might not actually need a $1000 smartphone to do everything. It is worthy to point out that a lot of people will buy an iPhone X and also buy a Galaxy S8 a just for a fashion statement or just to have the best in their pocket.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But when we're talking about value for money, do you really need that? Well again, in my personal opinion, I would say if you have a strong and durable laptop you don't really do.
If you are the type that doesn't really use your phone for all your work-related stuff, you don't use your phone for all your photography or you don't use your phone for stuff that can really bring you back the money out of the phone then you might want to consider a phone in the range of $500 – $700.
3) Size.
Next up on how to buy a smartphone, after you consider the ecosystem and price for value, is the size. Without a doubt, there are a ton of big phones as well as smaller phones. But you want to consider how big is your hand before you buy a new smartphone.
Now, if you have really small hands you definitely want to take a look at the iPhone SE. It's one of the only phones on the market that rocks well with small hands, also you could take a look at the Sony's XE compact series which is also a nice phone and it got a wide-angle camera.
However, if your choice is larger devices, you should definitely take a look at what Samsung has to offer in the S9 or the S8. These phones are really putting up a nice big screen and an almost a perfect form factor small body just like the Pixel 2. You could see it has big bezels but it's about the same size as the Galaxy S8 or the LG G6, for example, a small body but a big screen just like the iPhone X.
You have to decide on the size. Do you want a big screen or a small screen? If you want something that's not as small as an iPhone SE our XE compact, take a look at the Pixel 2 or the iPhone 8 these two are some of the best you can get in the small size phones
4) Carrier.
When deciding on how to buy a smartphone, you want to decide whether you are going to be using your smartphone with a carrier or you will be using it with prepaid. The prepaid route is, in my own opinion, the best route to take because I don't like having ties to anyone. I like being able to buy a phone whenever and put my sim card anytime.
That might change in the future because sometimes you can't get the latest iPhone unless you're with a carrier but for now I'm going prepaid and I kind of recommend it if you do want that freedom feeling like you're not tied to anybody because when you get into these contracts and carrier plans which might seem to incentivize like oh well we're gonna give you this much off but at the same time, over time you actually pay more for the phone than you would initially.
Now T-mobile doesn't do contracts anymore so they're one that's an exception here. But some of the other ones I would just stay away from personally.
5) Phone Features.
After that, let's take a look at the features that matter the most to you. Do you want a great camera, great battery life or do you want a great screen? Most of the phones you will be seeing will offer those things in one package but don't discount older phones because older phones have great cameras as well.
Like the S7 Edge, it still has a dual pixel AF camera, although it might be a little bit older looking than the newer phones, you're going to get a similar camera as the newer phones. You can actually get a good camera on a one to two-year-old flagship. If you are in the market for great battery life, I definitely want to recommend Samsung's devices I think they get better battery life right now than the iOS side.
In this guide on how to buy a smartphone, we will use the Note 8 for example of older phones that still offers premium value. The phone could keep going and going. Pixel series also does very well with the optimizations to Android 8.1. If you care a lot about software updates, you should pick the IOS, go with basically any iPhone it's going to work well.
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6) New Phone or Used Phone.
Next up you need to ask yourself whether you need a used phone or a new phone. Just because phones become obsolete in terms of the media marketing that doesn't mean that the hardware is obsolete. I could pick up an S7 edge to this day and feel like wow this phone feels just as nice as an iPhone X.
It feels just as nice as an iPhone 8, Galaxy S8. I mean this is a stunning smartphone despite being two years old. You take a look at the edge and it is very beautiful and the S7 edge was like $600 less than all these newer phones. So just because a phone gets old and what you're going to pay for it goes down doesn't make it obsolete, they build these phones to last and they do last.
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You just don't see them in the news anymore after the hype because in technology it continuously goes forward and it goes forward very rapidly as you've been seeing lately in the past year or so.
And if you're going through the used route I do want to recommend you consider factory refurbished. So if you're looking for a refurbished model, look for factory refurbished. What this means is that somebody bought the phone, there was an issue with it they took it back to the factory, Google for example, where the phone will be restored to brand new factory condition and you're basically getting a new phone for less money.
So the factory-refurbished is a great way to go. On the other hand, if you want to buy used from the buyer directly. you're basically paying less money than a factory refurbished but you're not sure how many battery cycles are on that phone or if there's scratches or anything issue that could be a problem with used.
You really need to trust the seller. I recommend you guys check out eBay but make sure when you're on eBay to look at these sellers rating, make sure they have at least over a hundred sells and they have over five stars in their last few months and they've been doing really well make sure that's on point and then you should definitely get a great phone.
7) Underdogs Options.
One of the best ways on how to buy a smartphone is to look at the underdog's options. This is going to save you a lot of money here in 2019. Take for example the LG G6. Of course, you're not going to get your money back that much out of the device but you could find this phone at under $300. Do you believe that?
When you compare the LG G6 and the iPhone X side by side, you will notice some similarities between them such as the dual cameras, similar size form factor and both have screens that are really nice in a small body and you're going to get that for less than most of these premium phones.
Just because LG is not a popular brand anymore and they're just not competing in the marketing with Samsung and Apple but doesn't mean they're not making equally as great phones they pretty much are.
You know LG v30 is also plummeting in value so you can get an LG phone for much less money and you're going to get a similar experience so consider that underdog brands even Oneplus for example.
That's it. Your definitive guide on how to buy a smartphone in 2019. That's how I would recommend you buy a smartphone in 2019.